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September 23, 2025
DOJ Adds Tribes To Program Enhancing Crime Data Exchange
The U.S. Department of Justice has selected six federally recognized Indigenous nations to participate in efforts to continue expansion of the Tribal Access Program for National Crime Information that will give their law enforcement and government access to databases maintained by the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services Division.
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September 23, 2025
Ga. Panel Says Kemp Doesn't Have To Probe Election Board
The Georgia Court of Appeals on Tuesday said a trial court rightly dismissed a suit that sought to force the state's governor to hold a hearing on ethics charges brought against three Republican members of the State Election Board.
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September 23, 2025
Privy Council Backs Undoing Fund's $230M Madoff Claim Sale
The top appeals court for U.K. overseas territories has endorsed a successful U.S. appeal brought by the liquidator of an overseas Bernard L. Madoff feeder fund to undo its allegedly imprudent sale of its $230 million claim against the Ponzi schemer's defunct firm to a hedge fund.
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September 22, 2025
Trump Appoints 'Loyal' Aide Following Va. US Atty's Exit
One of President Donald Trump's White House aides and former personal attorneys Monday was sworn in as interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, a day after the resignation of the office's previous Senate-approved top prosecutor, who had declined to bring charges against two of the president's foes.
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September 22, 2025
Ex-Joseph Gunnar Broker Cops To $1M Insider Trading Scheme
A former Joseph Gunnar & Co. broker Monday admitted to his role in what prosecutors say was a scheme to use confidential information about upcoming secondary stock offerings to make over $1 million in illicit profits.
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September 22, 2025
SEC Sues NC Man For 'Free-Riding' Securities Scheme
A North Carolina man faces U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission allegations that he systematically gamed certain broker-dealers to engage in a so-called free-riding scheme that enabled him to trade nearly $900,000 worth of securities despite not actually possessing the funds to do so.
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September 22, 2025
2nd Circ. Undoes $25M Restitution In Horse-Doping Case
A veterinarian convicted of conspiracy in a sprawling horse-doping scheme has escaped $25 million in restitution and is also off the hook for the $10.3 million forfeiture of funds tied to the sale of undetectable, performance-enhancement drugs, the Second Circuit said Monday.
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September 22, 2025
Adult Club Owner, Charged With Fraud, Facing Securities Suit
An RCI Hospitality Holdings investor hit the adult entertainment club operator and two executives with a proposed securities class action in Texas federal court on Sunday, alleging that they hid a multiyear tax fraud and bribery scheme that was recently unveiled in sprawling New York indictments and purportedly caused RCI's stock to plummet.
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September 22, 2025
Chancery Orders New Doc Handover In Crypto Co. Merger Suit
A busted crypto-venture merger battle resurrected by Delaware's Supreme Court last year took another turn Monday with a ruling by Delaware's chancellor compelling Galaxy Digital Holdings LLC's handover of records that crypto-wallet business Bitgo Holdings Inc. said ties Galaxy to an alleged crypto pump-and-dump scheme.
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September 22, 2025
Developer Gets 8 Years For Fraud That Sunk Belize Project
A Manhattan federal judge sentenced a California real estate developer with a previous fraud conviction Monday to eight years in prison, after a jury convicted him of defrauding investors who backed a big luxury development he controlled called Sanctuary Belize.
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September 22, 2025
Credit Union, Insurers End Embezzlement Coverage Dispute
A credit union seeking coverage for $5.5 million in embezzled funds agreed to end a suit accusing its fidelity bond insurers of secretly amending policy language to avoid coverage for "virtually any catastrophic loss," according to a notice filed Monday in Georgia federal court.
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September 22, 2025
Feds Oppose Chinese Exile Guo's Bid To Take Ch. 11 Assets
Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York have opposed convicted securities fraudster and bankrupt Chinese exile Miles Guo's bid to force the government to take control of assets from his own Connecticut-based Chapter 11 trustee to satisfy a $1.3 billion criminal forfeiture order.
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September 22, 2025
Girardi Loses Bid To Avoid Prison During Appeal
Disgraced attorney Tom Girardi will have to wait in prison while he appeals his wire fraud conviction for stealing from his own clients, a California federal judge has ruled.
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September 22, 2025
CVS's Omnicare Hits Ch. 11 After $949M FCA Judgment
Omnicare LLC, CVS Health's subsidiary that provides pharmacy services for long-term care facilities, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy relief Monday in Texas following a $949 million judgment against Omnicare and CVS issued by a New York federal judge earlier this year.
