Criminal Law & Business Crimes: The National Law Review

The National Law Review provides stories, news, and the latest litigation which is unfolding, in relation to crimes which are committed in the normal course of business. From C-level executives getting caught in investment schemes and fraud to shareholders suing board members for misusing company funds, readers will find these and other stories related to the criminal law sector in the course of business.

Insider trading, investment fraud, advisory fraud, bribery and corruption, anti-money laundering campaigns, victim restitution, and criminal prosecutions by government agencies including the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Department of Justice (DOJ), are among the leading stories covered by the National Law Review. Whistleblower claims against major corporations and employers, enforcement actions, and governing laws including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which were intended to prevent fraud and corruption, are also detailed on the National Law Review for readers.

When investigations against individuals or corporations are being conducted, when there is new legislation in the business sector, or when news stories in the United States and international realms break, visitors can find these stories on the National Law Review. In addition to the national coverage of business crimes, international crimes committed in the European Union, United Kingdom, Russia, China, and other major countries around the world can also be found on the site. Additionally, cases related to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act legislation and updates to this long-standing legislation, as well as enforcement actions involving this law, are analyzed by the legal experts who write for the National Law Review.

For the latest news, stories, and complex business crimes and schemes, visitors will find these stories on National Law Review. New articles are published daily, so visitors will always find the latest information, upcoming legislation, and read about litigation as it is unfolding in the United States and around the world under the business-crimes area of law.

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Date	Title	Organization
27 Jan	Guilty Plea in $250 Million Federal Child Nutrition Fund Fraud Scheme	ArentFox Schiff LLP
26 Jan	Congress Eases Criminal Offense Restrictions for Employment With Financial Institutions	Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
26 Jan	Privacy Tip #355 – Avoid Employment Offer Scams	Robinson & Cole LLP
26 Jan	What Do You Need to Know When Facing an OFAC Investigation?	Oberheiden P.C.
26 Jan	Los Angeles Court Orders Employer To Pay Whistleblower $2.3 Million In Attorney’s Fees On Top Of $24 Million Judgment	Proskauer Rose LLP
25 Jan	DOJ Updates Corporate Criminal Enforcement Policy to Incentivize “Extraordinary Cooperation” with Prosecutors	Beveridge & Diamond PC
25 Jan	Former PennDOT Employee Charged in Illegal Licensing Scheme that Targeted Immigrants	Norris McLaughlin P.A.
24 Jan	Joint Whistleblowers Receive $28 Million Award from SEC	Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto
24 Jan	Supreme Court to Consider False Claims Act “Objectively Reasonable” Knowledge Standard	Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
24 Jan	DFPI Warns Of Investment Adviser Identity Theft	Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
23 Jan	DOJ’s Criminal Division Announces Revised Corporate Enforcement Policy	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
22 Jan	Arrest and Criminal Charges Announced Against British and Russian Businessmen for Facilitating Sanctions Evasion of Russian Oligarch’s $90 Million Yacht	The U.S. Department of Justice
21 Jan	Chicago Man Convicted of Participating in Illegal Kickback Conspiracy	The U.S. Department of Justice
21 Jan	CBP Releases December 2022 Monthly Operational Update	U.S. Customs and Border Protection
20 Jan	DOJ Announces Formal Expansion of Corporate Enforcement Policy to Incentivize More Self-Reporting	Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
20 Jan	US Supreme Court to Address FCA's Scienter Requirement in Safeway Case	ArentFox Schiff LLP
19 Jan	DOJ Raises Stakes on Corporate Compliance: How to Respond	Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
19 Jan	SEC Whistleblowers Receive $18 Million After Tips Lead to Return of Funds to Harmed Investors	Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto
19 Jan	Supreme Court Justices Agree to Hear Second FCA Issue This Term	Mintz
19 Jan	235 Million Twitter User Email Addresses Posted on Hacking Forum	Robinson & Cole LLP
19 Jan	Iowa AG Usury Investigation into Bank Partnership Ends in Settlement	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
19 Jan	Regulators Sharpen Focus on Anti-Money Laundering Expectations for Crypto Industry	Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
19 Jan	Privacy Tip #354 – Scammers Use Weather Emergencies Against Victims	Robinson & Cole LLP
19 Jan	Potential Sanctions for Alleged Intellectual Property Theft on the Horizon?	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
19 Jan	Belgium finally transposes the Whistleblowers Directive – fashionably late, but worth the wait?	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
