by admin | Oct 15, 2017 | Criminal Practice Areas, Fraud
This crime of internet fraud is also called cyber crime. The venue for most of these crimes occurs online and on the Internet, in chat rooms, on message boards and email exchanges. The following are some of the types of internet fraud that are perpetrated: • Obtaining...
by admin | Oct 15, 2017 | Criminal Practice Areas, Fraud
The crime of identity theft is committed when an individual unlawfully uses another individual’s private information in order to commit fraud. The kinds of personal information used in this crime are other people’s names, Social Security number, bank account number,...
by admin | Oct 15, 2017 | Criminal Practice Areas, Fraud
Health care fraud is a rampant industry in the United States especially in California. Because of the many individuals that are part of the whole system, from doctors, nurses, dentists, patients, insurance companies and other health care providers, there are many...
by admin | Oct 15, 2017 | Criminal Practice Areas, Fraud
False impersonation occurs when an individual assumes the identity of another person in order to gain a personal benefit or cause harm to the other person. It is thus a requisite that the individual being impersonated is a real person and not a fictitious one and the...
by admin | Oct 15, 2017 | Criminal Practice Areas, Fraud
This offense is considered as “white collar” crime and often is linked to finance and commerce. This is often performed through the use of stolen or lost credit cards to purchase goods and now there is an increasing trend of using the Internet to commit the fraud. The...
by admin | Oct 15, 2017 | Criminal Practice Areas, Fraud
Secs 548, 549, 550 and 551 of the California Penal Code criminalize the many acts that are collectively known as car insurance fraud. Auto insurance fraud is committed through the following acts: • The accused knowingly submitted a fraudulent claim to an auto...
