by admin | Oct 15, 2017 | Criminal Practice Areas, Violent Crimes
Sec 368 of the California Penal Code defines elder abuse as follows: • Physical abuse, such as the infliction of physical injuries and/or sexual abuse, neglect, abandonment and abduction; • Financial abuse, committed through fraud or theft; • Any other treatment...
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...
by admin | Oct 15, 2017 | Fraud
There are many acts that have been defined as white collar criminal crimes in California. These have been defined in common law as the commission of a crime by an individual due to respectability and high social status because of his occupation. These are as follows:...
by admin | Oct 15, 2017 | Criminal Practice Areas, Fraud
Fraud is committed when an individual or organization that deliberately misrepresents the truth in order to obtain gain from others. The most common crimes committed under fraud include consumer fraud, credit fraud, insurance fraud, business fraud and healthcare...
by admin | Oct 15, 2017 | Criminal Practice Areas, Fraud
Forgery is a kind of fraud that has both a “white collar” and “theft” characteristics. Many think this is simply affixing the signature of another but there are greater implications to this. This crime is committed when an individual intends to commit a fraud through...
