Testifying yesterday in a co-defendant’s federal mortgage fraud trial in Tampa, Florida attorney John Yanchek admitted that he had repeatedly lied to banks to help his clients get loans that…
It’s a bad time to be a bank with any connection to the alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme that Bernard Madoff is accused of running, or any other such claimed…
A Sarasota, Fla., lawyer pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Tampa to charges that could result in a sentence of eight to 10 years for his role in an…
Sued by private banking clients who contend the Banco Santander SA was grossly negligent in investing their money in an alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme of which Bernard Madoff is…
As a major Swiss bank is squeezed between the secrecy law of its own country and a threatened U.S. prosecution for helping American citizens hide their assets, the government reportedly…
Local practitioners are still stunned over news earlier this month that two prominent Fort Lauderdale, Fla., lawyers, Michael McNerney and Anthony Livoti Jr., are now defendants in a federal criminal…
Two registered nurses who blew the whistle on an alleged Medicare fraud by a major hospice provider have sparked a record $24.7 million settlement with the U.S. government by their…
Most individuals convicted of Medicare fraud get about 2½ years in prison, on average. But a Florida physician who aggravated a judge by lying on the stand got a lot…
A student who was suspended for three days by her former high school for criticizing an advanced-placement English teacher on her Facebook page is now suing her principal with the…
A Florida attorney who worked as a title agent has been convicted by a federal jury in Fort Lauderdale of preparing real estate closing documents that helped another man defraud…
When divorce attorney Martha-Irene Weed settled a matrimonial case for George Dumstorf Jr.in 2000, she had to contend with seemingly bizarre allegations of bigamy on the part of his soon-to-be…
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