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Weekly Roundup of Local and Under-the-Radar White Collar News

By Justin Okun on February 2, 2018
Posted in Civil Enforcement, Criminal Enforcement, False Claims Act, Healthcare
  • Miami businessman agrees to pay $81M for EB-5 visa program fraud
  • The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) apparently sent subpoenas to cryptocurrency platforms
  • Meanwhile, the SEC obtained a court order halting an allegedly fraudulent initial coin offering
  • Closer to home, the Ninth Circuit expanded the scope of activities subject to Clean Water Act permitting requirements
  • Even closer to home, the U.S Attorney’s Office in Oregon filed a case alleging visa fraud and forced labor
  • And our own Harold Malkin was published in Law360 regarding the new DOJ policy on dismissing False Claims Act cases 
  • Next week Harold will continue with his investigation into crimes against the bald …

 

 

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Justin Okun is a senior corporate counsel with T-Mobile, where he handles regulatory and operational compliance. Justin was formerly a shareholder in Lane Powell’s Investigations, White Collar and Compliance practice group. Before joining Lane Powell, Justin spent over a decade in government service…

Justin Okun is a senior corporate counsel with T-Mobile, where he handles regulatory and operational compliance. Justin was formerly a shareholder in Lane Powell’s Investigations, White Collar and Compliance practice group. Before joining Lane Powell, Justin spent over a decade in government service as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles, a DOJ trial attorney in Washington, DC, a supervisory attorney with the Department of the Navy, and a judge advocate in the Marine Corps, where he began his career. While Justin no longer exercises like a Marine, he still drinks beer like one, especially when he’s blogging.

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