New York Criminal Lawyer Blog

Two civil enforcement cases filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission may define when insider trading can be rightly called securities fraud, according to a New York Criminal Lawyer.

Actions of civil enforcement have been taken against the billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team, and the former chief executive of Countrywide Financial. These cases are very important to the S.E.C. which is trying to restore its image as the defender of securities markets.

Generally, New York Criminal Lawyers report, S.E.C. cases are settled and no one admits guilt. These two cases against the team owner and the former executive, however, are being pursued to the limit of the law.

A police chief in Texas is taking a harder line on DWI, sources tell a New York Criminal Lawyer.

The police chief’s proposal would lower the blood alcohol limit from 0.08 to between 0.05 and 0.07, which means it would be a great deal easier to get arrested for DWI. The charge would not be as great, but bars, of course, still think it’s a fairly terrible idea.

“Pretty soon, you won’t be able to get wine in church,” a bartender told a New York Criminal Lawyer. “You won’t be able to have communion anymore. Even Jesus won’t be able to drink wine.”

An Omaha financial advisor who had a number of famous clients, including members of the sports world, defrauded investors of over $3 million over a period of four years, a U.S. Attorney related to a New York Criminal Lawyer. The 46-year-old financial advisor pleaded guilty to securities fraud in U.S. District Court.

New York Criminal Lawyers have learned the financial advisor received millions of dollars under false pretenses, with the idea that she would invest the money. Instead, she spent it to enhance her own lifestyle and to bolster businesses under her control.

Money was spent to charter private aircraft, buy new homes, and pay off both personal debts and debts accumulated due to business. Her victims lost $3,035,000 between 2005 and 2009. According to a New York Criminal Lawyer, she even advised Michael Vick after his dogfighting case and bankruptcy.

A Massachusetts woman confessed the insurance claims she filed on her own behalf and her husband’s were actually false – their injuries were self-inflicted, a New York Criminal Lawyer has learned. They had eaten glass particles, purposefully, as a part of their scam.

The woman pleaded guilty to a 23-count indictment charging her with fraud and conspiracy, among other offenses, sources told a New York Criminal Lawyer.

Allegedly, the couple had collected more than $200,000 in compensation by filing insurance claims against hotels, restaurants, and grocery stores, claiming the food they had eaten or bought from these places contained glass particles. This all occurred in a period between 1997 and 2005.

Demonstrations have changed with the advent of text messages and social networking and law enforcement has changed to match it, a New York Criminal Lawyer reports. FBI agents raided a house in Jackson Heights, Queens, and searched it for 16 hours. New York Criminal Lawyers believe the reason for the search was suspicion that the man who lived there had helped to coordinate protesters at the Group of 20 summit in Pittsburgh.

The owner of the house, a 41-year-old social worker who was also a self-described anarchist, had already been arrested in Pittsburgh and charged with hindering apprehension or prosecution, criminal use of a communication facility and possession of instruments of crime. Pennsylvania State Police told a Bronx Criminal Lawyer that the social worker was found in a hotel room with computers and police scanners. He was using social networking sites to tell protesters where the police would be. The social worker has denied he did anything wrong.

The criminal complaint in Pennsylvania accuses him of “directing others, specifically protesters of the G-20 summit, in order to avoid apprehension after a lawful order to disperse.”

An East Harlem teenager, well-loved by her community, was the innocent victim of a murderous drive-by shooting, early on October 3rd, 2010, sources tell New York Criminal Lawyers. She was simply sitting with friends in the courtyard of her mother’s apartment building.

The 17-year-old girl collapsed on the street, trailing blood from the playground where she was shot. The teenager, who was a student at the Urban Assembly School for Business for Young Women, was pronounced dead 25 minutes later at Harlem Hospital.

“She told the friend she was with, ‘I’m cold. I think I was shot,’”, a neighbor said to a New York Criminal Lawyer. These were her last words.

Four Queens men have been arrested by Nassau County police, sources told New York Criminal Lawyers. They were arrested for burglarizing boats in a Manorhaven marina at 2:40 a.m. in late September.

Detectives told a New York Criminal Lawyer that defendants rowed a dinghy from Town Dock to a marina on Matinecock Avenue. They allegedly broke into five separate boats, taking property that included liquor, a laptop computer, and a videogame system.

A boat owner happened to see one of the defendants and informed the police, authorities told a New York City Criminal Lawyer. The four suspects were arrested when they returned to Town Dock with their dinghy. Police were able to recover some of the stolen objects.

Braylon Edwards, wide receiver for the New York Jets, was arrested in New York at 5:15 a.m. on September 21, 2010 for driving under the influence, according to a New York Criminal Lawyer.

The arrest followed a big win against New England on Sunday and a charity event. He was pulled over in New York City, early in the morning and registered 0.16 on a Breathalyzer test – twice the limit New York legal driving limit for blood alcohol content, according to a New York Criminal Lawyer.

Should the arrest lead to a suspension, this could mean some big changes for the Jets. Their passing game will have to change, as will their style of offense. Another top receiver on the Jets is already on the bench for violating NFL rules, which means putting the pressure on other players. The Jets may have to run the ball a lot more than they’re used to.

Paris Hilton is apparently not welcome in the Land of the Rising Sun. She was turned away when she attempted to visit Japan because of her recent conviction for cocaine possession and had to fly back to the United States, New York Criminal Lawyers have learned.

“Paris is very disappointed and fought hard to keep her business commitments and see her fans, but she is forced to postpone her commitments in Asia,” her representative said to a Bronx Criminal Lawyer. “Paris understands and respects the rules and laws of the immigration authorities in Japan and fully wishes to cooperate with them. Paris looks forward to returning in the future to a country she loves and has been coming to for the past 10 years.”

Hilton had been detained and questioned by immigration officials for hours when she tried to enter Japan. She recently pleaded guilty to misdemeanor cocaine possession and obstructing a police officer. A motorcycle cop caught her and her boyfriend in Los Vegas when the officer smelled marijuana coming from the car. Hilton was found to be carrying cocaine at that point, as well.