January 01, 2018
The coming year will see a slew of corruption trials in New York, continued criminal cases against college coaches and apparel company representatives, and the U.S. Department of Justice's continued pursuit of big cases overseas.
September 06, 2017
The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday urged a California federal judge overseeing the government's bid to seize $1.7 billion worth of assets allegedly plundered from a Malaysian government fund to halt the forfeiture cases so its witnesses aren't endangered by the "broad, sweeping" discovery sought by the asset owners.
August 11, 2017
The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating "a large group of individuals and entities" tied to a $4.5 billion fraud on Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB, the agency said in its request to pause related civil forfeiture cases Thursday in California federal court.
August 03, 2016
Boies Schiller & Flexner on Tuesday joined the fray of ongoing litigation by the U.S. Department of Justice surrounding allegedly ill-gotten funds that were funneled partially into the production of Martin Scorsese's film "The Wolf Of Wall Street," as counsel to the film's producer, Red Granite Pictures.
July 22, 2016
The U.S. Department of Justice claims that more than $1 billion in assets were acquired with money stolen by corrupt Malaysian officials from a state-owned investment fund and that illicit funds were moved through a Shearman & Sterling LLP trust account.
July 20, 2016
The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday filed civil forfeiture complaints seeking more than $1 billion in assets allegedly acquired with money stolen from a Malaysian state-owned investment fund, including a Vincent van Gogh drawing, a Beverly Hills hotel and rights to "The Wolf of Wall Street."