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District Court Dismisses Wire Fraud and Obstruction Charges Against Government Employee who Allegedly Lied During Security-Clearance Renewal Proceedings

February 13, 2023

In a case that flew beneath the radar last year, a district court judge in D.C. dismissed a federal indictment against a government employee charged with wire fraud and obstruction after finding both statutes were applied too broadly in the case. Paul Guertin was a Foreign Service Officer with the State Department when he […]

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Supreme Court Ruling Provides Defense for Doctors Facing “Pill Mill” Allegations or Appealing a Sentence or Conviction

February 7, 2023

Last summer, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a significant ruling in Ruan v. United States that clarified what the Government must prove to convict a doctor accused of running a “pill mill,” which refers to a practice of doctors prescribing opioids and other controlled substances to people who don’t need them, such as drug users […]

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New “Dark Net” Arrests and Prosecutions in Federal Court

April 12, 2022

The Department Justice recently announced the arrests of 150 people in the United States and Europe as part of the department’s Operation Dark HunTor. The operation—which targeted opioid trafficking on the restricted-access overlay network known as the “darknet” or “dark web”— was a joint endeavor by the DOJ’s Joint Criminal Opioid and Darknet Enforcement (“J-CODE”) […]

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