This Annotated Bibliography will discuss the use of statutes regarding perjury, obstruction of justice, and false statements to get white collar criminals. White collar crimes are among the toughest crimes in America to solve. White collar crimes vary from Fraud to embezzlement to scams. Corporate fraud, healthcare fraud, identity theft and public corruption are among the major threats to the security of the U.S. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) list many more crimes and has a database than goes in depth about each and every crime. This bibliography will also focus on how white collar criminals use these acts in effort to stay out of jail for the initial crime committed. These criminals unlike regular criminals have many connections,
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v. Lueddeke, 908 F.2d 230 (7th Cir.1990.) This case involves a man, David Lueddeke, who paid several Ohio state football players in order to persuade them into singing illegal representation agreements with him. When Lueddeke was subpoenaed he was informed that the federal government did not have any evidence against him. With this information, Lueddeke proceeded to appear in front of the grand jury and lie. The government discovered more evidence, except it was regarding Lueddeke committing perjury in his initial hearing. Instead of coming clean to the jury, Lueddeke once again lied to the grand jury but this time he included false statements that were intended to support his sham. Soon after he pled guilty to both perjury and obstruction of justice.
As a result his deceit, Lueddeke was sentenced to 26 years in prison, 3 years of supervised release, and 10,100 in fines. Lueddeke appealed and the court ruled that there was ample evidence supporting the offense for obstructing justice. Obstruction of justice statute 18 U.S.C.A. § 1503 (West 1996) was applied in this case along with the perjury statute 18 U.S.C. A. § 1622. Similar to these statutes is 18 U.S.C. A. § 1512 which goes in great detail about how much sentencing should the offender get if they tamper with a witness, victim, or informant. For example in §3c anyone …show more content…
This report discusses the cover up crimes white collar criminals conduct in effort to disrupt the case at trial. Stuart P. Green, Uncovering the Cover-Up Crimes, 42 Am. Crim. L. Rev. 9 (2005). One of the most pertinent arguments this report makes is the government will forget about the initial crime and pursue the following acts that obstructed the investigation. Another argument that Green makes is that many who commit the act of obstructing and perjuring cases are dominant, rich and famous individuals who have more to
v. Lueddeke, 908 F.2d 230 (7th Cir.1990.) This case involves a man, David Lueddeke, who paid several Ohio state football players in order to persuade them into singing illegal representation agreements with him. When Lueddeke was subpoenaed he was informed that the federal government did not have any evidence against him. With this information, Lueddeke proceeded to appear in front of the grand jury and lie. The government discovered more evidence, except it was regarding Lueddeke committing perjury in his initial hearing. Instead of coming clean to the jury, Lueddeke once again lied to the grand jury but this time he included false statements that were intended to support his sham. Soon after he pled guilty to both perjury and obstruction of justice.
As a result his deceit, Lueddeke was sentenced to 26 years in prison, 3 years of supervised release, and 10,100 in fines. Lueddeke appealed and the court ruled that there was ample evidence supporting the offense for obstructing justice. Obstruction of justice statute 18 U.S.C.A. § 1503 (West 1996) was applied in this case along with the perjury statute 18 U.S.C. A. § 1622. Similar to these statutes is 18 U.S.C. A. § 1512 which goes in great detail about how much sentencing should the offender get if they tamper with a witness, victim, or informant. For example in §3c anyone …show more content…
This report discusses the cover up crimes white collar criminals conduct in effort to disrupt the case at trial. Stuart P. Green, Uncovering the Cover-Up Crimes, 42 Am. Crim. L. Rev. 9 (2005). One of the most pertinent arguments this report makes is the government will forget about the initial crime and pursue the following acts that obstructed the investigation. Another argument that Green makes is that many who commit the act of obstructing and perjuring cases are dominant, rich and famous individuals who have more to