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Kremlin-linked trader heads to US prison
BOSTON — A wealthy Russian businessman with ties to the Kremlin was sentenced Thursday to nine years in prison for his role in a nearly $100 million stock market cheating scheme that relied on secret earnings information stolen through the hacking of U.S. computer networks. Vladislav Klyushin, who ran a Moscow-based information technology company that […]
Murdaugh colleague sentenced in fraud scheme
CHARLESTON — A longtime friend of disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh was sentenced Tuesday to nearly four years in prison for scheming to steal millions of dollars in insurance settlements from the sons of Murdaugh’s dead housekeeper. Cory Fleming said he knew the lawyer now serving a life sentence for killing his wife and […]
Pandemic fraud scheme sends SC woman to federal prison
A South Carolina woman and a Florida woman have been sentenced after pleading guilty to commit wire fraud related to unemployment insurance benefits. Nariman Mahmoud Masoud, 35, of Florence, South Carolina, and Susan Masoud, 34 of Tampa, Fla., were sentenced recently in federal court, a news release says. Masoud must serve 12 months and one […]
Second jury convicts business owner in scam
A federal jury convicted a Greenville woman Wednesday of uttering counterfeit securities two weeks after another jury found her guilty of three counts of wire fraud. Robin Lee Johnson, 51, was found guilty of six counts of uttering counterfeit securities, a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s office for District of South Carolina says. Senior […]
SC inmates among those charged in fraud scheme
Nine current or former inmates of the South Carolina Department of Corrections and six other people have been indicted for allegedly receiving more than $4 million in fraudulent COVID-19 unemployment benefits. A federal grand jury has returned a 51-count indictment against the current or former inmates and the six others for wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, a news release says.
Pandemic fraud sends man to prison for year
A Charleston man has been sentenced to one year in federal prison for running a fake lawn care business to get funds related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Antonio Brown Sanders, 26, of Charleston, was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison after pleading guilty to fraudulently applying for an Emergency Injury Disaster Law under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act[...]
Mississippi ex-governor threatens to sue news site over welfare fraud comments
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant gave notice Wednesday that he will sue a news organization unless it apologizes for statements he said some of its employees made about him in connection to misspending of welfare money that was intended to help some of the poorest people in the U.S. A reporter […]
Lawsuit against Favre should be dismissed, attorneys argue
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Attorneys for retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre argued in a new court filing Monday that a civil lawsuit against him seeking to recover misspent welfare money in Mississippi’s largest ever corruption case should be should be dismissed because the state Department of Human Services lacks evidence and is attempting to deflect […]
Prosecutors urge no bail for Chinese man in $1B fraud case
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge should reject bail for a wealthy self-exiled Chinese businessman charged in a $1 billion fraud case because he’s already trying to obstruct justice from jail, and can flee or do harm if he is freed, no matter how stringent his bail conditions, prosecutors said Monday. The government submitted a […]
12 sentenced in multimillion-dollar construction fraud case
By Melinda Waldrop [email protected] Twelve defendants from seven construction-related companies have been sentenced for employment tax fraud felonies and crimes related to hiring unauthorized workers in a scheme that saw at least $15 million in bogus checks cashed. The convictions are the first to come from a multi-year undercover investigation, led by the IRS and […]
Volunteer for athletic booster club is charged with fraud
A volunteer for a South Carolina high school sports booster club is accused of using the group’s debit card to pay her personal and family bills. Karen Rice McCrary was a volunteer for the Powdersville High School Athletic Booster Club, federal prosecutors said in an indictment this week. The card was to be used for […]
Claims of fraud, ‘sham’ suit, aren’t an attack on court’s ruling
There’s no getting out of a long-running battle between a South Carolina attorney and the businessmen he likened to TV mobster Tony Soprano. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reinstated a lawsuit filed by the attorney, Paul Hulsey, who is leveling allegations of fraud against a father and son who had previously […]
Business Law
- Economy forces attorneys to get down to business
- Business Court judges trawl for customers
- Va. company's Web site did not subject business to personal jurisdiction in S.C., appeals panel rules
- Former running back from S.C. wins courtroom victory in contract dispute
- Contract – Government Contract – Qui Tam – False Claims Act
- Tort – Business Tort – Va. Computer Crimes Act – Trade Secrets
- Consumer Protection – FCRA – Auto Loan – Bank Accounting Errors
- Licenses & Permits – Beer & Wine Permit – Restrictive Covenant – Suitable Location
- Licenses & Permits – Veterinarian – Vaccine Maintenance
- State regulators look at car dealer accused of lying to customers
- Textile firm, railroad settle Graniteville train wreck lawsuit
- Subprime mortgage meltdown hits securities law
Commentary
- High court justices cross the line of propriety
- High court’s term was rough on big business
- The flip side of generative AI in law and how to address it
- The fight for equal educational opportunity continues
- Letter From The Editor – Working from Home
- NLRB joins FTC in taking aim at non-competes
- Supreme Court leaves key internet protection untouched
- US Supreme Court bites back at parody’s use of the First Amendment
- My goal: Provide the information that you need now
- Case study: North Carolina courts provide guidance on scope, limitations of attorney-client privilege
- A Different Ode to Pro Bono Work
- N.C. Bar Association embraces homophobia
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