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September 22, 2025
DOJ Presses For 30-Year Sentence In Attempt On Kavanaugh
The government wants a defendant to spend at least 30 years in prison for attempting to kill U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, while defense counsel is seeking an eight-year sentence.
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September 22, 2025
Cuellar Bribery Indictment Survives Despite Speech Defense
A Texas federal judge has rejected a bid from U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, to escape bribery charges on the grounds that he is immune from prosecution under the Constitution's speech or debate clause, saying the government has alleged misconduct that is not shielded through a relationship to official legislative acts.
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September 22, 2025
Fla. Marketer Gets 57 Months For $11.5M Medicare Fraud
A Florida marketer received nearly five years in prison after admitting in Florida federal court to his role in a scheme to defraud the U.S. out of $11.5 million by convincing Medicare beneficiaries to take genetic screen tests that were not medically necessary.
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September 22, 2025
Boston Activist Admits Defrauding Donors, Gov't
A Boston anti-violence activist once hailed as a rising civic leader admitted Monday in a federal courtroom to using thousands of dollars in donations and grants to her nonprofit for personal expenses like meals and travel, defrauding a pandemic-era unemployment program, and other charges.
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September 21, 2025
Chinese Exec Who Shipped Fentanyl Ingredients Gets 25 Yrs
A Manhattan federal judge on Friday sentenced a Chinese national and chemical company executive to 25 years in prison for shipping large quantities of fentanyl ingredients to the U.S., citing the defendant's "egregious, callous" disregard for the deaths caused by the drugs he helped create.
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September 19, 2025
Va. US Atty Quits Amid Trump's 'Blue-Slip' Removal Bid
Erik Siebert on Friday resigned as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, just hours after President Donald Trump pondered ousting him from the position because Siebert received blue-slip approval from the commonwealth's two Democratic senators, Tim Kaine and Mark Warner, according to media reports.
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September 19, 2025
Treasury Launches Stablecoin Rule Push With Call For Input
The U.S. Department of the Treasury on Friday asked for public input on key regulatory considerations for stablecoins as it begins crafting rules to govern the stable-value crypto tokens under the recently signed Genius Act.
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September 19, 2025
NC Atty Charged With Embezzlement, Elder Fund Exploitation
A North Carolina attorney is facing 14 charges of embezzlement related to funds he allegedly rerouted to personal accounts that belonged to both his former law firm Walker Kiger PLLC and former clients.
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September 19, 2025
Former Bank Exec Sentenced For $2M Check-Kiting Scheme
An Illinois bank's second-highest executive has been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison for engaging in a check-kiting scheme that defrauded the bank out of about $2 million.
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September 19, 2025
SEC Walks Away From Ozy Media, Stanford Fraud Cases
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has walked away from its $50 million case against former Ozy Media Inc. founder Carlos Watson after President Donald Trump granted him clemency earlier this year, and also dropped a long-dormant case against a co-conspirator in Robert Allen Stanford's $7 billion Ponzi scheme.
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September 19, 2025
Dems Want Answers On Delayed FinCEN Adviser Rule
Sen. Elizabeth Warren and other congressional Democrats have pressed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on the department's decision to postpone a rule they said addresses a money laundering vulnerability of the U.S. investment adviser sector, saying the decision puts national security and the economy at risk.
Expert Analysis
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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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Series
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.
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Rebuttal
BigLaw Settlements Should Not Spur Ethics Deregulation
A recent Law360 op-ed argued that loosening law firm funding restrictions would make BigLaw firms less inclined to settle with the Trump administration, but deregulating legal financing ethics may well prove to be not merely ineffective, but counterproductive, says Laurel Kilgour at the American Economic Liberties Project.
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What FinCEN's AML Rule Delay Means For Advisers
Even with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's statement last month delaying the compliance date for a rule requiring advisers to report suspicious activity, advisers can expect some level of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission oversight in connection with anti-money laundering compliance, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.
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5 Ways Lawyers Can Earn Back The Public's Trust
Amid salacious headlines about lawyers behaving badly and recent polls showing the public’s increasingly unfavorable view of attorneys, we must make meaningful changes to our culture to rebuild trust in the legal system, says Carl Taylor at Carl Taylor Law.