Category Archives: White Collar Crime
Cash bail system under attack as unconstitutional
SAN FRANCISCO — Crystal Patterson didn’t have the cash or assets to post $150,000 bail and get out of jail after her arrest on an assault charge in October. So Patterson, 39, promised to pay a bail bonds company $15,000 plus interest to put up the $150,000 bail for her, allowing her to go… Read More »
Making it Harder to Prove White Collar Crimes
By PETER J. HENNING NOV. 30, 2015 White Collar Watch One of the most potent words in politics is “reform” because everyone is in favor of making things better. Legislation introduced in the House and Senate to change what the government must prove for some white-collar crimes, especially those involving corporate executives, could end… Read More »
Prison phone company secretly records attorney-client calls
Secret ‘recordings’ could be last straw for prison phone companyBy Josh Kosman New York Post 11/11/15 Prison phone company Securus Technologies is no longer a secure investment. Securus, owned by private equity firm Abry Partners, had its cloud storage system hacked recently, revealing it has apparently recorded 14,000 phone calls between inmates and their lawyers,… Read More »
Obama announces efforts to help ex-convicts
As part of a push to tackle criminal justice issues in his final year in office, President Barack Obama announced new efforts to help former prisoners reintegrate into society. Speaking in Newark, N.J., on Monday, Mr. Obama announced $8 million in new grants to support educational opportunities for ex-convicts returning from prison. Mr. Obama… Read More »
President Obama tells federal agencies to ‘ban the box’ on federal job applications
WASHINGTON — President Obama said Monday he was directing federal agencies to “ban the box” in their hiring decisions, prohibiting them from asking prospective government employees about their criminal histories on job applications. Speaking at Rutgers University in Newark, N.J., where he highlighted programs meant to ease the reentry of former inmates into society, Obama said the… Read More »
FBI works with online stores to clamp down on counterfeit goods
http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/5/9452939/fbi-counterfeit-goods-department-of-justice The FBI announced on Friday that it was launching a new strategy in collaboration with the Department of Justice, working with third-party marketplaces — such as eBay and Amazon — to enforce intellectual property laws by giving them analytical tools to work out when people might be selling fake goods. The strategy will also award more… Read More »
New Guidelines Issued by Justice Department Emphasize Prosecuting White Collar Crimes
Justice Department To Hold More Individuals Accountable For White-Collar Crime The new rules came in response to criticism that the Obama administration had not vigorously pursued individuals in the financial meltdown and housing crisis of 2008-2009 and in various corporate scandals. By Bill Trott Posted: 09/09/2015 09:17 PM EDT WASHINGTON, Sept 9 (Reuters) –… Read More »
Ferretting out health care fraud in Florida and Detroit
By Rich Lord / Pittsburgh Post-GazetteSeptember 27, 2015 The most successful Medicare Fraud Strike Force sent health care scammers scurrying all over the country — but hasn’t come close to running out of cases on its own turf. The Southern District of Florida accounted for 18 percent of health care fraud defendants nationwide from 2009 through… Read More »
Prosecutorial Misconduct
Our system of criminal justice, though largely inherited from Great Britain, has historically been more vulnerable to corruption by prosecutorial misconduct than that of our colonial antecedents. This has been variously attributed to the fact that prosecutors in our system, unlike that of the Brits (where the barrister alternates between prosecution and defense functions),… Read More »
