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Fraud
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Tax Controversy Report
CFTC’s Virtual Currency Task Force Files Suit to Shut Down Another Virtual Currency Scam
Last week we reported on a flurry of enforcement activity by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission’s “Virtual Currency Task Force” with respect to virtual currency fraud schemes. On Thursday, January…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Two Top Leaders in Italy and Five Us Residents Indicted for Racketeering, Health Care Fraud and Drug Trafficking Conspiracies to Distribute Opioids Resulting in Deaths Involving “Pill Mills” Operating in Tennessee and Florida
A federal grand jury in Knoxville, Tennessee returned a 14-count superseding indictment unsealed January 19 charging seven individuals for their roles in a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) conspiracy…
Tax Controversy Report
CFTC Continues Federal Crackdown On Virtual Currency Fraud Schemes
Yesterday the Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced two enforcement actions as part of a continuing crackdown on virtual currency fraud schemes by numerous federal agencies. (We have previously written about…
Hackensack New Jersey Criminal Law Blog
Mail Carrier Accused of Stealing Checks in Bergen County, NJ
Bergen County Mail Carrier Allegedly Stole Checks from People Along His Mail Route Police arrested a Union City, NJ man who worked as a mail carrier in Bergen County and…
Privacy and Cybersecurity
New York Passes Law Against Service Animal Fraud, Joining Other States
Seyfarth Shaw Synopsis: Effective December 18, 2017, New York became the latest state to enact a law cracking down on fake service animals. New York recently joined an increasing number…
Investigation Counsel
What Fraud Victims Should Know About Recovery from Auditors
By Norman Groot
The Supreme Court of Canada Issues Judgment on the Livent Case In a judgment dated December 20, 2017, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) rendered its decision in Deloitte &…
Legal Profession Blog
Struck Off But Otherwise Famous
The web page of Victorian (Australia) Legal Services Board + Commissioners reports a recent sanctionA former Melbourne solicitor has been struck off after pleading guilty to committing a multi-million dollar…
ContractsProf Blog
When your extramarital relationship can allegedly be found in a contract
I may have just used the recent royal engagement news as the basis of my Contracts final hypo, so I read with interest this complaint out of the Eastern District…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Immigration Attorney Pleads Guilty to Fraud Scheme and Identity Theft in Relation to Visa Applications
An Indianapolis, Indiana immigration attorney pleaded guilty today for defrauding the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and more than 250 of his clients by filing false visa applications and…
Sentencing Law and Policy
VW executive gets seven years in federal prison for emissions fraud
Main December 6, 2017VW executive gets seven years in federal prison for emissions fraudThis Reuters article reports on today's notable white-collar sentencing in the Motor City. Here are the sentencing…