Topic: Securities fraud

Prosecutors allege that Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, bribed Chinese government officials to unfreeze accounts.

28 March 2023

Gregoire Tournant accuses federal prosecutors of coercing Allianz's counsel into building a case against him and violating his attorney-client privileges. A ruling in his favour could force the DOJ to rethink the way it conducts white-collar investigations.

15 March 2023

US federal prosecutors and regulators are accusing cryptocurrency exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried of defrauding customers and investors in a series of charges announced on Tuesday.

13 December 2022

07 September 2022

10 August 2022

The construction giant, which pleaded guilty in 2016 to paying more than $700 million in bribes to obtain business, defied a court order to produce documents for 20 months.

08 August 2022

A federal appeals court sided with the SEC as it denied a reward to a whistleblower because the agency didn’t use his information in an action of its own. Although the law is clear, the decision has some lawyers questioning the fairness of the outcome.

26 July 2022

The defendants "taught me everything I knew" a witness called by the government said.

14 July 2022

In the latest counsel watch, the Ukrainian government has tapped a top DC sanctions lawyer to advise the country on Russian sanctions, and former executives at collapsed investment fund Archegos have recruited white-collar lawyers to help them fight civil and criminal fraud charges in New York.

03 May 2022

03 March 2022