White collar crimes are criminal offenses that are usually committed by white collar professionals, such as managers, directors, supervisors, executives, politicians, and other individuals in respected, high-profile positions.
Charges for white collar crimes often come down to the opinion of law enforcement or the prosecutor’s case. They can make serious errors, including not having probable cause to make the arrest, collecting evidence illegally, and disregarding your right to privacy or to carry on your business. We stand up to fight for your rights and your liberties. When a plea bargain is the best option, we go to every length to make sure that restitution, rather than jail time, is seriously considered.
The following are among the specific financial and corruption charges that skilled criminal defense lawyers can defend against:
- Tax fraud, tax evasion, or failure to file state or federal income taxes
- Mail fraud or wire fraud
- Identity theft
- Employee theft or embezzlement
- Perjury, making false statements, or obstruction of justice
- Mortgage / subprime lending fraud
- Health care fraud involving physicians, insurers, pharmacies, or clinics
- Writing bad checks
- Investment scheme
- Bank fraud, insurance fraud, or mortgage fraud
- Securities fraud or Sarbanes-Oxley violations
- Money laundering or federal RICO charges
- Credit card fraud
- Public corruption, including bribery, extortion, or malfeasance in office
- Medicare and Medicaid fraud
- Securities fraud
White collar crimes are nonviolent offenses that typically involve stealing, cheating or some form of fraud or dishonesty in matters related to business or commerce. Some of the more commonly prosecuted white collar crimes are embezzlement, fraud, bribery, employee theft, money laundering, forgery and other crimes.
Many people charged with white collar crimes, never expected to be in serious criminal trouble, but if you have been charged with fraud or embezzlement, you may have options aside from prison or other criminal penalties. With an experienced attorney on your side, you can protect your rights when facing a former employer, colleagues, or federal investigators as part of a white collar crime investigation.
Embezzlement
Embezzlement is not an actual criminal designation, but rather, a common descriptive term used in connection with certain varieties of theft or fraud. Embezzlement may refer to allegations of theft by an employee of funds from an employer, abuse of funds in a trust by a trustee, or abuse of client funds by an attorney or accountant.
Sometimes an embezzlement case is at the stage of rumors of an anticipated investigation. If you are facing an allegation of some type of embezzlement or even anticipate facing an allegation of embezzlement, it is important to seek qualified legal counsel as soon as possible. If dealt with early on, sometimes the filing of criminal charges can be prevented. Do not discuss the charges with law enforcement, your employer, or anyone else until you talk to an employee theft defense lawyer you can trust.
Skilled White Collar Crimes Lawyers
Cases involving white collar crimes are complex and require an attorney not only with experience, but also a litigator who can review, organize and effectively master a large volume of evidence. Volumes of documents that include bank records, telephone bills, computer data and anything composing a paper trail need the attention to detail that a seasoned criminal defense lawyer provides.
