White Collar Crimes in California

Los Angeles white collar crime attorneys will tell you, you do not have to use violent force to commit a crime. In fact, some of the most notorious criminals in history never physically hurt anyone—they got someone else to do it for them. There are a host of non-violent crimes that get people thrown in […]

Embezzlement: An Inside Job

Simply put, embezzlement or employee theft is stealing from your employer.  Embezzlement is considered a white collar crime.  It’s the type of crime that has to involve someone with inside knowledge of someone’s finances, because it usually involves moving money around in different accounts which need passwords and so forth.  A crime that can accompany […]

Embezzlement, A Growing Crime

America’s economy is in a state of flux, and many investigations have begun into the seemingly underhanded financial deals that have gone on, particularly in the mortgage industry.  While the media has been paying attention to Wall Street, Los Angeles criminal attorneys know that smaller embezzlement infractions have happened in smaller towns as well.

In Connecticut, a […]

A Defendant vs. the Prosecution…and the System

Leland Wong, once known as a power broker in City Hall, is under investigation for bribery and his defense attorney is claiming that there is a steamroller of an investigation pitted against him. 
Prosecutors are alleging that Wong accepted bribes of up to $100,000 by a Taiwanese company looking to make some headway in a lease […]

Embezzlement: Destroying Corporations, Individuals, Governments and Churches

Embezzlement is defined as “the fraudulent conversion of property of another by a person in lawful possession of that property”. America has had its share of famous embezzlers, including Robert Vesco, who in the 1970’s stole tens of millions after he took over Investors Overseas Services, a struggling mutual fund company. This past September […]

Fraud, A Blemmish on the White Collar of America

Edwin H. Sutherland, who is one of the most influential criminologists of the first half of the twentieth century defined white collar crime as “a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation.”
According to the IRS website, fraud on the corporate level, encompasses violations of the […]