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White Collar Crimes

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White Collar Crimes Defense

White collar crimes can bring State or Federal charges

From the moment you were detained and arrested every decision that you make can make a difference in how your case develops. If you have been charged arrested, or are being investigated for a white collar crime, you need to contact a criminal defense attorney to get control of your situation.

By general definition, a white collar crime is a non-violent act involving intentional deception. White collar crimes are usually committed by business professionals, workers or public officials to cover up a crime, seek financial gain, or disrupt the legal process by obstruction or jury tampering.

White collar crimes can be a misdemeanor or a felony crime depending upon the circumstances. Conviction of a white collar crime is always a criminal conviction, however the person convicted may later also face civil lawsuits from victims of the crime.

Fraud charges can be brought forth for a wide variety of actions. Fraud charges stem essentially from an act of deception to achieve a specific result. White collar fraud cases can occur from intentional over-billing or invoicing for goods or services never provided, inaccurately providing financial data on loan applications, requesting insurance representation for non-existing or self-inflicted damages, and more.

White Collar Crimes can include embezzlement, scams, collusion, bribery, kickbacks and more. Financial related charges can stem from illegal use of credit card information, improper requests for reimbursement, hiding money from tax authorities, providing bribes or kickbacks, investment scams, security fraud, ponzi schemes, and more.

Other business related crimes can originate from environmental law violations such as money laundering, illegal dumping of toxic waste, improper financial reporting, unethical sales practices, collusion, price fixing, price gouging, insider trading and more.

Federal white collar charges often involve the RICO Act, which was enacted in 1970 to provide for extended criminal penalties, and possible civil actions for acts performed as part of an ongoing criminal enterprise. The RICO Act specifically addresses racketeering, and makes it permissible for the heads of a crime syndicate to be arrested and tried for any crimes which they commissioned to be done by others. Persons convicted of federal white collar crime charges are facing harsh sentencing, without chance for parole, in federal prisons. Federal charges are extremely serious and require the services of an experienced federal crimes defense lawyer.

White Collar Crimes in Georgia - OCGA § 16-9-121

  • (a) A person commits the offense of identity fraud when he or she willfully and fraudulently:
  • (1) Without authorization or consent, uses or possesses with intent to fraudulently use identifying information concerning a person;
  • (2) Uses identifying information of an individual under 18 years old over whom he or she exercises custodial authority;
  • (3) Uses or possesses with intent to fraudulently use identifying information concerning a deceased individual;
  • (4) Creates, uses, or possesses with intent to fraudulently use any counterfeit or fictitious identifying information concerning a fictitious person with intent to use such counterfeit or fictitious identification information for the purpose of committing or facilitating the commission of a crime or fraud on another person; or
  • (5) Without authorization or consent, creates, uses, or possesses with intent to fraudulently use any counterfeit or fictitious identifying information concerning a real person with intent to use such counterfeit or fictitious identification information for the purpose of committing or facilitating the commission of a crime or fraud on another person.
  • (b) A person commits the offense of identity fraud by receipt of fraudulent identification information when he or she willingly accepts for identification purposes identifying information which he or she knows to be fraudulent, stolen, counterfeit, or fictitious. In any prosecution under this subsection it shall not be necessary to show a conviction of the principal thief, counterfeiter, or fraudulent user.
  • (c) The offenses created by this Code section shall not merge with any other offense.
  • (d) This Code section shall not apply to a person under the age of 21 who uses a fraudulent, counterfeit, or other false identification card for the purpose of obtaining entry into a business establishment or for purchasing items which he or she is not of legal age to purchase.

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