Navigate the altered landscape of federal white collar fraud prosecutions after recent Supreme Court decisions. Understand how these rulings impact charging theories and defense strategies.
Recent Supreme Court rulings involving white-collar fraud prosecutions have sparked a reevaluation of prosecutorial power and legal boundaries. These decisions may make it more difficult for federal prosecutors to bring charges related to suspected financial schemes, including bank fraud, money laundering, and insider trading.
In two related cases stemming from alleged corruption during the tenure of former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, the Court continued a trend of pushing back against perceived prosecutorial overreach by the U.S. Department of Justice.
On the same day, the Court announced its decisions in the Cuomo cases, an influential Boston-based federal appeals panel overturned the convictions of the only two parents who went to trial in the high-profile Varsity Blues college admissions scandal, ruling that federal prosecutors tried to “criminalize a wide swath of conduct” that wasn’t illegal, even if it might be unethical.
This term, the Supreme Court also issued important rulings impacting government enforcement under the federal False Claims Act (FCA). By restricting specific fraud statutes and overturning innovative prosecution theories, the Court is actively reshaping the landscape of federal white-collar fraud enforcement.
In this webcast, thought leader and practitioner Vince Farhat will explore the impact of the Supreme Court’s decisions and their implications on federal fraud prosecutions. He will also examine notable cases and their impact on prosecutors and defendants, and provide strategies for navigating the evolving legal framework.
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Partner and Chair of the White Collar Defense & Investigations Group With Extensive Jury Trial Experience at Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP
Vince Farhat is a partner in JMBM’s Los Angeles office and chair of the White Collar Defense and Investigations practice. Vince has extensive jury trial experience and focuses his practice on representing companies and individuals in criminal and civil investigations and prosecutions by government enforcement agencies, as well as complex federal litigation. Prior to joining JMBM, Vince served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Major Frauds Section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California. In that position, he investigated and prosecuted white collar crimes, including healthcare fraud, bank fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, bankruptcy fraud and money laundering. While in the Major Frauds Section, Vince served as the criminal healthcare fraud coordinator for the U.S. Attorney’s Office and oversaw the investigative activities of the U.S. Department of Justice Medicare Fraud Strike Force for the Central District. Vince previously served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Edward Rafeedie, U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California. Vince has worked as an adjunct professor at Loyola Law School since 2004, where he currently teaches white collar and healthcare law.
