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Barry Zalma
over 8 years ago
Criminal Law and Procedure
Criminal Law and Procedure Blog
Insurance Fraud Scheme Charged as Conspiracy: Cop Guilty Of Extortion In Auto Fraud
Insurance fraud is not a charge prosecutors like. Although it is an easy crime to prove since all it requires is a single document used with an intent to defraud an insurer, prosecutors prefer to deal with more complex issues and criminal charges. An...
Williams Mullen
over 7 years ago
Criminal Law and Procedure
Criminal Law and Procedure Blog
Structuring Trips Up Speaker Hastert
By Robert J. Higdon Jr. Former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Dennis Hastert entered the well of a courtroom in the Northern District of Illinois recently to enter a plea of not guilty to charges that he structured more than...
Barry Zalma
over 8 years ago
Criminal Law and Procedure
Criminal Law and Procedure Blog
Extortion to Get Insurance Commissions – Jail For Influencing Insurance Purchase
Public entities buy insurance to protect themselves against various liabilities and property damage. The politicians who run these entities know almost nothing about insurance and insurance pricing. As a result they are at the mercy of professional insurance...
Steven A. Meyerowitz
over 9 years ago
Financial Fraud Law
Financial Fraud Law Blog
After Financial Fraud Conviction and Prison, Man Began Electronic Stalking of the Victim – and Now He Faces More Time Behind Bars
In 2008, Paul Raymond Ross pleaded guilty in federal court to making extortionate demands for $20,000 from a victim who was identified publicly by the initials K.O.D. As a result of that plea, Ross was sentenced to 27 months in prison, followed by three...
Steven A. Meyerowitz
over 9 years ago
Financial Fraud Law
Financial Fraud Law Blog
Cryptolocker: A New Breed of Computer Malware, Feds Warn
How much is everything on your computer worth to you? About $300? The financial fraudsters behind a new malware program are betting on it. The Federal Trade Commission, the FBI, and other federal agencies are warning consumers and businesses about...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 9 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
DOL Wage & Hour Investigates Extortion Against Immigrants in Florida
"Given the facts that the Wage and Hour Division has preliminary established during its investigation of the employer, there is reason to believe that Mr. Barreno, and others like him, were victims of witness tampering under 18 U.S.c. Section 1512...
Kit Chaskin and Noel Paul
over 11 years ago
Insurance Law
Business Liability Insurance
Reed Smith LLP on Insuring Against the Emerging Risk of Kidnap, Ransom, Extortion and Unlawful Detention
By Kit Chaskin and Noel Paul, Attorneys, Reed Smith LLP Companies increasingly are doing business in emerging markets. Along with the so-called “BRIC” countries – Brazil, Russia, India, and China – smaller emerging markets...
David S. Rich
over 11 years ago
Corporate
Business Law Blog
New York High Court Allows Civil Claims Against Persons Who, Intending to Blackmail or Extort, Truthfully Report to Government Wrongdoing That Is of Public Interest
In February 2012, the New York Court of Appeals - New York State's court of last resort - held that where individuals, with an intent to blackmail or extort from a wrongdoer, truthfully report, to governmental officials, wrongdoing that is of public...
David S. Rich
over 11 years ago
Labor and Employment Law
Labor and Employment Law Blog
New York High Court Allows Civil Claims Against Persons Who, Intending to Blackmail or Extort, Truthfully Report to Government Wrongdoing That Is of Public Interest
In February 2012, the New York Court of Appeals - New York State's court of last resort - held that where individuals, with an intent to blackmail or extort from a wrongdoer, truthfully report, to governmental officials, wrongdoing that is of public...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 11 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
N.J. police officer charged with extorting immigrants
"A city police officer was indicted today on charges of shaking down undocumented immigrants by accepting bribes after threatening to report them. Police Officer Rocco Malgeri now faces 58 counts of theft by extortion, official misconduct,...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 9 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Extorted, Detained and Deported
"According to the Labor Department reports, Barreno was one of a dozen undocumented workers who had to pay fees just to begin work. The money was initially paid to Calix, who is a Honduran national, and then distributed in varying amounts between...
Kit Chaskin and Noel Paul
over 11 years ago
Top Emerging Trends
Emerging Issues Law Blog
Reed Smith LLP on Insuring Against the Emerging Risk of Kidnap, Ransom, Extortion and Unlawful Detention
By Kit Chaskin and Noel Paul, Attorneys, Reed Smith LLP Companies increasingly are doing business in emerging markets. Along with the so-called "BRIC" countries - Brazil, Russia, India, and China - smaller emerging markets such as Mexico and...
Kit Chaskin and Noel Paul
over 11 years ago
Insurance Law
Insurance Commentary
Reed Smith LLP on Insuring Against the Emerging Risk of Kidnap, Ransom, Extortion and Unlawful Detention
By Kit Chaskin and Noel Paul, Attorneys, Reed Smith LLP Companies increasingly are doing business in emerging markets. Along with the so-called “BRIC” countries – Brazil, Russia, India, and China – smaller emerging markets...
Thomas Fox
over 12 years ago
Securities
Securities Law Blog
Fraud Investigation and the UK Bribery Act
We were recently introduced to Fraud Examiner Expert Tracy Coenen , in her book " Expert Fraud Investigation: A Step-By-Step Guide " she details the steps a company should go through in performing a fraud investigation. Coenen provides the...