Leo Wise - Federal prosecutors had not done their job - Dec 2008

Leo Wise Biographical Statement
February 18, 2007

“Federal prosecutors had not done their job” in 2008?

Leo Wise is a trial attorney with the Fraud Section of the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice in Washington, DC. Mr. Wise joined the Department of Justice through the Attorney General’s Honors Program in 2004.

His first assignment was with the Tobacco Litigation Team, a task force that successfully prosecuted United States v. Philip Morris, et al., the federal government’s racketeering case against the American cigarette industry in 2004 and
2005. Following a 10-month trial, Judge Gladys Kessler of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia found for the United States. Mr. Wise’s next position was with the Enron Task Force as member of the trial team in the successful prosecution of United States v. Jeffrey Skilling and Kenneth Lay. Following a 4-month trial, a Houston jury convicted both defendants in June 2006.

Mr. Wise is a recipient of awards from the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division in 2005, the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division in 2006 and the Attorney General’s Award for Exceptional Service in 2006. Prior to joining the Department, Mr. Wise was a law clerk to the Honorable Jan E. DuBois of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

Mr. Wise is a graduate of the Harvard Law School, the School of Advanced International Studies and The Johns Hopkins University. In addition, Mr. Wise is a commissioned officer in the United States Navy Reserve Intelligence Program and an adjunct professor in the School of Public Affairs at American University


JULY 10, 2007 - SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT CHARGES EIGHT FORMER EXECUTIVES OF HEALTH CARE FINANCING COMPANY WITH CONSPIRACY, FRAUD, MONEY LAUNDERING

"This case is one of the largest corporate fraud investigations involving a privately held company headquartered in small town America," said FBI Criminal Investigative Division. (Because it was private, no one has ever heard of this case, cried one prosecutor)

December 18, 2008 - The ONE AND ONLY acquittal; James K Happ!

By Jodi Andes THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Prosecutors' case fell short, juror says National Century fraud case produces 1st acquittal; The "not guilty" verdicts that came in federal court yesterday were not so much a vindication of the last National Century Financial Enterprises executive to stand trial, a juror said.

Instead, they were more a belief that federal prosecutors had not done their job, the juror said

Federal prosecutors had not done their job!!