19 Jan	FAQs and Defense Strategies for FINRA Investigations	Oberheiden P.C.
18 Jan	Screening Failures Caused PPP Fraud	Polsinelli PC
18 Jan	Shining a Light on the Corporate Transparency Act: FinCEN’s Rules for Beneficial Ownership Reporting	Proskauer Rose LLP
18 Jan	Wall Street Layoffs Could Spur Increase in Whistleblower Tips and Help the SEC Combat Market Manipulation Schemes	Zuckerman Law
18 Jan	Financial Crimes Makes Debut in FINRA Annual Priorities Preview	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
17 Jan	Does Your Cyber Insurance Policy Cover a Ransomware Attack?	Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
17 Jan	CMS Proposed Rule for Refunding Overpayments Would Align With False Claims Act “Knowledge” Standard	Mintz
17 Jan	The Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 Gets a “Glow Up”: Congress Strengthens Enforcement by Clarifying Who Can Be a Protected Whistleblower and Enhancing Financial Incentives	Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
17 Jan	“Picking the Winner”: SEC Sanctions Investment Adviser and an Associate for “Rigging” the Game	Norris McLaughlin P.A.
16 Jan	Justice Department Secures Resolution in Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Against Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania	The U.S. Department of Justice
16 Jan	Florida Woman Sentenced to Prison for False Statement to Investigator Related to Pediatric Asthma Drug Study	The U.S. Department of Justice
15 Jan	Idaho Man Indicted for Federal Hate Crime Against LGBTQ Residents of Boise	The U.S. Department of Justice
13 Jan	SEC Awards Over $6 Million to Whistleblowers in Three Seperate Awards	Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto
13 Jan	Florida Doctor Receives 20-Year Prison Sentence for Substance Abuse Treatment Fraud	ArentFox Schiff LLP
13 Jan	Pennsylvania District Court Grants Employer Summary Judgment on Whistleblower Retaliation Claims	Proskauer Rose LLP
12 Jan	K&L Gates Triage: Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute Under the False Claims Act [PODCAST]	K&L Gates
12 Jan	BSA Enforcement	Oberheiden P.C.
12 Jan	CFPB and New York AG File Suit Against “Predatory” Auto Lender	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
11 Jan	What is the Anti-Kickback Statute?	Tycko & Zavareei LLP
11 Jan	Defi Regulatory Alert: CFTC Files Its First Ever Oracle Manipulation Case	K&L Gates
11 Jan	New York Department of Financial Services Announces a $1.9 Million Settlement With Insurance Agency For Violations of New York’s Cybersecurity Regulation	Polsinelli PC
11 Jan	First-of-its-Kind Crypto Insider Trading Conviction	Proskauer Rose LLP
11 Jan	Migraine Company Fails to Avoid Own Headache: Jet Medical and Others to Pay $745,000 to Resolve Allegations that Medical Device was not Approved or Cleared before Commercialization	Foley & Lardner LLP
11 Jan	Court Calls Underlying Legal Standards “No Model of Clarity” but Allows False Claims Act Case To Proceed Anyway	Foley & Lardner LLP
11 Jan	Ankura CTIX FLASH Update - January 6, 2023	Ankura
10 Jan	A Grinchmas for Relators — First Circuit Denies Relators’ Requests for Attorneys’ Fees in Case Involving Issues of First Impression	Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
10 Jan	SCOTUS to Decide Whether the Government has the Authority to Dismiss an FCA Suit After Initially Declining to Intervene and, if so, on What Grounds	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
10 Jan	SCOTUS to Decide Whether the Government has the Authority to Dismiss an FCA Suit After Initially Declining to Intervene and, if so, on What Grounds	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
10 Jan	The Impact of the Decision in U.S. v. Holland on the One Purpose Test	Nelson Mullins
10 Jan	SEC Awards Whistleblower $5 Million in First Award of 2023	Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto
9 Jan	Azerbaijan Continues to Lead the Fight Against Corruption in CIS	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
8 Jan	Multinational Corporation and Several Individuals Charged with Multimillion-Dollar Organic Grain Fraud Scheme	The U.S. Department of Justice
