Topic
Document Fraud
50 published works
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Pirela Pirela, Where You Been So Long?
Title 18 U.S. Code, Section 1546(a) prohibits a person from using a document prescribed by statute or regulation for entry into the United States if the document was "procured by means of" a false…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Return of the JRAD by Jason A. Cade
Return of the JRAD by Jason A. Cade, University of Georgia Law School, September 30, 2015 New York University Law Review Online, 2015, ForthcomingAbstract: Ignacio Diaz Aguilar’s felony conviction for…
Legal Profession Blog
Coverups Worse Than Crimes
The New York Appellate Division for the Second Judicial Department has disbarred an attorney who, after having neglected the matters of several clients, lied and created false documents to conceal…
Legal Profession Blog
Lying To Firm About Productivity Gets Attorney Disbarred
The Maryland Court of Appeals has disbarred an attorney who made false statements and submitted false documents to his law firmRespondent, Ronald Marc Levin, violated the Maryland Lawyers’ Rules of…
Legal Profession Blog
Malpractice Coverup Leads To Crime, Suspension
Caitlin McCaffrey has this story on the web page of the Ohio Supreme Court:A Cincinnati attorney who was sentenced by a federal court to five years probation for creating and …
Workforce Compliance Insights
Fraudulent Documents and the Form I-9
What's an employer to do if you think a new hire is possibly showing you a fraudulent document for purposes of the Employment Eligibility Verification form (Form I-9)? That's a…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
“Undisputed” Fabrication of Documents Yet No Legal Malpractice
The undisputed facts in this case are shocking. "The following facts are undisputed. In or about May 2004, plaintiff, which had a lease on the building located at 2944 3d…
Immigration Blog
Document Fraud in Workplace Gets A Congressional Hearing
The prevalence of document fraud in the workplace was the subject of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Deputy Assistant Director Waldemar Rodriguez’s testimony yesterday before the U.S. House of Representatives House…
Legal Profession Blog
One From The Heart
The Maryland Court of Appeals has disbarred an attorney whose most serious violation involved the submission of false documents in defense of the disciplinary charges.According to the court, the "heart…
Securities Compliance Sentinel
FINRA Altered Documents, Say It Ain’t So
By Joshua Horn
If, during a FINRA investigation, you or your firm altered original documents before providing them to FINRA you would be subject to sanction pursuant to FINRA guidelines. These sanctions could…