White Collar Crime Report: Index-Summary

CALIFORNIA

– Bribery

– – Chinese officials, Cal. telecom firm, FCPA settlement, 41
– – County payment to land developer, officials charged (Cal. Super. Ct.), 126

– Ethics charges against Waters (D), House ethics committee documents released, 576; delay of trial, 705; trial canceled, 856
– Health clinic owners charged with submitting claims for dead patients (Cal. Super. Ct.), 169
– Malicious impersonation on internet, legislature passes criminal ban, 608
– Medi-Cal billing fraud defendants convicted (C.D. Cal.), 527
– Mortgage loan modification scheme, charges against lawyer (Cal. Super. Ct.), 64; 110 charges dropped, 8 remain, 210
– Recycling programs

– – Beverage container fraud scheme, arrests and charges (Cal. Super. Ct.), 349
– – Electronic waste, state program defrauded (Cal. Super. Ct.), 623

CAMPAIGN FINANCE

– Alaska, chief of staff to former Gov. Murkowski (R) seeks dismissal of indictment for taking illegal contributions for reelection campaign (D. Alaska), 671; dismissal granted, 725
– Concealment of illegal contributions, businessman pleads guilty (D. Mass.), 656
– Conduit contribution charges against contributor to 2004 Edwards presidential campaign (9th Cir.), 437; (rehear den), 896
– Congressional Ethics Office investigations, report, 186; Rangel (D-NY) temporarily steps aside, 187; Rangel charged with ethics violations, 540; delay of trial, 705; guilty on 11 counts, 793; censure recommended, 855; House votes to censure, 897
– DOJ election crimes director, Pilger replaces Donsanto, 363
– Embezzlement

– – GOP treasurer pleads guilty (D.D.C.), 626
– – Shays (R-Conn) campaign manager sentenced (D. Conn.), 660

– Lobbyist Magliocchetti indicted for illegal contributions (E.D. Va.), 556; guilty plea, 697
– N.C., ex- Gov. Easley (D) pleads guilty to reporting violation (N.C. Super. Ct.), 845
– Renzi (R-Ariz), embezzlement charges

– – Business associate convicted (D. Ariz.), 497
– – Wiretaps violate attorney-client privilege (D. Ariz.), 421

CFAA (COMPUTER FRAUD AND ABUSE ACT)

See CYBERCRIME

CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS

See NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

CHINA

– Bribery of Chinese officials, Cal. telecom firm, FCPA settlement, 41
– Chinese honey importation, Taiwanese businessman scheme to avoid antidumping duties, charges (N.D. Ill.), 245; conspirators indicted, 622

CITIZENSHIP

See ALIENS AND CITIZENSHIP

CLEAN AIR ACT

See ENVIRONMENT

CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA)

See ENVIRONMENT

COLORADO

– Ponzi scheme, defrauding investors in electronics resale business, sentencing (Colo. Dist. Ct.), 325

COMMUNICATIONS

See TELECOMMUNICATIONS
– E-mail

See E-MAIL

– Internet

See INTERNET

COMPUTERS

– Accounting fraud

– – Financial statement fraud, software firm founder pleads guilty (N.D. Ill.), 887
– – Network Associates chief financial officer, conviction reversed (9th Cir.), 877

– Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA)

See CYBERCRIME

– Cybercrime

See CYBERCRIME

– E-mail

See E-MAIL

– False equipment replacement requests, scheme targeting Cisco, guilty plea (E.D.N.C.), 285
– Internet

See INTERNET

– Privacy, attorney mining of metadata in electronic documents (Minn. Op.), 333
– Search and seizure

See SEARCH AND SEIZURE

– Software reseller misrepresentations to obtain Microsoft discount prices, mail and wire fraud (9th Cir.), 664
– Theft of trade secrets, Goldman Sachs programmer, stealing computer code, indictment (S.D.N.Y.), 127; 624; conviction, 886

CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS

– Ed. Note: A list of upcoming conferences and meetings appears at the end of selected issues.
– American Bar Ass'n

