Credit card fraud in California may involve cards stolen and used before the owner reports them missing. Holders of an account may divulge information that leads to unauthorized purchases. A data breach may also happen at retailers, agencies, credit bureaus and more....
If you attempt to influence a public official in California, you could be charged with bribery. However, there are many elements to a bribery case that must be proven if the state hopes to convict you of the charge. Depending on the facts of a case, you could be...
Misleading merchants and scams are happening. Residents of California may want to learn more about action by the FTC against a credit card processor. The payment processor opened accounts for a company that formerly was the target of an FTC suit. According to law...
Drug companies in California and elsewhere conduct clinical trials to determine the efficacy and safety of new therapies. But what happens when a research company enrolls ineligible patients or doesn't accurately report results? Clinical research fraud can harm...
Todd Ament was formerly the CEO of the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce. He now faces accusations of making false financial statements to help acquire a loan, which he used to purchase a house in Big Bear, California. Falsely inflated assets This came out through a federal...
If your company based in California sells products or supplements designed to improve the health of people afflicted with chronic health conditions, you may come under increased scrutiny by the United States federal government. Last fall, the Food and Drug...
Almost everyone in California who has an email account has probably received a message from a “Nigerian Prince” at some point. The infamous Nigerian Prince scam is one of the oldest examples of wire fraud, and this familiar scam has cost gullible Americans millions of...
Residents of California may want to learn more about the case of a doctor who accepted money from drug and device manufacturers. She has a warning for future doctors and is speaking out at medical schools to warn future doctors of this type of fraud. Facing the...
Medical-related disinformation is already pernicious, but bad actors sometimes enrich themselves by falsifying clinical trial data. In one such case, the project manager of a clinical research firm was in a conspiracy to falsify clinical drug trial data. The manager...
Nearly every day, the crime of embezzlement appears in the news. Defending a charge of embezzlement often involves using two or more criminal defense techniques. In California, embezzling more than $950 is a felony that may carry three years in prison. Criminal...
