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Federal Money Seizures Based on Alleged “Structuring” Violations are Unfair to Most Small Businesses

June 3, 2012

Yet another update – The IRS is sending letters to people who had bank accounts seized and money taken under the old policy suggesting they now submit new petitions requesting remission or mitigation. We have seen these letters and it’s a way people can get some of their money back. Call us if you received […]

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Federal Mortgage Fraud Indictments in Tennessee

May 12, 2012

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee has indicted two men for allegedly running a mortgage fraud operation in Tennessee, Florida, Georgia, Virginia, and California. The men, Joshua Dobson and Paul Gott III, are accused of swindling victims out of $45 million over the past two years. Federal prosecutors have charged then […]

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Arrests Made in “The Farmers Market” TOR Online Drug Investigation

April 18, 2012

This week, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles announced eight arrests spanning three continents stemming from a large-scale online drug trafficking conspiracy. According to the Department of Justice, the eight men used anonymizing software to disguise their identities and involvement in an online marketplace selling and distributing various types of illegal drugs to thousands…

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FBI Infiltrates Hacktivist Groups, 5 Charged in Hacking Conspiracy

March 12, 2012

On Tuesday, the FBI announced the arrest and indictment of 5 members of the “hacktivist” collective Anonymous and related groups on charges of computer hacking conspiracy and other counts stemming from the groups’ online campaign of online security breaches, vandalism, and theft. Additionally, the August 2011 indictment and guilty plea of Hector Xavier Monsegur—a prominent […]

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Kentucky Sheriff and Deputies Charged with Federal Civil Rights Violations

February 17, 2012

On Wednesday, a federal grand jury indicted the Sheriff of Barren County, Kentucky, along with four of his deputies, on multiple charges stemming from the 2010 beating of a man in their custody and the cover-up that followed. The charges against the men include civil rights violations for the attack itself as well as making […]

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