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Global Regulation Tomorrow
UK FRC enhances fraud-spotting standards for auditors
By Andrew Reeves (UK), Stuart Neely (UK)
On 27 May 2021, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) published a revised version of its auditing standard on the responsibilities of auditors in relation to fraud. The revisions set out…
Investigations and Enforcement Blog
Former TPG Capital Executive Sentenced to Three-Month Prison Term in Varsity Blues Case
On May 12, 2021, US District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton sentenced former TPG Capital private equity executive William McGlashan Jr. to three months in prison for his part in the…
Food Safety News
Spanish investigators clamp down on meat, shellfish fraud operations
By News Desk
Spanish authorities have uncovered the alleged fraudulent sale of meat products as part of two different actions. The Guardia Civil ran two operations in Madrid and Salamanca, Spain. In the…
Ponzi Perspectives
New Complaint – SEC v. Horwitz
The SEC filed SEC v. Horwitz in the Central District of California on April 5, 2021, alleging that Defendant Horowitz violated federal securities laws in connection with fraudulent promissory notes…
Does Crime Pay?
Bribe Me Once… Court Rejects “Fraud in Healthcare Transaction” False Claims Act Theory of Liability
By Brian K. Steinwascher, John R. Mitchell
A federal district court has rejected a novel attempt to impose False Claims Act (FCA) liability for Medicare billings based on a theory that the underlying purchase of the home…
Zalma on Insurance
Mafioso Cons Jeweler Out of $2.09 Million
By Barry Zalma
Clear and Unambiguous Exclusion Must Be Enforced On Tuesday, March 21, 2017, plaintiff Crown Jewels was contacted by a person who identified himself as Paul Castellana, who represented that he…
Ponzi Perspectives
New Complaint – Surefire Dividend Capital, LP v. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Financial Services LLC
Plaintiff Surefire Dividend Capital, LP (“Plaintiff”) filed Surefire Dividend Capital, LP v. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Financial Services LLC in the Supreme Court of New York for the…
China Law Insight
除了自由，我们还可以关注什么——刑事涉案财物的辩护视角
By King & Wood
刑事司法实践中，关于涉案财物处置引发的问题受到越来越多的关注。对于犯罪嫌疑人、被告人而言，如果被查封、扣押、冻结的财物被认定为涉案财物，可能被追缴、责令退赔、予以没收或上缴国库；而对于案外人而言，因为被刑事案件牵连导致财产被采取强制措施，如不能及时行动、有效辩护，也将面临损失或不便。实践中，有关涉案财产如何处理的需求与日俱增。
Medicaid & Medicare: A Legal Blog
The Grey Area Between Civil and Criminal Fraud
This segment is rated ‘F’ for fraud. It is not for the meek of heart. How many of you have read a newspaper or seen the news about Medicare and…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
“Mere allegations of fraud do not divest the Board of jurisdiction” – Government’s Motion to Dismiss Denied When It Cannot Prove that Appeal Resolution Depends on a Factual Determination of Fraud
By Steve McBrady, Brian Tully McLaughlin, Lyndsay Gorton
In GSC Constr., Inc., ASBCA No. 62530 (Mar. 1, 2021), the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (the Board) denied the Government’s motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction. The…