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Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT): Fraud in Real Estate Investing

Investing in real estate has a certain appeal to many people. The investment is, or...

Forget about Barbie and Oppenheimer for a Moment – Let’s talk about “Sound of Freedom”

Many people this week headed to the movies to watch Barbie (dressed in all pink,...

Auctioneer, Artist, Forger, Liar

Wire fraud seems to find its way into diverse industries and legal specialties, including auctioneering...

Is there Anything that Can be Done To Stop Politically Motivated Prosecutions?

With the indictment of Donald Trump by the District Attorney of Manhattan, Alvin Bragg, pundits,...

Defending Clients in Multi-Defendant Cases

One of the realities of modern criminal defense in federal criminal cases is that in...

Circumstantial Evidence and A Dead Snake

I have been involved in a jury trial in federal court in Washington, D.C. During...

The Government’s Misuse of the Aider and Abettor And Co-Conspirator Liability to Prosecute Innocent People: Not Everyone Who knows a Criminal is a Criminal

Aiding and abetting and conspiracy charges are some of the government’s favorite charges to pursue....

Combatting Financial Exploitation of the Elderly: Fraud Against the Elderly

The elderly, especially those who live alone and maintain control of their own affairs, are...

How the U.S. is Combatting Corruption in the International Mining Industry

Although rampant, fraud is not the only form of corruption that plagues the mining industry...

Fraud in the Mining Industry

The case of Don Blankenship, CEO of Massey Coal, which at the time of Blankenship’s...