White Collar Crime Report: Index-Summary

NEBRASKA

– Identity theft, defendant who obtained fraudulent default judgments against innocent victims violated state criminal impersonation law (Neb.), 219

NEW HAMPSHIRE

– Attorneys, mining of metadata in electronic documents, N.H. ethics opinion, 365

NEW JERSEY

– Attorney-client privilege applies to employee's e-mails from work computer to personal counsel (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div.), 492
– Bribery and money laundering, N.J. mayors and rabbis among 44 charged (D.N.J.), 515
– Health care fraud

– – Medicaid, pharmacy owner sentenced for billing for drugs that were not dispensed (N.J. Super. Ct.), 454
– – Surgeon and lymphatic disorder clinic indicted for billing fraud (N.J. Super. Ct.), 516

– Restitution policy giving priority to first-in-time victims upheld (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div.), 73
– Superfund site cleanup, kickback schemes

See ENVIRONMENT

NEW MEXICO

– Campaign finance, Gov. Richardson (D) likely will not be charged for alleged pay-to-play scheme, 626
– Election funds, secretary of state indicted for fraud (N.M. Dist. Ct.), 581
– Legislator sentenced for defrauding state during construction of courthouse (D.N.M.), 215

NEW YORK

– Attorneys

– – Ethics rules revisions, effect on corporate counsel conducting internal probes, 364
– – Freedom of speech, lawyer cannot be prosecuted for legal advice given in good faith (N.Y. App. Div.), 102

– Debt settlement firms, governor launches probe into practices of, 366
– Environment

– – State government defrauded, environmental consultant arrested (W.D.N.Y.), 132
– – Water filtration plant officials charged with discharging chemical-laden sludge into river (N.Y. County Ct.), 205

– Executive compensation

– – AIG releases list of bonus recipients to state attorney general, 222
– – Merrill Lynch bonus payments, special inspector general working closely with N.Y. investigators, 154

– Identity theft

– – Bank tellers paid for sharing customer data, 18 charged in scheme to make counterfeit checks (N.Y. Sup. Ct.), 381
– – Taxpayer data stolen to obtain credit cards, state employee charged (N.Y. Sup. Ct.), 313

– 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
– Medicaid, doctor sentenced for selling unnecessary narcotics prescriptions (N.Y. Sup. Ct.), 709
– Merger of Bank of America and Merrill Lynch under investigation, state attorney general says advice-of-counsel defense waives attorney-client privilege, 646
– Mortgage fraud targeting distressed residential properties, mortgage firm and individuals charged with stealing from lenders (N.Y. Sup. Ct.), 478
– Ponzi scheme operated by Bernard Madoff, financier Merkin charged with fraud for transferring client funds to Madoff (N.Y. Sup. Ct.), 240
– Taxation

– – Bonus for brokering major real estate sale for employer, worker indicted for tax evasion (N.Y. Sup. Ct.), 661
– – Payroll services firm and owners indicted for stealing tax money owed by clients (N.Y. Sup. Ct.), 313

– Wages, security contractor arrested for underpaying guards (N.Y. Sup. Ct.), 663

NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

– Embezzlement, secretary for charitable foundation given enhanced sentence for abusing position of trust (1st Cir.), 676
– Sham consulting contracts that defrauded nonprofit group, labor union official pleads guilty (C.D. Cal.), 666
– Tax fraud, rabbi pleads guilty to fake charitable contributions conspiracy (C.D. Cal.), 548

NORTH DAKOTA

– Ethics, Conrad (D-ND) acceptance of mortgage on favorable terms, Senate committee finds no rules violations, 568