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Bribery
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FCPA Professor
DOJ “Intends To Proceed To Trial” In FCPA And Related Enforcement Action Against Smartmatic Executives And Others
By Mike Koehler
As highlighted in this prior post, in August 2024 the DOJ announced that a “federal grand jury in the Southern District of Florida returned an indictment … charging three executives of an…
FCPA Professor
Bribery Of A U.S. “SOE” Official
By Mike Koehler
Last week, the DOJ announced criminal charges against Mark Snedden (the owner of Mark 1 Restoration) for, among other things, conspiracy to commit federal program bribery. According to the DOJ,…
Zalma on Insurance
It Takes Evidence to Withdraw a Guilty Plea
By Barry Zalma
Fraudster Has no Basis to Withdraw Guilty Plea Blaming Your Lawyer for a Guilty Plea Needs Admissible Evidence Post 5026 See the full video at https://rumble.com/v6qzqsg-it-takes-evidence-to-withdraw-a-guilty-plea.html and at https://youtu.be/HJVmShTxSiQ In…
FCPA Professor
Smartmatic Executives Seek An Extension Of Pre-Trial Deadlines Due To Executive Order
By Mike Koehler
As highlighted in this prior post, in August 2024 the DOJ announced that a “federal grand jury in the Southern District of Florida returned an indictment … charging three executives of…
FCPA Professor
DOJ Acknowledges That Oztemel Conviction Is “Subject To Review By The Attorney General”
By Mike Koehler
In Fall 2024, Glenn Oztemel (previously employed by Arcadia Fuels Ltd. and Freepoint Commodities LLC) was found guilty at trial of FCPA and related offenses in connection with a Brazil bribery…
FCPA Professor
Democrats Seek Information From DOJ On FCPA Issues
By Mike Koehler
Recently, various Democrats in the House (Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the Committee on the Judiciary; Rep. Gerald Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform;…
Federal Defenders of New York Blog
Circuit overturns Nassau County Executive’s bribery convictions, but affirms his honest-services fraud convictions
In United States v. Linda Mangano and Edward Mangano, 2d Cir. No. 22-861 (L) (Feb. 13, 2025), the Court upheld the defendants’ convictions for honest-services fraud and obstruction of justice,…
Legal Profession Blog
A Ten Year Suspension
Disciplinary action of the Tennessee Supreme CourtEffective February 24, 2025, the Supreme Court of Tennessee suspended Aaron Anthony Neglia from the practice of law for ten (10) years following a…
FCPA Professor
Hobson Files Motion To Continue Trial Date And Pretrial Deadlines
By Mike Koehler
Charles Hunter Hobson (a former executive of Corsa Coal) was criminally charged by the DOJ in 2022 for conspiring with others to make corrupt bribe payments to an individual associated…
Sentencing Law and Policy
You be the judge: what federal sentence for prominent elderly state legislator convicted on 10 of 23 corruption counts?
The question in the title of this post is prompted by this lengthy Chicago Tribune article reporting on the results of a lengthy trial and jury deliberation under the headline…