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Apr. 20, 2017

Municipal bond scrutiny likely to continue

A city's management of municipal securities and capital-raising activities now carries the risk of criminal liability. By Jessica Nall and Aviva Gilbert

Jessica Nall

White Collar Crime and Corporate Investigations

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Jessica Nall leads Farella Braun + Martel's White Collar Crime and Corporate Investigations practice

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By Jessica Nall and Aviva Gilbert

One of former Southern District of New York U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's final secured convictions before his ouster last month came in a novel criminal securities case: U.S. v. St. Lawrence, in which two Ramapo, N.Y., employees were charged with securities fraud based on municipal bond issuances. One pled guilty in March, the other is set to go to trial on nearly two dozen charges this week.

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