/whitecollar?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: White Collar Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Fri, 05 Dec 2025 21:38:43 +0000 /whitecollar/articles/2418961?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /whitecollar/articles/2418961 Brooklyn federal prosecutors on Friday rested their case against a former top aide to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, after about three weeks of trial over alleged violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act and other charges. Fri, 05 Dec 2025 21:14:20 +0000 /whitecollar/articles/2418918?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /whitecollar/articles/2418918 A Florida federal judge on Friday ordered the release of grand jury transcripts from an investigation of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, citing a newly enacted law that the government said overrides a prohibition on disclosing the documents to the public. Fri, 05 Dec 2025 20:24:51 +0000 /whitecollar/articles/2418828?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /whitecollar/articles/2418828 The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation has brought on a new general counsel who previously served in leadership positions with the U.S. Department of Justice, including director of its cryptocurrency enforcement team. Fri, 05 Dec 2025 18:39:18 +0000 /whitecollar/articles/2418830?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /whitecollar/articles/2418830 The Seventh Circuit on Thursday rejected a real estate banking business's argument it should have been prioritized over other investors for proceeds from the liquidation of assets related to an alleged $135 million Ponzi scheme, and affirmed a lower court's finding it would have learned of those other investors' interests on two Chicago properties with a more diligent inquiry. Fri, 05 Dec 2025 18:25:44 +0000 /whitecollar/articles/2418906?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /whitecollar/articles/2418906 The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to consider an ex-Twitter employee's appeal of his conviction for secretly acting as an agent of the Saudi government, taking up what the petition called a deep circuit split over whether the government can bring charges for certain crimes virtually "anywhere." Fri, 05 Dec 2025 18:25:03 +0000 /whitecollar/articles/2418686?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /whitecollar/articles/2418686 Federal prosecutors say Terraform founder Do Kwon should face 12 years in prison, arguing that he "fled from the wreckage" after misleading investors ahead of a $40 billion collapse of his stablecoin crypto project. Fri, 05 Dec 2025 17:10:02 +0000 /whitecollar/articles/2418875?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /whitecollar/articles/2418875 New York City Comptroller Brad Lander on Friday denied obstructing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents as he monitored proceedings at a building where immigrants have been detained in President Donald Trump's crackdown, saying he intends to prove ICE was at fault for a scuffle that ensued. Fri, 05 Dec 2025 16:04:46 +0000 /whitecollar/articles/2418742?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /whitecollar/articles/2418742 Former Goldman Sachs managing director Roger Ng's attempt to overturn his conviction in the $6.5 billion 1MDB corruption scheme hit a wall Friday at the Second Circuit, where a panel categorically rejected his multipronged appeal. Fri, 05 Dec 2025 11:39:56 +0000 /whitecollar/articles/2418767?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /whitecollar/articles/2418767 Former U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez has been permanently barred from holding any public office or position of trust in New Jersey, following his conviction on federal bribery and corruption charges, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced Friday. Fri, 05 Dec 2025 11:02:36 +0000 /whitecollar/articles/2415433?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /whitecollar/articles/2415433 Though agentic artificial intelligence has demonstrated significant promise for optimizing legal work, it presents numerous risks, so specific ethical obligations should be built into the knowledge base of every agentic AI tool used in the legal industry, says Steven Cordero at Akerman LLP. Thu, 04 Dec 2025 23:55:48 +0000 /whitecollar/articles/2418382?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /whitecollar/articles/2418382 The Eleventh Circuit Thursday vacated a more than 4.5-year sentence for a man convicted of scheming to defraud NFL player Quinnen Williams via a marketing business and ordered an Alabama federal judge to resentence him, finding that the man's offense level could be incorrect. Thu, 04 Dec 2025 23:06:41 +0000 /whitecollar/articles/2418520?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /whitecollar/articles/2418520 New York Attorney General Letitia James Thursday hailed reports that a Norfolk, Virginia, federal grand jury had declined to reindict her on charges of mortgage fraud, refusing to revive a case that President Donald Trump had pushed prosecutors to pursue against his "guilty as hell" political opponent. Thu, 04 Dec 2025 22:14:42 +0000 /whitecollar/articles/2418337?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /whitecollar/articles/2418337 A certified class of investors urged the Ninth Circuit on Thursday to revive allegations Ripple Labs violated securities laws through unregistered sales of digital-token XRP, arguing the lower court misapplied the Ninth Circuit's SEC v. Murphy precedent in granting Ripple summary judgment under a three-year statute of repose. Thu, 04 Dec 2025 21:06:20 +0000 /whitecollar/articles/2418410?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /whitecollar/articles/2418410 The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control on Thursday fined a New York property management company more than $7 million for allegedly violating Russian sanctions by receiving payments on behalf of a company owned by a sanctioned Russian oligarch. Thu, 04 Dec 2025 20:07:12 +0000 /whitecollar/articles/2418179?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /whitecollar/articles/2418179 A landlord accused of allowing an unauthorized cannabis shop to operate within the Cayuga Nation is asking a New York federal judge to recuse herself less than a week before trial is set to begin, suggesting that the jurist might not be unbiased because counsel for the tribe "helped" her "son get a job." Thu, 04 Dec 2025 19:25:51 +0000 /whitecollar/articles/2418266?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /whitecollar/articles/2418266 The Government Accountability Office will review whether Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte weaponized mortgage fraud investigations against the president's perceived political opponents and flouted the agency's typical investigation process. Thu, 04 Dec 2025 18:59:35 +0000 /whitecollar/articles/2418260?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /whitecollar/articles/2418260 The Second Circuit on Thursday ordered a Manhattan federal court to reinstate a nearly five-year prison sentence for a former boss in New York City's largest correction officers union, saying disparities between his bribery sentence and those given to his co-defendants didn't warrant his early release. Thu, 04 Dec 2025 18:39:36 +0000 /whitecollar/articles/2418338?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /whitecollar/articles/2418338 The former president and CEO of the now-defunct Oklahoma-based First National Bank of Lindsay has been charged with bank fraud involving sham deposits in customer accounts and falsified loan documents, according to a federal indictment. Thu, 04 Dec 2025 18:02:55 +0000 /whitecollar/articles/2418377?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /whitecollar/articles/2418377 Two New York companies exploited the state's no-fault insurance laws by fraudulently billing Geico more than $2.7 million for unnecessary durable medical equipment for drivers involved in auto accidents who could receive no-fault coverage, the insurer told a New York federal court Thursday. Thu, 04 Dec 2025 17:01:06 +0000 /whitecollar/articles/2418419?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /whitecollar/articles/2418419 The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Thursday ended a suspension without pay for a county judge who was accused of COVID-19 employment relief fraud following his entrance into a diversion agreement with federal prosecutors that ended with the indictment being dismissed.