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Occasionally, criminals turn on each other. Such behavior is especially common if a deal “goes bad,” that is, one party fails to fulfill its obligations. However, the mere fact that one or both of the parties may be engaged in committing a crime does not exculpate...

It can be shocking and frightening if police knock on your door in the middle of the night, requesting to come in to search your home. Do you have to let them in? What are your rights, especially if the police do not have a warrant? Police need a search warrant...

Many of our readers in Brooklyn may remember a shooting that occurred on May 6 near Kosciuszko Street earlier this year. The incident left one victim, a 40-year-old man, dead from multiple gunshot wounds. In the days and weeks immediately after the incident, no...

If FTE Networks sounds familiar to our readers, it is because it was a huge story throughout our state last year. The company imploded last year, filed bankruptcy and was even delisted from the New York Stock Exchange. And, now the former CEO and CFO face securities...

When a person in New York is arrested for a drug crime they can feel like everyone is against them. While it is true that drug crimes are aggressively prosecuted and can be punishable by heavy fines and long prison sentences, they can also turn more severe if they are...

White collar crime allegations such as those pertaining to fraud and embezzlement can threaten to devastate your future. If you’re convicted of the white collar crime or crimes as charged, then you could be facing the very real possibility of prison time, fines, and...

For individuals convicted of a crime who are now facing incarceration with possibly long sentences that they feel are unjust or unusually harsh, there may be a way to reverse the process that does not involve the lengthy procedure of an appeal of a lower court’s...

White collar crimes are serious crimes that can result in serious penalties and consequences for accused individuals. Because white collar crimes can result in incarceration and fines, accused individuals should be familiar with what are considered white collar crimes...

Not all crimes involve physical violence. Under New York law and federal legislation, crimes involving fraud and money are punished severely and convictions can result in fines, jail time, and other sanctions. In the state of New York, fraudulent inducement is a white...

While some states have moved towards legalizing marijuana and decriminalizing other minor drug offenses, under drug possession, manufacturing and trafficking seriously both of marijuana and harder drugs. Federal drug schedules Federal law classifies drugs into five...