– – Annual meeting, 580
– – Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, 900
– – Internal corporate investigations conference, 369; 370; 371
– – Natl. Inst. on Criminal Tax Fraud, 944; 944
– – Natl. Inst. on White Collar Crime, 189; 191
– – Tax Section, 84; 85; 86; 363; 364; 708
– – Washington Healthcare Summit, 901

– BNA, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, 157
– Common Cause, 737
– Directors Roundtable, securities fraud, 542; 609
– District of Columbia Bar, 151
– Federal Bar Ass'n Tax Law Conf., 192
– Health Care Compliance Ass'n, 405
– International tax evasion, ABA-ALI webcast, 674
– Medical Device and Diagnostic Compliance Congress, 444
– Natl. Inst. on FCPA, 782; 783; 784
– Pharmaceutical Regulatory and Compliance Congress and Best Practices Forum, 737
– Practising Law Inst., 401; 812; 814
– Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society, 771
– Securities Industry and Financial Markets Ass'n, 813

CONFIDENTIALITY

See PRIVACY

CONGRESS, U.S.

– Ed. Note: For coverage of legislation by bill number, see LEGISLATION, FEDERAL. For information on measures not yet assigned bill numbers, see relevant subject headings.
– Contempt of Congress, U.S. Special Counsel Bloch to be sentenced, 540
– Ethics

– – Office of Congressional Ethics

– – – Campaign contributions probes, report, 186
– – – Preservation of Ethics Office, House GOP rules, 942
– – – Renewal of mandate discussed by conferees, 737

– – Rangel (D-NY) temporarily steps aside, 187; Rangel charged with ethics violations, 540; delay of trial, 705; guilty on 11 counts, 793; censure recommended, 855; House votes to censure, 897
– – Waters (D-Cal), charges specified in House ethics committee documents, 576; delay of trial, 705; trial canceled, 856

– Insider trading by Congressional members and staff

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 682

CONNECTICUT

– Energy plant explosion, state authorities investigate, 125

CONSPIRACY

– Bid rigging, insulation contracts, former hospital employee, guilty plea (S.D.N.Y.), 214; contractor and coconspirator, indictments, 245; purchasing official pleads guilty, 929
– Bribery of state legislators to approve bingo legalization bill (M.D. Ala.), 687; guilty plea, 925
– Chinese honey importation, Taiwanese businessman scheme to avoid antidumping duties, charges (N.D. Ill.), 245; conspirators indicted, 622
– Double jeopardy

– – Enron exec reindictment challenge, jurisdiction (5th Cir.), 328; (U.S., rev den), 767
– – Federal conspiracy statute, separate punishments for violating “offense” and “fraud” portions, rehearing (3d Cir.), 78
– – Separate punishment for violations of offense and fraud portions of federal statute (3d Cir.), 356

– Mail fraud, conspiracy to defraud FCC program, guilty pleas (D.N.J.), 176
– Money laundering

See MONEY LAUNDERING

– Price fixing

See ANTITRUST

– Real estate kickback scheme, Chicago Alderman probationary sentence (7th Cir.), 145
– Securities

– – Fake promissory notes, sale to hedge funds, broker sentencing (S.D.N.Y.), 254
– – Insider trading, tips re upcoming press releases, indictment (C.D. Cal.), 244
– – Ponzi scheme, theft from pension funds and clients, investment adviser guilty verdict (E.D. Mich.), 319
– – Prime bank trading program scheme, indictment (M.D. Fla.), 8
– – Pump-and-dump scheme, Phoenix lawyer stock-registration conspiracy, sentencing (E.D. Va.), 216
– – “Squawk box” scheme involving material, nonpublic information about client orders, post-conviction motion hearing (E.D.N.Y.), 301; nondisclosure of SEC deposition testimony did not undermine validity of convictions, 526

– Tax evasion

– – Demolition firm execs, guilty verdicts (D. Del.), 214
– – Sale of tax avoidance products, indictment unsealed (D.N.J.), 522
– – Unlicensed stock promoter, IRS obstruction, sentencing (C.D. Cal.), 255

