You may feel pressure when a federal agent asks about your financial records or when a subpoena arrives at your California address without warning. These moments often signal early interest in your actions and place you in a sensitive position. You need clear guidance...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
A California man was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison on charges related to embezzlement on July 18. The 64-year-old financial advisor had pleaded no contest to 25 counts of grand theft and money laundering. He reportedly embezzled almost $1 million. The...
Fraud can affect any industry, from cybersecurity to home improvement. However, the insurance world experiences the most, and no other sector faces the most scams than does health care, reports the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud.While many fraudulent...
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...