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Fraud
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Centre Knowledge Blog
COVID-19 Funding Brings Enforcement Risks
By Heather Mims, Esq. In these unprecedented times, when the Government is handing out literally trillions of dollars of cash, a certain amount of unscrupulous behavior is almost certainly to…
Chicago Criminal Law Blog
Supreme Court overturns Bridgegate fraud convictions
Chicago sports fans are very familiar with the phrase “what might have been.” They sometimes wistfully wonder what might have been if key injuries or pivotal plays had never taken…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Challenging the Legitimacy of CEO Predatory Behavior in Business and Gender Equality Terms
By Tracy Thomas
June Carbone & William Black, The Problem with Predators, 43 Seattle U. L. Rev. 44 (2020) Both corporate theory and sex discrimination law start with presumptions that CEOs seek to advance…
Virtual Currency Report
SEC Alleges COVID-19 Related Fraud by a Company after Suspending Trading
By Tom Ahmadifar, Perkins Coie
On April 28, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filed a complaint against a company and its chief executive officer (“CEO”) for alleged fraud in connection with the company’s stated…
Litigation Finance Journal
$350MM Claim Involving Russian Oligarchs Raises Questions
By John Freund
Convicted of fraud in 2007, Alexander Tugushev is now suing a former business partner. The case is being funded by 17 Arm, a firm advised by a former prosecutor and…
Whistleblower Law Collaborative Blog and News
Independent Inspectors General Are Essential To COVID-19 Fight
Independent inspectors general (IGs) safeguard our tax dollars. The federal government will spend an unprecedented trillions of taxpayer dollars in response to the coronavirus crisis. With history as our guide,…
Securities Compliance Sentinel
Fund Manager Tried (and Failed) to Obtain Investors by Lying About Other Investors’ Participation
The SEC recently brought and settled an action against a former wannabe fund manager, who lied to prospective investors that he already had raised millions of dollars in the fund…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Credit Card Launderer for Tech Support Scams to Pay $6.75 Million to Settle FTC Charges
A Canadian company, RevenueWire, and its CEO, Roberta Leach, will pay $6.75 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges they laundered credit card payments for, and assisted and facilitated, two…
Litigation Finance Journal
Contingency Lawyer Seeks Volkswagen Claimants for New Class Action
By John Freund
In September of 2015, Volkswagen was accused of selling cars outfitted with a “defeat device,” which helped them evade emissions standards, despite an output 40-times higher than US law allows.…
False Claims Act Law Blog
Spectre at the feast: Post-Crash False Claims Act Enforcement Looms Over Large Banks and the Paycheck Protection Program
By a-brianalbrittonfalseclaimsactlawblog-com
Recently, I was reading the Washington Post’s Finance 202 Newsletter about the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Right next to the article was an ad from a plaintiff’s…