Two former television executives ensnared in the latest salvo of the long-running FIFA corruption scandal have petitioned the Eastern District of New York for an opportunity to review cellphone evidence from a government cooperating witness that might have been languishing on the shelf for the past six years.
Carlos Martinez and Hernan Lopez (the “Defendants”)
On January 1, 2021, Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021. Included among its provisions is the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), which, in short, requires qualifying businesses to disclose so-called “beneficial owners.” The purpose undoubtedly is to root out shell companies that avoid detection, regulation or enforcement through complex, opaque ownership
On June 22, 2021, the Office of the Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (OIG-HHS) released a comprehensive report on the impact of COVID-19 on Medicare beneficiaries residing in nursing homes for 2020. While the results may not be surprising, they are still disturbing. Overall, the report paints a tragic
In early March 2020, at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, former Attorney General William Barr instructed federal prosecutors to prioritize the “detection, investigation and prosecution of all criminal conduct related to the current pandemic.” His memos from the early days of the pandemic made it clear that COVID-19 related wrongdoing would be a top
Over the past few weeks, revelations of ransomware cyber-attacks on U.S. businesses have rocked the country’s infrastructure and have held hostage companies’ computer systems that are necessary to provide essential services to the nation. In a typical ransomware attack, hackers exploit a security vulnerability to gain access to a company’s computer system. After gaining access,
A federal district court has rejected a novel attempt to impose False Claims Act (FCA) liability for Medicare billings based on a theory that the underlying purchase of the home healthcare agency submitting those billings was allegedly tainted by fraud. The court’s decision delimits the scope of fraud that will support an FCA claim and
On April 28, 2021, federal agents executed search warrants at the home and office of Rudy Giuliani and seized cell phones and computers. Mr. Giuliani is former President Trump’s personal lawyer, a former United States Attorney, and a former New York City mayor. This high-profile search and seizure reportedly sought communications related to an ongoing
This blog’s masthead (Does Crime Pay?) has perhaps never asked so apt a question as it does of the latest clash between reality television stars and…actual reality. On Tuesday, March 30, 2021, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, in coordination with Homeland Security Investigations and the New York Police Department, announced
On Monday, April 12, 2021, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals released its opinion in United States v. Ghanem, Case No. 19-50278. Ghanem, an international arms dealer, was convicted in the Central District of California for violation of a statute prohibiting dealing in surface-to-air missiles.
However, this was not the offense for which Ghanem was
Ohioans disenchanted with the past two years of public corruption cases (see our previous post on that subject here) may no longer have to tolerate the seemingly endless number of Ohio politicians being indicted for bribery. That’s because apparently now they’re being indicted for fraud.
Cincinnati activist and perennial political candidate Kelli Prather was