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In a Busy Year of Health Care Antitrust Enforcement, DOJ’s First Criminal Wage-Fixing Prosecution Targets a Health Care Provider

Over the last several years, antitrust prosecutors at the Department of Justice have repeatedly cautioned that anticompetitive agreements affecting labor markets can be the subject of criminal prosecution under the antitrust...more

Down for the Count: Prosecutors Aim for Knockout Sentence in Floyd Mayweather-Backed-ICO Case

Late last month, federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York pushed for a heavy prison sentence against one of the founders of Centra Tech, Inc. (“Centra Tech”). As discussed earlier this year on the BitBlog,...more

Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Bitclub Network Promoter Admits to Securities Fraud and Tax Offenses

Joseph Frank Abel recently pled guilty to conspiring to offer and sell unregistered securities and to filing a false tax return in connection with his role in the BitClub Network, a cryptocurrency mining scheme worth at least...more

Automata - SEC Files Suit Against “Robotic” Cryptocurrency Multi-Level Marketing Scheme

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged two promoters for acting as unregistered brokers.  The SEC action was filed in tandem with a criminal indictment by the U.S. Department of Justice against the same...more

Emerging Trend: DOJ Turns to Rarely Used FARA Statute in Recent Surge in Prosecutions

Earlier this year, the Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division publicly confirmed the Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) intention to make Foreign Agents Registration Act (“FARA”) a criminal enforcement...more

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