On May 22, the Supreme Court in Kousisis, et al., v. United States, affirmed the convictions of a painting subcontractor and its owner (defendants) under the federal wire fraud statute for conspiring to defraud the Department...more
6/9/2025
/ Affirmative Action ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Construction Project ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
DBE Program ,
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Fraud ,
Government Investigations ,
Kousisis v United States ,
SCOTUS ,
Subcontractors ,
White Collar Crimes ,
Wire Fraud
On May 12, 2025, the Head of the Criminal Division (the Criminal Division or Division) at the Department of Justice (DOJ), Matthew R. Galeotti, issued key memoranda to Criminal Division personnel on the Division’s new...more
5/15/2025
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Guidance ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Financial Crimes ,
Fraud ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Trump Administration ,
Voluntary Disclosure ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes
On April 25, Attorney General (AG) Pam Bondi issued an internal memorandum to Department of Justice (DOJ) employees, changing the DOJ’s policy on obtaining information from, or records of, members of the news media. Under...more
On April 21, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the convictions of a painting subcontractor and its owner (defendants) under the federal wire fraud statute for conspiring to defraud the Department of Transportation...more
4/26/2023
/ Construction Industry ,
Construction Project ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
DBE Program ,
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Funding ,
Goods or Services ,
Infrastructure ,
Subcontractors ,
White Collar Crimes ,
Wire Fraud
On the heels of a speech delivered by Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco to NYU Law School on September 15, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a memorandum and announced further revisions to its existing corporate...more
On July 19, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated the conviction of two former London-based bankers, Anthony Allen and Anthony Conti, who were convicted in October 2015 on multiple counts of bank and wire...more
7/25/2017
/ Bank Fraud ,
Banking Sector ,
Compelled Testimony ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Fifth Amendment ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Indictments ,
Libor ,
Self-Incrimination ,
UK ,
Vacated ,
Wire Fraud
Suppliers are caught in the middle of a new enforcement trend in federal, state, and local investigations of disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) fraud. Historically, DBE fraud investigations have focused on the...more
2/24/2015
/ Construction Contracts ,
Construction Industry ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
DBE Program ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Contractors ,
Fraud ,
Labor Contractor ,
Pass-Through Entities ,
Strategic Enforcement Plan ,
Subcontractors ,
Suppliers