es Eighth Circuit Upholds Determination that Wells Fargo is Liable for Penalties for Engaging in Abusive Tax Shelter Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0400 The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a precedential opinion on Friday, April 24, 2020, affirming a district court decision that a transaction designed to generate massive foreign tax credits (referred to as the STARS tax shelter) lacked economic substance and business purpose and was subject to the accuracy-related penalty for negligence, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman and Deputy Assistant Attorney General Joshua Wu of the Justice Department’s Tax Division. Full Article
es Israel’s Largest Bank, Bank Hapoalim, Admits to Conspiring with U.S. Taxpayers to Hide Assets and Income in Offshore Accounts By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0400 Jeffrey A. Rosen, the Deputy Attorney General of the United States, Richard E. Zuckerman, the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Don Fort, the Chief of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), announced today the guilty plea of Bank Hapoalim (Switzerland) Ltd. and filing of criminal charges against Bank Hapoalim B.M. for conspiring with U.S. taxpayers and others to hide more than $7.6 billion in more than 5,500 secret Swiss and Israeli bank accounts and the income generated in these accounts from the Internal Revenue Service (the IRS). BHS’s Chief Executive Officer appeared on behalf of the bank to enter the guilty plea before U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil. Full Article
es Department of Justice Files Statement of Interest in Clanton, Alabama, Bond Case By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0500 Full Article
es In Milestone for Sentencing Reform, Attorney General Holder Announces Record Reduction in Mandatory Minimums Against Nonviolent Drug Offenders By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0500 Full Article
es Department of Justice Statement of Interest Supports Meaningful Right to Counsel in Juvenile Prosecutions By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0400 The Department of Justice today filed a statement of interest in the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia, in N.P. et al. v. The State of Georgia, et al. Full Article
es Attorney General Holder Addresses the Bipartisan Summit on Criminal Justice Reform By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0400 Full Article
es Remarks by Karen Lash, Access to Justice Deputy Director, on Civil Legal Aid Research at the University of South Carolina School of Law By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0400 Full Article
es Director Lisa Foster of the Access to Justice Initiative Delivers Remarks at the Equal Justice Conference By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2015 00:00:00 -0400 Full Article
es Justice Department Files Brief to Address the Criminalization of Homelessness By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 06 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0400 Full Article
es Department of Justice Files Amicus Brief in Pennsylvania Right to Counsel Case By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 00:00:00 -0400 Full Article
es Director Lisa Foster of the Office for Access to Justice Delivers Remarks at ABA’s 11th Annual Summit on Public Defense By www.justice.gov Published On :: Sat, 06 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0500 Full Article
es Justice Department Announces Resources to Assist State and Local Reform of Fine and Fee Practices By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0400 Full Article
es Director Lisa Foster of the Office for Access to Justice Delivers Remarks at the Texas Fair Defense Act 15th Anniversary Symposium Celebration By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 06 May 2016 00:00:00 -0400 Full Article
es Department of Justice Files Amicus Brief in Idaho Right to Counsel Case By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 12 May 2016 00:00:00 -0400 Full Article
es Director Lisa Foster of the Office for Access to Justice Delivers Remarks at the ABA’s 2016 National Meeting of State Access to Justice Chairs By www.justice.gov Published On :: Sat, 14 May 2016 00:00:00 -0400 Full Article
es Justice Department Files Brief to Address Automatic Suspensions of Driver’s Licenses for Failure to Pay Court Debt By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 07 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0500 Full Article
es Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General Bill Baer Delivers Remarks at Second International Conference on Access to Legal Aid in Criminal Justice Systems By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 16 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0500 Full Article
es White House Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable Issues First Annual Report to the President By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 30 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0500 Full Article
es Cantor Fitzgerald Agrees to Pay $3.2 Million to Settle Charges for Providing Deficient Blue Sheet Data By www.sec.gov Published On :: Mon, 06 Apr 2020 16:15:10 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. has agreed to pay $3.2 million to settle charges for providing the SEC with incomplete and inaccurate securities trading information known as “blue sheet data.”… Full Article
es SEC Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations Publishes Risk Alerts Providing Advance Information Regarding Inspections for Compliance with Regulation Best Interest and Form CRS By www.sec.gov Published On :: Tue, 07 Apr 2020 12:23:24 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) has issued two risk alerts: Examinations that Focus on Compliance with Regulation Best Interest and Examinations that Focus on Compliance with… Full Article
