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This "Asset Search News Roundup" contains a copy of the indictment filed against Minneapolis auto magnate Dennis Hecker.  It also discusses the securities fraud complaints pending in New York against Bank of America.
 

  1. A press release from the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Mr. Hecker was indicted last Wednesday for allegedly hiding his

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The Wall Street Journal’s February 4, 2010 article "Switzerland Freezes Freed Duvalier Assets", is about alleged illicit assets blocked in Switzerland. The blocked assets have been maintained in Swiss bank accounts and are believed to originate from Haiti’s public coffers. These public coffers were reportedly looted by former politically exposed person Jean-Claude "Baby…

The Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists is a private sector anti-money laundering credentialing organization and Colby Adams is a reporter affiliated with it.  Mr. Adams telephoned me this week to discuss my thoughts about abusive offshore tax avoidance schemes and The "John Doe" Summons Case, which was settled with UBS AG.

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The January 9th "Asset Search News Roundup" provides an update on a couple of matters from Minnesota:

  1. Both "Money Laundering By Minneapolis Managers?" and "Associated Bank Sued For Supposedly Ignoring Red Flags" described pending civil complaints against suspected securities fraudsters Trevor Cook, Patrick Kiley and their companies.  Another complaint filed against

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The "Asset Search News Roundup: January 26, 2009 " mentioned that Heartland Payment Systems was subjected to what might have been the biggest credit / debit card information theft in the U.S.  Mr. Albert Gonzalez was ultimately indicted for that privacy law violation / computer intrusion and other ones.  In fact, Mr. Gonzalez pleaded…

Today"s "Asset Search News Roundup" highlights hiding / smuggling cash at U.S.-Mexican border crossings and describes how fraudsters might select bank accounts to facilitate their financial frauds:

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Holocaust-era assets and Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties are the subjects of this “Asset Search News Roundup”:

    1. My article “During A War Everybody Loots A Little Bit“, discusses Nazi-looted art.  A December 1, 2009, press release also raises this issue.  The December press release explains that U.S. authorities recently recovered a painting in a

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Attorney Arienne Irving’s December 4, 2009 Judgment of Acquittal pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 29, raises the general issue of lawyers or clients who might use illegal eavesdropping equipment to "research" an adversary.  I previously wrote about violating privacy laws via eavesdropping at "Attorney Christensen’s Wiretap Conviction".  That article explained how former…