8 Jan	Connecticut Clean Slate Law Brings New Requirements for Employers in 2023 and Beyond	Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
7 Jan	Medical Device Company Zyno Medical LLC Agrees To Pay Nearly $500,000 To Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Defective Medical Device	The U.S. Department of Justice
7 Jan	CBP Officers at the San Ysidro Port of Entry Seize Over $2 Million Worth of Cocaine	U.S. Customs and Border Protection
6 Jan	Coinbase Reaches $100 Million Settlement with NYS Department of Financial Services Over Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Failures	Mintz
6 Jan	SEC Charges Social Media Influencers with Stock Manipulation and Warns Investors	Robinson & Cole LLP
5 Jan	5-Month Criminal Detention Sentence for Legal Representative of Chinese IP Agency for Forging TM Documents	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
5 Jan	Privacy Tip #352 – Scammers Using Search Engine Advertisements to Defraud Users	Robinson & Cole LLP
4 Jan	Post-Madoff, SEC Successfully Partnering with Whistleblowers to Combat Ponzi Schemes	Zuckerman Law
4 Jan	Ankura CTIX FLASH Update - January 3, 2023	Ankura
4 Jan	The Business Behind Sport: Khalid Ali - CEO of the International Betting Integrity Association [PODCAST]	Ankura
4 Jan	DFPI Issues Numerous Detailed Warnings Of Possible Cryptocurrency Broker Frauds	Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
1 Jan	Owner of Durable Medical Equipment Companies Arrested for $17 Million Kickback Conspiracy	The U.S. Department of Justice
1 Jan	FBI and Partners Issue National Public Safety Alert on Financial Sextortion Schemes	The U.S. Department of Justice
1 Jan	2023 New Year’s Resolution: Don’t Get “Whacked” By A State AG for Cybersecurity Compliance	Jackson Lewis P.C.
31 Dec	United States Files False Claims Act Complaint Against Chiropractor, Modern Vascular Office-Based Labs and Modern Vascular Corporate Entities	The U.S. Department of Justice
30 Dec	AML Audits and Risk Assessments	Oberheiden P.C.
29 Dec	Bookkeeper Pleads Guilty to Embezzling Over $29 Million	The U.S. Department of Justice
29 Dec	Federal Court Permanently Shuts Down Detroit Tax Preparers	The U.S. Department of Justice
29 Dec	DOJ FCPA Unit Officials’ Take on 2022	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
28 Dec	SEC Adopts Tougher Trading Rules for Corporate Insiders	Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
28 Dec	Second Circuit Questions Use of Criminal Insider-Trading Statute Without Proof of Receipt of Personal Benefit	Proskauer Rose LLP
28 Dec	2022 Key Developments For The Federal False Claims Act	Binder & Schwartz
28 Dec	First of Two Convicted at Trial in Michigan Governor Kidnapping Plot Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison	The U.S. Department of Justice
27 Dec	8 Influencers Charged in $100 Million Securities Fraud Scheme	Greenberg Traurig, LLP
27 Dec	How the False Claims Act Holds Government Contractors Accountable for Production Quality Issues	Tycko & Zavareei LLP
27 Dec	NFT Endorsed by Celebrities Prompts Class Action	Greenberg Traurig, LLP
27 Dec	How Whistleblowers Can Get Awards for Reporting Money Laundering or Sanctions Violations: A Whistleblower Lawyer’s Guide to the Anti-Money Laundering Whistleblower Program	Zuckerman Law
27 Dec	Chicago Woman Sentenced to Prison for Fraud and Tax Crimes	The U.S. Department of Justice
24 Dec	Justice Department Secures Settlement with Nevada Medical Practice to Resolve National Origin Discrimination Claim	The U.S. Department of Justice
23 Dec	CBP Officers Seize Several Weapons and Ammunition at Eagle Pass Port of Entry	U.S. Customs and Border Protection
22 Dec	Michigan’s Whistleblower Law Protects Employees Reporting Violations of “Suspected” Laws	Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
22 Dec	U.S. Senate Unanimously Passes AML Whistleblower Improvement Act	Proskauer Rose LLP
22 Dec	Keeping Up With the Kardashians, Madison Cawthorn, and Their Damned, Dirty (and Bored) Apes	Nelson Mullins
22 Dec	Chinese State Hackers Exploit Zero-Day Vulnerabilities in Citrix Networking Equipment	Robinson & Cole LLP
22 Dec	SCOTUS Skeptical About Limits on DOJ’s Dismissal Authority in FCA Cases	Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
