New York District Attorney Cyrus Vance, defending grand jury-issued subpeonas to obtain President Donald Trump ’s tax returns, suggested Monday that the purpose was for a wider investigation of “protracted criminal conduct” at the Trump Organization. The comments came as part of a court filing as Trump’s legal team challenges the subpoenas. The Supreme Court earlier this year rejected arguments made by the president’s lawyers that he had blanket immunity from prosecution. The New York grand jury investigation was said to have focused on obtaining records related to the hush-money payments made by Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, to two women who claim to...
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The lawyer acting for the man convicted of Grace Millane's murder focused on the issue of consent today at the appeal hearing of his conviction and sentence. The man, who retains interim name suppression, strangled Millane in his CityLife apartment in Auckland's CBD after a Tinder date in late 2018. After highly-publicised trial last November he was found guilty of murdering the young woman, who had been travelling through New Zealand on a worldwide OE. At trial, the 28-year-old argued Millane accidentally died during consensual rough sex; a version of events the jury ultimately rejected. He returned to court today to challenge both his conviction and sentence before Justice Kos, Justice...
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While Onecoin’s crypto queen Ruja Ignatova remains at large, U.S. resident Mark Scott is trying to get his verdict acquitted after being accused of helping Onecoin leaders, including Ignatova, launder money and commit fraud. NYSD prosecutors Cite Strong Evidence Against Lawyer Mark Scott Filings from the New York Southern District Court (NYSD) reveal that the federal government’s prosecutors are not buying former attorney Mark Scott’s story. Scott used to work for the law firm Locke Lord but has recently been tried for allegedly helping Onecoin leaders launder $400 million in the British Virgin Islands. Ostensibly Scott worked with Ruja Ignatova otherwise known as the...
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Esidimeni families’ lawyer threatens to take GP govt to court over compensation Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke found that government officials acted in breach of the law and the Constitution, and ordered that more than R1 million be paid to the families of more than 144 mental health patients. JOHANNESBURG – The law firm representing more than 100 families affected by the Esidimeni tragedy, Ulrich Roux and Associates, has threatened to go to court if their clients don’t receive the outstanding compensation money owed to them by government before the end of next week. One-hundred-and-forty-four patients died as a result of the Gauteng health department's decision to remove...
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Introduction - Forging Corporate Documents to Falsely Claim GST/HST Rebates The Accused, Michael Scholz, was charged with three counts of violating the Excise Tax Act, under Sections 327(1)(a), 327(1)(c), and 327(1)(d). These sections generally set out that anyone who makes false statements or provides fake documents when complying with the Excise Tax Act or anyone who attempts to evade tax or obtain a rebate that they are not entitled to is guilty of an offence and is liable to a summary conviction. Scholz was also charged twice under the Criminal Code Section 368(1) for forging documents. Scholz's charges under the Excise Tax Act and the Criminal Code are a result of allegations that...
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Former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, sentenced by a Russian court to 16 years on espionage charges that he rejects, has arrived at a penal colony in the region of Mordovia -- an area historically known as the location of Russia's toughest prisons, including Soviet-era labor camps for political prisoners. Valery Krutov, chairman of the Mordovia branch of the Public Monitoring Commission rights group, said on August 5 that Whelan had arrived at Correctional Colony No. 18 in Mordovia. Krutov said he is meant to stay at that facility for about two weeks before being transferred to Correctional Colony No. 17 to serve his sentence. Whelan's lawyer, Olga Karlova, said on August 4 that Whelan had been...
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It can be tempting to use Adderall to cram for a test or to pull an all-nighter to meet a tight deadline. But even though Adderall is widely used as a performance enhancing drug, it’s still illegal to buy or sell without a valid prescription. Getting caught with even just a few pills can result in criminal charges and penalties such as fines and jail sentences. Being accused of an Adderall crime can be a difficult and confusing ordeal, but you have the right to be represented by an attorney throughout the entire process, and an experienced Adderall Defense Attorney can help to make sense of your situation and identify the best ways to get your charges dismissed or reduced. If you need...
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