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
9/24/2024
/ Appellate Courts ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Economic Loss Doctrine ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Sentencing Guidelines ,
Financial Harm ,
Fraud ,
Intent ,
IRS ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Sentencing Factors ,
Split of Authority ,
White Collar Crimes
The U.S. Department of Justice has brought criminal indictments against business owners in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia over their use of the Paycheck Protection Program. The program resulted in a rapid influx...more
On September 9, 2015, United States Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates released a memorandum titled “Individual Accountability for Corporate Wrongdoing,” the latest in a series of corporate prosecution guidelines written by...more
10/12/2015
/ Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Cooperation ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Corporate Fraud ,
Corporate Veil ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Disclosure ,
Government Investigations ,
Individual Accountability ,
Internal Investigations ,
Personal Liability ,
Professional Misconduct ,
Upjohn Warnings ,
White Collar Crimes ,
Yates Memorandum