Defending Against Charges of Money Laundering: “Proceeds” Must be “Profits”

Defending Against Charges of Money Laundering: “Proceeds” Must be “Profits”

  • On April 9, 2025
As defined here by the US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, money laundering involves “disguising financial assets so they can be used without detection of the illegal activity that produced them.” Through various methods, money and profits received from criminal activity is transformed into money or assets that appear to have a legal source. The stated […]
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Common Conspiracy Charges and How to Fight Them

Common Conspiracy Charges and How to Fight Them

  • On January 29, 2019
  • criminal defense attorneys, Federal Conspiracy Law
Understanding Conspiracy Charges Conspiracy charges are particularly difficult to defend in court. In many situations, federal conspiracy charges are added to a person’s record to increase the severity of the potential penalties a person faces. Often, federal conspiracy charges greatly increase the fines or prison terms of convicted individuals. It can be helpful to understand […]
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Georgia Man Faces 20 Years in Prison for Sending Fraudulent Email

Georgia Man Faces 20 Years in Prison for Sending Fraudulent Email

  • On June 28, 2017
  • criminal defense lawyer, Federal Crime, Wire Fraud
In March 2017, a Brookhaven man allegedly sent one email to a county government in Kansas and received more than a half million dollars, according to WXIA. The man was arrested on federal charges for allegedly carrying out an e-mail spoofing scheme that cost Sedgwick County approximately $566,000. The man, a 48-year-old, is charged with wire […]
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Metro Atlanta Dentist Gets a Year and Six Months for Medicaid Fraud

Metro Atlanta Dentist Gets a Year and Six Months for Medicaid Fraud

  • On June 6, 2017
  • Health Care Fraud, Medicare/Medicaid Fraud
A dentist who practiced in DeKalb and Gwinnett counties was sentenced to one year and six months in federal prison for Medicaid fraud in April 2017, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution. She was accused of falsely filing approximately $1 million in Medicaid claims. The U.S. attorney over the case said the dentist submitted bills […]
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FBI Seeks Person Interest in Atlanta Credit Card Theft Ring

FBI Seeks Person Interest in Atlanta Credit Card Theft Ring

  • On June 3, 2017
  • Credit Card Fraud, Federal Criminal Defense
According to WXIA, in March 2017, The FBI release new information on a massive credit card fraud ring happening in Georgia for months. The alleged credit card thieves have stolen cards mainly in the Cobb and Gwinnet counties. They have used the credit cards to buy thousands of dollars in gift cards from a variety […]
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What Constitutes Fraud In the Eyes of the Law?

  • On November 7, 2015
In criminal law, both at the state and federal levels, there are many possible crimes that can be considered fraud—wire fraud, mail fraud, tax fraud and healthcare fraud, for example. But what constitutes fraud in the eyes of the law? How do prosecutors decide when fraud has actually been committed, and how do they go […]
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