It is a longstanding principle that people should not be punished for bad thoughts, but only for bad actions. A person can think about breaking the law, but should only be charged with an offense when a step is taken towards violating the law as people cannot be punished for thought crimes. There is, however, […]
READ MORE“Drowning baby” con: Grandfather robbed after heroism
A sickening and bizarre con duped a grandfather into wading for, what he thought was a drowning baby. The scam happened near Portsmouth in Hampshire, UK on Wednesday at 10:30 in the morning. Abandoning his coat to jump into the water the thieves made off with £100 and some tobacco. The grandfather, John White, 48, […]
READ MORECriminal Impersonation in New York
Valbona Yzeiraj, an office manager in New York, appeared before a judge last week to answer to charges that she impersonated a dentist while the real dentist was away. According to prosecutors, Yzeiraj seriously injured patients while pulling their teeth and performing root canals on them. Yzeiraj told the judge that she had been trained […]
READ MOREForeign Banks Turning in Customers for Tax Fraud
The United States government has strict requirements when it comes to offshore bank accounts. Not only are accountholders required to report and pay all income earned from offshore investments, but accountholders are also required to file an annual Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR). Many accountholders are not even aware of FBAR requirements, […]
READ MOREWill New Credit Card Chips Decrease Fraud Crimes… or Increase Fraud Crimes?
In an effort to fight credit card fraud, card issuers have spent between $200 and $800 million distributing new cards with embedded microchips. The goal is to establish a protocol for two-factor authentication and to prevent the mass collection and unlawful use of credit card numbers using skimmers. Wired.com, however, suggests that these new cards […]
READ MOREFederal Wire Fraud Crimes– 18 USC 1343
Three Notorious (Recent) Cases of Wire Fraud Wire fraud is the act of fraud used in electronic communication. That’s simple. Easy to understand. The American Supreme Court mucked things up — for the laymen — when they “several times observed the wire fraud statute has a long arm.,” Pasquantino v. United States. Despite the Court’s […]
READ MOREJustice Department to Take a Tougher Stance on White Collar Crime
Employees of investment firms and professionals throughout New York City need to take note of a new possible threat: the Justice Department has announced new policies prioritizing the prosecution of employees for corporate wrongdoing. The Department of Justice (DOJ) is taking action to become more aggressive in prosecuting individual employees after years of criticism that […]
READ MOREFort Lauderdale Attorney Scott Rothstein Pleads Not Guilty to Information Alleging $1.2 Billion Dollar Ponzi Scheme
In response to allegations uncomfortably similar to those against former New York celebrity lawyer and arch Ponzi-schemer Marc Dreier, Fort Lauderdale attorney Scott Rothstein, head of Rothstein, Rosenfeldt and Adler, P.A., appeared in response to a criminal information in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Tuesday. The information charges Rothstein […]
READ MOREFEDS DROP LANCE ARMSTRONG INVESTIGATION
Hello again blog readers. After a year hiatus, I’m rejoining the blogosphere. My thanks to my law partner, Anthony Lake, for keeping things running in my absence. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles announced Friday (no coincidence that the announcement came Friday in an effort by the government to avoid unfavorable press), that is was […]
READ MOREConviction Overturned for Kentucky Pain Doctor
The Kentucky Supreme Court has tossed out the conviction of a pain doctor who had been sentenced to 20 years in prison for unlawfully prescribing medication. The evidence against Dr. Fortune J. Williams was based in part on files seized during a warrantless raid of his office — a raid that was carried out both by […]
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