Counseling businesses and professionals on compliance strategies, risk mitigation, and regulatory response, including cryptocurrency, tax, healthcare, OFAC, sanctions, AML/KYC, and transaction compliance.
- Healthcare Compliance and CMS Policy Guidance
- Cryptocurrency and International Monetary Transactions
- Anti-Money Laundering (AML) / Know Your Client (KYC) Guidance
- OFAC & Sanctions Compliance
- Internal Investigations & Risk Assessments
- Transaction & Licensing Compliance
- Advising on Proactive Risk Mitigation to Avoid Investigation
Representative Matters
Representative matters David Tarras has handled include:
- $57 Million FOREX Investigation – No Charges Filed
Navigated overlapping SEC and DOJ scrutiny to achieve complete declination in a $57 million foreign-exchange matter.
- $6 Million Medicare Kickback Allegation – CEO Cleared
Prevented charges in a DOJ-led Medicare fraud investigation involving alleged $6 million in losses.
- Pharmaceutical Controlled Substances Case – Decades of Exposure Reduced
In a pharmaceutical distribution prosecution, reduced decades of prison exposure to only 13 months in custody and 12 months supervised release.
- Lacey Act / Wildlife Importation – No Jail, No Immigration Consequences
Secured a non-custodial sentence, early termination of probation, and no immigration consequences in a wildlife importation case.
- Complex Tax Fraud – Years Shaved Off
Successfully challenged IRS extrapolations, reducing exposure and sparing the client years in prison.
- PPP Loan Fraud / Money Laundering – Major Count Dismissed
Strategic objections resulted in dismissal of a key count and substantially reduced sentencing exposure.