22 Dec	SEC Adopts New Rule 10B-5 Insider Trading Requirements	Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
22 Dec	DOJ to Prosecutors: Think Twice and Ask Permission Before Charging	Bracewell LLP
21 Dec	Who Can Be a Whistleblower?	Tycko & Zavareei LLP
20 Dec	Connecticut ‘Clean Slate’ Law, Erasure of Criminal Convictions, Takes Effect January 1, 2023	Jackson Lewis P.C.
20 Dec	Shanghai Third Intermediate Court Affirms 5-Year Prison Sentence for Counterfeit Alpenliebe Candy in Criminal Trademark Case	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
19 Dec	Corporate and White-Collar Enforcement in 2023–24	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
19 Dec	The Anti-Kickback Statute & Stark Law Explained	Tycko & Zavareei LLP
19 Dec	Danske Bank Scandal Proves Need for AML Whistleblower Law	Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto
19 Dec	Cutting Corners: SEC Sues Surgical Implant Company for Disclosure AND Accounting Fraud	Norris McLaughlin P.A.
18 Dec	Underboss of Philadelphia Mafia Sentenced for Leading Racketeering Conspiracy Engaged in Loansharking, Gambling, and Extortion	The U.S. Department of Justice
18 Dec	Two Tennessee Men Arrested for Planning Attacks on Law Enforcement Personnel and the FBI’s Knoxville Field Office	The U.S. Department of Justice
16 Dec	Standing to Sue: Is Theft of Drivers’ License Numbers Sufficient to Allege Imminent Threat of Future Harm?	Proskauer Rose LLP
16 Dec	Danske Bank Pleads Guilty, Agrees to Pay More Than $2 Billion in Coordinated Resolution of Investigations into Fraud Related to Its Anti-Money Laundering Controls	Greenberg Traurig, LLP
16 Dec	Jury Finds LabSolutions CEO Guilty in $463 Million Telemed Billing Scheme	ArentFox Schiff LLP
16 Dec	DOJ, SEC and CFTC Announce Parallel Criminal and Civil Charges Against Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX Trading and Alameda Research	Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
15 Dec	Third Circuit: Whistleblowers Are Not Shielded From Discipline for Misconduct	Proskauer Rose LLP
15 Dec	OCC Revises Policies and Procedures for Civil Money Penalties	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
15 Dec	False Claims Act: Prediction on Supreme Court Ruling on Government Dismissal Authority	Foley & Lardner LLP
15 Dec	Supreme Court Declines to Clarify FCA Pleading Standard	Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
14 Dec	Ankura CTIX FLASH Update - December 9, 2022	Ankura
14 Dec	AML Bill Key to Busting Russian Oligarchs	Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto
14 Dec	SEC and CFTC Whistleblower Programs Reveal Continued Success Combatting Fraud and Protecting Investors	Zuckerman Law
14 Dec	Speak Out Act Takes Effect, Enhanced Data Privacy Obligations for California Employers, and SEC Releases Whistleblower Annual Report – Employment Law This Week [VIDEO]	Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
13 Dec	COVID-19: A Roadmap to Fraud Investigations: Office of Inspector General Targets Labs for Billing COVID-19 Add-on Tests	K&L Gates
13 Dec	DOJ Settlement with Electronic Health Records Provider Highlights Risks Related to Exclusive Partnerships and Influencers	Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
13 Dec	DOJ Antitrust Division and HHS OIG Enter into Partnership to Increase Coordination and Enforcement in Health Care	Foley & Lardner LLP
12 Dec	SEC Awards More than $20 Million to Whistleblower	Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto
12 Dec	Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta Issues Statement on 2021 FBI Hate Crimes in the United States Statistics	The U.S. Department of Justice
12 Dec	Decision in U.S. v. Holland	Nelson Mullins
11 Dec	Ex-Wall Street Trader Convicted of Fraud in Precious Metals Spoofing Scheme	The U.S. Department of Justice
11 Dec	Former Navy Sailor Sentenced for Producing Images of Child Sexual Abuse	The U.S. Department of Justice
11 Dec	Mauritanian Terrorist Charged with Death of American Citizen and with Providing Material Support to Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and Al-Murabitoun	The U.S. Department of Justice
9 Dec	CFPB Takes Down High-Yield Savings Account Scam, Defendants Also Charged By the SEC	Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
9 Dec	A Skeptical Bench Hears Arguments On The Government’s Right To Dismiss Qui Tam Claims Under The False Claims Act	Barnes & Thornburg LLP
9 Dec	Former Theranos Executive Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani Sentenced to Nearly 13 Years	ArentFox Schiff LLP
9 Dec	Biden Signs Speak Out Act, Barring Predispute NDAs, Nondisparagement Clauses for Sexual Assault, Harassment Claims	Jackson Lewis P.C.
