White Collar Crime Report: Index-Summary

RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS (RICO) ACT

– Bribery, Carpenters 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

REAL ESTATE

– Bid rigging at public auctions

– – Indictments issued (E.D. Cal.), 495
– – Speculator pleads guilty (E.D.N.C.), 658

– Investment fraud schemes, indictments (D. Conn.), 798
– Kickback scheme, Chicago Alderman probationary sentence (7th Cir.), 145
– Mortgage fraud

See MORTGAGE FRAUD

– Ponzi schemes

– – Guilty plea (S.D.N.Y.), 657; sentencing, 890
– – Indictments (N.D. Ill.), 796

– Property tax credit, fraudulent claim, Stark cleared, 116
– Real estate investment trusts, financial adviser indicted for fraud (E.D. Cal.), 837
– Securities fraud, investment firm manager sentenced (S.D.N.Y.), 503

REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

– Campaign finance, ex-N.C. Gov. Easley (D) pleads guilty (N.C. Super. Ct.), 845
– Lobbying Disclosure Act

See LOBBYING

– Money laundering, suspicious activity reports

– – Electronic filing, FinCEN notice, 773
– – Unauthorized disclosure of reports, FinCEN advisory, 857

– Omissions in financial filings, drug firm exec statements to analysts, liability (3d Cir.), 292; deferred prosecution agreement (D.N.J.), 497
– Securities, Goldman Sachs fined for violating U.K. requirements, 674

RESTITUTION

– Abatement upon death of defendant (9th Cir.), 357
– Bookie, disgorgement of funds to satisfy client obligation (7th Cir.), 149
– Fraud defendant, below-guidelines probation sentence and restitution order (9th Cir.), 182
– Mandatory Victims Restitution Act

– – Erroneously calculated amount (6th Cir.), 573
– – Garnishment of defendant's pension benefits (5th Cir.), 702
– – Missed statutory deadline does not bar entry of untimely order by court (U.S., aff), 436
– – Nurse imposter to repay salary to employers (9th Cir.), 670
– – Offset of restitution award by value of forfeited property denied (10th Cir.), 505
– – U.S. may be “victim” entitled to recover (11th Cir.), 766

– Money laundering, co-conspirator who is also victim cannot recover (9th Cir.), 810
– Packaged ice company antitrust whistleblower, inability to find employment, restitution eligibility (6th Cir.), 184
– Ponzi scheme investors denied restitution (D. Minn.), 429
– Securities fraud, recovery based on amount of sales commissions (2d Cir.), 811
– Tax fraud, restitution as condition of supervised release (9th Cir.), 474
– Victim and Witness Protection Act, accelerated payment schedule for incarcerated defendant (2d Cir.), 295
– Victim challenge to order (1st Cir.), 183
– Victim refusal, payment to Crime Victims Fund (10th Cir.), 143

RICO

See RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS (RICO) ACT

RIGHT TO COUNSEL

– Ineffective assistance, counsel ignoring client wish to take mistrial (4th Cir.), 112