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...
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...
