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October 07, 2024

Legal leaders to meet at ABA 12th Annual London White Collar Crime Institute

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7, 2024 – Legal practitioners from around the world will tackle fraud, cryptocurrency, espionage and other white-collar crime issues at the 12th Annual London White Collar Crime Institute, sponsored by the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section, Oct. 14-15 in London.

What:
12th Anniversary London White Collar Crime Institute

When:
Oct. 14-15

Where:
Radisson Blu Edwardian
Bloomsbury Street Hotel
London

(All times are Central European Time)

Keynote speakers include Kriti Gupta, Bloomberg LP, London, and Hetal Doshi, deputy assistant attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division, District of Colorado, who will participate in a Q&A session at 9:15 a.m. on Oct. 14. Nicole M. Argentieri, principal deputy assistant attorney general and head of the Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, will speak at 9:15 a.m. on Oct. 15.

Erek L. Barron, U.S. attorney, District of Maryland, and Joe D. Whitley, partner and chair of White-Collar Defense, Investigations and Regulatory Enforcement, Womble Bond Dickinson LLP, Atlanta and Washington, D.C., will participate in a fireside chat on white-collar issues at the U.S. attorney’s office in the District of Maryland. Criminal Justice Section Chair Sidney Allen Butcher, associate judge for the State District Court of Maryland, will deliver closing remarks at 12:30 p.m. Oct. 15.

Other program highlights include:

  • “Exploring AI and International White-Collar Crime: Trends, Collaboration and Enforcement Challenges” — The expert panel will address the technical challenges that impact the detection and enforcement of AI-related crimes, explore the types of white-collar crimes that may result from the misuse of AI and the latest trends in this rapidly developing technology with a focus on how international collaboration and extraterritorial enforcement will develop in the future.
    Monday, 10-11:15 a.m.
  • “Cryptocurrency: Its Role in the Financial Service Industry and Black-Market Transactions” — The world of crypto keeps getting more interesting. Experts will discuss how law enforcement is turning the tide on crypto-fraudsters by weaponizing crypto in asset recovery and explore other hot issues in the crypto space specific to jurisdictions, including the rise of parallel civil and criminal proceedings involving crypto enforcement in the U.S.; the implementation of the new Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation and rules on market abuse involving crypto-assets in France; and implementation of recent enforcement tools such as crypto freezing and forfeiture orders in the UK.
    Monday, 11:45 a.m.-1:15 p.m.
  • “The Failure to Prevent Fraud Offense: Path to a Better World or Pre-Crime Minority Report” — The “Failure to Prevent Fraud” offense, the third in the “Failure to Prevent” series, will examine new efforts to hold organizations criminally liable if they profit from fraud committed by their employees. Long sought by UK prosecutors and investigators to assist their attempts to go after Wall Street (or its UK equivalent), the panel will look at the scope of the new offense, the defense of “reasonable prevention measures” and look to the future: Will this drive improve corporate behavior to prevent fraud and increase enforcement activity?
    Monday, 2:30-3:45 p.m.
  • “Espionage Defense: How to Defend the Indefensible How Do I Get on the KGB’s Approved Counsel Panel?” — Media articles over the past six months report intensified and multipronged efforts by individuals allegedly acting on behalf of Russia and China to gather and transmit an array of sensitive data and information. In particular, the war in Ukraine has catalyzed these efforts in Europe as Russia seeks to obtain information about the NATO nations’ support for Ukraine and to disrupt that support. With U.S., UK and EU intelligence and law enforcement agencies facing cross-border coordination and investigatory obstacles in addressing these actions, the panel will examine how defense attorneys can effectively represent clients in these complex and challenging cases once charges are brought.
    Monday, 4:15-5:30 p.m.

A complete agenda can be found online.

For media registration, please contact Shanda Ivory at [email protected].  

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