White Collar Crime Report: Index-Summary

GAMBLING

– European Commission says U.S. ban on online gambling violates World Trade Org. rules, 427
– Founder of illegal website pleads guilty (S.D.N.Y.), 12; firm enters nonprosecution pact, 259
– Fugitive disentitlement law misapplied to dismiss challenge to civil forfeiture suit for funds allegedly linked to illegal internet enterprise (D.C. Cir.), 103
– Money laundering of proceeds from internet operations, payment processing firm operator indicted (S.D.N.Y.), 544
– Native American casino, stuffing raffle box with fake entries is theft from (7th Cir.), 329

GAS

See OIL AND GAS

GEORGIA

– RICO in personam civil forfeiture procedures in state law violate due process (Ga.), 494

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS

– Aliens' eligibility to work, DHS to implement rule mandating federal contractor usage of E-Verify system to check, 501
– Boston “Big Dig” highway project

See BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION

– Bribery of workers to steer contract awards

– – Emergency vehicle company workers sentenced for kickback scheme (M.D. Fla.), 98
– – Forfeiture, civil suit filed against accounts of Bangladeshi officials (D.D.C.), 44
– – Levee reconstruction project, public official and contractor convicted (E.D. La.), 284; sentencing, 636
– – Oil-for-Food program, kickbacks to Iraqi officials

See INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS

– – Security services subcontract to protect U.S. personnel in Afghanistan, kickback scheme, guilty plea entered (E.D. Va.), 633

– Defense contracts

See DEFENSE CONTRACTS

– Disadvantaged business enterprise program, contracts obtained by fraud, sentence enhanced based on amount of loss (11th Cir.), 675
– Embezzlement

– – Abusing position of trust, government procurement specialist may receive enhanced sentence for (10th Cir.), 18
– – West Point Military Academy worker indicted (D.D.C.), 61

– Environmental consultant arrested for allegedly defrauding N.Y. state government (W.D.N.Y.), 132
– Excluded parties are receiving contract awards, GAO final report, 188
– False Claims Act, prosecutor says recent changes may lead to more criminal cases, 503
– Felony convictions, ban on contract awards to corporations with

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 3679

– Medicare program integrity contractors to make referrals to DOJ, agency official says, 338
– Refuse cart repair firm, executives indicted for defrauding city of Chicago (N.D. Ill.), 312
– Social services nonprofit, employees charged with billing Philadelphia for services not provided to needy families (E.D. Pa.), 314
– Software firm procurements from state agencies, former Mass. House speaker pleads not guilty to enabling (D. Mass.), 413
– Stimulus projects funds, DOJ launches program to protect from collusion and fraud, 367
– Superfund site cleanup

See ENVIRONMENT

– Tax fraud, IRS contractor charged with filing false claims and illegal computer access (S.D. Ind.), 244
– Wages

– – Prevailing wages, attorney pleads guilty to aiding evasion by federal contractors (E.D.N.Y.), 246
– – Security contractor arrested for underpaying guards (N.Y. Sup. Ct.), 663

GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

– Bribery

– – Foreign officials

See FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT (FCPA)

– – Public contract awards

See DEFENSE CONTRACTS; GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS

– – Tax auditors, IRS worker pleads guilty to false audit report scheme (D. Nev.), 633

– Congress

See generally CONGRESS, U.S.

– Embezzlement

– – Abusing position of trust, government procurement specialist may receive enhanced sentence for (10th Cir.), 18
– – West Point Military Academy worker indicted (D.D.C.), 61

– Ethics

– – Alaska Gov. Palin (R), legal fund established to cover costs of defending ethics disputes is illegal, 529
– – Interior Dep't secretary announces review of alleged violations by Minerals Management Service workers, 111
– – Lobbying, revolving-door and gift restrictions, executive order issued, 78

– False statements and financial conflicts in fuel additive work, prosecution against EPA employee dismissed for lack of speedy trial (D.D.C.), 385
– FDIC worker indicted for disclosing confidential information about agency and bank customer (D. Kan.), 736
– Grant programs manager who approved unauthorized payments given enhanced sentence for abusing position of trust (8th Cir.), 105
– Honest services fraud

See HONEST SERVICES FRAUD

– Identity theft

– – E-mail of manager, employee who used account to spread defamatory claims not shielded by First Amendment from prosecution (Wis.), 493
– – State tax department employee charged with stealing taxpayer data to obtain credit cards (N.Y. Sup. Ct.), 313
– – Veterans' Affairs worker sentenced for unlawful access to agency computers (Cal. Super. Ct.), 70

– Insider trading, SEC lawyers may have traded on data learned from work, inspector general report issued, 363; agency announces steps to strengthen internal compliance program, 394
– Kickbacks, state officials indicted for scheme in choosing investment firms to manage public employees' pension fund (N.Y. Sup. Ct.), 204; hedge fund manager pleads guilty, head of Liberal Party charged, 281; equity firm founder charged, 313; subpoenas issued to investment firms in expanding probe, 334; placement agent pleads guilty, 354; Carlyle Group settles with state, will adopt code of conduct for investment firms, 365; private equity firm pays restitution for actions to attract investments, 425; 2 more defendants plead guilty, 701
– Passport application files, State Dep't worker pleads guilty to accessing (D.D.C.), 66
– Pharmacy for veterans, federal employee and staffing agency plead guilty to conspiring to defraud Veterans' Affairs and Small Bus. Admin. (N.D. Ill.), 212
– Property tax refund fraud scheme, manager in D.C. Tax Office sentenced (D.D.C.), 450
– Prosecutors

See PROSECUTORS

GUILTY PLEAS

– Clean Air Act violations caused fatal oil refinery explosion, BP plea agreement accepted (S.D. Tex.), 211
– Jury trials, risks outweigh effects of plea bargains, Analysis and Perspective, 533
– Sentencing, waiver of appeal in plea agreement is presumed valid (D.C. Cir.), 330
– Stock option backdating, Broadcom Corp. co-founder denied interlocutory appeal of judge's rejection of plea agreement (9th Cir.), 710