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Category: Federal Criminal Law | Illegal Pornography
The Homeland Security Act of 2002 (HSA) created the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The official website for DHS says its mission is “to ensure a homeland that is safe, secure, and resilient against terrorism and other hazards.”
Department…
Category: Federal Criminal Law | White Collar Crime
In 1996, Congress enacted the Mandatory Victim Restitution Act (MVRA). The Act is codified as amended in 18 U.S.C. § 3563A. This statute requires restitution for any Title 18 crime in which the victim has suffered “pecuniary loss.”
Mandatory…
Category: Appeals | Federal Criminal Law | White Collar Crime
Sentencing the federal court is a mess.
1984 was a bad year for the federal criminal justice system. The U.S. Senate, by a vote of 83 to 3, and House of Representatives, by a vote 316 to 91, enacted…
Category: Federal Criminal Law | Illegal Pornography | Internet Sex Crimes
Roughly, 95 to 97 percent of federal defendants plead guilty. Perhaps that explains why criminal trials, and their ensuing verdicts, attract the most public attention and scrutiny.
Sentencing is treated like some inconsequential procedural necessity when in most cases,…
Category: Drug Crime | Federal Criminal Law
Mens Rea is a legal term that refers the mental state of “criminal intent.” It is the state of mind that an individual must possess when committing an act to be guilty of a crime. Some crimes require a specific…
Category: Corporate Fraud | Federal Criminal Law | Healthcare Fraud | Uncategorized | White Collar Crime
In a major speech at New York City University this past September, Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates announced that the U.S. Justice Department had issued new policy guideline that would re-focus federal corporate criminal investigations towards holding individuals responsible…
Category: Appeals | Federal Criminal Law | Guns
According to FBI statistics, there were 11,961 murders committed in the U.S. in 2014. 8124 of the murders were committed using handguns. 262 people were killed with shotguns. 248 murders were committed with rifles, including “military style assault rifles” (AR-15s…
Category: Federal Criminal Law | Internet Sex Crimes | Sex Crimes
The Government is always trying to find a way to insert itself into the private lives individuals so it can better monitor and regulate our lives. Big Brother is no longer an Orwellian nightmare. It is an ever-increasing, insidious…
Category: Bank Fraud | Federal Criminal Law
Due to devastating effects of the massive fraud committed within the financial sector over the years leading to the 2008 financial meltdown, bank fraud is now considered by the Government to be one of its most serious priorities.
Bank…
Category: Federal Criminal Law | White Collar Crime
On December 3, 2015, the Internal Revenue Service released its 2015 Annual Investigation Report (Report). The Criminal Investigation unit (CI) focused its investigative efforts at terrorist financing, identity theft, cybercrime, public corruption, and money laundering. The number of investigations in…
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