Earlier today, in our Financial Fraud Law Quiz, we asked you to identify the communities in New Jersey that have had mayors convicted or have had mayors who have pleaded guilty in corruption cases. We limited it to this century, and we started you off... Read More
It has been exactly 10 years since a federal jury convicted Martha Stewart of four felonies for making false statements related to her sale of ImClone stock. In a statement Stewart issued after the jury’s decision, she said that she was “obviously... Read More
A number of prominent Wall Street firms have reached interim agreements with New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman to stop their practice of cooperating with analyst surveys administered by what Schneiderman characterized as “certain elite... Read More
Three men have been arrested on charges that they defrauded government-funded health care programs by buying back prescriptions and billing Medicaid as if the medication had been dispensed. The two owners of 184th Street Pharmacy in the Bronx, along with... Read More
Omnicare Inc., an Ohio-based long term care pharmacy, has agreed to pay the U.S. government $4.19 million to settle allegations that it engaged in a kickback scheme in violation of the federal False Claims Act. Omnicare provides pharmaceuticals and services... Read More
With the bribery, fraud, and extortion conviction last week of Tony Mack, the mayor of Trenton, New Jersey, the Financial Fraud Law Blog and the Financial Fraud Law Report thought we would ask our readers if they could identify the communities in New... Read More
Prosecutors in the United Kingdom appear to be following the U.S. Justice Department’s lead and are going to be able to use deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs), beginning on February 24. Toward that end, the director of the U.K. Serious Fraud... Read More
The former chief executive officer of PetroTiger Ltd., a British Virgin Islands oil and gas company with operations in Colombia and offices in New Jersey, has pleaded guilty for his role in a scheme to pay bribes to foreign government officials and to... Read More