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Los Angeles Physician Sentenced To 1 Year In Prison And To Pay Over $1 Million In Restitution For Medicare Fraud

Posted On Monday, December 17, 2012

A 69-year-old Los Angeles physician, who pled guilty in July 2012 for receiving approximately $30,000 in kickbacks for participating in a scheme that defrauded Medicare out of more than $5 million,...

Increasing White-Collar Sentences: A Bad Re-Run?

Posted On Friday, December 14, 2012

Over at Forbes, Lawrence Bader has an interesting look at the possible deterrent effect (or lack thereof) of the current wave of insider-trading prosecutions. Bader’s take? ...

HSBC To Pay $1.256 Billion In Fines To Resolve Money Laundering Allegations

Posted On Thursday, December 13, 2012
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On December 11, 2012, HSBC Bank USA and HSBC Holdings plc agreed to pay $1.256 billion as part of a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to resolve alleged...

Trial Judge Orders Coffee And Snacks For Mob Trial Jurors

Posted On Thursday, December 13, 2012

Here is an interesting order issued by a U.S. District Court Judge in Philadelphia in the long-running trial of seven Mafia figures. "...it is ordered that the Clerk of Court for the Eastern...

APTx Agrees To Guilty Plea And $1 Million Fine For Fraud In Iraq Reconstruction Contract

Posted On Wednesday, December 12, 2012
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On December 10, 2012, DOJ announced that British contractor APTx Vehicle Systems Limited had entered into an agreement to plead guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States, the Coalition...

Standard Chartered Bank Enters Into DPA For IEEPA Violations – Forfeits $227 Million

Posted On Tuesday, December 11, 2012
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DOJ announced yesterday that it has entered into a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with Standard Chartered Bank, a financial institution headquartered in London, to resolve potential charges...

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Los Angeles Physician Sentenced To 1 Year In Prison And To Pay Over $1 Million In Restitution For Medicare Fraud

Increasing White-Collar Sentences: A Bad Re-Run?

HSBC To Pay $1.256 Billion In Fines To Resolve Money Laundering Allegations

Trial Judge Orders Coffee And Snacks For Mob Trial Jurors

APTx Agrees To Guilty Plea And $1 Million Fine For Fraud In Iraq Reconstruction Contract

Standard Chartered Bank Enters Into DPA For IEEPA Violations – Forfeits $227 Million

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