by Marissel Descalzo | Feb 12, 2021 | AKS
Amina Abbas, of Taylor, was charged by indictment Wednesday in the Eastern District of Michigan with embezzlement of government property. The indictment includes the first criminal charges for the intentional misuse of funds intended to provide relief to health care...
by Marissel Descalzo | Jan 29, 2021 | AKS
News just broke that the Acting AG, Monty Wilkinson, has rescinded the infamous Sessions‘s charging policy, and reinstated AG Holder’s charging policy, which directs prosecutors to conduct an individualized assessment of relevant facts in making charging and...
by Marissel Descalzo | Jan 22, 2021 | AKS
During the pandemic, I have heard of several instances where prosecutors facing the expiration of a statute of limitations period will file an Information, only to then seek dismissal of the Information without prejudice in order to “stop the clock” from running. The...
by Marissel Descalzo | Nov 20, 2020 | AKS
This week brought two new Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) fraud indictments. The first indictment is out of the Southern District of Texas. The case is United States v. Amir Aqeel, et al., Case No, 4:20-cr-583 (S.D. Texas). In Aqeel, seven individuals were...
by Marissel Descalzo | Sep 28, 2020 | AKS
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 5546, the Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act. The Legislation extends the attorney-client confidentiality to emails sent to and from federal prisons. The bill requires the Bureau of Prisons...
by Marissel Descalzo | Sep 24, 2020 | AKS
On August 31, 2020, the White House quietly released a memorandum that could significantly change the way civil and administrative enforcement actions proceed. The memorandum can be found here. The memorandum is directed to Deputy Secretaries of Executive Departments...