White Collar Crime
White Collar Crime Prosecutions Decrease Under Trump: Report
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Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse reported a 35.7 percent dip in white collar cases from five years ago.
White Collar Crime
Why College Admissions Scandal Is a Federal Crime
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It has to do with a law requiring the “right of honest services.” The law had been used to police corporate dishonestly without requiring proof of a benefit to the defendant. Now it is being applied to cases involving bribes and kickbacks.
White Collar Crime
How ‘Operation Varsity Blues’ Snagged 33 Parents
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Federal investigators looking into a securities fraud case were offered a tip on what became the biggest college-admissions fraud ever prosecuted, the Wall Street Journal reports.
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How The College Admissions Scam Worked
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Court papers say the scam alleged by federal prosecutors to ensure that applicants from rich families got into selective colleges required dozens of bribes of test administrators and relied on colleges’ different standards for student athletes.
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U.S. Charges 32 in College Admission Bribery Schemes
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The alleged crimes involved cheating on entrance exams, as well as bribing college officials to say students were coming to compete on athletic teams when those students were not athletes. Among those charged are actresses Felicity Huffman, known for her role on the television show “Desperate Housewives,” and Lori Loughlin, who appeared on “Full House.”
White Collar Crime
DOJ Charged 225 in Year-Long Crackdown on Elder Fraud
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“This is despicable. … It is despicable because the people involved are vulnerable,” said Attorney General William Barr in his first press conference.
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In Deal, Feds Drop Fraud Charges Against Ex-Rep. Schock
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Former Rep. Aaron Schock of Illinois, once a rising Republican star, resigned in 2015 amid charges that he used federal and campaign money as a personal piggy bank. An indictment will be dropped if he pays back taxes and stays out of trouble.
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Ex-FBI Chief Webster Nabs Jamaican Scammer
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When a Jamaican called former FBI and CIA director William Webster saying he had won a lottery, Webster got the FBI to take part in a reverse sting that led to the man’s capture.
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Federal Corruption Probes Roil Four Big Cities
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Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles and Philadelphia are under major federal corruption investigations. Residents, politicians and power brokers in all four places are waiting for signs of how deeply their civic cultures will be shaken. The investigations raise questions about whether there can be any lasting cure for the corruption problems that dog big cities dominated by a single party or political machine.
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Huawei Indictments Throw Hardball Into Trade Talks
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A pair of indictments charging the Chinese company with stealing trade secrets and evading economic sanctions in Iran comes just days before U.S.-China trade talks are set to resume.