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…
Category: White Collar Crime
2015
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…
2015
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…
2014
Category: White Collar Crime
On April 9, 2015, the U.S. Sentencing Commission voted to amend economic crime guidelines and to change the drug quantity table to account for the rescheduling of hydrocodone.
The response from defense lawyers and others concerned with fair and…