Law… Pretrial Detention 22 Sep 2009 I mentioned the other day that certain individuals had been arrested in Denver for allegedly making false statements to investigators. According to Agence France-Presse, two of the men have been…
Law… False Statements and Terrorism 20 Sep 2009 Well, it looks like three people in Denver were arrested for giving false statements in what is being called a terrorism investigation. (Source.) False Statements is one of those federal…
Law… ICE and Sex Tourism 10 Sep 2009 Not a lot of people realize it, but the United States exercises one of the most expansive concepts of extraterritorial jurisdiction in the entire world. In layman's terms, the United…
Law… ICE and Counterfeit Goods 10 Sep 2009 When the INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service) was disassembled and taken away from the DOJ, its dissolution created three new agencies, all housed under the Department of Homeland Security: USCIS…
Law… Child Pornography and Life Imprisonment 10 Sep 2009 According to a press release from the DOJ, a Philadelphia man has been sentenced to life in prison after having been convicted in May for "advertising, transporting, receiving and possessing…
Law… Animal “Terrorism” 13 Jul 2009 Looks like there's a Constitutional challenge happening in San Jose. At issue, in a nutshell, is whether the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act is overbroad and squelches legitimate free speech. (Source.)…
Law… Norman Hsu Pleads Guilty 7 May 2009 Remember Norman Hsu? His name was everywhere during the early portions of the Democratic primary season, primarily because he helped Hillary Clinton get beaucoup bucks. (Obama, Biden, and Bill Richardson…
Law… Federal Point Shaving Indictment 7 May 2009 I don't have any real basis for thinking this, but I suspect that most people probably think that point-shaving is undesirable behavior, but not necessarily criminal in nature. Well, lest…
Law… Honest Services Fraud 16 Dec 2008 You may hear, from time to time, about something known as "honest services fraud." Like "mortgage fraud," it's not really a crime in itself. Well, it is, but let me…
Law… Public Corruption 24 Nov 2008 Couple of interesting press releases from the DOJ today involving public corruption. The first involves a South Korean businessman who was arrested "on a criminal complaint charging him with one…
