White Collar Crimes

When you own your own business or professional practice, your reputation and your company’s reputation may be tied together. If you’re accused of committing a serious crime, your company’s reputation could be put at risk. As the owner and founder, what you do does...

There are tens of thousands of medical facilities billing both federal and state government insurance programs every day. Most of the employees that work for these insurance programs simply help to process claims. Although there are some professionals whose focus is...

Fans of the board game “Monopoly” are familiar with the card that says, “Banking error in your favor. Collect $200.” But what happens when a real-life banking error occurs can be the start of a nightmare that can result in criminal charges. That is exactly what...

People often think of bribery as something that only applies to politicians. That could be because there have been so many high-profile cases of elected officials accepting money from a builder or someone else in exchange for awarding them a lucrative contract. They...

Imagine this: You’re a trusted employee or highly-placed executive with access to your company’s financial accounts. You also have a secret addiction. Could the temptation to finance that addiction lead to criminal charges? It might. Addiction is a common underlying...

Often, those accused of certain white collar crimes in the state of California have a poor understanding of what a conviction could mean. When the charges involve forgery or embezzlement, defendants may realize they are in serious trouble. Identity theft charges, on...

Workplace theft is an issue that often crops up in the United States. You have minor cases, such as fast-food workers stealing meals that go over the amount they’re allotted, and you have major cases, such as accountants who fake the books and steal millions of...

Not everyone who steals from their employer takes huge amounts of money or sneaks in after dark to steal merchandise and equipment. Some people take small amounts of money repeatedly over an extended period. Given that California charges and penalizes theft crimes,...

Bitcoins, the popular cryptocurrency, is at the heart of a high-tech scheme that’s landed one man in legal trouble with the United States government. The California man was accused of being involved with a Ponzi scheme involving at least $722 million. He’s pleaded...

It appears all Twitter posts are not equal in power when they are published. Prominent figures with large followings can make things happen. And when those accounts are hacked by whatever method can be devised, nefarious results can occur. This is exactly the...