Samuel Rubenfeld

New York

Senior Reporter at MLex Market Insight

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Articles

Cryptocurrency enforcement memo starts winding its way through US criminal cases

1 week ago | mlex.com | Samuel Rubenfeld

By Samuel Rubenfeld ( April 15, 2025, 15:00 GMT | Comment) -- As the US Justice Department steps back from criminal enforcement of regulatory violations by the cryptocurrency industry, judges are starting to weigh whether the change could affect ongoing cases.As the US Justice Department steps back from criminal enforcement of regulatory violations by the cryptocurrency industry, judges are starting to weigh whether the change could affect ongoing cases....
Digicel bribery probe closed by US following Trump executive order

1 week ago | mlex.com | Samuel Rubenfeld

By Samuel Rubenfeld ( April 14, 2025, 18:53 GMT | Insight) -- The US government has closed its investigation into potential violations of foreign bribery law by Digicel Group without filing charges, the company confirmed.
US stops criminal regulatory anti-money laundering enforcement of crypto sector

2 weeks ago | mlex.com | Samuel Rubenfeld

By Samuel Rubenfeld ( April 8, 2025, 19:02 GMT | Insight) -- About two weeks after President Donald Trump pardoned several cryptocurrency executives and a company that had pleaded guilty to anti-money laundering compliance violations, the US Justice Department has decided to stop pursuing those cases altogether.About two weeks after President Donald Trump pardoned several cryptocurrency executives and a company that had pleaded guilty to anti-money laundering compliance violations, the US...
Former Cognizant executives seek another two-week delay of US bribery trial

3 weeks ago | mlex.com | Samuel Rubenfeld

By Samuel Rubenfeld ( April 1, 2025, 19:53 GMT | Insight) -- Two former executives of Cognizant Technology Solutions have asked for an additional two-week adjournment of their corruption trial. The request for the delay appears to have been made in a letter filed Friday under seal. It was revealed today in a filing by the government in which prosecutors asked the judge to give them until tomorrow to respond.
Frank founder, former executive found guilty in US fraud case

3 weeks ago | mlex.com | Samuel Rubenfeld

By Samuel Rubenfeld ( March 28, 2025, 20:38 GMT | Insight) -- The founder of tech startup Frank and the firm’s former chief growth officer were both convicted today of fraud after lying to banks about the size of its userbase to sell the company.
Honduran police-uniform bribery trial delayed by US judge to August

1 month ago | mlex.com | Samuel Rubenfeld

By Samuel Rubenfeld ( March 24, 2025, 16:02 GMT | Insight) -- A US judge has delayed the trial of three men charged over their alleged roles in a bribery scheme involving contracts for Honduran police uniforms until August, allowing the government to continue a review of the case and for the defendants to receive additional discovery material. The case is one of several pending for trial that was affected by a pause on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement ordered Feb.
Tornado Cash delisting follows US Fifth Circuit decision limiting sanctions' reach

1 month ago | mlex.com | Samuel Rubenfeld

By Samuel Rubenfeld ( March 21, 2025, 21:16 GMT | Insight) -- The removal of Tornado Cash from the US sanctions list follows a US appellate court decision last year that had limited the reach of the measures targeting the cryptocurrency-transaction anonymizing service.
Former Cognizant executive’s new lawyers seek ‘reasonable’ delay of US trial

1 month ago | mlex.com | Samuel Rubenfeld

By Samuel Rubenfeld ( March 20, 2025, 20:10 GMT | Insight) -- A former executive of Cognizant Technology Solutions facing corruption charges has hired new lawyers, who asked for a “reasonable” adjournment of his trial scheduled to begin early next month. The executive's new lawyers said in a filing that they will need time to review and understand the record of the case, prepare cross-examinations, and discuss and formulate trial strategy.
UK, Swiss, French crime agencies club together to shore up foreign bribery fight

1 month ago | mlex.com | Martin Coyle |Samuel Rubenfeld

By Martin Coyle and Samuel Rubenfeld ( March 20, 2025, 15:27 GMT | Insight) -- UK fraud investigators are to team up with Swiss and French counterparts to create an anti-bribery taskforce in the wake of US moves under President Donald Trump to dampen foreign bribery enforcement.
Former Cognizant executive fires lawyers in US bribery case after Trump order

1 month ago | mlex.com | Samuel Rubenfeld

By Samuel Rubenfeld ( March 19, 2025, 17:25 GMT | Insight) -- A former executive of Cognizant Technology Solutions has fired his lawyers weeks before he's scheduled to face trial on corruption charges because their firm was targeted in an executive order signed by President Donald Trump.