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September 17, 2025
Criminal Restitution Fails Defendants, Victims, Report Says
Federal criminal restitution often fails to benefit victims of crime and throws defendants into a "Sisyphean struggle" with debt, with $100 billion in outstanding restitution deemed uncollectable, according to a report released this week by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
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September 17, 2025
Union Settles FCA Suit Over Pandemic Loans for $2M
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 103 will pay just over $2 million in restitution and interest to settle allegations that it improperly obtained a Paycheck Protection Program loan for which it was not eligible, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Boston announced Wednesday.
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September 17, 2025
Giuliani Must Pay Attys $1.4M After Missing Bills Claim Fails
A New York state judge has awarded nearly $1.4 million to Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP in its lawsuit accusing former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani of racking up unpaid legal bills for the firm's work in various criminal, civil and administrative matters.
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September 17, 2025
Colo. Woman Admits To $3.4M Money Laundering Scheme
A Castle Rock woman on Wednesday pled guilty in Colorado federal court to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, after she was accused earlier this year by the government of numerous counts of money laundering for stealing more than $3.4 million from people over the internet.
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September 17, 2025
Womble Bond Hires Longtime Clifford Chance Leader In DC
Womble Bond Dickinson LLP has hired a career Clifford Chance LLP lawyer in Washington who served in a number of leadership roles with the firm in his more than 35 years there, including most recently as the global co-head of its risk team and leader of its U.S. regulatory investigations and financial crime group.
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September 17, 2025
Substitute Expert Testimony Is Hearsay, Mass. Justices Rule
Trial prosecutors' use of a state crime lab supervisor to introduce results of drug tests performed by a former subordinate violated the Sixth Amendment's confrontation clause, the Massachusetts high court said Wednesday, in a decision with potentially far-reaching implications for the use of forensic evidence.
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September 17, 2025
Ex-Pharmacy Tech Gets 20 Mos. For $5M Drug Scheme
A former pharmacy technician was sentenced to 20 months in prison Wednesday for her role in what a Michigan federal judge called an elaborate scheme that led to Medicare and an insurer paying more than $5.6 million for fraudulent prescriptions. Â Â
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September 17, 2025
Venezuelan Bondholder Asks 11th Circ. To Revive Suit
The holder of a $43.2 million judgment against Venezuela over defaulted bonds asked the Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday to revive its suit seeking to gain control of various Miami properties controlled by a wealthy businessman accused of bribing Venezuelan officials.
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September 17, 2025
CORRECTED: NYC Construction Co. Prez Gets 4 Years For Contract Fraud
The 65-year-old president of a New York City construction company has been sentenced to 48 months in prison after pleading guilty in New York federal court to being part of a fraud scheme involving NYC homeless shelter contracts worth $12 million, the New York City Department of Investigation announced.
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September 16, 2025
Exactech Enters $8M Deal To Resolve Implant Failure Claims
Orthopedic implant-maker Exactech Inc. agreed to pay $8 million to resolve allegations it marketed and sold faulty components of its knee-replacement systems that were to be used on patients on Medicare, Medicaid and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs assistance, federal prosecutors in Maryland and Alabama announced Tuesday.
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September 16, 2025
Ex-Navy Admiral Sentenced To 6 Years In Bribery Case
A D.C. federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a former top U.S. Navy admiral to six years behind bars after he was convicted of awarding a government contract to a company in exchange for a lucrative job there after he retired from the military, according to a case docket entry.
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September 16, 2025
Fla. Seafood Wholesaler Exec Cops To Fixing Lobster Prices
The vice president of a Miami-based seafood wholesale company on Tuesday pled guilty in Florida federal court to scheming with competitors to fix the prices paid to fishermen for stone crab claws and spiny lobster.
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September 16, 2025
Feds Seek 12 Years For Frank Founder; She Wants No Prison
The startup founder convicted of lying to JPMorgan Chase so it would buy her college-aid startup, Frank, for $175 million deserves a 12-year prison sentence, Manhattan federal prosecutors argued, countering her request that she serve no time.
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September 16, 2025
Smoke Shop Owners Slam NY Tribe's Sanctions Request
Retailers accused by the Cayuga Nation of running an unsanctioned cannabis shop on tribal land have pushed back on a bid seeking sanctions against them for failing to turn over daily cannabis sales records despite a New York federal court's order to do so, arguing "two wrongs don't make a right."
