White Collar Crime Report: Index-Summary

GAMBLING

– Intentional use of fake SSN on IRS form, good-faith defense jury instruction (6th Cir.), 39
– Internet gambling

– – Bingo legalization bill, conspiracy to bribe state legislators to approve (M.D. Ala.), 687; guilty plea, 925
– – Bookmaking liability of online service (Wash.), 633
– – Forfeiture of proceeds by U.K. firm, 672
– – Money laundering of proceeds

– – – Gaming site agent, indictment (D. Mass.), 348
– – – Payment processing firm operator guilty plea (S.D.N.Y.), 348

– Restitution, bookie disgorgement of funds to satisfy client obligation (7th Cir.), 149

GAS

See OIL AND GAS

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS

– Antitrust, DOJ enforcement initiative, BNA Insights, 481
– Boston “Big Dig” highway project, defective materials supplied, concrete firm managers sentenced (D. Mass.), 391
– Defense contracts

See DEFENSE CONTRACTS

– Eligibility of firms for contract awards despite settling DOJ charges, 400
– FCPA violations, debarment for

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 5366

– Federally-funded programs, bribery of local officials

– – “Agent” status of contractor (7th Cir.), 666
– – Proof of quid pro quo (11th Cir.), 392

– Inspectors general, subpoena authority

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 5815

– Procurement fraud, interior design firm owner pleads guilty (D.D.C.), 629
– School construction contracts, bribery to obtain awards, indictment (M.D. Fla.), 882
– Security services subcontract to protect U.S. personnel in Afghanistan, kickback scheme, sentencing (E.D. Va.), 17
– Social services employees sentenced for billing for services not provided to needy families (E.D. Pa.), 433

GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

– Bribery

– – Foreign officials

See FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT (FCPA)

– – Indianapolis councilman indicted for extortion (S.D. Ind.), 691
– – Mayor of Nogales, Ariz. indicted (Ariz. Super. Ct.), 690

– Ethics

– – Interior Dep't inspector general report on violations by Minerals Management Service workers, 403
– – S.C. governor, fine and denial of violations, 227
– – State commissions, effectiveness, 156

– FDIC worker, disclosure of confidential information about agency and bank customer, guilty plea (D. Kan.), 321
– Identity theft, social services worker indicted for using client data to file false tax returns (C.D. Cal.), 426
– Kickbacks, scheme to choose investment firms to manage public employees' pension fund, agreements, 114; more agreements, 154; state official, guilty plea (N.Y. Sup. Ct.), 174; probe widens, 206; former Hevesi aide properly charged (N.Y. Sup. Ct.), 560; Comptroller Hevesi pleads guilty, 727; consultant pleads guilty, 842
– Ponzi schemes, police officer indicted for operating (N.D. Ohio), 425
– Postal Service worker convicted of removing contents from piece of mail (9th Cir.), 634
– Privacy of alleged illegal immigrants violated by Utah state workers, 542
– Prosecutors

See PROSECUTORS

– Theft of unclaimed tax refunds, IRS worker indicted (S.D.N.Y.), 922

GUILTY PLEAS

– Advertising revenue inflation, Homestore.com chair (C.D. Cal.), 36; sentencing, 288
– Armed services, appeals, closely related offense doctrine (C.A.A.F.), 361
– Clean Water Act, wastewater discharge (N.D. Ala.), 16
– Construction worker fatal fall, contractor willful OSHA violation (W.D. Pa.), 133; sentencing, 504
– Embezzlement, N.Y. newspaper union, ex-president, guilty plea (S.D.N.Y.), 322
– False computer equipment replacement requests, scheme targeting Cisco (E.D.N.C.), 285
– FBI contract linguist, classified information leaked to blogger (D. Md.), 13
– Homeless people recruited for unnecessary procedures, hospital co-owner billing fraud, plea agreement (C.D. Cal.), 131
– Identity theft

– – Aggravated identity theft, knowledge that identity stolen belonged to real person (8th Cir.), 296
– – Computer hackers, data involving 130 million credit card accounts (D. Mass.), 12

– Insider trading

– – Earnings and acquisition pre-announcement, private equity fund CFO (N.D. Cal.), 287
– – Galleon, source of tip (S.D.N.Y.), 37; New Castle managing director, 100; Schottenfeld Group trader, 525
– – Investment banker, tipping brother re confidential corporate transactions (N.D. Cal.), 130
– – Lazard Ltd. tips, investment banker (N.D. Cal.), 69

– Lies about background, hedge fund manager (D. Conn.), 37
– Medicare billing fraud

– – Doctor plea entered (W.D. Pa.), 69
– – Infusion therapy clinics, treatments not rendered (S.D. Fla.), 286
– – Injectable cancer drugs not provided to patients, doctor plea agreement (C.D. Cal.), 320

– Money laundering

– – Fraudulent eBay ads, international scheme (D.D.C.), 352
– – Internet gambling proceeds, payment processing firm operator (S.D.N.Y.), 351

– Ponzi schemes

– – Haitian-Americans, scheme targeting (S.D. Fla.), 13
– – Payouts from civil settlements, charges against lawyer (S.D. Fla.), 66; sentencing, 422; officer of law firm sentenced, 730
– – Tax evasion, Genesis Fund distributions (C.D. Cal.), 287; sentencing, 565

– Price fixing, marine hoses, Italian subsidiary (S.D. Tex.), 135
– Privacy

– – FDIC worker, disclosure of confidential information about agency and bank customer (D. Kan.), 321
– – HIPAA violations, UCLA hospital researcher (C.D. Cal.), 70; sentencing, 326

– Resentencing after defendant wrongly sentenced for felony instead of misdemeanor (10th Cir.), 937
– Stock price manipulation using hackers, India resident (D. Neb.), 102; sentencing, 323
– Tax evasion

– – Aide to former governor (E.D.N.C.), 284
– – Failure to disclose Swiss bank account (E.D. Va.), 135
– – False statements in passport application (W.D. Wash.), 12
– – UBS bank accounts, Fla. watchmaker (S.D. Fla.), 101; sentencing, 325

– Topamax off-label promotion, plea agreement (D. Mass.), 319