A federal judge in Manhattan denied both sides’ motions to preclude expert testimony in the government’s fraud case against former Western Asset Management trader S. Kenneth Leech II, allowing sophisticated statistical analyses of his Treasury futures and...
A federal judge in Manhattan ruled that sophisticated statistical analyses of a former Western Asset Management trader’s allocation decisions are admissible, rejecting defense arguments that the methods were unreliable or invaded the jury’s role.
A federal judge in Los Angeles denied post-trial motions in a municipal corruption lawsuit, preserving a $1.6 million fraud verdict against a former city attorney and clarifying that public entities cannot be held directly liable for common-law negligence...
A federal judge in Manhattan denied cross-motions to exclude expert testimony in the government’s fraud case against former Western Asset Management trader S. Kenneth Leech, II, allowing both sides to present statistical analyses of his fixed-income trading.
A Brooklyn tax preparer was sentenced Friday to 36 months in prison for her role in a fraud scheme that fraudulently claimed more than $600 million in COVID-19-related employment tax credits.
Sunseeker International Limited and its U.S. subsidiary agreed to pay a $0.20 million fine and implement a compliance plan after admitting to importing yachts containing illegally harvested timber from Myanmar.
A federal judge denied cross-motions to exclude expert testimony case against a former Western Asset executive, allowing both sides to present sophisticated statistical analyses of trade allocation to a jury.
A federal judge in the Eastern District of Texas denied a motion to dismiss a RICO fraud suit against a Florida oilman, ruling that the court has personal jurisdiction over the defendant under the statute’s nationwide service of process provision.
A federal judge denied cross-motions to exclude statistical expert testimony case against a former Western Asset Chief Investment Officer, allowing both sides’ financial analyses to proceed at trial.
The drugmaker, which pleaded guilty to federal fraud and kickback charges in 2020, was ordered to pay a criminal fine and forfeiture totaling more than $5 billion.
A Manhattan federal judge denied cross-motions to exclude expert testimony in the securities fraud prosecution of former Western Asset Management Chief Investment Officer S. Kenneth Leech II, but ordered both sides to agree on trial language that stops...
A Manhattan federal judge has denied cross-motions to exclude six expert witnesses in the securities and commodities fraud prosecution of S. Kenneth Leech, II, the former Chief Investment Officer of Western Asset Management Company, allowing both sides to...
The Justice Department’s Scam Center Strike Force announced coordinated enforcement actions targeting transnational criminal organizations operating fraud compounds in Southeast Asia, including the unsealing of criminal complaints against two Chinese...
The Second Circuit held that pre-death emotional distress from witnessing a spouse's death satisfies the severe distress element under New York law, reversing the district court's denial of default judgment on intentional infliction of emotional distress...
The Justice Department has filed a civil forfeiture action targeting a Beverly Hills mansion it says was purchased and renovated with proceeds from a scheme to defraud the Pentagon and bribe a senior Kurdish military official.
A federal grand jury has charged the SPLC with 11 counts of wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering, alleging the civil-rights nonprofit secretly funneled more than $3 million in...
The D.C. Circuit affirmed the civil forfeiture of over 700,000 barrels of crude oil seized from two tankers in the Mediterranean Sea, holding that the United States adequately pleaded its claim against a Turkish commodities trading company.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has opened a criminal investigation into OpenAI and its ChatGPT application following an initial review of chat logs between the AI and Phoenix Ikner, the gunman who opened fire at Florida State University last year.