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Perspective

Nov. 11, 2014

The rise of white collar wiretaps

Before the tenure of departing Attorney General Eric Holder, the use of wiretaps was generally relegated, as if by gentlemen's agreement, to narcotics and organized crime cases. Not anymore. By Timothy Perry and Michael Mugmon


By Timothy Perry and Michael Mugmon


Before the tenure of departing Attorney General Eric Holder, the use of wiretaps was generally relegated, as if by gentlemen's agreement, to narcotics and organized crime cases. But these days, U.S. attorney's offices increasingly use wiretaps in the white collar arena. While the technique is most commonly associated with the U.S. attorney's office for the Southern District of New York - which used wiretaps to help...

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