Former federal prosecutor Luke Cass defends corporations and individuals in a variety of federal criminal allegations, including health care fraud, price-fixing, conspiracy, mail and wire fraud, embezzlement, bank fraud, and money laundering. He also conducts proactive, corporate investigations related to bribery, misbranding, bid rigging, drug diversion, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and the False Claims Act (FCA).
Background
Former federal prosecutor Luke Cass defends corporations and individuals in a variety of federal criminal allegations, including health care fraud, price-fixing, conspiracy, mail and wire fraud, embezzlement, bank fraud, and money laundering. He also conducts proactive, corporate investigations related to bribery, misbranding, bid rigging, drug diversion, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and the False Claims Act (FCA). Luke served as a federal prosecutor for over a decade and has significant experience with white collar investigations. Luke has extensive trial experience and has litigated federal appellate and district court cases throughout the United States.
Education
Bachelor, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 2000. Juris Doctor, New York Law School, New York City, 2003.
Career
Cass served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in San Juan, Puerto Rico from 2008 to 2016.[2]Cass worked on several notable cases as a federal prosecutor in San Juan, including the prosecution of attorneys and senior Puerto Rico Police Department officers for a scheme to grant firearm licenses illegally,[3] the prosecution of a $5 million scheme to defraud[4], the MediRaid health care fraud operation[5], and the capital case of an FBI Most Wanted List defendant for the murder of a federal witness [6]. Cass also prosecuted cases involving threats to detonate a bomb at an LGBT parade[7] and to assassinate the Governor of Puerto Rico.[8]
Cass served as a Trial Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice's Public Integrity Section from 2016 to 2019.[2]Cass worked on several matters at the Public Integrity Division, including the prosecution of a federal agent,[9] and the Colombian drug kingpin that bribed him[10], the prosecution of an ICE chief counsel[11], and a former Senator from the Virgin Islands on corruption charges[12]
Membership
Member of American Bar Association, New York County Lawyer's Association, New York State Bar Association.