es In Response to Self-Executing Congressional Mandates, SEC Adopts Offering Reforms for Business Development Companies and Registered Closed-End Funds By www.sec.gov Published On :: Wed, 08 Apr 2020 16:30:00 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to adopt rule amendments to implement certain provisions of the Small Business Credit Availability Act and the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act relating to business… Full Article
es SEC Provides Temporary, Conditional Relief for Business Development Companies Making Investments in Small and Medium-sized Businesses By www.sec.gov Published On :: Wed, 08 Apr 2020 19:45:00 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it is providing temporary, conditional exemptive relief for business development companies (BDCs) to enable them to make additional investments in small and medium-sized businesses, including… Full Article
es Foreign National and American Trader Settle Fraud Charges in EDGAR Hacking Case By www.sec.gov Published On :: Thu, 09 Apr 2020 13:30:00 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settlements with David Kwon and Igor Sabodakha, two traders who allegedly profited from trading on nonpublic corporate earnings information hacked from the SEC’s EDGAR system. The settlement… Full Article
es SEC Enhances Standards for Critical Market Infrastructure By www.sec.gov Published On :: Thu, 09 Apr 2020 17:15:00 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted amendments to its rules for securities clearing agencies to apply enhanced standards to all SEC-registered central counterparties and central securities depositories. The rule amendments build on rules… Full Article
es SEC Charges Former Financial Services Executive With FCPA Violations By www.sec.gov Published On :: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 16:25:00 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a former executive of a financial services company with orchestrating a bribery scheme to help a client to win a government contract to build and operate an electrical power plant in the Republic of… Full Article
es SEC Orders Three Self-Reporting Advisory Firms to Reimburse Investors By www.sec.gov Published On :: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 16:25:55 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against two advisers that self-reported as part of the Division of Enforcement’s Share Class Selection Disclosure Initiative, and a third adviser that self-reported within months… Full Article
es SEC Issues $5 Million Whistleblower Award By www.sec.gov Published On :: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 15:05:00 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a $5 million award to a whistleblower who provided significant information that led to a successful enforcement action. The whistleblower provided critical evidence of wrongdoing, which helped… Full Article
es SEC Provides for Phased CAT Broker-Dealer Reporting Timelines with Conditional Exemption for Impacts of COVID-19 By www.sec.gov Published On :: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 19:45:00 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission announced it has voted to issue two exemptive orders in order to move Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) implementation forward: (1) establishing a phased CAT reporting timeline for broker-dealers, and (2) permitting… Full Article
es SEC Proposes to Modernize Framework for Fund Valuation Practices By www.sec.gov Published On :: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 19:20:00 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it has voted to propose a new rule that would establish a framework for fund valuation practices. The rule is designed to clarify how fund boards can satisfy their valuation obligations in… Full Article
es Louis Gracia and Vanessa Horton Named Associate Directors of Investment Adviser/Investment Company Examination Program in Chicago Regional Office By www.sec.gov Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 11:59:00 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Louis Gracia and Vanessa Horton have been named Associate Directors of the Investment Adviser/Investment Company (IA/IC) examination program in the agency's Chicago Regional Office. Together, Mr… Full Article
es SEC Announces Investor Advisory Committee Meeting Focusing on COVID-19 By www.sec.gov Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 15:30:00 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission's Investor Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting on May 4, 2020, by remote means. The meeting will begin at 2 p.m. ET, is open to the public via live webcast, and will be archived… Full Article
es SEC Charges Company and CEO for COVID-19 Scam By www.sec.gov Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 12:40:00 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against Praxsyn Corp. and its CEO for allegedly issuing false and misleading press releases claiming the company was able to acquire and supply large quantities of N95 or similar masks to… Full Article
es Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee to Discuss the SEC’s Capital Formation Proposal on May 8 By www.sec.gov Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 17:15:00 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission today released the agenda for the Friday, May 8 meeting of its Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee, which will be hosted via video conference. The Committee will discuss the Commission’s recent… Full Article
es SEC Provides Temporary, Conditional Relief to Allow Small Businesses to Pursue Expedited Crowdfunding Offerings By www.sec.gov Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 14:18:00 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it is providing temporary, conditional relief for established smaller companies affected by COVID-19 that may look to meet their urgent funding needs through a Regulation Crowdfunding offering.… Full Article
