Lee Koch

If you own stocks and are engaged in buying them and selling them then there are laws which govern your involvement in the market. One of those laws is that the playing field must be even. If you have information about a company or stock that is not available to the public and you act…

In a previous post, we covered the Armed Career Criminal Act. This Act names someone a “career criminal” if they commit three prior violent felony or have three prior serious drug offense convictions. To qualify as an ACCA crime, they must be committed on “occasions different from one another.” Recently, the Supreme Court heard Wooden…

You can absolutely hire a federal criminal attorney before charges are filed. In fact, there are many good reasons to do just that, especially if you already know or have reason to believe that you’ve become the target of a federal investigation. Even if you believe you are only a witness in a investigation it…

The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division opened 146 grand jury investigations last year, the most in thirty years. The federal government has requested a budget increase of 9% for the Antitrust Division. It’s obvious this is going to be a hot area in white collar criminal defense. It’s been 50 years since the DOJ last…

As technology has improved, both state and federal law enforcement agencies have begun using “reverse warrants” in their quest to investigate crimes. While critics often state that these warrants are little better than dragnets, they have not been successful at shutting down the use of them or keeping the evidence generated from reverse warrants out…

Right now, three men are on trial for the murder of 25-year old Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man who was out for a jog when three white men gunned him down. Unfortunately, hate crimes are getting a lot more common. Here in New York, there was also a recent attack on an Asian man that…

You may have heard “RICO” mentioned on various police shows…or you might realize you’re up against RICO charges right now. Either way, it’s not a term that’s in common, everyday use. “RICO” stands for “racketeering influenced and corrupt organizations.” The RICO Act is a law that covers a multitude of activity. Racketeering is organized, and…

The Department of Justice has been putting a lot of focus on health care fraud cases. For example, in 2020 the DOJ recovered $3.1 billion after a series of successful health care fraud investigations. Fortunately it’s really not possible to accidentally commit this form of fraud. Most forms of fraud require some sort of deliberate…

One of the first cases that the Supreme Court will hear in 2022 is Wooden vs. The United States.  This is a case that pertains to the Armed Career Criminal Act, which asks the courts to clarify when a person has committed one crime or several at the same instance. In this specific case, William…