South Carolina Lawyers Weekly
COLUMBIA — A former adoption agency official has pleaded guilty to conspiring with others to defraud the United States by paying bribes to foreign officials and submitting fraudulent documents to the State Department for adoptions from Ethiopia. U.S. Attorney Bill ...
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Criminal Practice – Sentence Affirmed in Payroll-Company Fraud Scheme 
U.S. v. Weiss (Lawyers Weekly No. 14-01-0538, 23 pp.) (Hamilton, J.) No. 13-4039, June 6, 2014; USDC at Greensboro, N.C. (Schroeder, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: The 4th Circuit affirms a 185-month sentence for a defendant who pleaded guilty to wire ...
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Read More »Justices revisit securities fraud class actions
WASHINGTON — The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court have an opportunity to dramatically change the landscape of securities fraud class action litigation by limiting, or perhaps overruling altogether, a decision upon which plaintiffs have relied for decades. During oral ...
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Read More »Judge delays decision on lawyer’s sentence
A judge in Anderson has delayed a decision on whether to reduce the prison sentence for a Greenville attorney convicted in a fraud case.
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Read More »Jailer jailed for stealing from inmate
A Clarendon County jail officer has been charged with stealing an inmate's credit card information to pay his own personal bills.
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Read More »Man sentenced to prison for health care fraud
COLUMBIA (AP) — A Cordova man has been sentenced for his role in a fraud case involving BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina policy numbers. U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles says 46-year-old R. L. Robinson-Taylor was sentenced Monday to more than two ...
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Read More »Civil Practice – Appeals – Summary Judgment – Tort/Negligence – Fraud & Unfair Trade Practices – Real Property Contract
Woodson v. DLI Properties, LLC (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-003-14, 12 pp.) (Jean Hoefer Toal, Ch.J.) (Costa M. Pleicones, J., concurring in the result only without separate opinion) Appealed from Lancaster County Circuit Court (Brooks P. Goldsmith, J.) On writ of ...
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Read More »Man charged with fraud over banana peel fall, lawsuit
A Maryland man accused of staging a fall on a banana peel in a southeast Washington Metro station elevator has been charged with fraud.
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Read More »Woman pleads guilty to benefits fraud
A Greenville County woman has been ordered to repay the state of South Carolina thousands of dollars in unemployment benefits she received fraudulently.
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Read More »Ex-SC State board member, 2 others plead guilty
Three men, including a former South Carolina State University board member, have pleaded guilty to bank fraud and conspiracy.
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