by admin | Oct 15, 2017 | Criminal Practice Areas, Fraud, Theft Crimes
Tax fraud involves the intentional violation of the legal duty to voluntarily file income tax returns and/or failure to pay the accurate amount of taxes, be it income, employment and/or excise taxes. The following are the most common ways to perpetrate tax fraud: •...
by admin | Oct 15, 2017 | Criminal Practice Areas, Fraud
Securities fraud is the criminal act of inducing investors to make purchase or sale decisions on the basis of false information, resulting in losses. These acts are violations of securities laws because of the deceptive practices using false or manipulative...
by admin | Oct 15, 2017 | Criminal Practice Areas, Fraud
This crime is covered under the general criminal term of fraud where there is any deliberate deception practiced in order to obtain unlawful or unfair financial gain. Specifically though, real estate fraud or mortgage fraud is the use of any deliberate false...
by admin | Oct 15, 2017 | California Laws, Criminal laws, Fraud
The crime of prescription fraud, also called doctor shopping, is defined by Secs 11173 and 11153 of the Health and Safety Code of California as the use of multiple providers and pharmacies to get multiple prescriptions for controlled substances, without the providers...
by admin | Oct 15, 2017 | Criminal Practice Areas, Fraud
The California Medicaid program is called Medi-Cal. This program involves public health insurance coverage for low income adults and children. Instituted in 1966, this system accounts for one fourth of the state budget of California, covering one of every six...
by admin | Oct 15, 2017 | California Laws, Criminal laws, Fraud
According to Sec 1341, Chapter 63, Part 1, Title 18 of the United States Code, mail fraud is committed by: “Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent...
