So Much Money
Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the U.S. Department
of Justice (DOJ) collected more than $8 billion as the result of
civil and criminal actions in the fiscal year that ended on
September 30, 2013. Approximately $3.2 billion was related to
healthcare fraud, and more than $430 million came as the result of
environmental cases. The total haul dwarfs the DOJ's direct
appropriations of $2.76 billion that fund its litigation divisions,
including the 94 U.S. Attorneys' offices. To read the press
release, click here.
Kickbacks for Others Still Amount to Honest-Services
Fraud
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in United States v. DeMizio analyzed the
impact of United States v. Skillingon the defendant's
pre-Skilling conviction for honest-services fraud. In the
case, the defendant, Darin DeMizio, was convicted of wire fraud for
steering "finder's fees" in stock-loan transactions
to his father and brother, who did very little work to
