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SEC Enforcement Action Against Alleged Real Estate Fraudster Heats Up

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On May 22, 2025, the SEC brought a case of affinity fraud before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against Bay Area real estate investor Kenneth Mattson alleging more than $46 million in...more

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Investigations Newsletter: DOJ Reports Nearly $3 Billion in FCA Settlements, Judgments for FY 2024

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DOJ Reports Nearly $3 Billion in FCA Settlements, Judgments for FY 2024 - On January 15, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) reported that settlements and judgments under the False Claims Act (FCA) totaled more than $2.9...more

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Ubiquitous and Creative Fraud is Regular Feature of DeFi

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If you read the hype, then you will have read that lack of regulation, speed of transactions, irreversibility of trades, and hidden identities are positive features of the crypto world. Crypto enthusiasts say that finance can...more

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4th Circuit: SEC Disgorgement Fine Does Not Trigger Double Jeopardy Protection

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Last week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a significant ruling that a business owner who made a $4.5 million disgorgement deal with the SEC to resolve civil fraud claims cannot escape...more

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2019 Bad Guys in Energy

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To our bad guys, 2019 was a year flush with hope and opportunity; it ended with recidivism, more misery from Venezuela, a charlatan, an Okie who pulled a multi-million dollar fast-one on Chesapeake and, as in years past, a...more

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2017’s Bad Guys in Energy

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Once again we look back at the continuing cavalcade of crooks, criminals, miscreants and, to put it kindly, morons the less intellectually gifted, who met justice face-to-face in 2017. This year’s class includes a preacher,...more

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