Tagged: criminal wire fraud

Supreme Court Cuts Back Wire Fraud Prosecutions

In a pair of criminal cases , the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a one-two punch to the Justice Department’s prosecution of corruption cases based on violations of the criminal wire fraud statute.  In Ciminelli v. U.S., and Percoco v. U.S., the Supreme Court reversed the convictions in two separate decisions relsasedd on the same day. The Ciminelli and Percoco criminal cases were brought by the...