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50 AGs Raise the Stakes, Urging DOJ to Target Offshore Gambling

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A bipartisan coalition of 50 AGs has sent a letter to the U.S. DOJ asking it to prioritize enforcement efforts against illegal offshore online gambling platforms. In the letter, the coalition warned that these unregulated...more

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Top PHive Crypto Enforcement Notes: December Edition

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Well, it was another quiet month in crypto . . . Not. We are still watching the tsunami play out in real time, as governments and the crypto market react to another seismic shift in the crypto landscape....more

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DOJ Seizes Over $3 Billion in Historic Crypto Dark Web Fraud Case

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On November 7, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it had seized more than $3.36 billion worth of bitcoin as part of a continuing investigation into a 10-year fraud involving the Silk Road dark web...more

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Investigations Newsletter: DOJ Announces $3.3 Billion Cryptocurrency Seizure and Fraud Conviction

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DOJ Announces $3.3 Billion Cryptocurrency Seizure and Fraud Conviction - On Friday, November 4, James Zhong pled guilty to committing wire fraud in September 2012, when he allegedly executed a scheme to defraud “Silk...more

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Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security Charges Russian Oligarch Abramovich with Violating Russia Export Controls

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The Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) charged Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich with violating U.S. export controls by exporting U.S.-origin aircraft to Russia.  In a precedent setting action,...more

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Sanctions Against Russia: The Week in Review - April 2022 - 4

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The Week in Review delivers the impact and analysis for the public, private, and non-profit sectors from our regular reporting of the evolving global sanctions campaign against Russia. This week, we reviewed the recent...more

Venable LLP

Russia Sanctions: The U.S. Government Leans In

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The week ending Saturday, April 9, 2022, witnessed a ramping up of U.S. and allied sanctions against Russia and the continuing evolution of U.S. enforcement activities against Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine....more

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The Justice Insiders: Largest Bitcoin Seizure in DOJ History – Crypto Can Be Traced!

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Husch Blackwell's Gregg Sofer is joined by Partners Tim Garrison and Scott Glabe to discuss the largest-ever government financial seizure of more than $3.6 billion in cryptocurrency. This fascinating case demonstrates the...more

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New Key Developments in Response to Russia's Invasion of Ukraine

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The United States and the European Union imposed additional sanctions this week in response to the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine and the United States announced its intention to make sanctions enforcement a...more

Baker Donelson

U.S. Sanctions on Russia and Belarus Increase; Commerce Targets Energy Extraction Equipment; Justice Launches Enforcement Task...

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In our previous alert, we discussed the U.S. implementation of significant sanctions and export controls on Russia which will severely impact business transactions with Russian entities. The U.S. and its allies continue to...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Millennial Couple Faces Twenty Years in Prison for Largest DOJ Bitcoin Seizure in History

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Millennial Couple Faces Twenty Years in Prison for Largest DOJ Bitcoin Seizure in History - On February 7, 2022, authorities arrested a husband and wife in their 30s, Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan, accused of...more

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DOJ Seizes Millions in Ransom Paid to Colonial Pipeline Hackers

On June 7, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it seized 63.7 of the 75 bitcoins paid by Colonial Pipeline to ransomware attackers last month. The recovered bitcoins were valued at $2.3 million at the time of...more

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DOJ Hoarding and Price Gouging Task Force Seizes Critical Medical Supplies and Distributes to New York and New Jersey Hospitals

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The Justice Department and the FBI have quickly acted to focus on fraudsters and hoarders seeking to profit from the public panic in response to the pandemic.  DOJ issued a memo to U.S. Attorneys prioritizing investigations...more

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Q4 2019: Latin America Enforcement Review

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In the fourth quarter of 2019, U.S. enforcement authorities sustained efforts to prosecute individuals violating U.S. anticorruption laws in matters related to Latin America, while authorities in Latin America, including in...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Telemedicine company owner pleads guilty

Compliance Today (November 2019) - On September 6, 2019, the US Department of Justice announced in a press release, “The owner and chief executive officer (CEO) of a telemedicine company pleaded guilty today for his role...more

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Canadian Cannabis Industry Employees Face Risks When Crossing the U.S.-Canadian Border

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The legal Canadian cannabis industry is booming, and U.S. companies can benefit from the prospering cross-border industry by partnering with Canadian companies. However, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) cannabis law...more

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Personal liability trend continues: Health care CEO gets jail time for fraud scheme

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced that the CEO of Indiana-based American Senior Communities (ASC) was sentenced to over 9 years in federal prison for his involvement in a “massive fraud, kickback, and money...more

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Civil Forfeiture: Can the Government Really Seize and Take Ownership of My Company’s Assets?

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In 2017, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) reported more than $8.2 billion held in its forfeited-assets fund, which is a $600 million increase from the $7.6 billion in the fund in 2016. The cases brought by the government in...more

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Where O’ Where Did Our Monitors Go? — The Telia Bribery Case

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Just when everyone was anticipating the beginning of an uptick in FCPA enforcement in 2017, the Justice Department and the SEC delivered a resounding message to remind everyone that FCPA enforcement is here to stay. However,...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Telia FCPA Enforcement Action: Part IV – Getting Some Monies Back

I have spent the past few blog posts reviewing the many lessons that can be garnered by the compliance practitioner from the Telia Company AB (Telia) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) resolution. However, there is one...more

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New DOJ Policy Likely To Result In Increase In Forfeitures

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions has announced a new Department of Justice policy regarding the federal adoption of assets seized by state or local law enforcement under state law. The new policy, issued on July 19, 2017, is...more

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DOJ Turns Up the Heat on Asset Forfeitures

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Last week, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the United States Department of Department ("DOJ") is returning to its past practice of aggressively pursuing asset forfeiture cases and sharing the proceeds of those...more

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Civil Forfeiture Under Fire – Part II

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In this post, we consider the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General report (OIG Report), released on March 29, 2017, evaluating the DOJ’s oversight of its cash seizure and forfeiture operations. This...more

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2016 Year in Review: Forfeiture

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The field of forfeiture saw significant action in 2016. The IRS offered to return forfeited funds used in structuring, but Congress still may clip its ability to forfeit such funds. Meanwhile, DOJ renewed a controversial...more

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2016/2017 Labor & Employment Observer

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Activist NLRB Created More Problems For All Employers in 2016 - What Happens Under President Trump? During 2016, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) maintained its generally pro-union, anti-employer...more

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