By Jeffrey A. Newman Esq, MBA
This is a true story, but it reads more like a novel or Hollywood movie. A former anesthesiologist disappeared in 2005 while on trial for degree sexual assault. He then spent more than two decades evading justice but is now in custody following...
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Trade fraud task force passes $1 Billion recoveries in charged losses in one year
By Jeffrey A. Newman, Esq. MBA
The Department of Justice announced today that the Trade Fraud Task Force (TFTF), launched in August 2025, with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has surpassed $1 billion in civil and criminal recoveries, penalties, forfeitures, and publicly charged losses...
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Tariff evasion is rising, but whistleblowers are playing a key role in exposing it
By Jeffrey A. Newman, Esq., MBA (withj ai help)
Tariffs only work if importers actually pay them. That sounds obvious. But as U.S. duty rates have climbed, the incentive to evade them has climbed along with them. Every percentage point added to a...
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Export, Tariff, and Securities Fraud cases involving our adversaries and US companies and persons
By Jeffrey A. Newman, Esq. MBA (with some research on AI)
When the Money Trail Leads to an Adversary: An Insider's Guide to Blowing the Whistle on Export, Tariff, and Securities Fraud
I have spent enough years (45 years) around trade finance...
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I have spent enough years (45 years) around trade finance...
China’s AI systems match Anthropic’s powerful Mythos in cybersecurity –the race gets tighter
By Jeffrey A. Newman, Esq. MBA
Security researchers have announced that the new AI program released by China has matched the most powerful U.S. AI models in spotting security attacks. The use of Chinese AI systems has increased heavily as companies, including Microsoft, are considering whether they will offer...
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Greenroots Mingran Wang pleads guilty to spoofing charges
By Jeffrey A. Newman Esq.
Mingran Wahng of Greenroots Capital Management has pleaded guilty of more than 3,000 instances of spoofing. He has agreed to forfeit more than $1.3 million in proceeds. Spoofing is the practice of placing non-bona fide orders—which the trader at the time of placement intends...
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Judge allows US search warrant targeting executive’s AI chatbot records
By Jeffrey A. Newman, Esq. MBA
June 23, 2026
There is an interesting bit of news today concerning AI and search warrants. U.S. District Judge Lorna Schofield in Manhattan has lifted a temporary block on a search warrant issued by the United States. It involves a...
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The data center construction quagmire is now a national security problem and the clock is running
Written by Jeffrey A. Newman, Esq. MBA with the assistance of Claude.ai
I said it before and I'll say it again: we're building data centers in the wrong place. Cooling is one of the highest costs of running them, so stop building them where it's...
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Franklin’s Western Asset Management settles SEC case for $100 million regarding bond investor Ken Leech
By Jeffrey Newman Esq. MBA
Western Asset Management, part of Franklin Templeton, has agreed to pay a $100m civil penalty to settle a US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigation linked to former bond investor Ken Leech. Longtime bond investor Ken Leech, 72, pleaded guilty in connection with a...
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Former Intelligence Community Contractor Pleads Guilty to Accepting Kickbacks
A former Intelligence Community contractor pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit offenses against the United States by soliciting and accepting kickbacks.
The defendant, David Duggin, 55, of Orrtanna, Pennsylvania, was a former Senior Systems Engineer and on-site contractor at a U.S. government Intelligence Community...
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