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October 31, 2009
Happy Birthday Blog - Five Years Old
Today the White Collar Crime Prof Blog Turns Five (5) Years Old and I would like to thank all the readers out there who have clicked this way.
As you may imagine, blogging takes an enormous amount of time - and some days it can be difficult to find the minutes to post what needs to be said. So thanks for sticking with me during the last five years and I hope you will continue to stop by. Please continue to send items this way. If I didn't get to post it - I am sorry - but I can only do so much. I assure you that it is always appreciated.
The best to everyone out there -
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October 30, 2009
In the News & Around the Blogosphere
Mike Scarcella, BLT Blog, Top DOJ Fraud Section Supervisors Planning to Leave Justice
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Federal Convictions Reversed
Alexander Bunin - Federal Defender - has just issued an updated edition of Federal Convictions Reversed. See here - Download Federal Convictions Reversed 10.2009
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October 29, 2009
In the News & Around the Blogosphere
Mike Scarcella, Nat. L.J.,DOJ Witness in Stevens Case Sentenced to Prison ; DOJ Press Release, Bill Allen and Richard Smith, Former Officers of VECO Corporation, Sentenced for Roles in Alaska Public Corruption Scheme
DOJ Press Release, West Suburban Man Charged with Defrauding 60 Investors of $28 Million in Alleged "Ponzi" Scheme
DOJ Press Release, Former Subcontractor Representative Pleads Guilty to Indictment Involving Conspiracy at New Jersey Superfund Site
John Bresnahan & Maru Raju, Politico,Sen. John Ensign's aides pay the price for his affair(w/ a hat tip to Dennis Beal)
Curt Anderson, AP, UBS ex-client avoids prison for tax conviction
Hans Villarica, Medill Reports, Researchers expose a pattern for white-collar crime
Richard Lacayo, Time, Skilling's Enron Appeal: Is 'Honest Services Fraud' a Bogus Charge?
Mark Hamblett, law.com, N.Y.L.J., Dead in Reported Suicide, Attorney Faced SEC Complaint Over Leak of Law Firm Data
Nicolas Vaux-Montagny, Washington Post, Church of Scientology convicted of fraud in France
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October 27, 2009
In the News & Around the Blogosphere
Doreen Carvajal & Stephen Castle, NYTimes, Fraud Plagues Sugar Subsidy System in Europe
DOJ Press Release, Utah-Based Tax Shelter Operators Plead Guilty in $200 Million Dollar Tax Fraud
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October 26, 2009
Eleventh Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Count One in Kuehne Case
No surprises in the Eleventh Circuit opinion affirming the trial court's dismissal of Count One in the Ben Kuehne case. The nine page opinion authored by Hon. Barkett, and joined by Hon. Hull and Quist provides a quick response to the government's contention that 18 U.S.C. 1957 (f)(1) was "nullified" by the Court's decision in Caplin & Drysdale - not so. The court states:
It would therefore make little sense- and would be entirely superfluous-to read § 1957(f)(1) as an exemption from criminal penalties for non-tainted proceeds spent on legal representation, as those funds can always be used for any legal purpose. We do not believe Congress intended such an absurd result ...
See also David Oscar Markus, Southern District of Florida Blog here. For background see here and here.
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