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Fraud
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UK Finance Disputes and Regulatory Investigations Blog
English Court refuses permission for collateral disclosure of evidence to the FBI
In ACL Netherlands BV and others v Lynch and another [2019] EWHC 249 (Ch) ("ACL"), the High Court said that an applicant is unlikely to be granted permission for collateral use…
Amazing Firms, Amazing Practices
Scam Against Dentons Serves as a Reminder: No Law Firm Is Immune
By Gerry Riskin
In a world where unfamiliar and complex communications systems are the norm, it is not only the legislatively naive and digitally undereducated who are subject to expensive cons and scams.…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Article on The Fraud Triangle and Tax Evasion
Leandra Lederman recently published an Article entitled, The Fraud Triangle and Tax Evasion, Tax Law: Tax Law & Policy eJournal (2019). Provided below is an abstract of the Article.The “fraud…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
Final text of voluntary industry code for reimbursement of victims of APP scams agreed
By Joe Bamford (UK), Charlotte Henry
On 28 February 2019, the Authorised Push Payments (APP) Scams Steering Group (the Steering Group) published the voluntary Contingent Reimbursement Model Code for APP Scams (the Code). APPs are made…
Federal Government Civil Litigation
NYC Admits FEMA Fraud From Superstorm Sandy In $5.3 Million False Claims Act Settlement
New York City will pay $5.3 million to the United States for fraudulently obtaining FEMA funds related to Superstorm Sandy in a False Claims Act settlement with the Southern District…
Structured Settlements 4Real® Blog
Plagiarizer of Mt Airy Faker Provides Proof of David Springer’s Linkedin Cover Up
By John Darer
by Structured Settlement Watchdog It is fact that David Springer, CEO of former judicially determined "purported company" Sovereign Funding Group has papered over wide swaths of his LinkedIn profile multiple…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Three Individuals Sentenced to Prison for Their Roles in Bribery Schemes Involving VA Program for Disabled Military Veterans
Two owners and an employee of for-profit, non-accredited schools were sentenced during the last two days for bribing a public official at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
United States and International Law Enforcement Dismantle Online Organized Crime Ring Operating out of Romania that Victimized Thousands of U.S. Residents
Twelve Foreign Nationals Extradited to the United States According to court documents unsealed today, 20 people, including 16 foreign nationals, have been charged for their roles in an international organized…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
Accounting Malpractice and So Much More
Epiphany Community Nursery Sch. v Levey 2019 NY Slip Op 00842 Decided on February 5, 2019 Appellate Division, First Department Singh, J., J. is not primarily about accounting malpractice. That nugget is merely part…
Iowa Commercial Litigation Blog
The $2 Million Phish
By John Lande
Earlier this year, the Tokyo fish market grabbed headlines when a blue fin tuna sold for a record $3 million. Less well publicized was a phish that reeled in $2…