Criminal,
Banking
Dec. 21, 2022
White (collar) lies: no intangible property right to accurate information under the wire fraud statute
The right to control theory may soon be history, but Ciminelli probably won't produce a single, unified guideline restraining the scope of the wire fraud statute.
Randy K. Jones
Trial Lawyer
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo PC
Phone: (858) 314-1510
Email: rkjones@mintz.com
On Nov. 28, the Supreme Court heard argument in Ciminelli v. United States. The case gives the Court another opportunity to narrow the scope of intangible property rights under the federal wire fraud statutes. Understanding the evolving intangible rights case law is vital for white collar defense attorneys because prosecutors continue to broadly charge schemes of alleged cheating and deceit, especially in cases like Ciminelli, where the purported victim ...
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