BOP Memo June 2025: Why More People Are Going Directly to Home Confinement—and How the Release Plan Tips the Scale
The June 2025 Bureau of Prisons memo makes one thing clear: if you qualify under the First Step Act (FSA) and/or the […]
First Step Act Home Confinement Update: How the Conditional Placement Date Accelerates Your Referral—If You’re Ready
The June 2025 BOP memo introduces a key concept that affects release timing: the Conditional Placement Date (CPD). This is not a […]
Bureau of Prisons New Home Confinement Directive: Why Your Release Plan Now Carries More Weight Than a Job Offer
The June 2025 BOP memo changes how home confinement referrals work. One of the clearest shifts is this: prior employment is no […]
What the SEC Wants to Hear if You Want a Shorter Sentence
Six Months After My Plea, Everything Changed I had already pled guilty. One count of conspiracy to commit fraud. The government knew […]
When You Lie to the Feds, You Lose the Only Leverage That Matters
In 2005, I thought I had moved on. I was out of UBS. I had a new life. But the government hadn’t […]
How a Forged Signature Opened the Door to a Federal Investigation
On December 15, 2004, I walked into my branch manager’s office at UBS thinking it was a normal day. It wasn’t. He […]
What Judges See When You Protect Yourself Instead of Reporting Fraud
At a meeting I never should have been in, I watched an elderly investor and his accountant sit across the table and […]
How Ego and Denial Led Me from Merrill Lynch to Federal Prison
When I Refused to Join the Team, I Thought I Was Standing for Integrity In 1997, I graduated from USC and started […]
When Silence Becomes a Crime: My Role in a $6 Million Investment Fraud
Keith transferred over $6 million into our UBS account. That should’ve been a win. For six months, he traded it into the […]
Why My Conviction Still Follows Me—Years After Prison
This is the final entry in the 5-part blog series. In Part 4, I shared how prison became the place I started […]
How Daily Writing from Prison Changed My Life After Release
This is Part 4 of the 5-part blog series. Part 3 ended with a call from my lawyer: I was going to […]
I Thought It Was Over—Then the Government Called
This is Part 3 of the 5-part blog series. In Part 2, I explained how lying to my lawyer gave the government […]