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Fraud
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International Financial Law Prof Blog
Plaza Construction Charged With Overbilling Clients and Fraud
Will Pay More Than $9 Million In Restitution And Penalties For Defrauding Clients In A Thirteen-Year Overbilling Scheme Projects Included the Empire State Building, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Bronx Terminal Market,…
Inside the False Claims Act
Tenet Healthcare Settles FCA and AKS Allegations for $513 Million
Texas-based hospital chain Tenet Healthcare Corporation and two of its Atlanta-area hospitals, Atlanta Medical Center and North Fulton Hospital, have agreed to pay more than $513 million to resolve civil…
Legal Profession Blog
Second Circuit Orders Disqualification In Russian Fraud Case
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed the trial court and ordered the disqualification of BakerHostetler in a case where the court found that the firm had "switched…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Woman Sentenced for Impersonating FBI Agent in Connection with Lottery Fraud Scheme Based in Jamaica
The Department of Justice announced today that Vania Lee Allen has been sentenced to 40 months in prison for her role in a Jamaica-based lottery fraud scheme, followed by three…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Former Executive Director of Military Charity Indicted for Fraud and Tax Evasion
The former executive director of the Armed Forces Foundation was indicted on federal charges stemming from a scheme in which she allegedly stole from the non-profit charity, defrauded donors, and…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
Fraud in the Legal Malpractice Setting
Caravello v One Mgt. Group, LLC 2015 NY Slip Op 07000 [131 AD3d 1191] September 30, 2015 Appellate Division, Second Department is the rare legal malpractice case that survives a CPLR…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
FTC Sending Refund Checks Totaling More Than $1.3 Million to Consumers Tricked into Paying Up-front for Shoddy, Off-brand Products
The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 6,192 refund checks totaling more than $1.3 million to people defrauded by Oro Marketing, Inc., a telemarketing scheme that targeted Spanish-speakers with false promises…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Seven Individuals Sentenced to Prison for Online Fraud Scams
Seven defendants were sentenced for their roles in online fraud schemes involving counterfeit checks, “mystery shopper” websites and work-from-home scams. Funso Hassan, 27, of Ibadan, Nigeria, and Anthony Shane Jeffers,…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
“Free trial” scammers settle, surrender millions
In 2010, the FTC sued Jeremy Johnson, his company IWorks, and nine others for allegedly taking more than $280 million from people with a deceptive “free trial” scheme. Now Johnson,…
Legal Profession Blog
A Multitude Of Crimes
Permanent disbarment has been imposed on a convicted attorney by the Kentucky Supreme Court.In considering the appropriate penalty for this ethical violation, the Board [of Governors of the Kentucky Bar…