Latest Arrest of a California Auctioneer Who Created Counterfeit Basquiat Paintings A California auctioneer, Michael Barzman, has pled guilty to his involvement in creating/peddling fake art and then lying to agents investigating pieces he helped sell online. Last...
Crypto Firm Executive Fights SEC Over Definition of Cryptocurrency Tokens A former manager, Ishan Wahi, at Coinbase which according to its website is a “secure online platform for buying, selling, transferring, and storing cryptocurrency,” pled guilty to wire fraud...
What Are the Anti-Kickback Statute and False Claims Act? The Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”) is a criminal statute that was originally passed in 1972 in order to rein in healthcare abuses that had proliferated in the years immediately after the creation of Medicare and...
