by Ashley Riser | Jun 16, 2020 | Coronavirus, COVID-19, criminal defense, criminal justice, criminal law, criminal lawyer, DOJ, federal criminal defense, federal law, federal sentencing, legal
At first glance, Death Row Records co-founder Michael Harris, notorious “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli, and Ponzi scheme king Bernie Madoff may not seem to have much in common. However, all three men recently sought to reduce their lengthy federal prison sentences...
by Ashley Riser | Apr 3, 2020 | criminal defense, criminal law, criminal lawyer, DOJ, federal criminal defense, federal law, fraud, legal, securities fraud, white collar, white collar crime
On March 20, 2020, the Ninth Circuit ruled in United States v. Miller, 2020 WL 1317275 (9th Cir.) that wire fraud requires the intent to deceive and to cheat, i.e., to deprive a victim of money or property by means of deception, overruling United States v....
