White-Collar Crime Prof Blog
Covers news, prosecutions, investigations, settlements and issues relating to white-collar crime.
Author: Ellen S. Podgor is an associate dean of faculty development and distance education and a law professor at Stetson University College of Law. Podgor also contributes to Law School Innovation.
Blawg Related Categories: Criminal Justice • Prosecutors • White Collar Crime • Law Professors • Securities Law • Stetson University • Law Professor
Recent Posts from White-Collar Crime Prof Blog
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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
Chronicle of Higher Education, Former Professor Gets 4 Years for Allowing Unauthorized Access to Sensitive Technology Laura Sullivan, NPR, Madoff Likely Won't Be Serving Time in 'Club Fed' David Scheer, Bloomberg.com, SEC Names Ex-Prosecutor Reisner…
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My Space Related Case - No Sentencing Today
The Lori Drew case was scheduled for a hearing today and the question was whether she would be sentenced or perhaps the case dismissed. According to press reports it looks like it may be the…
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Beazer Homes Deferred Prosecution Agreement
Beazer Homes USA, Inc. entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with the US Attorney's Office for the Western District of North Carolina. The company issued the following release for investors (see here). The agreement calls…
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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
Doug Berman, Sentencing Law & Policy Blog, Another stiff sentence for a Ponzi schemer ; Barbara Boyer, philly.com, N.J. con man gets 30 years for Ponzi scheme James Barron, NYTimes, Assemblyman Steps Down and Admits…
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Stanford Bail Shortlived
Blogged here was the jumpsuit walk of R. Allen Stanford following the ordering of bail by a magistrate judge. But the bond was short-lived as the federal judge overseeing the case revoked his bail. A…
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The Madoff Forfeiture
Previously posted here was the court's forfeiture order in the Madoff case. Guest blogging on the Madoff forfeiture is Attorney Peter Goldberger who writes: The criminal forfeiture order, negotiated between the defendant and the government…
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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
TBO.com (AP), 10 others to be charged in Madoff probe Sheri Qualters, NLJ, Circuits split on sentencing for financial fraud -At issue is whether people who are reimbursed for financial losses from criminal schemes should…
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Cert Granted in Another 1346 Mail Fraud Case
Earlier this term, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in the Conrad Black case, a case premised upon the honest services intangible rights doctrine of the mail fraud statute (see here). Now a second case has…
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Madoff's Sentence - "Symbolic" of What?
Clearly Madoff's sentence is "symbolic." It symbolizes an incredibly long sentence being given to a white collar offender, something that has happened in the past but is not common, and hardly ever to this extent…
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Commentary on Madoff Sentence
150 years (see here) - more than a lifetime is the sentence given to Bernie Madoff by Hon. Denny Chin. It was clear that the 12 years requested by defense counsel would never be a…