Crime

Ransomware: More than your data is at risk warns latest US Treasury Advisories

Briefing, Crime, Cybersecurity / October 14, 2020 October 14, 2020

Clifford Chance – The US Department of Treasury recently issued advisories aimed at financial institutions and corporates being extorted to make or process payments relating to ransomware attacks. The advisories are a reminder to consider money laundering and sanctions risks as part of ransomware crisis management. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) advisory, “Advisory on …

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Criminal Law: What Happens During Sentencing

Briefing, Crime / September 23, 2020 September 23, 2020

What happens during sentencing? Charles Jordan – A sentencing hearing takes place after a plea deal or a defendant has been found guilty and it is, regrettably, one of the most common events to be occurring in everyday life in the United States. There are currently 1.21 million people serving prison sentences in state penitentiaries, …

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Can you sue a police officer for misconduct?

Briefing, Crime / September 9, 2020 September 9, 2020

Paul Sander – Philando Castile. Walter Scott. Eric Garner. Rachelle Jackson. Names that you’ve probably heard of, unfortunately, because their lives were brutally taken by officers sworn to uphold the law. Law enforcement is supposed to serve and protect us, so we are traumatized, betrayed, and angry when they break that trust. And of course …

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What is the difference between a felony and a misdemeanor?

Briefing, Crime, Press Releases / July 28, 2020 July 28, 2020

Many individuals who have been arrested, particularly if it’s for a first offense, wonder what the difference between a misdemeanor charge and a felony charge. Simply put, a felony charge is more serious than a misdemeanor, although that is something of an oversimplification. The US federal government generally considers a crime punishable with incarceration for …

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Do I need a lawyer if my business is accused of fraud?

Briefing, Crime, Press Releases / June 2, 2020 June 4, 2020

Fraud is a very broad term. Its definition includes a wide variety of acts committed by people with the intention to scam someone else. This action is usually taken to obtain monetary or personal gains. Unfortunately, fraud is quite common and every year many people fall victim to it. While fraud is covered by both …

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Federal Crime – What Is It and What Are The Legal Consequences?

Briefing, Briefings, Crime / March 4, 2020 March 4, 2020

Federal crime refers to those acts that are made criminal or illegal by federal law and prosecuted in federal courts. Most federal crimes are listed in Title 18 of the United States Code. Some examples of federal crime are gang activity that affects interstate commerce, conspiracy to commit offense or defraud the United States, solicitation …

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How Big Data and AI Can Help Manage ‘Big Crime’

Briefing, Crime, Cybersecurity, Recent / April 15, 2019 April 15, 2019

Big data and artificial intelligence are changing the way crimes are investigated, and prevented an Israeli lawyer has told the Calcalist Mind the Tech conference in New York. Nimrod Kozlovski is a partner at Israel-based law firm HFN and lecturer at Tel Aviv University. In the digital age, traditional methods of managing crimes are no …

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Audacious Russian Hacker Who Stole From Victims Faces US Justice

Crime, Cybersecurity, Press Releases, Top in LawFuel / February 22, 2019 February 28, 2019

Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced that STANISLAV VITALIYEVICH LISOV, a/k/a “Black,” a/k/a “Blackf” (“LISOV”), pled guilty today to conspiring to deploy and use a type of …

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Four Allegedly Used Federal Courts To Defraud Victims of $46 Million

Crime, Press Releases, US Law / February 6, 2019 February 6, 2019

Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the unsealing today of an Indictment charging four individuals, CHRISTOPHER HAMMATT, a/k/a “Craig Johnson,” SUSAN HAMMATT, JOSEPH HOATS, and EDWIN TANGLAO, with participation in multiple fraud schemes. HOATS was arrested today in California and will be presented later this afternoon …

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Westchester Attorney Who Was Court Appointed Administrator Pleads Guilty to Embezzling Estate Funds

Crime, Press Releases, Recent / February 1, 2019 February 1, 2019

Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that GUY PARISI, a Westchester attorney, pled guilty today to a mail fraud charge arising from his attempt to embezzle funds from a decedent’s estate for which he served as a court-appointed administrator. PARISI entered the plea in White Plains …

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