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September 16, 2025
Strip Club Execs Accused Of Bribing Auditor With Lap Dances
Executives of strip club operator RCI Hospitality Holdings Inc. bribed a tax auditor for more than a decade to avoid paying $8 million in New York City sales taxes, providing him free trips to Florida strip clubs and expensive lap dances, the state of New York alleged Tuesday.
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September 16, 2025
Denver Pastor's $3M Crypto Scheme Was Fraud, Judge Says
A Colorado state court judge has entered a judgment of more than $3 million against a Colorado pastor and his wife, whom state regulators accused of inducing attendees of their online church to invest in a worthless cryptocurrency.
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September 16, 2025
Miami Hospital's Ex-COO Admits To Embezzling $4.3M
The former chief operating officer of the fundraising arm for a taxpayer-funded Miami health system pled guilty to a wire fraud charge in Florida federal court, admitting to embezzling $4.3 million from the nonprofit and receiving kickbacks after submitting false vendor invoices.Â
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September 16, 2025
Goldman, Morgan Stanley Beat Archegos Suit At 2nd Circ.
The Second Circuit on Tuesday upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit accusing Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley of profiting off insider knowledge that the investment firm Archegos Capital Management was about to collapse, ruling that the companies had no duty to withhold from trading on the information.
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September 16, 2025
Bitcoin Fog Operator Fights Conviction Over Venue, Evidence
The alleged operator of the Bitcoin Fog crypto mixer is urging the D.C. Circuit to overturn his conviction, claiming federal prosecutors failed to tie him to a crime in the district and relied on circumstantial forensic evidence to link him to money launderers' use of the anonymizing service.
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September 16, 2025
4th Circ. Revives RICO Claims On Amazon Project Kickbacks
The Fourth Circuit in a published decision Tuesday revived racketeering and other claims from Amazon.com Inc. after two former employees, a real estate developer and an attorney operated a kickback scheme as the company spent hundreds of millions of dollars on a set of data center projects in northern Virginia.
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September 16, 2025
FDIC Gets More Discovery In SVB Fraud Coverage Row
A Chubb unit must comply with a previous order forcing it to give documents relating to the drafting history of certain policy provisions to Silicon Valley Bank former parent SVB Financial Group in a $73 million private equity fraud coverage dispute, a North Carolina federal court ruled.
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September 16, 2025
Twitter Stock Maven Tells Jury He Was 'Addicted' To Trading
An Ohio salesman accused of securities fraud told a Manhattan federal jury Tuesday that he was hooked on trading penny stocks, after a rough morning of testimony during which a lawyer from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission forced him to admit his goal was to move share prices.
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September 16, 2025
Acting US Atty Denies Prosecution Of Lawmaker Is 'Selective'
The U.S. Department of Justice has requested that assault charges not be dismissed against U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver, pushing back on claims the government is selectively prosecuting her following a confrontation with federal agents in May at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Newark.
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September 16, 2025
NJ Justices Suspend Atty Over Bank Loan Scheme Conviction
The New Jersey Supreme Court has indefinitely suspended an attorney and former director of the now-shuttered Park Avenue Bank after he was convicted for his role in a scheme to profit off of a loan using a straw borrower.
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September 16, 2025
Trump Taps US Atty Nominees For NC, NH And Louisiana
President Donald Trump has named U.S. attorney nominees for Louisiana, New Hampshire and North Carolina.
Expert Analysis
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Budget Act Should Boost Focus On Trade Compliance
Passage of the One Big Beautiful Budget Act, coupled with recent U.S. Department of Justice statements that it will use the False Claims Act aggressively to pursue trade, tariff and customs fraud, marks a sharp increase in trade-related enforcement risk, say attorneys at Debevoise.
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Associates Can Earn Credibility By Investing In Relationships
As the class of 2025 prepares to join law firms this fall, new associates must adapt to office dynamics and establish credible reputations — which require quiet, consistent relationship-building skills as much as legal acumen, says Kyle Forges at Bast Amron.
