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Fraud
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California Employment Law Update
Employer Could Pursue Fraud Claim Against Bankrupt Former Employee
By Tony Oncidi
In re Cossu, 410 F.3d 591 (9th Cir. 2005) Jefferson Pilot Securities filed a claim in the bankruptcy proceeding of Claude Cossu, one of its former broker-dealers, who had failed…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
White Collar Defendant Gets 87 Month Prison Term in Fraud Case
By Ellen Podgor
Just to note that some judges continue to adhere to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines and impose significant sentences on defendants in white collar cases, U.S. District Judge Joseph Greenaway in…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Big white collar developments
Main June 28, 2005Big white collar developmentsThanks to the White Collar Crime Prof Blog, I see there are all sorts of interesting developments on the white collar front. The biggest…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Scrushy Acquitted on All Counts
By Ellen Podgor
The jury returned not guilty verdicts on all counts in the prosecution of Richard Scrushy, dealing the government a significant blow, at least for now. Among the charges was the…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Congressman’s House Sale to a Contributor Is the Focus of a Federal Investigation
By Ellen Podgor
Eight term California Congressman Randy (Duke) Cunningham's sale of his home for $1.675 million in 2003 is the focus of an FBI investigation, according to an article in the North…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
University Dean Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud
By Ellen Podgor
Timothy Van Susteren, a former associate dean at the University of Florida, entered a guilty plea to a wire fraud charge that he diverted $120,000 that was supposed to be…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Vilar Finally Released on Bail
By Ellen Podgor
Alberto Vilar, the co-founder of Amerindo Investment Advisers, was released on bail after spending a month in the Manhattan MCC since his arrest on May 26 at the Newark airport…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Rigases get long sentences for Adelphia fraud
Main June 20, 2005Rigases get long sentences for Adelphia fraudAs detailed in this Bloomberg report, "John Rigas, the 80-year-old founder of Adelphia Communications Corp., was sentenced to 15 years in…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Wine Fraud Can Be Wire Fraud
By Ellen Podgor
When you have a wine fraud, how do you charge the crime. In the case of the United States Attorney's Office for the Central District of California, the case becomes…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Newspaper Fraud?
By Ellen Podgor
The government going after the newspaper? Not quite. But DOJ did indict three individuals for their alleged role in defrauding newspaper advertisers. A press release of the Eastern District of…