May 09, 2024
Defense attorneys for embattled insurance mogul Greg E. Lindberg on Thursday played recordings to back their assertion that the North Carolina insurance commissioner separated Lindberg from his "trusted advisers" and goaded a bribe, saying he never brought up money until the public official put it on the table.
May 08, 2024
An insurance mogul and his one-time political consultant resorted to "pure and simple" bribery when they promised North Carolina's insurance commissioner up to $2 million in campaign contributions to remove an inquisitive official, federal prosecutors told a jury Wednesday, while the mogul's counsel countered that he just wanted a fair shake from a department in "chaos."
May 06, 2024
Nearly two years after the Fourth Circuit exonerated Greg E. Lindberg on bribery and wire fraud charges, a team of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP partners with prosecution experience has joined forces with prominent white collar defense lawyer James F. Wyatt lll in hopes of staving off a second conviction for the embattled insurance tycoon.
April 23, 2024
Federal prosecutors have struck back against embattled insurance mogul Greg Linderg's attempt to keep evidence about a former employee's alleged involvement in a bribery scheme from a jury, telling the court that the employee's acquittal on related charges doesn't make evidence dealing with him inadmissible.
April 18, 2024
Embattled insurance mogul Greg Lindberg has asked a federal court to keep evidence concerning a former business partner out of his upcoming bribery trial, arguing that the partner's acquittal of criminal charges renders the information irrelevant.
March 26, 2024
A former political consultant charged alongside embattled insurance mogul Greg Lindberg wants their criminal retrial on wire fraud and bribery charges severed, telling a federal court that Lindberg's potential plan to throw him under the bus will destroy any defenses against the government's accusations.
March 14, 2024
Embattled insurance mogul Greg Lindberg has dropped Aaron Zachary Tobin of Condon Tobin Sladek Thornton Nerenberg PLLC from his legal team ahead of his retrial on a charge of trying to bribe North Carolina's insurance commissioner.
August 20, 2020
A North Carolina federal judge has sentenced the owner of an insurance conglomerate and his consultant to prison, giving the owner more than seven years behind bars for conspiring to bribe the state's insurance commissioner by offering as much as $2 million to shut down a troublesome investigation.
August 19, 2020
An insurance executive was sentenced to more than seven years in prison on Wednesday while the former chair of the North Carolina Republican Party got probation in a case alleging they conspired to bribe the state's insurance commissioner to nix a troublesome investigation, the Charlotte Observer and other outlets reported.
August 05, 2020
A North Carolina federal judge on Tuesday upheld the convictions of an insurance company executive and his consultant found guilty of trying to bribe North Carolina's top insurance regulator with millions of dollars in political contributions in exchange for reduced scrutiny of the insurance magnate's businesses.