After an investigation by state and federal authorities that lasted for nearly a year, a former official with the Patterson Fire Department has reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors over embezzlement and income tax fraud.The 46-year-old man admitted to...
Identity theft is one of the fastest-growing areas of criminal prosecution, at least within the family of white collar crimes. That is partially because the proliferation of electronic record-keeping and commerce has opened new opportunities for forgery and other...
A Wall Street executive with a reputation of "Diva of Distressed" took the stand to testify at a civil proceeding accusing her of fraud. The woman has a reputation for turning distressed companies around and making them profitable.The Security and Exchange Commission...
Perhaps one of the most common white collar crimes is simply opening another person's mail. It's the type of crime that can be committed by almost anyone, people often don't realize how serious it is, and, though the total amount of mail has fallen due to the...
In our previous blog post, we discussed some of the points you should know about plea bargains. The points that we discussed are very important because you should make sure that you know all you can about plea deals before you consider one. If you are presented with...
Criminal justice cases don't always go as they appear to occur on television and in the movies. In fact, it is estimated that less than 10 percent of criminal cases actually go to a trial. Many criminal cases, estimated at more than 90 percent of cases, are resolved...
A group of distinguished academic and legal professionals from throughout the world gathered recently to discuss current enforcement efforts against white collar crime. According to those attending this meeting, these enforcement efforts are failing to properly hold...
In our previous blog post, we discussed some of the specifics of identity theft. For those who have been charged with this crime, there is often considerable information that has been gathered by the prosecution that works to show that the person charged was the...
Pretending to be someone else is something that should only occur when you are a child who is playing make believe. When you are an adult, pretending to be someone else can be construed as a criminal act because of laws aimed at stopping identity fraud. If you have...
If a police officer stops you, he or she may ask to see your ID and ask you to identify yourself. Do you have to produce this identification?In short, you don't. Laws do vary from state to state, but New York law does not make it mandatory for you to have an ID card...