Come to Jesus and all that.

At least she's smart enough to see the way the wind is blowing.

-- MDT

Labels: Leslie Crocker Snyder, white collar crime

Traveling and family obligations over, it's back to the blogging grindstone. A place to start: the White Collar Crime Prof Blog's 2008 White Collar Crime Awards...

-- MDT

Labels: white collar crime

Interesting comments on a coming boom from Geoff Mousseau (who according to the byline wrote this article about himself?) of White Collar Sentencing Consultants, which advises soon-to-be executive jailbirds about how to prep for their prison terms.

In other news... A company exists that does this.

More on the slew of criminal investigations spinning out of the mortgage meltdown.

-- MDT

Labels: Geoff Mousseay, Prison, white collar crime, White Collar Sentencing Consultants

One in two German companies affected by white collar crime? Interesting numbers here, and a window into Germany's very different corporate culture.

For more of those sorts of numbers, check out this recent global fraud report from Kroll.

-- MDT

Labels: Germany, white collar crime

The WSJ covers Robert S. Mueller's comments before the House Judiciary Committee, defining the FBI's current priorities. White collar crime...high on the list.

-- MDT

Labels: FBI, Robert Muller, white collar crime

19 of 42 would be a pretty darn good batting average in the MLB. Less so in a guilty verdict. Former Quest CEO Joe Nacchio has been found guilty on 19 counts of insider trading after six days of jury deliberations in his criminal trial. In 2001, over five months Nacchio more than 100 million dollars worth of Quest stock, before disclosing the financial troubles the company was facing. A civil trial relating to the same issues is still pending.

There's more on the Nacchio Guilty verdict at TheOlympian.com.

-- MDT

Labels: insider trading, Joe Nacchio, Quest, securities, white collar crime

Another hat-tip this morning to RE: The Auditors...that's where I discovered this. "Crazy Eddie" is a blogger. And really, who would know more about the insider perspective on white collar fraud than Sam Antar. This blog is INSAAAANNE!!!

Ahem...

Now back to work, you.

-- MDT

Labels: Crazy Eddie, white collar crime

The Department of Justice released new guidelines yesterday regarding the powers and practices allowed for prosecutors pursing corporate investigations. A rollback of prosecutorial power had been called for from a variety of corners and the DOJs action has been expected for a while now. At the heart of the "McNulty Memo," named for Deputy Attorney General, Paul McNulty, are changes in how prosecutors may go about compelling the release of documents from companies. Prosecutors must now receive permission from McNulty himself before asking that a corporation to turn over potentially self incriminating documents.

For a close look at the changes this will bring to courtrooms and corporate boardrooms across our fair, land, you could do worse that to check out Peter Henning and Ellen Podgor's superb White Collar Crime Prof Blog. Mr. Henning is an amigo of The Daily Caveat from the Round Table days and shares your host's affinity for former Louisiana Governor (and current resident of the Oakedale Louisiana Federal Correctional Institution), Edwin Edwards. You may have heard Henning quoted on this subject in a widely run NPR story from yesterday evening. Partner in (white collar) crime, Ellen Podgor's comments on McNulty can be found here.

-- MDT

Labels: Department of Justice, Louisiana, mcnulty memo, Peter Henning, prosecution guidelines, white collar crime

He might just make bail while he waits on appeal. The WSJ elaborates.

Also, Tom Kirkendall at the always charming (even when I disagree with him) Houston's Clear Thinkers, takes his usual hard look at the full gamut of Enron-related prosecutions. Well worth a look in case you've lost track of who all got left with the tab when Enron went belly up. Check it out.

-- MDT

Labels: appeal, bail, corruption, Enron, Houston's Clear Thinkers, Jeff Skilling, prosecution, white collar crime