That is, to satisfy the loss causation requirement, a plaintiff need not point to a revelation that
the defendants committed fraud, but rather only to a revelation of the facts concealed by the fraud.
Specifically, the CFTC alleges that
the defendants committed fraud by soliciting customers based on false claims regarding MBC's value, trade status, and usage — even apparently going as far as to say that MBC was backed by gold, which the commission refutes.
Not exact matches
All the
defendants were charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud the US; the IRA and two
defendants were charged with conspiracy to
commit wire
fraud and bank
fraud; and the IRA and four
defendants were charged with aggravated identity theft.
It also names Cambridge Analytica and its business partners as
defendants, alleging they
committed fraud by using the social network to obtain personal data on at least 80 million Facebook users without their knowledge and consent.
On their motion for summary judgment,
defendants argued that plaintiffs had not satisfied the loss causation requirement of Section 10 (b) because plaintiffs» losses were not caused by the revelation that First Solar had
committed fraud.
In recent years,
defendants in Section 10 (b) actions in the Ninth Circuit have routinely cited to the Metzler line of cases to support an argument that loss causation is absent in any case where losses were sustained prior to the market learning the fact that
defendants had
committed fraud.
A federal grand jury handed down a new 11 - count indictment in the state Sen. Carl Kruger ongoing bribery scandal charging the
defendants, including real estate developer Aaron Malinsky and lobbyist Richard Lipsky, with conspiracy to
commit mail and wire
fraud.
A ninth
defendant, Todd Howe (a lobbyist who had worked for Cuomo as an assistant when Cuomo headed the federal Housing and Urban Development Department and also worked for the governor's father, the late Gov. Mario Cuomo), has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to
commit extortion, wire
fraud and other charges and is cooperating with investigators.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Carina Schoenberger read the five counts each
defendant's facing: conspiracy to
commit honest services
fraud, two counts of payment of bribes and gratuities, wire
fraud conspiracy, and making false statements to federal officers.
The plaintiffs seek declarations that the
defendants have violated RICO by
committing mail and wire
fraud and that their conduct constitutes unfair, deceptive or unconscionable sales practices; damages including treble damages, costs of litigation and attorneys» fees.
With respect to the
fraud contention, the Court wrote: «
Defendant argues that under Exclusion F (the Fraudulent Acts Exclusion), Plaintiffs are barred from coverage because the Allstate suit alleges that Plaintiffs «
committed intentional, willful, dishonest and fraudulent acts.»
Recently, the Hawaii Supreme Court reversed a lower court's judgment in favor of a car accident
defendant whose attorneys repeatedly raised the question of a plaintiff's «motive» for filing the claim in the first place, repeatedly insinuating — despite a lack of conviction or even formal accusation — that plaintiff had
committed workers» compensation insurance
fraud.
Federal Conspiracy to
Commit Health Care Fraud: Home confinement given after the defendant's guilty plea to conspiracy to commit health care
Commit Health Care
Fraud: Home confinement given after the
defendant's guilty plea to conspiracy to
commit health care
commit health care
fraud.
An individual
defendant eventually pleaded guilty to conspiracy to
commit securities
fraud.
He also has a particular interest in complex civil
fraud cases, for both claimants and
defendants, including obtaining and enforcing interim remedies, applications to
commit for contempt, and jurisdictional issues, both in England and offshore.
A Richmond Circuit Court vacates
defendant's 2012 drug and weapon convictions, as a detective in the case
committed perjury in his testimony about the history and reliability of a confidential informant, which was extrinsic
fraud that allows
defendant's collateral attack...
Additionally, you should state how you think the alleged
defendant has
committed fraud or is falsely receiving benefits, the period within which they have been
committing the crime, and any witnesses to this crime.
It is further alleged that the
defendants intentionally
committed certain acts (said to be acts of bad faith and improper conduct bordering upon
fraud) that impeded the transfer of assets, constituting breach of contract, and thereby caused the plaintiff to suffer specific financial losses.
The
defendant argued with reference to Reeves that creditors of the claimant should not obtain via a company which had
committed a
fraud against them compensation from the auditors to the company which they could not in law obtain direct.
Specifically, the
defendants are being accused of selling unregistered securities,
committing securities
fraud, false advertising and unfair competition («by making material misrepresentations and omissions»).