Related Practices & Jurisdictions The Department of Justice and the US Attorney offices around the country are continuing to be in hot pursuit of cases of fraud related to the COVID-19 pandemic. On April 20, 2022, the Department of Justice announced a new round of criminal charges against 21 defendants […]
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DOJ Cracks Down with Corporate Criminal Charges in Several Cases
DOJ Brings Charges Against 21 People in $150 Million COVID-19 Fraud Action The DOJ announced charges against 21 people across nine federal districts for their alleged role in pandemic-related fraud schemes resulting in over $149 million in false billings to federal programs. This is the largest coordinated law enforcement action […]
DOJ Announces Charges Against PA Man for Immigration Fraud
The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) recently announced federal charges against a Pennsylvania man for his involvement in a scheme to defraud the U.S. government by submitting materially false U Visa applications for noncitizens. The charges underscore the severity of the penalties associated with immigration fraud. Allegations of Criminal Activity According to a press […]
United Kingdom Supreme Court on Privacy and Criminal Charges
On 16 February 2022, the UK Supreme Court in Bloomberg LP v ZXC [2022] UKSC 5 unanimously upheld the decisions of two lower courts that Bloomberg was wrong to publish an article identifying a US executive who was under investigation in relation to allegations of fraud, bribery and corruption as he had […]
Labor Union Charges Phoenix Starbucks with Retaliation Against Workers
Arizona Starbucks baristas claim that the publicly-traded Seattle coffee giant is trying to undermine unionization efforts by spying on workers and other union-busting tactics. Starbucks managers responsible for a bustling drive-thru location in North Phoenix are accused of employee surveillance and attempting to dissuade them against unionizing, federal labor records obtained […]
Conspiracy charges possible for filing bogus Trump election slates, experts say
The Justice Department could pursue criminal charges related to the filing of Electoral College votes for Donald Trump from states that actually voted for Joe Biden in 2020, according to several experts on election law. Certificates purporting to be from Trump electors were sent to Washington by Republicans in seven […]
Four Individuals Indicted on Wage Fixing and Labor Market Allocation Charges | OPA
A federal grand jury in Portland, Maine, returned an indictment charging four managers of home health care agencies with participating in a conspiracy to suppress the wages and restrict the job mobility of essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the one-count felony indictment filed yesterday in the U.S. […]