9 Dec	SEC Releases FY 2022 Whistleblower Annual Report	Proskauer Rose LLP
8 Dec	Two Individuals Arrested for Pharmacy Health Care Fraud Kickback Schemes	The U.S. Department of Justice
8 Dec	Eleventh Defendant Pleads Guilty in $15 Million Scheme to Defraud Spanish-Speaking United States Immigrants	The U.S. Department of Justice
8 Dec	US Department of Labor Recovers $250K in Wages, Damages for Servers, Bartenders Denied Full Wages, Overtime by Employer’s Illegal Pay Practices	U.S. Department of Labor
8 Dec	Three Health Care Providers Agree to Pay $22.5 Million for Alleged False Claims to California’s Medicaid Program	The U.S. Department of Justice
8 Dec	Active Russian Agent Andrii Derkach Indicted for Scheme to Violate Sanctions in the United States	The U.S. Department of Justice
7 Dec	UK Crime Agency Secures Novel Court Ruling for Over £50 Million in Crime-Linked Funds	Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
7 Dec	Ten Individuals Charged in Business Email Compromise Scheme Targeting Medicare, Medicaid and Other Insurers	Polsinelli PC
7 Dec	Former Correctional Officer Sentenced for Assaulting a Hawaii Inmate	The U.S. Department of Justice
7 Dec	Ankura CTIX FLASH Update - December 6, 2022	Ankura
7 Dec	Ankura CTIX FLASH Update - December 2, 2022	Ankura
6 Dec	Issue Spotting Is Not Whistleblowing	Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
6 Dec	Supreme Court Hears Arguments in False Claims Act Whistleblower Case	Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto
6 Dec	Former Muncie, Indiana, Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Eleven Civil Rights and Obstruction Offenses for Assaulting Arrestees and Writing False Reports	The U.S. Department of Justice
6 Dec	Criminal Charges Unsealed Against 12 Individuals in Wide-Ranging Scheme to Monopolize Transmigrante Industry and Extort Competitors Near U.S.-Mexico Border	The U.S. Department of Justice
5 Dec	Cash Is King: DOJ Weighs New Guidance on Employee Compensation Packages	Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
5 Dec	Group Home Owners Sentenced in $1 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme	The U.S. Department of Justice
4 Dec	FBI and Bureau of Indian Affairs Sign Agreement to Improve Law Enforcement in Indian Country	The U.S. Department of Justice
4 Dec	Leader of Oath Keepers and Oath Keepers Member Found Guilty of Seditious Conspiracy and Other Charges Related to U.S. Capitol Breach	The U.S. Department of Justice
2 Dec	Alabama Defendant Sentenced to 60 Years and Ordered to Pay Over $950,000 in Restitution for Sex Trafficking Scheme Involving Forced Prostitution	The U.S. Department of Justice
2 Dec	Former Senior U.S. Navy Employee Sentenced for Bribery Conspiracy and Lying to Investigators	The U.S. Department of Justice
2 Dec	SEC Brings Charges Against Former CEO for Retaliating Against a Whistleblower and Impeding Whistleblowing	Zuckerman Law