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Fraud
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CrimProf Blog
2001 Law Grad Convicted of Using Credit Card Scam to Pay for Law School
Christian Ehlers, a 2001 graduate of Loyola Law School who is admitted to practice in California, was convicted this week in federal court of bilking credit card companies out of…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Frankel Sentenced
By Ellen Podgor
White Collar cases often mover slower than cases involving street crime, but the case of Martin Frankel moved unusually slow. But there is a reason why...According to an AP story…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
More Atlanta Indictments
By Ellen Podgor
In an article in the Atlanta Journal Constitution titled, "Top Officials Indicted in Morris Brown Fraud," we find federal prosecutors in the Northern District of Georgia busy again. Recall the…
Tom Mighell
Email that Protects You from Fraud
By Tom Mighell
If you're tired of trying to figure out which e-mails are legitimate and which are fishing scams, you might want to give the newest version of Eudora, which includes the…
British Columbia Insurance Blog
Halpern Investments Ltd. v. Sovereign General Insurance Co. [2004] A.J. No. 1376 Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench
Halpern Investments Ltd. ("Halpern Investments") was unsuccessful in obtaining an order that it was covered for damages resulting from fire where it was admitted that the principal of Halpern Investments…
British Columbia Insurance Blog
Metcalfe v. Manufacturers Life Insurance Co. [2004] B.C.J. No. 2415 British Columbia Supreme Court
An insured ("Mr. Metcalfe"), who died of a drug overdose, had purchased a life insurance policy seven years before his death. Although he did not disclose to the life insurance…
Tom Mighell
Test Your Phishing IQ
By Tom Mighell
Think you know how to spot a scam e-mail when it arrives in your inbox? Try the MailFrontier Phishing IQ Test II -- you may be surprised at the results.
Sentencing Law and Policy
Enron sentencing jury is back
Main November 9, 2004Enron sentencing jury is backThis just in: the novel advisory sentencing jury asked to decided a variety of sentencing-enhancing guideline issues in the Enron Nigerian barge case…
CrimProf Blog
Supreme Court Decision in Leocal
Doug Berman blogs the Leocal decision, holding that DUI is not a "crime of violence" for purposes of deportation.http://sentencing.typepad.com/sentencing_law_and_policy/2004/11/considering_jus.htmlJack Chin
ContractsProf Blog
Hoops star hit with $4.7 million verdict
It was bad enough for basketball player Vince Carter to see his agent go to prison for money laundering and fraud after taking millions from clients. But now the Toronto…