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Second Circuit Decision Clarifies Scope of Honest Services Wire Fraud Statute

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On July 2, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled in United States v. Lopez that foreign commercial bribery schemes fall within the ambit of the honest services wire fraud statute, 18 U.S.C. §...more

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Fallout from the Glencore resolutions & lessons learned

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On 24 May 2022, Glencore International AG announced a series of coordinated resolutions with various international enforcements agencies including the Department of Justice (”DOJ”), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission...more

Cozen O'Connor

Jury Finds Executive Acted As An Agent, Giving DOJ New Leverage To Pursue Foreign Nationals

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On Friday, November 8, 2019, a jury convicted British citizen Lawrence Hoskins of one count of conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), six counts of violating the FCPA, one count of conspiracy to...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

The FCPA and Foreign Nationals

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Despite the fact that the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act has been in force for decades there is relatively little case law interpreting its provisions. A great deal of the existing interpretation of the Act stems from...more

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DOJ Files Criminal Charges Against Former Bitcoin Exchange Head

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On January 27, 2014, the Department of Justice publicly announced it had filed criminal charges against Charles Shrem for operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and failure...more

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Nevada Businessman Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison

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Multiple outlets are reporting that on October 15, 2013, William Reed, a Nevada businessman, was sentenced to nine years in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States, tax evasion, and...more

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Chinese Investigation of GlaxoSmithKlein Broadens as Details Emerge

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In the weeks since our first post on the Chinese investigation of GlaxoSmithKlein (GSK) for alleged “widespread bribery of doctors” to induce the prescription of GSK’s drugs, more details have emerged about the bribery...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Florida Federal Court Orders $137 Million Forfeiture for Investment Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme

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The US District Court for the Middle District of Florida recently ordered one participant in a sophisticated investment fraud and money laundering scheme to forfeit $137 million in assets including cash, real property,...more

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Recent Supreme Court Decision Clarifies Key Principles Concerning Withdrawal from Criminal Conspiracies

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Smith v. United States Has Significant Implications for White Collar Prosecutions - In Smith v. United States, No. 11-8976 (Jan. 9, 2013), the Supreme Court resolved a circuit split at “the intersection of a withdrawal...more

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