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Fraud
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Securities Law Prof Blog
CFTC, NASAA Warn About Forex Fraud
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) today issued a joint investor alert to warn of the dangers facing retail investors who are…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Ex-Stripper Convicted of Fraud For Posing as a Psychologist
By Ellen Podgor
A former Boston-area stripper who entertained under the name Princess Cheyenne in the infamous Combat Zone in the 1980s was convicted in Massachusetts state court on fraud and larceny charges…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Testimony at Conrad Black Trial
Does skimming documents satisfy the directors' duty of care? All three members of the audit committee at Hollinger International have testified, and whether or not Conrad Black is found to…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Video Game Distributor Settles Aiding and Abetting Charges in Take-Two Securities Violations
Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") today announced that it filed a settled civil action in federal district court against video game distributor Capitol Distributing, L.L.C. ("Capitol") and one of its…
Securities Law Prof Blog
SEC Charges Former Apple GC in BackDating Scandal
The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed charges against two former senior executives of Apple, Inc. in a matter involving improper stock option backdating. The Commission accused former General Counsel…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Cunningham on Gatekeeper Effectiveness
Carrots for Vetogates: Incentive Systems to Promote Capital Market Gatekeeper Effectiveness , by LAWRENCE A. CUNNINGHAM, Boston College Law School, was recently posted on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Abstract: …
Sentencing Law and Policy
Another notable (unpublished) below-guideline sentence affirmance
Main April 18, 2007Another notable (unpublished) below-guideline sentence affirmanceThanks to an informed reader, I lhave earned of an interesting (but unpublished) opinion today from the Fourth Circuit affirming a below-guideline…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Armstrong Sentenced in Ponzi Scheme
Martin A. Armstrong was sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay $80 million in restitution for running a $3 billion Ponzi scheme from 1992-1999. He has already…
Mass Tort Litigation Blog
Alleged Plaintiff Counsel Fraud in Connection with Fen-Phen Settlement Money
By joetort
Interesting article posted on American.com -- Fen-Phen Zen: Some of the lawyers who committed massive fraud are finally being brought to justice, by Ted Frank of the American Enterprise Institute. …
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
New Century Bites the Dust
By Ellen Podgor
Subprime lender New Century Financial delayed the inevitable as long as possible, finally declaring bankruptcy after having its lines of credit cut off and soured loans returned to it by…