White Collar Crimes

White collar crimes don’t often get the publicity of violent crimes. The perception that there is no direct victim can keep them off the front page and out of the public conscious. But law enforcement agencies investigate and prosecute them rigorously, as one scholar...

Healthcare insurance fraud is a white collar crime issue across the United States. Those who are involved in a fraud case may find themselves facing serious criminal charges, including federal charges. Extensive fines, jail time and more could result. A person’s...

When an employer is trusted to care for a client’s property, they have a fiduciary duty to act with due diligence and care and do not use this property for their own personal gain. When an employer wrongfully takes or withholds a client’s property, breaching their...

Many people in New York and elsewhere think that an error in filing taxes could be treated as tax evasion by the IRS. Those people need to know that two are not the same. While one is a genuine mistake made while filing tax forms that can run into several pages, the...

Corporate executives have duties to their companies and their shareholders, and they can face consequences if they breach these duties. Generally speaking, those consequences don't involve facing criminal charges. The situation is very different in cases where a...