– Tax fraud

See TAX FRAUD

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

– Double jeopardy

See DOUBLE JEOPARDY

– Due process

See DUE PROCESS

– Ex Post Facto Clause, sentencing guidelines “one book” rule (2d Cir.), 603
– Free speech

See FREEDOM OF SPEECH

– Jury trial, right to, determination of amount of fine (2d Cir.), 632
– Search and seizure

See SEARCH AND SEIZURE

– Self-incrimination

See SELF-INCRIMINATION

CONSTRUCTION

See BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION

CONTEMPT

– Attorney-client privilege, disclosure order, contempt citation, immediate appeal (4th Cir.), 105
– Freedom of speech, lawyer conviction for accusatory statements about judge in pleading (Mo.), 358
– Ponzi schemes, foreign exchange firm violation of injunction barring withdrawal of funds, criminal contempt (W.D.N.C.), 430
– Recusal of judge for bias sought in criminal contempt case against infomercial figure (N.D. Ill.), 815
– Securities fraud, noncompliance with injunction, case referred to DOJ (S.D. Cal.), 815
– Special counsel, Bloch, sentencing for criminal contempt of Congress, 540
– Summary criminal contempt, civil litigant's e-mail campaign against judge (7th Cir.), 439

CONTRACTS

See GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS
– Defense contracts

See DEFENSE CONTRACTS

COPYRIGHTS

– Anti-piracy, state law preempted by Copyright Act (Ohio Ct. App.), 670
– Digital Millennium Copyright Act circumvention ban, fair use defense (C.D. Cal.), 924
– Online infringement

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 3804

– Sentence enhancement for infringement based on loss to cable television provider (8th Cir.), 572

CORPORATE COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS

– Cooperation by firms can mitigate sanctions, DOJ official says, 404
– Federal sentencing guidelines, compliance officer access to board, proposed changes, 81; hearing held, Special Report, 230; analysis, 335; Special Report, 678
– Troubled Asset Relief Program fraud, 609

CORRUPTION

See PUBLIC CORRUPTION

COUNSEL

See ATTORNEYS

COUNTERFEITING

– Trademarks

See TRADEMARKS

CREDIT CARDS

– Health care providers, promotion of card with predatory lending rates, N.Y. attorney general investigating, 555
– Identity theft, computer hackers, data involving 130 million accounts, guilty plea (D. Mass.), 12
– Intended loss from fraud, aggregate credit limits (5th Cir.), 148
– Labor official sentenced for fraud (N.D. Iowa), 700

CURRENCY

– Commodities scam, foreign currency traders, not guilty pleas (N.D. Cal.), 97
– Foreign currency Ponzi schemes

See PONZI SCHEMES

– Foreign exchange trading program, defendants indicted for defrauding investors (D. Mass.), 753
– Money laundering

See MONEY LAUNDERING

CWA (CLEAN WATER ACT)

See ENVIRONMENT

CYBERCRIME

– Attacks, epidemic levels, former DHS official addresses, 156
– Citigroup denies reported attack, 24
– Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA)

– – E-mail servers, exceeding authorized access to protected computer (D. Neb.), 282
– – Misuse of authorized access (N.D. Cal.), 840
– – Scope and sentencing (5th Cir.), 142
– – Subjective intent as basis for indictment (N.D. Cal.), 248

– Database administrator sentenced for hacking into former employer network (S.D. Tex.), 504
– Identity theft

See IDENTITY THEFT

– Keylogger software installed by employer to monitor e-mail, unauthorized access (N.Y. Crim. Ct.), 317
– “Scareware” fraud indictments issued (N.D. Ill.), 385
– Security measures by businesses not keeping up with growing risks, 403
– Spam, Va. law, limit to commercial messages, 154
– Stock price manipulation using hackers, India resident, guilty plea (D. Neb.), 102; sentencing, 323
– Threat to disclose stolen personal data, sentencing (S.D. Ind.), 74
– VoIP telephone service networks, hacker sentenced (D.N.J.), 699