Mail or wire fraud is a serious violation of the law, and U.S. authorities impose significant penalties for those convicted. However, it can be defended against in certain circumstances, depending on the facts of the case. If you are facing mail or wire fraud charges,...
Wire fraud is a serious offense that involves the use of electronic communication to perpetrate fraudulent schemes. Fraudsters leverage wire communications to steal money from their victims through a computer or mobile phone. Even though wire fraud has some...
Criminal conspiracy charges arise when two or more individuals plan or agree to commit a crime and take further action to do so. In the context of wire fraud, the threshold for facing conspiracy charges involves a collaborative effort to intentionally deceive and...
In California and other parts of the United States, mail and wire fraud are federal crimes that are vigorously prosecuted. Although some may consider it less serious than offenses like drug trafficking, mail fraud is a significant felony that can lead to fines and...
Mail fraud and wire fraud are both examples of white-collar crimes. These are nonviolent crimes that are typically financially motivated and involve a level of deceit or deception. Since both mail and wire fraud involve interstate jurisdiction, these crimes are...
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...
California residents can find their lives turned upside down if they face charges of wire fraud. This is a serious white-collar crime that can impact everyone. What is wire fraud? Wire fraud is a white-collar, federal crime. It occurs when a person uses electronic...
A solicitation for a product or service could arrive in the mail, and the deal might seem too good to turn down. Unfortunately, the flyer mailed to a California residence might support a mail fraud scheme. Anyone running a scheme that uses the post office to...
Wire fraud in Los Angeles, California, falls under white-collar crimes, which are nonviolent, illegal financial acts committed for monetary gain. The main offenders of white-collar crimes tend to be affluent people from business sectors, which gave these offenses the...
Mail fraud is defined as any fraudulent activity that uses the mail to defraud others. This could be through traditional mail, by phone, or online. There are many different types of mail fraud that California citizens may be charged with. Financial fraud One of the...
