A financial advisor based in Miami, Florida, pleaded guilty to a money-laundering conspiracy for his role in using the U.S. financial system to launder money to promote violations
of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and Ecuadorian bribery law violations... [...]
A former University of Georgia undergraduate student pleaded guilty today for his role in a $1 million Ponzi scheme that targeted investors, including his fellow students.
Syed Arham Arbab, 22, of Augusta, Georgia, pleaded guilty to a one-count information charging... [...]
One of the most notable things about Elizabeth Warren's trade policy plan is what she doesn't talk about. She doesn't talk about the WTO. She doesn't talk about "national security"
tariffs. She doesn't have much to say about U.S.-China trade relations. The lack of detail is perhaps a sign that despite any misgivings free traders might have about [...]
Back in July, I offered some quick thoughts on presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren's trade policy plan (entitled, "It's Time for a New Approach to Trade"). Now I'm going
to offer a more detailed critique, and I'll follow with a post that puts forward some suggestions as to how she might calm the nerves of critics who see her ideas [...]
An employee of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) was arrested yesterday on charges related to his alleged disclosure of classified national defense information (NDI) to
two journalists in 2018 and 2019. Download search_warrant.pdf Download _indictment.pdf “As laid out in today’s... [...]
Drexel University has agreed to pay the United States $189,062 to resolve potential liability under the False Claims Act for a former professor’s use of grant funds towards
“gentlemen’s clubs” and other improper purchases. For ten years, the head of... [...]
This is a guest post by Pieter Jan Kuijper This is a guest post by Pieter Jan Kuijper Some Remarks on “Who writes the Rulings of the World Trade Organization? A Critical
Assessment of the Role of the Secretariat in WTO Dispute Settlement” [...]
Remarks delivered (see transcript here) Over the past two years, the Criminal Division has pursued white collar criminal prosecutions aggressively, and with some degree of
success. In fact, in 2018, our Fraud Section prosecuted significant numbers of white-collar cases in... [...]
The U.S. - Japan trade deal was signed today. USTR provides the legal texts here. Based on the various fact sheets, it looks like the agreement contains a modest amount of
tariff liberalization. Let's look briefly at what's in the deal, focusing on four questions: (1) How much liberalization is in there? (2) Is this deal legal under [...]
A contracting officer with the U.S. Department of State was convicted today of conspiracy, bribery, honest services wire fraud and making false statements. Zaldy N. Sabino,
60, of Fort Washington, Maryland, was convicted of 13 counts of conspiracy, bribery, honest... [...]
