Former New York City financier Bernie Madoff is serving a 150-year term in the federal prison system following guilty pleas to multiple charges involving a $20 billion Ponzi scheme that bilked a wide range of celebrities, charities, financial funds, friends…
Category: Federal Criminal Law
2020
Category: Federal Criminal Law | Prosecutorial Misconduct
Roughly 15 parents have thus far elected not to plead guilty in the “college admissions scandal.”
While federal prosecutors have increased their pressure campaign against actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband Mossimo Giannulli, along with nine other…
2019
Category: Carjacking | Federal Criminal Law
A Texas man accused of beating a woman with a fire extinguisher in a parking garage while stealing her car and personal belongings was charged with felony robbery and assault with a deadly weapon.
He was actually arrested twice…
2019
Category: Federal Criminal Law | terrorism
The USA Patriot Act was signed into law by former President George W. Bush on October 26, 2001—some 45 days after the tragic 9/11 Twin Tower attacks. At the time, the U.S. Justice Department said the Patriot Act “simply expanded…
2019
Category: Drug Crime | Federal Criminal Law
Federal investigators have fast-tracked a criminal case against former VA nurse in Massachusetts. Mere weeks after her arrest, a grand jury has issued an indictment of her on two controlled substance charges.
The indictment charges that she diverted pain…
2019
Category: DUI | Federal Criminal Law | Fraud
Most people assume that attorneys stay on the right side of the law. Attorney-client privilege, state bar oversight, and legal ethics keep them on the straight and narrow, right?
Well, once in a while, however, there’s a bad apple…
2019
Category: Bribery | Federal Criminal Law
Businessman Greg Linberg owns an investment firm as well as a third-party company that manages insurance and reinsurance agencies in North Carolina. He is also reportedly a significant Republican campaign contributor.
Currently, he is accused of bribing a public…
2019
Category: Federal Criminal Law | Politics
Recent media reports that a whistleblower complaint involving President Trump may not only change the political landscape of the 2020 presidential election campaign but pose serious impeachment risks to the president for “high crimes and misdemeanors.”
As The Washington…
2019
Did you know it’s a federal crime to allow your dog to make noise that might scare wildlife in a national park? Raise your hand if your dog’s barking disturbs no one.
Would you believe us if we told…
2019
Category: Bank Fraud | Federal Criminal Law | Fraud
The CEO of the Teachers Federal Credit Union recently pled guilty to federal bank fraud for assisting a former state senator obtain a fraudulent loan.
Federal prosecutors charged that the CEO loaned $10,000 to the former state senator currently…