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What Are Price Fixing Schemes?
A price fixing scheme is a white collar crime that involves colluding with competitors to decide what prices will be. Antitrust laws require companies to establish prices and other competitive terms without consulting with competitors. You are allowed to conduct market research to see what…
What is the Third Party Doctrine?
While most evidence that could be collected in a federal criminal case is protected by Sixth Amendment rights against unreasonable search and seizure, some information that could be used against you is not. That information is covered under the “third party” doctrine. The “third party”…
What is Set-Aside Fraud?
Set-aside fraud is a type of contractor fraud. It is a violation of the False Claims Act (31 USC Sections 3729 to 3733) and involves defrauding the United States government in order to get contracts. It is called “set-aside” fraud because it involves making false…
What is the False Claims Act?
There have been attempts to defraud the United States Military for about as long as there has been a military. In 1863, the federal government enacted the False Claims Act to target defense contractors attempting to defraud the military during the Civil War. This law…
What is Bid Rigging?
One white collar crime that the Department of Justice is cracking down on quite hard of late is “bid rigging.” Bid rigging is the process of undermining the competitive process whenever businesses compete by submitting bids to a buyer. The Department of Justice takes an…
What is the Procurement Collusion Strike Force?
The Procurement Collusion Strike Force is a DOJ, states Attorneys General, Department of Defense, and Federal Trade Commission joint effort to crack down on antitrust and anticompetitive activities in public procurement. It focuses on government contractors and looks for bid rigging, bribery, kickbacks, project substitution,…
Are You Guilty of Loan Fraud?
Loans and credit are an every day part of American life. Most of us fill out loan applications and take out lines of credit without giving a lot of thought to the legal implications of doing so. Yet when you take out a loan you…
Are You Guilty of Insider Trading?
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…
Supreme Court Makes ACCA Decision
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…
Can You Hire a Federal Criminal Attorney Before Charges Are Filed?
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…
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