Following quickly on our reporting on United States v. Jindal, in which the Department of Justice indicted the former executive and owner of a physical therapy business in Texas for conspiring to suppress compensation to...more
In December, the Department of Justice filed its first ever criminal case for price fixing of wages. DOJ indicted the owner of a physical therapist staffing company for instigating a conspiracy among physical therapy...more
1/14/2021
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
FBI ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Healthcare ,
Investigations ,
Operators of Essential Services ,
Price-Fixing ,
Sherman Act ,
Wages
On November 6, 2019, the Fraud Section of the Department of Justice with the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, and the CFTC, announced settlements of their spoofing and market manipulation...more
12/24/2019
/ Bad Actors ,
CFTC ,
Class Action ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Criminal Penalties ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Disgorgement ,
Market Manipulation ,
Plea Agreements ,
Remedial Actions ,
Restitution ,
Rule 506 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Traders ,
Self-Reporting ,
Settlement ,
Spoofing ,
U.S. Attorney ,
Waivers
On September 16, 2019, the Department of Justice and the CFTC jointly announced the indictment of three precious metal traders for an alleged eight year conspiracy to manipulate gold, silver, platinum, and palladium futures...more
12/13/2019
/ Bank Fraud ,
Banks ,
CFTC ,
Commodities Traders ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Institutions ,
Indictments ,
Market Manipulation ,
RICO ,
Spoofing ,
White Collar Crimes