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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

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Supreme Court Uses New York Corruption Cases to Teach Fraud Lessons

The federal wire fraud statute has always been a favorite of federal prosecutors. The statute prohibits individuals and companies from using deceit or false statements to defraud others out of their money or property. Through...more

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Supreme Court Again Restricts Honest-Services Fraud

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On May 11, 2023, in Percoco v. United States, 598 U.S. ___ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court once again reined in an expansive public corruption prosecution brought by the Department of Justice by overturning a wire fraud...more

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