Michael Balsamo

May 17, 2021 | Daily Business Review

Joel Greenberg's cooperation as a close associate of Matt Gaetz signals a significant escalation in the Justice Department's investigation and potentially raises the legal and political jeopardy the Florida congressman is facing.

By Michael Balsamo

3 minute read

November 12, 2020 | Daily Business Review

A Justice Department internal review cleared former Miami U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta of misconduct for agreeing not to prosecute the late serial sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

By Michael Balsamo and Eric Tucker

4 minute read

January 10, 2020 | Daily Business Review

Officials at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York believed they had preserved footage of guards finding Jeffrey Epstein after he appeared to have attempted suicide, but actually saved a video from a different part of the jail, prosecutors said.

By Jim Mustian and Michael Balsamo

5 minute read

March 05, 2019 | Daily Business Review

The squad will focus its efforts in South America, a continent that has been home to some of the Justice Department's most significant international corruption prosecutions of the last several years.

By Michael Balsamo and Eric Tucker

5 minute read

October 06, 2015 | New York Law Journal

After a suburban district attorney barred her prosecutors from keeping handguns, even at home, her office said the goal was safety. But the now-changed restriction has touched off debate about whether prosecutors should possess firearms.

By Michael Balsamo and Jennifer Peltz

5 minute read

October 06, 2015 | New York Law Journal

After a suburban district attorney barred her prosecutors from keeping handguns, even at home, her office said the goal was safety. But the now-changed restriction has touched off debate about whether prosecutors should possess firearms.

By Michael Balsamo and Jennifer Peltz

4 minute read

October 05, 2015 | New York Law Journal

For months, police trying to solve a Long Island robbery spree had little more to go on than grainy surveillance footage of a man in a ski mask holding up one convenience store after another. That was until the gunman made off with a stack of bills that investigators had secretly embedded with a GPS tracking device.

By Michael Balsamo

5 minute read

October 02, 2015 | New York Law Journal

For months, police trying to solve a Long Island robbery spree had little more to go on than grainy surveillance footage of a man in a ski mask holding up one convenience store after another. That was until the gunman made off with a stack of bills that investigators had secretly embedded with a GPS tracking device.

By Michael Balsamo

5 minute read