White Collar Crime Report: Index-Summary

BACKDATING STOCK OPTIONS

BANKING

– Automated teller machines, defendant convicted of operating Ponzi scheme (S.D.N.Y.), 803
– Barclays Bank settles charges of violating U.S. sanctions against foreign countries (D.D.C.), 595
– Credit cards

See CREDIT CARDS

– Currency

See CURRENCY

– False statements made to FDIC as part of fraud scheme, president of failed bank pleads guilty (W.D. Mo.), 757
– Financial adviser indicted for misappropriating client funds (S.D.N.Y.), 383; guilty plea, 653; former N.Y. City Council president pleads guilty to tax evasion, 846; lawyer charged for aiding scheme, 919
– Financial fraud task force

– – Obama creates, focus, 46; website launch, 301
– – U.S. Attorney in Va. forms group, 402; Va. federal court to handle more cases, 542

– Financial meltdown, investigation of bank activities during crisis underway, says FDIC head, 816
– Fraud, Agriprocessors CEO sentenced (N.D. Iowa), 469; new trial sought, 577
– Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act, pace of prosecutions discussed at Senate hearing, 673
– Iran Trade Embargo violated by funds transfer system owner, sentencing (S.D.N.Y.), 600
– Loans

See LOANS

– Madoff fraud, UBS bank role in feeder funds, Luxembourg launches preliminary criminal investigation, 443
– Money laundering

See MONEY LAUNDERING

– Mortgages

See MORTGAGE FRAUD

– Prime bank trading program scheme, indictment (M.D. Fla.), 8
– Privacy

– – Customer records protected under Ill. Constitution (Ill. App. Ct.), 854
– – FDIC worker, disclosure of confidential information about agency and bank customer, guilty plea (D. Kan.), 321

– Societe Generale bank employee sentenced for unauthorized trades, 731
– Subsidiary of bank not “financial institution” under federal bank fraud statute (9th Cir.), 663
– Tax evasion, foreign bank accounts

See INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS

– Tax shelters, Deutsche Bank enters into nonprosecution agreement with DOJ, 938
– Troubled Asset Relief Program funds

– – Corporate compliance programs needed, 609
– – President of bank pleads guilty to fraud (S.D.N.Y.), 727

BANKRUPTCY

– Attorneys, fraud conviction upheld (7th Cir.), 633
– Court-appointed receiver, misappropriation of funds, not guilty plea (S.D. Fla.), 129; sentencing, 530
– Double jeopardy, bankruptcy fraud and obstruction of justice convictions (7th Cir.), 141
– Federal Rules amendments, Supreme Court approval, 365

BID RIGGING

See ANTITRUST

BRIBERY

– Agent of state government

– – Independent contractor liable under federal statute (7th Cir.), 666
– – Official paid by state commission with money from state treasury (11th Cir.), 5

– Alaska, oil tax legislation

See ALASKA

– County payment to land developer, Cal. officials charged (Cal. Super. Ct.), 126
– Environmental permits, attempt to speed up issuance, sentencing (E.D.N.C.), 140
– Extortion

See EXTORTION

– FCPA

See FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT (FCPA)

– Federally-funded programs, bribery of local officials, proof of quid pro quo (11th Cir.), 392
– Gambling, state legislator votes to approve bingo legalization bill (M.D. Ala.), 687; guilty plea, 925
– Government contracts

– – Benefit received, federal sentencing guidelines (3d Cir.), 257
– – County official lack of actual authority to award contract (Md.), 329
– – Defense contracts

See DEFENSE CONTRACTS

– – School construction contract awards, indictment (M.D. Fla.), 882

– Honest-services fraud, former N.Y. state senate GOP leader, sentencing (N.D.N.Y.), 354
– Immigrants, ICE lawyer guilty verdict (C.D. Cal.), 322
– “In connection with” government entities, application to state judges (5th Cir.), 19
– International enforcement

See INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS

– Kickbacks

See KICKBACKS

– Mayor of Nogales, Ariz. indicted (Ariz. Super. Ct.), 690
– Municipal bond transactions, former Birmingham, Ala. mayor, sentencing (N.D. Ala.), 177
– N.Y. City crane inspector, false reports, guilty plea (N.Y. Sup. Ct.), 253; crane company owner pleads guilty, 388; sentencing, 701
– Police officer as public official in “sensitive position,” sentencing (D.C. Cir.), 394
– Ponzi scheme operator, sentencing (C.D. Cal.), 103
– Tax audits, charges filed for attempt to bribe IRS agent (S.D.N.Y.), 754
– Union official pleads guilty to scheme with contractors (S.D.N.Y.), 501; former local president pleads guilty, 527; secretary-treasurer pleads guilty, 564; business agent pleads guilty, 597; sentencing, 600; contractor association official convicted of perjury, 758; secretary-treasurer sentenced, 848

BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION

– Boston “Big Dig” highway project, defective materials supplied, concrete firm managers sentenced (D. Mass.), 391
– Bribery, government contract awards

– – Army contracting officer, executive pleads guilty to paying (D. Colo.), 928
– – School construction contracts, indictment (M.D. Fla.), 882

– Construction worker fatal fall, contractor willful OSHA violation, guilty plea (W.D. Pa.), 133; sentencing, 504
– Fatal building collapse, owner and contractor, not guilty verdict (N.Y. Sup. Ct.), 352
– OSHA training, false certification issuance, criminal charges (S.D.N.Y.), 170; safety trainer charged, 495
– Prevailing wages, elevator contractor charged with underpaying workers (S.D.N.Y.), 838
– Price fixing, ready-mix concrete, guilty pleas (N.D. Iowa), 389; firm president pleads guilty, 930
– Tax fraud, construction firm owner sentenced for underpaying employment taxes (S.D. Fla.), 806
– Trade secrets, paint firm worker sentenced for theft (N.D. Ill.), 933