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White Collar Crime Prof Blog
The Lowest of Schemes
By Ellen Podgor
As predicted here fraudulent schemes are arising from the Katrina tragedy. Cathy Cox, Secretary of State for the State of Georgia, notes here that people should "be wary of phony…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Katrina Will Also Spawn Fraudulent Schemes
By Ellen Podgor
As if the human suffering caused by Hurricane Katrina is not enough, the disaster will be a catalyst for any number of different fraudulent schemes that take advantage of those…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
PING: Essentials of Real Estate Finance (Essentials of Real Estate Finance)URL: http://loans.blog57.com/posts/21605IP: 206.123.73.135BLOG NAME: The Loans BlogDATE: 12/08/2005 09:30:56 AM User friendly and itneractive, this is the most thorough, practice oriented real estate finance text in print. A working knowledge of finance is a must for the successful licensee. Chapters 1 through 7 explain the concepts and issues of finance en…
By Ellen Podgor
Even with the Federal Sentencing Guidelines now advisory, an issue that continues to vex courts is calculating the loss in cases arising from false statements related to loans. Is the…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Who is Entitled to the Money?
By Ellen Podgor
The Wall Street Journal here reports that "Arizona state authorities [ ] seized more than $101 million in assets from a bank account that may have held money from Bayou…
Sentencing Law and Policy
On departure review and reasonableness from the 11th Circuit
Main August 30, 2005On departure review and reasonableness from the 11th CircuitThe Eleventh Circuit today in US v. Winingear, No. 05-11198 (11th Cir. Aug. 30, 2005) (available here), had an…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
KPMG will pay 456 Million, Is it An Odd Number?
By Ellen Podgor
How did the DOJ and KPMG come to the number of 456 million? Although it may seem like an odd number, the source of this amount is specifically laid out…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Spitzer Takes on Cancer Fraud
By Ellen Podgor
Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's office secured guilty pleas from six individuals in a case involving counterfeit LiveSTRONG bracelets of the Lance Armstrong Foundation. LIVESTRONG is a foundation with a "mission…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
PING: Piling on KPMGURL: http://blog.kir.com/archives/002307.aspIP: 216.250.116.20BLOG NAME: Houston’s Clear ThinkersDATE: 08/21/2005 05:15:26 AMAs KPMG attempts to finalize a deferred prosectution agreement with federal prosecutors that would avoid an Arthur Andersen-type indictment and probable meltdown, now they have another front on the criminal battlefield to be worried about: Mississippi …
By Ellen Podgor
KPMG may have more on its hands than just civil law suits (see post here). The LATimes (Reuters) reports here that Mississippi is considering filing "criminal charges" against KPMG. Will…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Crushing a Surviving Spouse Under Illinois Law
A recent article by Prof. Ronald Z. Domsky of the John Marshall Law School provides modern advice to attorneys who are assisting a client who has good reasons to disinherit…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Wills & Trusts Lawyer Scammed for $4 Million
Even savvy wills and trusts lawyers can be fooled by nefarious individuals.Take the case of respected West Palm Beach attorney Ronald S. Kochman. He placed about $4 million of his…