While serving a prison sentence, a convicted drug trafficker in Texas was able to transfer proceeds from his narcotics sales to an account accessed by his associates.
The following post, which was authored by Joseph DiRuzzo, originally appeared on the Federal Tax Crimes Blog on May 5, 2014. We re-post it here with permission. On April 30, 2014, the Philadelphia based […]
A recent win for a large company in a False Claims Act suit (a seeming rarity as of late) alleging illegal off-label promotion could provide some helpful insight to similarly […]
Since early 2013, the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has been formally targeting banks that service a wide range of lawfully operating businesses that it and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) consider “high risk.” The probe, known as “Operation Choke Point,” was started as an outgrowth of the Financial Fraud Enforcement Taskforce and seeks banks’ assistance in choking off access to the financial services industry by shutting down the bank accounts of high risk businesses.
As more States move towards the legalization of marijuana in various forms and to various degrees, marijuana is quickly becoming a growing and profitable industry.
On April 4, 2014, Bloomberg reported that the Las Vegas Sands Corp. (“Sands”) has increased its scrutiny of casino junket operators in Macau. The decision comes as casinos seek to […]
In Estate of Michelle Evette McCall, et. al. v. United States of America, SC11-1148 (Fla. 2014), the Florida Supreme Court decided the following certified question: DOES THE STATUTORY CAP ON […]
Last year the Washington State Supreme Court considered two cases addressing the expectation of privacy one has when sending a text message. On February 27, 2014, the Washington State Supreme Court ruled […]
On Wednesday of last week, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a 7-2 decision affirming a Fifth Circuit ruling permitting four state-law class actions to proceed against two […]
As we have previously reported, despite the growing number of States that have authorized the use of marijuana in various forms, the federal government has continued to crack down on […]
