White Collar Crime

  • New York Law Journal

    Cadwalader Hires Partner Trio to Boost Investigations Practice

    By Christine Simmons | September 11, 2017

    In its first litigation partner hires this year, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft announced Monday it had brought on a trio of lawyers, including an attorney from the Securities and Exchange Commission.

  • New York Law Journal

    Former Deutsche Subprime Securities Head Charged

    By B. Colby Hamilton | September 11, 2017

    Federal prosecutors announced fraud charges late Monday against the former head of Deutsche Bank's subprime trading unit, accusing him of knowingly selling $1.4 billion worth of real estate-backed securities backed by problematic loans.

  • New York Law Journal

    Wiretap Evidence Obtained Against Former Correction Officers' Union Official OK'd by Judge

    By B. Colby Hamilton | September 11, 2017

    The former head of one of New York's more powerful correction officers' unions, Norman Seabrook, was denied dismissal of corruption charges against him and a co-defendant Monday by U.S. District Judge Andrew Carter Jr. of the Southern District of New York.

  • New York Law Journal

    Sports Radio Host Craig Carton Charged With Fraud in Ticket Scheme

    By B. Colby Hamilton | September 6, 2017

    Sports radio personality Craig Carton, co-host of WFAN's "Boomer and Carton in the Morning," was arrested Wednesday over allegations he misled investors in a ticket selling business in order to resolve gambling debts.

  • New York Law Journal

    FCPA Standstill

    By Steven M. Witzel and Arthur Kutoroff | September 6, 2017

    In his Corporate Crime column, Steven M. Witzel, joined by Arthur Kutoroff, write: Notwithstanding Trump administration antipathy to "zealous" anti-corruption enforcement, and perhaps assuaged by post-election expressions of support from administration officials and confidence in line prosecutors, commentators have near-unanimously predicted a steadfast continuation of this robust FCPA enforcement. The facts to date do not support these initial predictions.

  • New York Law Journal

    Yanchukov v. Finskiy

    By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | September 5, 2017

    RICO Act Cross-Claims Dismissed; Foreign Parties Failed to Allege Domestic Injury

  • New York Law Journal

    SEC Drops Securities Fraud Suit Against Benjamin Wey

    By B. Colby Hamilton | September 1, 2017

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Friday that it, too, was dropping its case against Wall Street financier Benjamin Wey, in the face of a sweeping evidence suppression order in the criminal suit against Wey.

  • New York Law Journal

    The 'Right to Control' Theory in Mail and Wire Fraud Prosecutions

    By Elkan Abramowitz and Jonathan Sack | September 1, 2017

    White-Collar Crime columnists Elkan Abramowitz and Jonathan Sack discuss SDNY Judge Loretta Preska's recent decision in 'United States v. Davis', in which she analyzed the Second Circuit's "right to control" decisions and concluded that a guilty verdict should be set aside. The authors then address practical steps defense counsel can take when facing a mail or wire fraud prosecution premised on this sometimes elusive doctrine.

  • New York Law Journal

    'U.S. v. Martoma': The End of the 'Newman' Personal Benefit Test

    By Antonia M. Apps | August 30, 2017

    Antonia M. Apps analyzes the Second Circuit's decision in 'U.S. v. Martoma', where the court held that the gloss of a "meaningfully close personal relationship" as part of the personal benefit test was "no longer good law," and that liability requires the government to prove that the tipper expected the tippee would trade on the information and the tip "resembled trading by the insider followed by a gift of the profits" to the tippee.

  • New York Law Journal

    USA v. American International Group, Inc.

    By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | August 25, 2017

    FCA Qui Tam Suit Alleging Firm's 'Infiltration' By Mafia Dismissed as Frivolous, Baseless

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