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Customs And Tariff Enforcement And The Increased Risk Of Criminal Prosecutions: Key Takeaways

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Key points - Trade fraud and the enforcement of tariffs have become top priorities under the Trump Administration’s “America First” policy and the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) Criminal Division’s White Collar...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

DOJ Antitrust Division Awards First Ever Whistleblower Payout

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DOJ rewarded $1 million to a whistleblower for providing information about a criminal antitrust conspiracy....more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Federal Indictments Highlight Heightened Sports Wagering Risks for Colleges and Universities

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Late last week, federal authorities announced charges against 26 individuals, including more than 15 former NCAA Division I men’s basketball student‑athletes, for participating in what prosecutors describe as an...more

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Beyond the Court: NCAA Infractions Turn into Federal Indictments

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On Jan. 15, 2026, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced charges and released indictments for 26 people related to an international conspiracy to fix Division I men’s basketball games. The alleged scheme involved the...more

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“Point-Shaving” Scandal Rocks NCAA Men’s Basketball - Federal Indictment Exposes Widening Risk of Game Fixing in College and...

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Federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania charged 26 individuals, including more than a dozen former NCAA Division I basketball players, in what the U.S. Attorney for the District described as an...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Pitching Scandal Presents Challenges for Prosecution, Defense

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The indictment of Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz reprises a familiar white collar crime playbook, applying a series of fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy charges to a novel sports betting...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Hashing It Out: What the Final Chapter of the Sirois Case Teaches Us

On November 18, 2025, United States v. Sirois finally came to an end when Lucas Sirois and his father, Robert Sirois, were found guilty in the District of Maine on multiple charges related to a conspiracy to cultivate and...more

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Eleview settlement highlights US enforcement of export control rules on Russia

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Eleview International Inc. (Eleview), a freight forwarding business based in Virginia; its owner and chief executive officer (CEO), Oleg Nayandin; and an employee, Vitaliy Borisenko, pled guilty on October 28, 2025 to...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for October 2025

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Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption law and enforcement developments from the past...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Samourai Wallet Co-Founder Sentenced

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On November 6, 2025. Keonne Rodriguez, the co-founder of the cryptocurrency mixer Samourai Wallet, was sentenced for to 60 months in federal prison for the crime of conspiring to operate an unlicensed money-transmitting...more

Perkins Coie

Second Circuit Adds to Circuit Split on Forfeiting Property Defendants Never Actually Acquired

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Can a court order a criminal defendant to forfeit property the defendant never actually obtained? - That was the central question facing the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in United States v. Elias, decided...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Former and Current NBA Players and Coaches Have Been Charged Under Federal Law. What Law?

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On October 23, 2025, federal authorities unsealed indictments against more than 30 individuals—including current and former NBA players and coaches—in connection with two sweeping criminal investigations into illegal sports...more

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How a Whistleblower Can Derail a DPA

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A recent suit illustrates how whistleblowers may adversely impact a company’s DPA, leading to further investigation by the DOJ and additional penalties. In 2023, Connecticut-based Freepoint Commodities LLC (Freepoint)...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Fourth Circuit Appeal Challenges Six-Year Sentence in $10 Million Medicaid Fraud Case

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Fourth Circuit Appeal Challenges Six-Year Sentence in $10 Million Medicaid Fraud Case - A former physician assistant, Colby Edward Joyner, has asked the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to overturn his six-year...more

Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

Month in a Minute: Developments in Anti-Corruption - September 2025

Hughes Hubbard's anti-corruption "Month in a Minute" offers a quick snapshot of the key foreign corruption-related developments from the prior month. We hope you find it a useful and perhaps enjoyable resource. Highlights...more

Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

Month in a Minute: Developments in Anti‑Corruption - July and August 2025

Month in a Minute: July and August 2025 - Hughes Hubbard’s anti-corruption “Month in a Minute” offers a quick snapshot of the key foreign corruption-related developments from the prior month. This special Summer Recap...more

ArentFox Schiff

The End of LIBOR: Hotel California Edition [Part V]

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In a recent alert, we highlighted the United Kingdom (UK) benchmark manipulation cases of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo from 2015 and 2019, respectively. Hayes was the first banker to be jailed in the LIBOR scandal....more

Venable LLP

Cryptocurrency Victory Amid a Shifting Political Environment: Lesser Charge Still Brings Important Ramifications for Decentralized...

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On Wednesday, August 6, a Southern District of New York jury found Roman Storm, the founder of Tornado Cash, guilty of conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money-transmitting business in violation of Section 371 of Title 18 of...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Tornado Cash Jury Deadlocked on Most Serious Charges, but Convicted Founder Roman Storm on Conspiracy to Operate an Unlicensed...

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On August 6th, 2025, following a four-week trial, a jury found Roman Storm, the founder of a crypto mixing service called Tornado Cash, guilty of conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business. The jury was...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Podcast - The Godfather of Houston

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In the 100th episode of "The Trial Lawyer's Handbook" podcast series, litigation attorney Dan Small introduces his listeners to Sam Cammarata, a career criminal who tried to follow his dreams and become the "Godfather of...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

The Hidden Stakes: Gilbert Arenas, High‑Stakes Poker, and the Legal Risks of Private Gambling

On July 30, 2025, former NBA star Gilbert Arenas was federally indicted for allegedly operating a high‑stakes illegal poker ring from his Encino mansion, alongside five co-defendants—including a suspected member of an Israeli...more

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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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Recent Supreme Court Activity with Major Implications for Government Contractors

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Two recent Supreme Court matters signal major implications for government contractors. First, the Supreme Court will review whether government contractors can appeal a denial of a sovereign immunity defense in lawsuits...more

Troutman Amin LLP

SCAMMERS OR DUMMIES?: Selling Limited Benefits Plans to Consumers Seeking Health Insurance Lands Four Dudes In Hot Water–BUT Are...

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The lead generation industry is fascinating. If there is one over arching mantra it is this– monetize all data available. And sometimes that can get folks into BIG trouble, especially when lead buyers end up pitching...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Will DBE Fraud Continue to Be Prosecuted? The Impact of the Kousisis Decision in the Shifting Affirmative Action Landscape

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On May 22, the Supreme Court in Kousisis, et al., v. United States, affirmed the convictions of a painting subcontractor and its owner (defendants) under the federal wire fraud statute for conspiring to defraud the Department...more

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