White Collar Crime: Federal and Ohio: Financial Fraud

Gives US Postal Service Inspection Service Authority the power to serve subpoenas, execute warrants and make arrests in money laundering, identity theft and mail fraud cases.

Bankruptcy fraud

Continuing financial crimes enterprise

Fraud and false statements.

Mail fraud

Bank fraud

Telemarketing fraud

False claims against the Federal Government

Civil actions for false claims

False claims procedure

False claims jurisdiction

Civil investigative demands

Banks - Crimes

Theft and fraud

ProPublica 10/4/17

Trump indicted for breaking NY law by falsifying business records.

2023 US Supreme Court case says : The False Claims Act scienter element refers to a defendant’s knowledge and subjective beliefs—not to what an objectively reasonable person may have known or believed.

In a qui tam action filed under the False Claims Act, the United States may move to dismiss under 31 U.S.C. § 3730(c)(2)(A) whenever it has intervened

3/19

12/23/20

CNBC 12/15/20

2/20/18

2/16/18

Special Counsel Mueller's indictment of 2/16/18 of the Russian Internet Research Agency for conspiracy to defraud the US Government by meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
Indictment serves notice that forfeiture will sought as a part of any sentence.

Mr. Papadopoulos admitted that in a January interview with the F.B.I., he lied about his contacts with a Russian professor, whom he knew to have “substantial connections to Russian government officials,” according to court documents. Mr. Papadopoulos told the authorities that the conversation occurred before he became an adviser to Mr. Trump’s campaign. In fact, he met the professor days after joining the campaign. He pled guilty to violating 18 USC Sec. 1001. 10/30/17

CNN 8/21/18 - including bank fraud and tax fraud.

The transcript.

Politico 9/5/2019

Bijan Rafiekian,was convicted of failing to register as a foreign agent.

CRS Report 10/9/19

8/2020

CNN 12/23/20

CNN 7/13/21 Stephen Calk, the former chairman and CEO of The Federal Savings Bank, was found guilty of conspiring with onetime Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort to exchange risky bank loans for a high-ranking position in the presidential administration.

Justice Dept press release 9/20/21

MSNBC 9/19/21 Has a good discussion of the elements of the crime of making a false statement to the FBI.

Michael Sussman found not guilty of lying 6/1/22

NBC News 10/18/22

Dept of Justice Manual

US Dept of Justice 7/2/2024

NBC News 3/28/24

CNN 11/2/23

2023

Publisher's Weekly - the fall of Z library 11/17/22. Defendants are charged with criminal copyright infringement, wire fraud and money laundering.

ABC News 9/21/22

CNN 9/8/22

Reuters 1/4/22

Economic Times. 8/24/21 A false claims act has been filed against them, alleging that Cognizant underpaid for visa costs for its foreign employees by applying for the L-1 and B-1 visas, instead of the required H-1B.

FINRA press release 6/30/21

Financial Advisor 2/12/21

Justice Department 8/6/20

DOJ Press Release 6/11/20

ProPublica 10/16/19

3/25/19

Providence Journal 2/20/19 H.Russell Fraud will plead guilty to wire fraud.