Browsing: White Collar Crime

The executives of the failed movie-a-day subscrfption service are accused of selling the Moviepass’ “unlimited” subscription tier model when both allegedly knew the model was nothing more than a temporary marketing gimmick. 

The Department of Justice plans a dramatic expansion in the federal government’s ability to seize and keep cryptocurrency, hoping to broaden the most abusive form of civil forfeiture that property owners currently have little protection from.

The task force and its attached prosecutors will “work jointly to hold accountable criminals who  enriched themselves at the expense of taxpayers by defrauding economic aid programs,” said US Attorney Josh Hurwit.