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September 2016

Customs Fraud: EU Make New IT Tools To Combat Fraud

EU customs investigators get new, powerful tools to combat fraud Picture this scenario – the European Union imposes anti-dumping duties for a particular product, sunglasses, for example, coming from an Asian country. All of a sudden, there is a sharp reduction in such imports from the country in question, but a significant increase in sunglasses

Antitrust: Blocked Deere’s Acquisition Of High-Speed Precision Planting Systems

Justice Department Sues to Block Deere’s Acquisition of Precision Planting Acquisition Would Eliminate Deere’s Only Effective Competitor in High-Speed Precision Planting Systems Market The Department of Justice filed a civil antitrust lawsuit today seeking to block Deere & Company’s proposed acquisition of Precision Planting LLC from Monsanto Company in order to preserve competition in the market

Financial Fraud: Teresa Marty Pleaded Guilty to Conspiring to File False Claims for Refund and Conspiring to Defraud

Tax Preparation Business Owner, Return Preparer and Office Manager Plead Guilty to Conspiring to File False Claims for Refund Caused Loss of More Than $9 Million A Pollock Pines, California, woman who owned a tax return preparation business and two of her employees, pleaded guilty to charges related to filing more than 250 false claims for refund, announced Principal