Prosecutions

Rep. Chris Collins Indicted for Insider Trading

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Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.), President Trump’s first congressional supporter, was charged with insider trading related to his position on the board of Australian biotechnology company Innate Immunotherapeutics. On June 22, 2017, while attending a Congressional Picnic at the White House, …

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S&L Crisis Prosecutions: 1,000+ Bankers Convicted, Contrasts Sharply with 2008

| Importance: 8/10

Between 1988 and 1992, the Department of Justice prosecutes over 1,000 savings and loan bankers for fraud and related crimes during the S&L crisis, with regulators making over 30,000 criminal referrals that produce felony convictions in cases designated as “major” by DOJ. Federal …

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