Wiley Rein Attorneys Lead International Law Institute Seminar: ‘Effective Prosecution of Financial Crimes, Human Trafficking, and Cybercrime’

August 10, 2018

Drawing on their experience as former federal prosecutors, attorneys from Wiley Rein’s White Collar Defense & Government Investigations Practice led an International Law Institute (ILI) seminar this week on “Effective Prosecution of Financial Crimes, Human Trafficking, and Cybercrime.”

The program, held in Washington from August 6 to August 10, offered in-depth training courses which featured Wiley Rein partner Kevin B. Muhlendorf and of counsel Matthew J. Gardner. Seminar attendees included prosecutors, criminal justice personnel, judges, attorneys, and academics from countries throughout the world where financial crimes, human trafficking, and cybercrimes are emerging or may pose a particular threat.

• Mr. Muhlendorf led a two-part class that offered a U.S. perspective on the investigation and prosecution of business crimes. The sessions focused on evidentiary issues, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, securities fraud, bank fraud, U.S. public corruption laws, and procurement fraud, and included a discussion of the False Claims Act. Mr. Muhlendorf is an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University Law Center, and a former Assistant Chief in the Fraud Section of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and former Senior Counsel in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Enforcement Division.
• Mr. Gardner, who is also a member of Wiley Rein’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice, taught two courses during the ILI seminar. The first provided an introduction to human trafficking prosecution, and the second was an introduction to cybercrime prosecution. Mr. Gardner previously worked in the DOJ’s Cybercrime Unit as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in both the Eastern District of Virginia and the Southern District of California, where he tried over 20 federal felony jury trials and served as lead prosecutor on dozens of investigations involving computer crimes and cybersecurity issues.

In addition to Wiley Rein’s participation in the comprehensive five-day seminar, Mr. Muhlendorf served as a course advisor, along with Ralph J. Caccia, a former federal prosecutor who chairs Wiley Rein’s White Collar Practice.

ILI, a nonprofit educational institution, is a leading provider of training and technical assistance relating to international legal, economic, and financial issues. The organization has provided legal training to over 37,000 government officials, legal and business professionals, and scholars from 186 countries.