White-collar crimes in New York cover a range of illegal financial acts that are not commonly violent but are still deceitful. The term gets its name from the typical offender, which includes people in affluent business sectors. A type of white-collar crime includes...
A hospital stay in New York can be very expensive, and the number of charges for just a couple of days as an inpatient can be mind-blowing. If you've ever looked closely at an itemized medical bill, you'll know how difficult these charges are to keep track of. Some...
The overbreadth doctrine – commonly shortened to overbreadth – is the rule that a regulation of speech can be too broad, imposing on protected speech. This is related to vagueness, which is where the rule is too vague for a person to figure out what’s permissible and...
When you're just getting started in investing, it's easy to become a victim of investment fraud. This type of fraud is when someone tries to get you to invest money into a fraudulent account. There's no real investment opportunity, and the money you've invested is...
In the state of New York, anyone caught engaging in sexual coercion of a minor is subject to serious prison time. Sexual coercion of a minor entails an individual who attempts to or actually persuades anyone under the age of 18 into participating in any sexual...
In New York, many people depend on Medicaid or Medicare to help take care of their medical needs. Unfortunately, some members of these programs will take advantage of everything these programs offer. With that in mind, here are a few common ways that Medicaid or...
New York residents have probably heard about wire fraud at least once in their lives, but unless it happens to you, it’s hard to understand it. Wire fraud is what happens when someone uses the internet, a phone call, fax or social media to get access to funds that...
A former New York State Police trooper will perform 20 hours of community service for filing a false arrest report and lying during a pretrial hearing. The 34-year-old Long island man’s sentence was handed down on June 28. He was facing up to seven years in a state...
Before and during criminal trials in New York and around the country, prosecutors ask judges to make rulings, issue orders or provide directions. These requests are called motions and they can be made orally during the course of a criminal trial or in writing before...
All defendants in a court case are presumed innocent unless proven guilty. In your case, there may be certain facts that could unfairly prejudice you in front of a jury if they were to be revealed at trial. For this reason, the law and its procedures has given you a...
