Legal Eagle Review
Head of Civil Rights Division Vanita Gupta Delivers Remarks at 106th NAACP Annual Convention
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Remarks as prepared for delivery (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania): Good morning. I’d like to thank President Cornell Brooks for inviting me and for the NAACP’s work in fighting for equal rights. It’s an honor to address you from the same stage as so many of our nation’s leaders in business, government and a myriad of other fields. This is truly a special community.
Department of Justice Announces Designation of New Chairman of U.S. Parole Commission
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President Barack Obama has designated J. Patricia Wilson Smoot as of the U.S. Parole Commission effective May 29, 2015. Chairman Smoot, who has served as Acting Chairman since the retirement of former Chairman Isaac Fulwood on Jan. 30, 2015, was appointed to the U.S. Parole Commission by President Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Sept. 16, 2010.
SEC Charges Oil Company and CEO in Scheme Targeting Chinese-Americans and EB-5 Investors
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The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Bay Area oil and gas company and its CEO with running a $68 million Ponzi-like scheme and affinity fraud that targeted the Chinese-American community in California and investors in Asia, including some solicited as part of the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program.
SEC Halts Pyramid/Ponzi Scheme Targeting Spanish and Portuguese Communities
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The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges and an asset freeze against the operators of a pyramid and Ponzi scheme falsely promising a gold mine of investment opportunity to investors in Spanish and Portuguese-speaking communities in Massachusetts, Florida, and elsewhere in the U.S.
Oceanside Lawyer Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Defrauding Thousands of Distressed Homeowners
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Two defendants were sentenced for their roles in defrauding more than 3,000 homeowners across the nation through a sham law firm in Oceanside, California.
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