White Collar Crime Report: Index-Summary

OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE

– Bribery from immigrants, ICE lawyer guilty verdict (C.D. Cal.), 322
– Double jeopardy, bankruptcy fraud and obstruction of justice convictions (7th Cir.), 141
– Drug firm officer indicted in off-label marketing case (D. Md.), 795; not guilty plea, 884; Special Report, 946
– Federal sentencing guidelines, lies during civil tax audit, enhancement (9th Cir.), 76
– Ponzi scheme, Stanford Financial Group officials, blocking SEC investigation, not guilty verdict (S.D. Tex.), 130
– Price fixing defendant must defend witness tampering charges (E.D. Pa.), 466; attorney-client privilege does not bar testimony of corporate counsel, 523; CEO sentenced for obstruction of justice, 933

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH

– Coal mine foremen charged in fatal mine fire (S.D.W. Va.), 494
– Construction worker fatal fall, contractor willful OSHA violation, guilty plea (W.D. Pa.), 133; sentencing, 504
– Crane collapse, owner and mechanic, indictment (N.Y. Sup. Ct.), 169
– Energy plant explosion, Conn. authorities investigate, 125
– Fatal building collapse, owner and contractor, not guilty verdict (N.Y. Sup. Ct.), 352
– Oil refinery explosion

– – BP to pay fine, 608
– – Tesoro fined, 707

– OSH Act, expanded coverage and increased penalties

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2067

– OSHA training, false certification issuance, criminal charges (S.D.N.Y.), 170; safety trainer charged, 495
– Sewer worker deaths, criminal verdict against employer (Ariz. Ct. App.), 360

OHIO

– Copyright Act preempts state anti-piracy law (Ohio Ct. App.), 670
– Homicide, poisoning death of wastewater treatment worker, company officials indicted (Ohio Ct. Com. Pl.), 464
– Trademark registration, expert who never viewed documents (Ohio), 222

OIL AND GAS

– Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

– – Freight forwarding firm and oil firms agree to pay fines (S.D. Tex.), 802
– – Kazakhstan oil deals, consultant pleads guilty to minor tax charge (S.D.N.Y.), 561
– – Technip to pay fines for payments to Nigerian officials (S.D. Tex.), 467; Dutch firm settles civil and criminal charges, 498; KBR consultant pleads guilty, 885; former vice president Cheney and company executives charged, 902

– Investment fraud, guilty plea (E.D. Tex.), 626
– Migratory Bird Treaty Act

– – Drilling firms liable for death of birds (10th Cir.), 536
– – Extraction firm sentenced (D. Colo.), 629

– Minerals Management Service workers, ethics violations, inspector general report, 403
– Natural gas transactions, accounting fraud, Dynegy exec conviction (U.S., rev den), 80
– Occupational safety, fine imposed for fatal refinery explosion, 707
– Oil-for-Food program, kickbacks to Iraqi officials

See INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS

– Phony securities scheme, seller sentencing (E.D. Tex.), 215
– Pollution

– – BP oil spill

– – – Civil and criminal liability, Special Report, 477
– – – DOJ opens criminal investigation, 398

– – BP pipeline rupture, revocation of probation recommended (D. Alaska), 855; BP denies violation, 938
– – Cargo ship fuel spill in San Francisco Bay, ship operator fine (N.D. Cal.), 138
– – Dumping of oil-tainted waste by cargo ship

– – – Engineer sentenced (E.D.N.C.), 602
– – – Panamanian firm pleads guilty (D. Md.), 500; company to pay fine, 661

– – Explosion at refinery caused by Clean Air Act violations, BP to pay fine, 608
– – Oily waste discharge, tanker chief engineer, not guilty verdict (S.D. Tex.), 318
– – Tank barge explosion, captain charged (N.D. Ill.), 98
– – Waste oil discharges, vessel firm pleads guilty (E.D. La.), 564; sentencing, 807

– Ponzi schemes, sentencing (E.D. Tex.), 731
– Sales tax evasion by gas station owners, 610

OREGON

– Medicaid fraud staff, increase, 303