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The former CEO of a biotechnology company who, at the start of the pandemic, falsely claimed to have invented a blood test capable of detecting Covid-19 in 15

Keith Berman, 70, of Westlake Village, California, pleaded guilty last December to securities fraud totaling around $28 million. The Justice Department said that from February through December 2020, Berman falsely claimed his Decision Diagnostics company had developed a 15-second test to detect COVID-19 in a finger prick sample of blood when, in reality, no such test existed. "Berman defrauded investors to profit from the pandemic," Nicole Argentieri, head of the Justice Department&#...

Two Individuals Indicted for Operating $25 Million Crypto-Fraud - On December 11, a federal court in California unsealed a superseding indictment, which charged two men...

Former CEO and director of Decision Diagnostics Corp., Keith Berman, pleads guilty to securities fraud, wire fraud, and obstruction of an official proceeding.

Keith Berman, CEO and director of Decision Diagnostics Corp (DECN), a public medical device company, has pleaded guilty to securities fraud and wire fraud in connection with his scheme to defraud investors by making false and misleading ...

Keith Berman, who claimed he wasn’t taking compensation in his role as CEO, actually splashed out a bunch of company money on himself. Also, he claimed that he could test for covid in 15 seconds. Also also, my guy used a “fake persona to repeat false and misleading statements to investors on internet message boards.”

Opinion: Letters on immigration, supermarket prices, Australia, and Commonwealth Games.

New Zealand's bowler Gary Lawson has been ruled out of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games after receiving a 16-week suspension for homophobic abuse.

A beverage company says an equipment manufacturer failed to deliver and claims damages of $1 million. (BizSense Pro subscription required)

Who Needs to Know Why It Matters As evidenced in the recently published 2020 Year in Review Report (Report), the Department of Justice’s Fraud Section (Fraud Section) demonstrated its resilience despite the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as its swift response to the evolution of pandemic-induced fraud — a trend we expect will continue throughout 2021. As evidenced in the recently published 2020 Year in Review Report (Report), the Department of Justice’s Fraud Section (Fraud Section) demonstra...