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Former Nurse Gets Stiff Sentence For Medicare Fraud

Posted On Friday, May 18, 2018 At 6:02PM

What Happened? On May 9, 2018, Joan Cicchiello, a 67-year-old former registered nurse, was sentenced in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania to 72 months’...

Supreme Court Limits Tax Obstruction

Posted On Wednesday, March 28, 2018 At 1:39PM
By: Christopher A. Iacono

What Happened This week, the United States Supreme Court in Marinello v. United States held that in order to sustain a tax obstruction conviction, there must be a nexus between the...

DOJ Takes New Steps In Opioid Enforcement

Posted On Monday, March 19, 2018 At 1:42PM
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What Happened In the last few weeks, the Department of Justice has announced new initiatives in the fight against the opioid crisis. These initiatives included the creation of the...

DOJ Expands FCPA Declination Policy To Other Criminal Matters

Posted On Wednesday, March 14, 2018 At 1:48PM

What Happened The Department of Justice suggested last month that it will decline prosecution in corporate criminal matters in which the corporation engages in voluntarily disclosure. The...

No Downward Variance For Ex-Akin Gump Partner In DOJ Suit-Selling Case

Posted On Tuesday, March 13, 2018 At 1:50PM

What Happened? Jeffrey Wertkin, a former Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP partner who previously had worked at the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), received 30 months’ imprisonment for...

Third Circuit Rejects Concert Promoter’s Challenge To Guilty Plea And Sentence

Posted On Monday, February 5, 2018 At 8:00PM
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What Happened? The Third Circuit has affirmed the conviction and 78 month prison sentence of concert promoter Mark Hubbard, who had been convicted after pleading guilty to wire fraud for his role...

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