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Fraud
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International Financial Law Prof Blog
US Post Office Breaks Up Costa Rican Based Business Opportunity Fraud Targeting Americans
A U.S. citizen charged in connection with the operation of a series of fraudulent business opportunities based in Costa Rica was sentenced to prison in Miami. John White, aka Gregory…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Costa Rican Telemarketer Convicted for Money Laundering
An Ohio man was convicted yesterday after a two-day jury trial for his role in a Costa Rican telemarketing scheme. Paul Ronald Toth Jr., 40, of Wintersville, Ohio, was convicted…
Securities Compliance Sentinel
The SEC May Be Getting A Longer Stick
By Joshua Horn
Two years ago, the United States Supreme Court stated in an opinion that the five-year statute of limitations for the SEC to seek civil monetary sanctions began from the date…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Antiquity Fraud Alleged By Nina Wang Estate Administrators
The estate of Nina Wang has filed suit against several antique dealers claiming they sold her bogus relics between 2004 and 2006. Mrs. Wang gave the dealers approximately $52 million…
Workplace Safety and Environmental Law Alert Blog
Multinationals in China Should be Aware of Increased Enforcement of Environmental Law, Monitoring Requirements – and Fraud
By Wan Li, Andrew H. Perellis, and Craig B. Simonsen In the last twelve months the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has been…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
More on the Proskauer Mega-Million Fraud Case
We started story about this case on Friday. Here is the balance of the court's decision on fraud and aiding and abetting fraud. This was a big international fraud in…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
A Massive Fraud and How Three Law Firms Were Involved in the Case
Chambers v Weinstein 2014 NY Slip Op 51331(U) [44 Misc 3d 1224(A)] Decided on August 22, 2014 Supreme Court, New York County Sherwood, J. reads like a summer thriller.…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
FTC Announcement Against Romance and Work-At-Home Scams
You hear from us fairly often about imposter scams. In recent months, we’ve told you about IRS imposters, romance scams, and work-at-home scams. We always give you tips on how to…
Texas Bankruptcy Blog
Will the Trustee Come to My Home?
By Bryan Fears
Debtors commonly ask, “Will the trustee come to my home?” The quick answer is “No.” Well, that’s the correct answer almost always. Just like every other “certain” rule in bankruptcy,…
Restructuring Globalview
Bankruptcy Mischief: Fraudulent Concealment and Bad Faith Will Not Justify Disallowing Bankruptcy Code Exemptions
Did I say I didn’t have any assets, I meant they were exempt!” Can a debtor lose the right to exempt property in a bankruptcy case if it is discovered…