Topic
Fraud
3,048 published works
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Third Indian National Pleads Guilty for Role in Multimillion Dollar India-Based Call Center Scam Targeting U.S. Victims
An Indian national pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering for his role in liquidating and laundering victim payments generated through various telephone fraud and…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Former U.S. Congresswoman Corrine Brown Guilty of Fraud Scheme Involving Bogus Non-Profit Scholarship Entity
Former U.S. Congresswoman Corrine Brown was convicted by a federal jury in Jacksonville, Florida, today for her role in a conspiracy and fraud scheme involving a fraudulent scholarship charity. Acting…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
New FTC Website Helps Small Businesses Avoid Scams and Cyber Attacks
Attacks can be especially devastating to small businesses; Agency provides information on how they can protect themselves At the direction of Acting Chairman Maureen Ohlhausen, the Federal Trade Commission has…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Former Military Sealift Command Contractor Charged with Bribery and Fraud
A former contractor at the Military Sealift Command (MSC) was indicted for his role in a bribery and fraud conspiracy from approximately 1999 to 2014, in which he allegedly received…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Dance Mom star Abby Lee Miller gets “a year and a day” for bankruptcy fraud
Main May 9, 2017Dance Mom star Abby Lee Miller gets "a year and a day" for bankruptcy fraudToday's celebrity federal sentencing news involves former "Dance Moms" reality TV star Abby…
Inside the False Claims Act
FCA Deeper Dive: Pleading the Alleged Fraud Scheme
By Matt Curley
The FCA continues to be the federal government’s primary civil enforcement tool for investigating allegations that healthcare providers or government contractors defrauded the federal government. In the coming weeks, we…
Corporate and Securities Law
Court Finds Fraud Carve Out Ambiguous in Stock Purchase Agreement
Food Safety News
‘Fry them’ comments in jury room could get Parnells a new trial
By Dan Flynn
The conduct of the 2014 jury that convicted Peanut Corporation of America executives delayed sentencing for about year, but in its final analysis the district court found a new trial…
The Faculty Lounge
The Defense of Rasmea Yousef Odeh — Part Two: The Guilty Plea
This is the second of three four posts on the Rasmea Odeh case. Part One is here. This installment discusses the circumstances of Odeh's guilty plea. Represented by the estimable…
The Faculty Lounge
The Defense of Rasmea Yousef Odeh — Part One: Background
This threefour-part post is about the defense tactics of the lawyers and supporters of Rasmea Yousef Odeh. Part One is background: Although the Odeh case has generated great controversy, there…