On October 27, 2017 former Trump campaign chairman, Paul J. Manafort was indicted on charges that included money laundering, tax fraud, and conspiracy.
White-Collar Crime
In early October, a Greek judge ruled that one of the world’s highest profile financial cybercriminals, the suspected mastermind of a $4 billion bitcoin money laundering ring, should be extradited to the United States to stand trial.
The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office announced last week that Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford has been charged with illegally receiving more than $60,000 a year from local consultants Kimberly Anne Shaw and Susan Burgess Miller and failing to disclose the income on economic statements.
The radical shift in focus of the Department of Justice compounded by the Trump administration’s 2018 budget cuts indicates drastic changes for the prosecution of white collar crimes.
On May 10th, Attorney General Sessions sent a follow-up memo to his March 8th opening memo to all federal prosecutors laying out the DOJ’s charging and sentencing policies.[i] In this memo, Sessions specifically outlined two directives for federal prosecutors.
Nina Marino’s key takeaways from Blockchain Technology & Digital Currency National Institute Conference last week in New York
The transition from the Obama administration to the Trump administration could mean big changes for the prosecution of white-collar crimes as the focus of the Department of Justice shifts.
A Ponzi scheme is basically investment fraud that involves investors paying money into an investment and then receiving a return.
Ever since the internet came into widespread use, Americans have become increasingly aware that whatever goes online tends to stay online forever.
When it comes to proposing new laws, especially criminal laws, legislators have to be very careful about how statutes are worded.
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