[Original post Feb 2011, Updated and Reposted Feb. 2021] The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan has charged a hedge fund manager with insider trading. Donald Longueuil was charged with conspiracy to commit securities and wire fraud and obstruction of justice. The obstruction charge stems from Longueuil’s middle of the night efforts to destroy computer hard […]
Isn't She The Tax Cheating Judge?
by Brian Mahany A report today from the Detroit News indicates that Justice Department officials have charged Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway with bank fraud. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit claims that Justice Hathaway and her husband hid assets in order to get ING to accept a short sale on their home. According […]
Bank of America & The Mexican Drug Cartels
by Brian Mahany Around our Detroit office, we often refer to Bank of America as the “Death Star.” Sci-fi fans understand the reference but for those who haven’t seen Star Wars, the Death Star is a huge space station with a death beam capable of destroying a planet. Bank of America isn’t quite that powerful […]
The Life and Times of Frederick Berg – Inside Seattle’s Largest Ponzi Scheme
[Post updated January 2020] Frederick Darren Berg fancies himself the king of Seattle tour busses. Prosecutors say he is the mastermind of a $130 million Ponzi scheme, one of the largest frauds ever in Washington state. A federal grand jury indicted Berg two months ago and charged him with 9 counts of wire fraud, 2 […]
SEC and Justice Department Charge Top Lawyer With Fraud
[Post updated January 2020] Jonathan Bristol, a former partner at two of the largest and best U.S. law firms, was arraigned in a Manhattan federal court and charged with laundering over $20 million in connection with Kenneth Starr, the now convicted financial advisor to Hollywood celebrities. In 2008, Bristol became a partner at Winston & […]