When the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) conducts audits on businesses, they are doing so to verify whether any fraudulent activity has taken place. Many business owners worry about getting into trouble with the IRS because they know that they have implemented...
Money laundering is a criminal offense that generally involves making a financial transaction with funds that someone gains through illegal means. Individuals and organizations can both commit money laundering to disguise the source, ownership, location or...
The university admissions and bribing case involving big-name celebrities has consumed newspaper headlines for months. According to a letter from a lawyer who represents both Lori Laughlin and the University of Southern California in separate matters, USC may have a...
Every day, there must be at least a million people in the country who post photos of themselves on their social media feeds. But when can it turn into a civil violation to post your own image online?When you didn't take the picture or secure the rights to it. Pop star...
It is notoriously difficult to get into schools like Yale and Stanford, but some parents felt like they had found a way around it. A bribery scandal recently broke in the news, showing that many parents essentially bought their kids' way into prestigious schools all...
Most people are familiar with presidential pardons. However, governors of states also have the power to award pardons under certain circumstances. In December of 2018, New York governor Andrew Cuomo provided clemency to 29 felons. Many of them faced deportation,...
Insider trading is a type of securities fraud that occurs when confidential information is spread to shareholders so that they can take actions that are one step ahead of what is public knowledge. For example, if an investor receives confidential information that...
You have worked hard to secure financial freedom for yourself and your family. While your efforts have built a successful business, an insider trading charge could leave you penniless. It could also land you in federal prison. If authorities have charged you with...
White collar crimes in the digital realm are constantly evolving; therefore, the ways in which they are charged can be difficult to determine. If you have been charged with a white collar crime in the state of New York, it is important that you take such an accusation...
If you have been accused of forgery in the state of New York, it is important to take such an allegation very seriously. This is because the consequences of a forgery charge could have the potential to affect your career and credibility for many years to come. Make...