White Collar Offenses

Bankruptcy can be an unpleasant experience. For many, it means giving away assets or items they enjoy to pay back creditors. Whether it’s a luxury vehicle, a vacation home or investments, many don’t want what they’ve worked very hard to achieve taken away from them....

If you work in the billing department or transcribe physician notes as part of your job, it's possible that your employer might eventually come to you and ask you to change something before you file the claim or finalize the record of a visit. Occasional changes and...

In recent decades, computers have become common in most households and businesses. It is probably safe to say that computers are irreplaceable to most as they help us shop, pay our bills and stay in touch with friends and family. Unfortunately, these virtual...

Businesses have to trust employees with company assets in order for things to operate properly. The people who are entrusted with those assets have a fiduciary responsibility to handle them in the best way for the business. There are cases in which they might misuse...

You were using your credit card to buy several items online, and you were excited to have them shipped to you. You always check your monthly statement, and that is when you saw an unusual charge. You disputed the bill for the merchandise, thinking that it wasn’t...

If you are like most people, your income may have varied lately, and it is hard to predict how your income will look over the next few months or years. When you apply for a mortgage loan, you are required to state your income honestly. What you write down on the...

When it comes to bank fraud, there’s no two ways about it: It’s a serious crime that can have serious penalties in the event of a conviction. Generally speaking, bank fraud occurs when an individual knowingly attempts to or executes fraud against a financial...

Money laundering occurs when someone funnels a large amount of illegally gained cash through a seemingly legitimate source. The name is derived from taking “dirty” money and making it look “clean,” or laundered. Large amounts of money can’t be deposited in the bank...

If a deal is advertised as “too good to be true,” it probably is, as is the case in the scheme known as “pump-and-dump” — a type of securities fraud. It’s a white-collar crime that has become more prevalent through the internet and especially in recent years as...

Theft is a very common form of crime that involves one person intentionally depriving another of an asset for personal gain. Theft takes many forms, ranging from burglary, which involves someone stealing items from someone else's property, to retail fraud or...