Federal Crime

Medical Marijuana and Federal Law

Although 18 states have legalized the medical use of marijuana, federal law does not recognize or protect medicinal marijuana possession or use; a...

Skimming Scam Fraud Charges: Credit Card Theft

Skimming scam fraud is the act of stealing credit card information when the card was used in a legitimate transaction. This is usually done by a b...

What Are the Penalties for Hacking?

State vs Federal Crimes

Many different laws overlap in the criminal arena, and doubts are created as to what criminal court should prosecute the crime. If the crime happens...

Identity Theft Crimes

When someone uses another person’s personally identifiable information without his or her permission an identity theft has occurred. The Federal...

RICO Laws

The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt organizations Act (RICO) is a federal law that was originally put in place to combat and persecute Mafia and or...

Internet Crime

Internet crime, also known as cyber crime, is as diverse as the internet itself. Any crime that occurs via the internet can be considered an inter...

Laws on Corporate Fraud

Corporate fraud, sometimes known as business fraud, occurs when any employee or representative of a company, business, agency or organization attemp...

Environmental Violations

Committing an environmental crime and violating the laws and regulations of the United States can be a serious offense. These regulations have been ...

Insurance Fraud Penalties

Insurance fraud occurs when people deceive an insurance company in order to collect money to which they are not entitled. Insurance fraud is a cri...

Money Laundering

Money Laundering is the illegal act of disguising illegally gotten funds so that they seem legal. Criminals accomplish this by concealing the sour...

Embezzlement: Penalties and Sentencing

Embezzlement is one kind of property theft. It occurs when someone who was entrusted to manage or monitor someone else’s money or property steals al...

Laws on Bankruptcy Fraud

Bankruptcy fraud is a very specific type of fraud that can only occur when someone or some business, agency or corporation is filing for bankruptcy....

Laws on Grand Theft

Grand theft differs from petty theft only in the total amount or value of the items stolen or removed without the legal owner's consent or knowledge...

Social Security Identity Fraud

Your social security card is one of the most sought after items for identity thieves. Obtaining your social security number can open literally hundr...

Simple Assault

In very general terms an assault is any attempt or actual contact between one person and another with the intent to cause harm or damage to that ind...

Bank Fraud - Laws, Sentencing, Penalties

Bank fraud and mortgage fraud cost innocent individuals millions of dollar per year. Bank fraud can include forged checks, credit cards issued to pe...

Laws on Federal Mail Fraud

It’s a federal crime to use the U.S. mail, or any private delivery service, in connection with a scheme to intentionally defraud others of money or ...

Drug Trafficking Laws

Drug Trafficking is the illegal criminal enterprise that entails cultivating, manufacturing, shipping, distributing and selling controlled drugs/sub...

Marriage Fraud

One of the primary goals of the U.S. immigration laws is to reunite families, including married couples. However, the apparent ease of obtaining a g...

Phishing: Sentencing and Penalties

Phishing falls under the category of white collar crimes since it is done over the internet and using computers. In phishing scams emails, usually b...

Securities Fraud: Sentencing and Penalties

Securities fraud is a very general catch all type of felony charge that indicates that some type of willful and intentional deception occurred with ...

Extortion

Extortion is a unique type of crime that occurs when someone; through threats or actions of bodily harm, wrongful accusations or threats or destruct...

Exhibition of Speed

The charge of exhibition of speed is based on a driver’s attempt to race or engage in any type of speed contest on a public roadway. This can incl...

Counterfeiting Laws

When good or services appear to originate from a legitimate source but are in fact unauthorized reproductions, the crime of counterfeiting has lik...

Murder and Homicide

Murder and homicide both refer to the taking of a human being’s life by another human being. While a homicide may not always be criminal in natu...

Laws on Work From Home Scams

Work from home scams come in all different shapes and sizes but they typically involve having an individual pay for some product, service or compute...

Laws on Tax Evasion

Tax evasion can occur whenever an individual, business, organization or other entity intentionally misleads or provides incorrect information when f...

Tampering with Evidence

Tampering with evidence is the crime of altering, destroying, or concealing physical evidence with the intent to affect the outcome of a criminal inve...

Laws on Staged Auto Accidents

A staged auto accident is one way that several people, working in conjunction with each other, attempt to commit auto insurance fraud. These acciden...

Laws on Resisting With Violence

Resisting with violence is a felony charge that can be of a lesser or greater degree, depending on the level of the violence or perceived violence d...

Laws on Practicing Without A License

Every doctor and dentist in any state in the United States must have a current medical or dental license in order to provide patient care and servic...

Laws on Jury Duty Scams

There are many different types of jury duty scams that occur on a daily basis. Some of the most common involve someone, reporting to be from the cou...

Laws on Fraud

There are many very different and highly specific types of fraud, however as a general charge fraud includes any attempt to unlawfully and deliberat...

Antitrust Penalties

Anti-trust cases and violations occur when a company or group of companies works together in such a way to hinder, hamper or control the free market...

Computer Crime Laws

Computer crimes are generally defined as criminal activity involving an information technology infrastructure, including illegal access (unauthorize...

Federal Fraud Laws

Federal Fraud generally occurs when any individual, business, government contractor or subcontractor, medical provider, or drug and medical device c...

Drug Manufacturing Laws

Drug Manufacturing is the illegal activity of producing drugs for distribution, usually in the form of creating secret labs or growing facilities to...

Custom Violation Laws

Customs Violations run a gauntlet of seriousness in the severity of their nature. Often times, a customs violation is the result of nothing more tha...

Government Fraud

Government fraud is one of the main objectives for the law enforcement groups and agencies in the U. S. Government. Government fraud crimes that are...

Will Eric Rudolph’s case blow up in his face?

ERIC ROBERT RUDOLPH IS CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH THE BOMBING OF A HEALTH CLINIC IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, ...

Oklahoma bomber leaves Club Fed for the death bed

Terry Lynn Nichols is the second man charged in the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, ...

FBI ten most wanted fugitives in the United States

FBI ten most wanted fugitives in the United States. Here is America’s 10 Most Wanted fugitives. President Bush posted a bounty o...

Rapper DMX Arrested For ID Fraud

Earl Simmons, better known as rap star DMX, has been indicted in the state of Arizona on charges of identity fraud in an attempt to avoid paying med...

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