All posts tagged "fbi"
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1.4KAccelerationPro Se Filers Face Capricious Clerks and Ambiguous Local Rules At the Federal Fifth Circuit
Pro se’s are being held to a higher standard than the laws and rules require and/or not being applied in a consistent...
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1.4KAccelerationExclusive: LIT’s Obtained the Opening Statement from the Burkes Sizzlin’ Hot Petition for Rehearing
Abuse of the public trust cannot and must not be tolerated. Corrupt practices in government strike at the heart of social order...
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1.6KFederal JudgesDon’t Steal from Your Own Bank Or You’ll Go To Jail
That most likely would not be the case if you're a lawyer stealing from your escrow account (client funds).
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1.8KFifth CircuitHidalgo EMS Owner Obtained $2.6M PPP Loan While in Bankruptcy Court. It Hasn’t Ended Well for Kenneth Ponce
Kenneth B. Ponce is the CEO of Hidalgo County Emergency Services Foundation doing business as Hidalgo County EMS. He was found guilty...
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785Appellate JudgesSocial Media Death Threats Lead to Arrest
Joshua Docter, 21, is accused of threatening to shoot and kill the officials and “‘be the catalyst’ for a new American revolution,”...
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1.8KAppellate CircuitWhat You Should Know About Perjury and False Statements
Federal law proscribes providing the federal courts, Congress, or federal agencies with false information. The prohibition takes four forms: false statements; perjury...
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2.2KLawyer ComplaintsFormer Florida Prosecutor Jeffrey Siegmeister Criminally Charged along with Defense Attorney Marion Michael O’Steen
The indictment accuses Siegmeister of conspiring with defense attorney Marion O’steen of Dixie County between 2013 to 2019 to alter defendants’ charges...
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1.7KAppellate JudgesJudge Higginson for the Fifth Cir. 3-Panel Correctly Vacates Prison Sentence of Office Manager in Health Care Fraud Appeal
The district court sentenced Nora to concurrent sentence of 40 months imprisonment on each count, 1 yr probation and $13 million restitution.
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2.3KLITBrownsville ISD’s Dishonest former VP Receives Sentencing Reprieve from Trump-Appointed Federal Judge
Atkinson faced conspiracy, bribery and six counts of travel act-state law bribery. A jury found Sylvia Atkinson guilty on all eight charges.
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1.3KFederal JudgesIt Was 1992. Judge Jerry Smith Authored for the 3-Panel Affirming Criminal Sentence of Federal Judge Robert F. Collins of Louisiana
Defendants Robert F. Collins, a United States District Judge of the Eastern District of Louisiana, and John H. Ross, Collins's longtime friend,...
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1.6KJudgesDo Lyin’ Judges Go to Jail for Perjury? Heck Yeah.
Several former and current judges of Philadelphia Traffic Court caught in a wide-ranging probe of ticket-fixing in Philadelphia.
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1.1KEleventh CircuitTexas Lawyer and ‘Evil’ Co-Conspirator Jail Sentences Affirmed by Eleventh Circuit and Judge Sitting by Designation
The government’s evidence showed that the conspiracy had fraudulently obtained millions of dollars from scores of victims. The district court found Ellis’s...
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1.8KLawyer DisciplineA Massive Tax Return Refund Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme
10 Defendants laundered more than $30 million in tax refunds that had been obtained from approximately 7,000 fraudulent tax returns says DOJ.
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1.1KLITA Threatening Tweet Earns this Texas Teen Two Years in Jail
The FBI and law enforcement partners take threats of violence very seriously and this was a bomb threat directed at the Federal...
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1.7KAppellate JudgesA Threat’s A Threat, Unless it’s a Texas Lawyer
Two articles about death threats. Meanwhile in Texas, a lawyer can threaten two elders with serious but false accusations with impunity.
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1.5KLawyer ComplaintsFifth Circuit Solicitor Suspended, Sentenced and Convicted for Abusing a Line of Credit
United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced that Daniel Edward Johnson, former Fifth Circuit Solicitor was sentenced to one year and one...
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3.9KEditors ChoiceBoies Schiller Flexner LLP Take $10 Million from PPP and then Hand Out $20k Bonuses to New Starts, Who Ain’t Started Yet.
Boies Schiller & Flexner announced bank breaking bonuses that everyone at the biglaw firm is excited about. They also took a $10M...
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3.2KAppellate CircuitWhat is A Civil Rights Violation Under the Color of Law?
Color of law refers to an appearance of legal power to act that may operate in violation of law. Color of law may include public officials and...
