The threat of tacking on charges of identity theft in federal indictments has become a dangerous weapon in the hands of federal prosecutors trying to force pleas to criminal conduct. Many offenses, which in the past would have been charged…
Month: January 2015
Jan.24
2015
2015
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: White Collar Crime
Federal prosecutors often use charges of mail fraud and wire fraud to add onto indictments alleging other complex, substantive crimes. This devious strategy is often used to increase the potential range of punishment or to make convicting a defendant changed…
Jan.22
2015
2015
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Healthcare Fraud | Uncategorized
Whenever we are contacted by potential clients who have been contacted by federal investigators our immediate advice is that they do not speak to investigators until they have consulted an attorney.
Given the federal government’s stated goal to stamp out…
Jan.21
2015
2015
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: White Collar Crime
Money laundering prosecutions have escalated over the past decade with some devastating effects.
Individuals and businesses who have handled “dirty money” can be charged and convicted as money launderers, primarily through “willful blindness” instructions to juries, if they chose…
Jan.19
2015
2015
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Sex Crimes | Uncategorized
A favorite tactic of law enforcement is to have an adult agent pose online as a pedophile with access to minors to lure and ensnare potential pedophiles who are using the internet to gain access to minors for sex.
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Jan.19
2015
2015
While allegations of child pornography do cause an immediate feeling of repulsion and fear in most people, it is vitally important for defense lawyers to maintain their objectivity in these often disturbing cases.
In far too many cases, the…
Jan.18
2015
2015
The “Congress Park Crew” was a loose-knit gang that ran a crack cocaine market in the Congress Park neighborhood of Washington, D.C. for thirteen years. The Government indicted Desmond Thurston, Antwuan Ball, and Joseph Jones, along with twelve others, for…
Jan.13
2015
2015
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Terrorism Criminology
Since the December 9, 2014 release of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report (Report) on CIA torture, much of the news media has focused its attention on whether the torturous “enhanced interrogation techniques” (EITs) employed by the agency in the wake…
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