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When we think of hostage scenarios, most of us conjure up the image of a person being abducted. Then the abductors send the person’s loved ones a sketchy note or phone call requesting money with the threat of harming the abductee if they do not get it. However, ransom...
Being under criminal investigation can be enormously stressful. After all, you probably know that a criminal conviction for the crime being investigated can carry severe penalties. You could end up facing large fines, damage to your career and reputation and, most...
As a physician you have a good working relationship with your colleagues in your community. It may seem inconsequential for you to refer a patient to another physician and for that physician to take you out to lunch in exchange for the referral. However, this...
Most of us cannot deny that the United States is in the midst of a significant drug overdose crisis. Drug overdoses can easily lead to fatalities, leaving children without parents, partners without partners and parents without children. Recognizing the trauma caused...
Ben Franklin once said that “nothing is certain but death and taxes.” In fact, taxes are so certain that an attempt to evade taxes — otherwise known as tax evasion — is a crime with potentially significant consequences. Types of tax evasion Tax evasion refers to the...
Public employees in New York City and surrounding municipalities have access to enormous amounts of money. The temptation to help themselves to some of this money must at times seem overwhelming. The Justice Department recently announced a guilty plea involving an...
Since 2008, bank and mortgage fraud has become a much hotter topic of enforcement both at the state and federal level. At the basic level, it simply refers to any “purposeful misrepresentation or deception in the banking or mortgage field,” which could be predatory...
The thought of being taken into custody can be terrifying. You may not fully understand how your criminal case is going to play out, and the threat of conviction and its accompanying penalties can be crushing. But the chances are good that you won’t have to languish...
Our readers may have seen the news that an alleged group of gang members in Brooklyn are facing federal charges after a joint law enforcement operation between the NYPD, ATF and the DEA led to four arrests. The reports indicate that the four defendants who are now...
Conspiracy cases are notoriously difficult both to prove and to defend against. The very term “conspiracy” is often subjective in nature and nebulous by definition. As a result, prosecutors must build a carefully crafted house of cards to prove these types of cases,...