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Investigations Newsletter: Former Comptroller of Ecuador Convicted in International Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme

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Former Comptroller of Ecuador Convicted in International Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme - On April 24, a Miami jury convicted Carlos Ramon Polit Faggioni, the former Comptroller General of Ecuador, for his role in an...more

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Investigations Newsletter: SCOTUS Declines to Hear False Claims Act Challenge

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SCOTUS Declines to Hear False Claims Act Challenge - On January 22, the US Supreme Court denied a petition to hear a challenge to a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision that upheld scienter and False Claims Act (FCA)...more

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Investigations Newsletter: DOJ’s First Criminal Securities Fraud Prosecution Related to COVID-19 Results in Eight-Year Sentence

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DOJ’s First Criminal Securities Fraud Prosecution Related to COVID-19 Results in Eight-Year Sentence - Mark Schena, the former president of Arrayit Corporation, a Silicon Valley-based medical technology company, was...more

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Government Dismisses All Charges In Benjamin Wey Securities Fraud Case After U.S. District Judge Suppresses All Evidence Obtained...

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On August 8, 2017, the Government moved to dismiss all charges against Benjamin Wey, the CEO of New York Global Group charged with securities fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy, and money laundering. United States District Court...more

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In Securities Fraud Case, Prosecutors Allege Novel Money Laundering Scheme To Circumvent FATCA Reporting Obligations

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The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York has charged four individuals with securities fraud conspiracy for their involvement in fraudulently manipulating the stock of a U.S. company using a traditional...more

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Your daily dose of financial news The Brief – 2.18.16

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What’s this? A rally hat trick for Wall Street? Asking for 4 might just be greedy at this point, but Mikey needs a new pair of shoes . . . – WSJ and Bloomberg... Even much-maligned bank stocks were feeling the love...more

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SEC Brings First Major Cyber Insider Trading Case Against International Hacking Ring

In an action that emphasizes the agency’s commitment to cybersecurity, the SEC recently charged 32 defendants with violations of the federal antifraud laws and corresponding SEC rules, stemming from an alleged $100 million...more

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FATCA Violation Underlies Latest US Tax and Securities Fraud Charges

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Indictment demonstrates the strength of US law enforcement efforts to combat offshore fraud and is the first to charge a FATCA violation. On September 9, 2014, in US v. Robert Bandfield, et al., federal prosecutors in...more

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Eleventh Circuit Upholds Convictions in “Pump-and-Dump” Stock Fraud Scheme

The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently upheld convictions for defendants who engaged in an illegal pump-and-dump stock manipulation scheme. Defendants, who participated with seven others in a conspiracy to...more

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Martoma by the Numbers

This week a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York rendered a guilty verdict against the former SAC portfolio manager on two counts of securities fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit...more

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