Criminal Law

Tax Miscreant Roundup: Wesley Snipes & Stephen Yagman
Wesley Snipes: Associated Press: No Verdict Yet in Snipes Case Wesley Snipes' Trial Offers Perfect Script for IRS to Discourage Activists, by Travis Reed The Daily Dish: Jurors Urged to Acquit "Crazy" Snipes E! Online: Snipes Jury Taxed with Deliberations,...

Snipes Gets the Max
Our Crime in the News coverage would be incomplete without mention of Wesley Snipes, who was sentenced today. Snipes was sentenced to three years in prison Thursday for failing to file tax returns, the maximum penalty — and a victory for prosecutors who sought to make an example of the action star...

Why Did Government Appeal Wesley Snipes' Sentence Should He Pay $258k Cost of Prosecution
The Government has filed a Notice of Cross-Appeal in the Wesley Snipes case. Ellen Podgor (Stetson) of our sister White Collar Crime Prof Blog asks why: What could they possibly be appealing? Snipes received the prison sentence the government asked...

Wesley Snipes
gets three years in jail. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Wesley Snipes", url: "http://apublicdefender.com/2008/04/24/wesley-snipes/" });

Wesley Snipes convicted of 3 misdemeanors, but he mostly still wins
The tax world had its eyes on Wesley Snipes last week, who was on trial for tax evasion. I hate cases like this. Snipes didn’t report income of tens of millions of dollars and didn’t pay taxes on it...

Will the Wesley Snipes Convictions Hold Up on Appeal
Previously blogged was the acquittal of Wesley Snipes on the conspiracy and fraud counts, and also on three of the six tax filings counts. (see here). Peter Goldberger sent in an important comment on the Wesley Snipes three misdemeanor convictions...

The Paulson Toxic Mortgage Debt Security Act: The Biggest Government Bailout of All Time
Legislative Proprosal for Treasury Authority to Purchase Mortgage-related Assets

Qui Tam Whistleblower - Government Fraud - Qui Tam Lawsuit
Qui Tam Whistleblower alleging fraud against the government reported by an individual acting as a government whistleblower.

Wesley A. Snyder et al.
alleging the consultants perpetrated a Ponzi scheme by encouraging borrowers to lend more than they needed.

Canadian Government
seeks new law enabling them to search your laptop

Federal Government
alleging discrimination against black farmers

US Government
alleging land surveyors should not be allowed on private property to build a US Mexican border wall.

US Federal Government
allegedly violated the niversal Declaration of Human Rights by deporting undocumented parents of US born children.