On June 23, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court judgment in a case in which the jury found the defendant knowingly made false statements on customs forms to avoid paying...more
7/3/2025
/ Appeals ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Evasion ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud ,
Imports ,
International Trade ,
Tariffs ,
Trump Administration ,
Whistleblowers
In March 2024, at the American Bar Association’s 39th National Institute on White Collar Crime, Deputy Attorney General (“DAG”) Lisa Monaco announced that the Department of Justice (“DOJ” or the “Department”) intended to...more
8/16/2024
/ American Bar Association (ABA) ,
Audits ,
Bribery ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Corruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Forfeiture ,
Fraud ,
Incentives ,
Non-Prosecution Agreements ,
Pilot Programs ,
Voluntary Disclosure ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes
True to their word in several recent public statements, the Chief and Deputy Chief of the Medicaid Fraud Division of the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office have brought several recent criminal cases against dentists for...more
Acting U.S. Attorney Joshua Levy discussed the enforcement priorities for the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) during a Q&A session on May 29, 2024, and made clear that the historical focus of the office remains...more
6/6/2024
/ Borrowers ,
BSA/AML ,
CARES Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud ,
Loans ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
SBA ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblowers
Drawing on a carrot and stick approach, Department of Justice (“DOJ” or the “Department”) guidance in 2023 focused heavily on incentivizing companies to voluntarily self-disclose their misconduct. This guidance included the...more
n a recent article in the New York Times, David Fahrenthold outlined the big issue facing prosecutors investigating COVID-era fraud: the sheer magnitude of it. The title of the article, “Prosecutors Struggle to Catch Up to a...more
9/19/2022
/ Bank Fraud ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
FBI ,
Fraud ,
Investigations ,
OIG ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Qui Tam ,
SBA ,
Wire Fraud