For many, the global health emergency of the past few years may seem like a fading memory. We move forward with life, but for some Americans, problems with the justice system persist. The federal government is still issuing charges and sentences for alleged crimes...
With the increase in credit card use over the past few decades, credit card fraud has also risen. Credit card fraud can be charged as a state or federal crime. It is usually charged as a federal crime if the crime took place across state lines. For example, if you...
Online sports wagering is being legalized rapidly across the nation. It seems that one state after another is allowing people to place bets via the internet. Florida, however, has yet to legalize it. While a decision on legal online sports betting in the Sunshine...
If you take your criminal case to trial, then the prosecution is going to take testimony from multiple witnesses in hopes of obtaining a conviction. Even if you know that these witnesses have the facts wrong or are misconstruing the evidence, the jury isn’t going to...
In Florida, incidents and allegations of identity theft are rampant. Often, these stem from Internet-related activity, but identity theft can happen in many other ways. Older people can be particularly vulnerable targets because they tend to be less familiar with...
Banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions do not like it when they even get the hint that a customer or other person has cheated them. For one, fraud hurts their bottom line. Financial institutions devote a lot of time and resources to investigating...
White-collar crimes are nonviolent offenses that involve deception, fraud or theft for financial gain. They are usually committed by people in positions of trust, such as business executives, public officials or other professionals. White-collar crimes can have...
For the past decade or more, the federal government has not prioritized prosecutions of white-collar crimes. Many analysts predicted that it would change with the administration of President Joe Biden, but so far, the expected increases have yet to happen. In fact, by...
