Updates on Blue LLP’s practice in white collar defense and fraud.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently affirmed a jury verdict and subsequent judgment entered against the defendants in a bid-rigging conspiracy. The jury found the defendants liable for…
Sentencing mitigation is an extremely important tool for criminal defense attorneys. The sentencing phase of the federal criminal justice system can make convicted people feel like the system is stacked…
In the federal system, a felony is a crime that can be punished by a term of one year or more imprisonment. Federal felonies are classified, in large part, by…
Every federal criminal statute has a statutory sentencing range. Sometimes an offense may not have a minimum sentence. But in other cases, the minimum sentence could be two, five, or…
In the federal criminal justice system, a target letter is a written notification sent by the U.S. Attorney's office to someone informing them that they are the target of a…
As we have written, over the past year federal prosecutors across the country, including in the Eastern District of North Carolina, have cracked down on people and companies suspected of…
PPP (Paycheck Protection Program) fraud refers to fraudulent activity related to the federal program established by the United States Small Business Administration (SBA) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The…
On December 16, 2022, Attorney General Merrick Garland introduced new policies for federal prosecutors to follow when charging crimes that have mandatory minimum sentences. The Attorney General explained that historically,…