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What Health Care Providers Need to Know About Federal Health Care Fraud Charges
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…
What is the Armed Career Criminal Act?
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…
What is a Kickback and Why is it Illegal?
This week the owner of a telemedicine company pled guilty to a conspiracy to both pay and receive health care kickbacks. A former Netflix executive was sentenced to 30 months in prison this week for receiving bribes and kickbacks from tech companies who wanted lucrative…
Advice for Spouses of White Collar Crime Defendants
If your spouse is being accused of a white collar crime you should consider getting your own attorney—even if you had no knowledge of your spouse’s crimes. Spouses of white collar criminals may not go to prison, but they face civil asset forfeiture and civil…
What to Do If Your Home or Office Gets Raided By Federal Agents
By the time Federal Agents show up at your home or office, you know you’re in deep trouble—even if you haven’t been arrested yet. It can happen at anywhere and at any time. Imagine working at the corporate office of the Flying J, of all…
4 Mistakes to Avoid if You’re Under Investigation for White Collar Crime
Finding out you are the target of a federal criminal investigation is terrifying. After all, only 2% of federal defendants even make it to trial, and most who do are found guilty. The federal government has resources and time on its side, and they typically…
Accused of Insurance Fraud?
Recently 18 former NBA players were charged in a $4 million insurance fraud scheme involving fraudulent medical claims. Clearly even individuals with every advantage are tempted to commit insurance fraud. Experts assert that insurance fraud is responsible for the theft of about $80 billion every…
How to Resolve a Federal Criminal Case Before Charges Are Filed
If you know you are under investigation by the federal government then the very best move you can make is to retain a federal criminal defense attorney. This changes the process quite a bit and gives you your best and only shot of resolving the…
Is Doxing a Crime?
Doxing is a cybercrime that occurs when you take real world information about a person and circulate it online without permission. It doesn’t matter how you got the information: it’s doxing if the victim trusted you enough to give it to you, it’s doxing if…
What to Do If Your Firearms Are Stolen
You do the best you can to secure firearms when you buy them, but sometimes the unavoidable happens and firearms get stolen. If a firearm gets stolen there’s a good chance someone is going to eventually use it to commit a crime. That means the…
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