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White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Former Mayor Bill Campbell’s Trial Begins
By Ellen Podgor
Jurors for the trial of former Mayor Bill Campbell (post) have been selected (AJC here). The jury consists of seven blacks and five whites, and seven men and five women.…
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The Collateral Consequences of the Abramoff Plea
By Ellen Podgor
More collateral consequences are being reported to the Abramoff Plea. The Washington Post reports here on the political difficulties faced by Ralph Reed, a candidate for lieutenant governor in Georgia.…
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Arrest in Oil-for-Food Program
By Ellen Podgor
CNN reports here of an arrest in Houston of an individual charged with accepting two (2) million dollars in the Oil-for-Food Program. This individual is part of a group facing…
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Rhode Island Hospital and Three Executives Charged in Corruption Prosecution
By Ellen Podgor
Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence, Rhode Island, and thee executives were charged in a 38-count indictment with secretly paying state Senator John Celona $260,000 in order to advance the…
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Next Up in the Abramoff Investigation
By Ellen Podgor
With former lobbyist Jack Abramoff entering a guilty plea to corruption and tax evasion charges in Washington, D.C., attention now turns to who will be next in the Department of…
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Will Abramoff Ring in the New Year with a Plea Agreement?
By Ellen Podgor
An AP story (here) notes that lobbyist Jack Abramoff is close to a plea deal with prosecutors in Miami and Washington, D.C., in connection with the bank fraud charges in…
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A Busy Week For Scrushy
By Ellen Podgor
The time between Christmas and New Year's Day is usually pretty slow, except in retail and, at least this year, for former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy. Earlier in the week,…
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Corriere della Sera Claims Italian Premier Paid Witness to Lie About Transactions
The Italian paper Corriere della Sera is reporting that Milanese prosecutors are now checking into whether Premier Silvio Berlusconi paid attorney David Mills at least six hundred thousand dollars to…
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DeLay Learns that Justice Moves Slowly
By Ellen Podgor
Tom DeLay's defense case suffered a setback today when the trial judge ruled that the appellate court needs to hear and rule on the propriety of the dismissed count, before…
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What Happens When the FBI Investigates the FBI?
By Ellen Podgor
According to a DOJ press release here, "Erik B. Blowers, Supervisory Special Agent and Chief Division Counsel for the Charlotte Field Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, has pleaded…