August 4, 2022
Many Missouri residents usually trust their medical practitioners to order necessary tests and protect their information. Sometimes, though, people take advantage of this trust and commit health care fraud. People of all backgrounds might encounter this kind of fraud, so it is important for them to recognize the signs. One area where people might encounter...
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August 4, 2022
If you are a Missouri resident facing a federal white collar crime charge, your attorney may have discussed with you the possibility of a plea agreement. As reported by Forbes, over 90 percent of federal charge defendants choose to enter into a plea agreement rather than to take their case to trial. Accepting a plea bargain can...
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August 4, 2022
If you are employed by a government entity in Missouri, be it local, state or federal, the funds you deal with are public funds that belong to the “public” your employer serves. Should law enforcement officials allege that you betrayed your public trust by misusing or mishandling these funds, the government can prosecute you in...
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August 4, 2022
If you are like many Missourians, you have an abiding fear of the Internal Revenue Service. Maybe it is similar to your possible aversion to dentists. Even though no dentist or IRS agent ever harmed you, nevertheless you dread every upcoming dental appointment and every upcoming April 15. You keep thinking that just because these...
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August 4, 2022
If you are a Missouri resident charged with committing the white collar crime of mail fraud, you may be wondering exactly what it is that federal law enforcement officials believe you did. As FindLaw explains, mail fraud is a federal crime because it involves more than one state. Fraud per se has two prongs: a scheme for...
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August 4, 2022
Tax season has rolled around again, and Missouri business owners have been busy gathering documents to hand over to their accountants for official assessment of the amounts they owe. When preparing to report profits and losses for the year, choosing to disclose assets candidly is a good first step. Reviewing the legal ramifications of tax evasion may help...
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August 4, 2022
If you are a Missouri resident who has been charged under the federal RICO statute with committing a white collar crime, you may be wondering why you were not charged under a Missouri statute instead. You may never have heard of RICO and are concerned about what it is and what the government must do...
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August 4, 2022
Embezzlement is a white-collar financial crime covering a wide variety of specific illegal activities. Per The Legal Information Institute, embezzlement occurs when someone entrusted with the care of someone else’s personal property, be it in Missouri or any other state, fraudulently takes it for, or converts it to, his or own use or the use of someone...
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July 6, 2022
Tax fraud in Missouri is more than just a simple error in judgment. There are many kinds of tax fraud, each with different executions and penalties, and one kind that you can easily commit is tax evasion. Tax evasion explained Tax evasion is a willful and illegal failure to pay your taxes. It involves both...
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June 27, 2022
Money laundering remains a white-collar crime that law enforcement tries to address. Money laundering involves frequently taking large sums of illegally gotten money and seeking to legitimize the funds. Running money from an illegal enterprise through a legitimate Missouri business is one way someone could pay taxes on the funds while creating paper trails that...
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