es SEC Commemorates Teacher Appreciation Week, Highlights Ongoing Commitment to Serving Teachers By www.sec.gov Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 13:45:00 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it is premiering new multimedia resources to support teachers in connection with Teacher Appreciation Week. This content builds on the Commission’s longstanding efforts to serve teachers in both their… Full Article
es SEC Directs Equity Exchanges and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to Improve Governance of Market Data Plans By www.sec.gov Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 14:03:00 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission today issued an order directing the equity exchanges and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) (the participants) to submit a new National Market System plan (NMS plan) with a modernized governance… Full Article
es SEC Charges Bloomberg Tradebook for Order Routing Misrepresentations By www.sec.gov Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 16:35:00 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed settled charges against registered broker-dealer Bloomberg Tradebook LLC for making material misrepresentations and omitting material facts about how the firm handled certain customer trade orders. The… Full Article
es SEC Investor Advisory Committee to Meet Virtually on May 21 By www.sec.gov Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 15:30:00 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission's Investor Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting on May 21, 2020 by remote means. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. ET, is open to the public via live webcast, and will be archived on… Full Article
es U.S. v. Alan Gaines By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 20:04:02 GMT Document filed on January 30, 2020 Indictment Full Article
es Man Arrested for Theft of Military Property By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 08 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0400 Full Article
es Eight Defendants Charged with Running Two of the Largest Illegal Television Show and Movie Streaming Services in the United States By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0400 A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging eight individuals with conspiring to violate federal criminal copyright law by running two of the largest unauthorized streaming services in the United States, resulting in the loss of millions of dollars by television program and motion picture copyright owners. Full Article
es Former Virginia Tech Professor Sentenced for Grant Fraud, False Statements, Obstruction By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 09 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0400 Full Article
es Couple Who Worked at Local Research Institute for 10 Years Charged with Stealing Trade Secrets, Wire Fraud By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0400 A former Dublin, Ohio, couple has been charged with crimes related to stealing exosome-related trade secrets concerning the research, identification and treatment of a range of pediatric medical conditions announced Assistant Attorney General John C. Demers of National Security, U.S. Attorney Benjamin C. Glassman for the Southern District of Ohio, Assistant Director John Brown of the Counterintelligence division and FBI Special Agent in Charge Todd Wickerham of the Cincinnati division. Full Article
es Businessman Sentenced to a Year in Prison for Stealing Employer’s Trade Secrets While Planning New Job in China By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0400 Businessman Sentenced to a Year in Prison for Stealing Employer’s Trade Secrets While Planning New Job in China Full Article
es Chinese National Sentenced to Prison for Conspiring to Illegally Export Military- and Space-Grade Technology from the United States to China By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0400 Full Article
es Chinese National Pleads Guilty to Committing Theft of Trade Secrets By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0500 TULSA, Okla. – Hongjin Tan, a 35 year old Chinese national and U.S. legal permanent resident, pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to committing theft of trade secrets from his employer, a U.S. petroleum company. Full Article
es Newport Man Pleads Guilty to Copyright Infringement for Creating Illegal Video Streaming and Downloading Websites By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0500 Full Article
es Las Vegas Businessman Sentenced to Prison for Trafficking More Than $1 Million in Counterfeit Electronics By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 09 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0500 Full Article
es California man who hacked into Nintendo servers to steal video games and other proprietary information pleads guilty By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0500 Seattle – A 21-year-old Palmdale, California, man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to federal crimes related to his computer hacking scheme and his possession of child pornography found on his digital devices, announced U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran. Full Article
es American Businessman Who Ran Houston-Based Subsidiary of Chinese Company Sentenced to Prison for Theft of Trade Secrets By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0500 The head of a Houston-based company that was the subsidiary of a Chinese company that developed stolen trade secrets was sentenced to 16 months in prison and ordered to forfeit more than $330,000 by U.S. District Judge Christopher R. Cooper of the District of Columbia. Full Article
