When the U.S. Department of Justice launched a securities fraud investigation into Denver-based Qwest Communications International in 2006, the resultant criminal probe became the widest white-collar prosecutions in Colorado in some 30 years. As the vice-president of investor relations for the telecommunications carrier, Lee Wolfe reported directly to Joe Nacchio, Qwest’s chief executive. Wolfe became […]
United States v. B&H Maintenance
In United States v. B&H Maintenance, Mark Johnson defended a New Mexico natural gas pipeline contractor accused by federal authorities of engaging in a bid-rigging scheme in the Four Corners area. Johnson’s client, J.P. Smith, was the main prosecution target in the 2006 case. The company he worked for, B&H Maintenance, was also indicted along […]