10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending, August 2, 2025
Data Driven Compliance: Understanding the ECCTA and Its Impact on Fraud Prevention with Vince Walden
Everything Compliance: Episode 158, The No to Corruption in Ukraine Edition
Daily Compliance News: July 31, 2025. The Forgotten Generation Edition
Understanding BBB Ratings: Building Trust and Mitigating Risks — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Episode 379 -- Update on False Claims Act and Customs Evasion Liability
Data Driven Compliance: Understanding the UK’s New Failure to Prevent Fraud Offense with Sam Tate
Everything Compliance: Episode 157, The Q2 2025 Great Women in Compliance Edition
Daily Compliance News: July 22, 2025, The I-9 Hell Edition
Compliance Tip of the Day: Avoiding CCO Liability
2 Gurus Talk Compliance: Episode 55 – The From Worse to Worser Edition
Daily Compliance News: July 17, 2025, The COSO Yanked Edition
Wire Fraud Litigants Beware: Fourth Circuit Ruling Protects the Banks — The Consumer Finance Podcast
All Things Investigation: Due Diligence and Drama: A Deep Dive into Art World with Daniel Weiner
Daily Compliance News: July 14, 2025, The Secret Business Sauce-Reading Edition
Adventures in Compliance: The Novels – The Hound of the Baskervilles: Uncovering Compliance – Lessons from The Hound of the Baskervilles
Compliance Tip of the Day: Lessons from Internal Control Failures
Adventures in Compliance: The Novels – The Hound of the Baskervilles, Introduction and Compliance Lessons Learned
Compliance Tip of the Day: Assessing Internal Controls
False Claims Act Insights - Bitter Pills: DOJ Targets Pharmacies for FCA Enforcement
Over its nearly 40-year history, the federal low income housing tax credit (LIHTC) program has been both a success story and a target for various forms of fraud. The LIHTC program has been credited with facilitating the...more
Judge Orders Government to Pay Relators a Cut of FCA Settlement - On November 4, a federal judge from the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts ordered the government to pay the relators’ share of a...more
For years, it has been unsettled in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals whether a white-collar defendant may be held accountable for intended loss amounts during sentencing in fraud and other financial harm cases. Prosecutors...more
Hong Kong Approves Crypto ETFs; Crypto Security, Payments Products Launch - According to recent reports, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Trading Commission has conditionally approved the launch of the first spot...more
On January 29, 2024, Charles E. Littlejohn was sentenced to five years in prison for committing one of the largest heists in the history of the federal government. Littlejohn did not steal gold or cash, but rather,...more
Judge Batten, Chief United States District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, handed down lengthy sentences in the first-of-its-kind criminal trial related to syndicated conservation easements (“SCEs”). On January...more
Last week, the first federal criminal trial related to syndicated conservation easement (“SCE”) deals began with impaneling the jury and opening statements. Each of the Fisher defendants on trial, Jack Fisher, James Sinnott,...more
The U.S. Justice Department recently announced an increased nationwide coordinated law enforcement effort aimed at combatting COVID-related fraud. The initiative seeks to identify and prosecute individuals and companies who...more
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
COVID-19 Fraud Update: DOJ Prosecutes More than 150 Defendants, 95 Criminal Cases - Since the inception of the CARES Act, DOJ’s Fraud Section has prosecuted over 150 defendants in over 95 criminal cases. The Fraud Section...more
This is the third post in this year’s series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations. Our previous post discussed trends in anti-corruption. Up next: State AG enforcement trends. Tax season is...more
While many who have accepted PPP loans now consider the forgiveness aspects and process, be mindful of federal enforcement. To date, the Justice Department has filed 36 PPP fraud cases, charging about 51 defendants....more
While there has been a lot of controversy in the media surrounding the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), there is no question that the program has served as an invaluable lifeline to many small and medium-sized businesses...more
The Department of Justice has announced that 25 year old Hieu Minh Ngo has been sentenced to 13 years in prison. His sentence was lighter than expected because he has cooperated with authorities to catch more identity...more