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U.S. criminal laws don’t apply to conduct abroad: 2nd Circuit — On the Case

By Securities Docket on August 31, 2013, 10:21 am

Attention, American fraudsters! If you restrict your criminal activities to conduct outside of the United States, you’re safe from prosecution under U.S. laws.

That’s not exactly how a three-judge panel of the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals worded its decision Friday in U.S. v. Alberto Vilar and Gary Tanaka, but it’s the effective result of the appellate court’s finding that criminal statutes – in particular, criminal securities fraud laws – don’t extend overseas….

via U.S. criminal laws don’t apply to conduct abroad: 2nd Circuit — On the Case

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