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How The Genius Act May Aid In Fight Against 'Pig Butchering'
​​​​​​​The recently enacted Genius Act represents a watershed moment in the fight against crypto fraud, providing new tools to freeze and recover funds that are lost to scams such as "pig butchering" schemes executed from scam factories abroad, but there are implementation challenges to watch, say attorneys at Treanor Devlin.
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Traditional Venue Theories May Not Encompass Crypto Fraud
A New York federal court's recent decision in U.S. v. Eisenberg, overturning a jury verdict against a crypto trader on venue deficiencies and insufficient evidence, highlights the challenges of prosecutions in the decentralized finance space, and will no doubt curtail law enforcement's often overly expansive view of jurisdiction and venue, say attorneys at Venable.
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When Misconduct Can Trigger Bank Industry Employment Ban
The Federal Reserve Board recently settled an enforcement action in which a former employee of a Wyoming bank was banned from banking for conduct she allegedly committed at an entity unrelated to the bank, raising questions about the scope of regulatory enforcement authority, says Travis Nelson at Polsinelli.
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Lessons From 7th Circ.'s Deleted Chat Sanctions Ruling
The Seventh Circuit’s recent decision in Pable v. Chicago Transit Authority, affirming the dismissal of an ex-employee’s retaliation claims, highlights the importance of properly handling the preservation of ephemeral messages and clarifies key sanctions issues, says Philip Favro at Favro Law.
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Genius Act Sets Stablecoin Standards — Without Regulation E
While the Genius Act expressly requires payment stablecoin issuers to be treated as financial institutions for purposes of the Bank Secrecy Act, it is notably silent as to whether they are to be treated as such under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, as implemented by Regulation E, says Tom Witherspoon at Stinson.
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Art Market Must Prepare For More AML Scrutiny
Calls for art market regulation continue to grow, as evidenced by a recently introduced bill that would subject it to the Bank Secrecy Act’s anti-money laundering requirements, so participants should consider adopting basic, risk-based controls, says Jane Levine at The ArtRisk Group.
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Quilting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Turning intricate patterns of fabric and thread into quilts has taught me that craftsmanship, creative problem-solving and dedication to incremental progress are essential to creating something lasting that will help another person — just like in law, says Veronica McMillan at Kramon & Graham.
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How AI Is Easing Digital Asset Recovery In Fraud Cases
In combination with recent legislation and a maturing digital asset infrastructure, artificial intelligence tools are making it easier to recover stolen assets, giving litigants a more specific understanding of financial fraud earlier in the process and making it economically feasible to pursue smaller fraud claims, says Solomon Shinerock at Lewis Baach.
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Fleeing Or Just Leaving Quickly? 2nd Circ. Says It Depends
The Second Circuit’s recent U.S. v. Bardakova decision adopted a new approach for determining whether a defendant who commits a crime in the U.S., and then leaves and remains abroad, intends to avoid prosecution — making it more difficult to argue against the fugitive disentitlement doctrine in most cases, say attorneys at MoloLamken.
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What 2 Profs Noticed As Transactional Law Students Used AI
After a semester using generative artificial intelligence tools with students in an entrepreneurship law clinic, we came away with numerous observations about the opportunities and challenges such tools present to new transactional lawyers, say professors at Cornell Law School.
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Despite SEC Reset, Private Crypto Securities Cases Continue
While the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Trump administration has charted a new approach to crypto regulation, the industry still lacks comprehensive rules of the road, meaning private plaintiffs continue to pursue litigation, and application of securities laws to crypto-assets will be determined by the courts, say attorneys at Skadden.
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Crypto Custody Guidelines Buoy Both Banks And Funds
A statement released last month by banking regulators — highlighting risks that the agencies expect banks holding crypto-assets to mitigate — may encourage more traditional institutions to offer crypto-asset safekeeping and thereby offer asset managers more options for qualified custodians to custody crypto-assets for their clients, say attorneys at Dechert.
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Reel Justice: 'Eddington' Spotlights Social Media Evidence
In the neo-Western black comedy “Eddington” released last month, social media is a character unto itself, highlighting how the boundaries between digital and real-world conduct can become blurred, thereby posing evidentiary challenges in criminal prosecutions, says Veronica Finkelstein at Wilmington University School of Law.