Real estate fraud charges cover any type of fraud associated with a real estate sale or purchase. Depending on the exact nature of the crime, an offender could face misdemeanor, felony or even federal charges. Review the California laws that govern real estate fraud...
7 ways doctors can face charges of health care fraud
When your career involves healthcare, you deal with complicated billing structures. You work with insurance companies and patients, sending out multiple documents and charges. If your paperwork doesn’t seem right to the government, you may find yourself facing health...
The side-effects of credit card and identity fraud
Credit card theft and fraud are no laughing matter. The punishment can be light to very severe, depending on the severity of the crime. Victimization is also common. An Equifax data breach in 2017 affected 147 million people. Also, 15.4 million people were victimized...
Mail theft is a federal crime
Billions of letters and packages circulate around the country each year. From personal letters and postcards to advertisements and newspapers, people receive mail on a daily basis. But people also receive valuable things like credit cards, important bills, personal or...
California man pleads guilty to $1.3 billion Ponzi scheme
On Aug. 7, a California man pleaded guilty to fraud charges in federal court. The 61-year-old Sherman Oaks resident is scheduled for sentencing on Oct. 15. According to prosecutors, the defendant was the CEO of the Woodbridge Group of Companies and used his position...
California man sentenced for foreclosure fraud scheme
On July 26, the Department of Justice announced that a Vallejo resident was sentenced to four years in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud affecting a financial institution and bank fraud. The offender, along with two co-conspirators, operated a company called...
Pharmacy owner sentenced in health care fraud case
A California pharmacy owner has been sentenced to four years in prison after being convicted on charges of health care fraud. The government alleged that the 39-year-old Pasadena woman had billed Medicare for over $1.3 million in prescription drugs. However, these...
Criminal fraud: the role of proven legal defense counsel
The criminal fraud realm is a universe that is often misperceived and not well understood by a large swath of the public.One central disconnect and flat-out myth is this: White collar criminal conduct is not as aggressively investigated or prosecuted as are other...
