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Time to Reopen Some Antitrust Division Field Offices?

CartelCapers by Robert Connolly

Time to Reopen Some Antitrust Division Field Offices? December 8, 2016 by Robert Connolly There has been much speculation about what a Trump presidency will mean for antitrust enforcement at the Antitrust Division and Federal Trade Commission. Much of the wonder is about whether Trump will take

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CartelCapers and Robert E. Connolly make Blawg 100!

CartelCapers by Robert Connolly

http://cartelcapers.com/blog/congratulations-aba-journal-blawg-100-honoree/

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Will President Trump Revive Section 2 of the Sherman Act?

CartelCapers by Robert Connolly

By Bradford L. Geyer [1] When I concluded by summer of 2015 that our next President would be Donald Trump, my closest friends and associates were skeptical. Having grown up in the New York media market and reading the “Art of the Deal” after college, I studied

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Brazil Announces Anti-Procurement Fraud Program in Wake of Rio 2016

Cinnaminson, NJ-  Feeling the oncoming wave of eager bidders and publicity-hungry corporations, Brazil has decided to institute a procurement fraud initiative in preparation for the 2016 Summer Olympics.  Reeling from a messy 2014 World Cup contracting process of excessive contracts, inflated bids, and construction disasters, the Brazil government has

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CDCA: Chinese National Faces 46 Months for Conspiracy to Steal U.S. Military Technical Info

Cinnaminson, NJ-  Su Bin, also known as Stephen Su and Stephen Subin, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to gain unauthorized access to a protected computer and is now facing 46 months in prison.  The 51-year-old Chinese national played the middleman in a multi-year Chinese military scheme to obtain

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DAK: U.S. Army Sergeant Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Defraud U.S. in Fuel Theft Scheme

Cinnaminson, NJ-  Sheldon J. Morgan, 36 and a sergeant in the U.S. Army, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States in the District Court of Alaska’s Fairbanks courthouse.  Stationed at FOB Fenty in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Morgan admitted to working with Afghani truckers to steal fuel from

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ICE-HSI Seize Over $6.5 Million in Counterfeit Apparel from Puerto Rican Retailers

Cinnaminson, NJ-  Over $6.5 million in total funds have been seized in Puerto Rico following ICE-HSI operation to apprehend counterfeiters.  Mainly taken from small-time companies, fourteen retailers were targeted following their infringement of the copywriting rights of the likes of Nike, Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, among many others.  The

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DOJ: U.S. Government Returns $1.5 Million to Taiwanese Ex-First Family Following Taiwan-US CAFRA Suit

Cinnaminson, NJ-   Following a series of bribes of over 200 million New Taiwanese Dollars paid to then-First Lady Wu Shu-Jen by Taiwan banker Yuanta Securities Co. Ltd, the First Family used the ill gotten funds to purchase a condo in New York City, NY and a house in Keswick, VA.

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Virginia Man Facing Conviction of Attempt to Provide Material Support to ISIL, Revealed to have been Planning a US Attack

Cinnaminson, NJ-  On July 3, a Virginia man was arrested for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, in the form of firearms, for what he believed was an impending attack on American soil.  Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, 26, was arrested after

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MDFL: Two Florida Men Plead Guilty to Biodiesel Racket

Cinnaminson, NJ-  Two Florida men have recently pleaded guilty in the Middle District of Florida for defrauding biodiesel buyers in a multi-state racket. Thomas Davanzo and Robert Fedyna employed shell companies to create a system of false credit exchange that led to losses for target biodiesel consumers and

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