How prepared are you for an unexpected civil lawsuit? There are many ways that a business can be targeted in the state of California. You can be named as the defendant in a whistleblower lawsuit, or you might be investigated for tax fraud. As the CEO of the company,...
For any business in California to survive and make the necessary profits, there must be a great deal of trust among founders, partners, managers and employees. When someone breaches their duty of loyalty and care they owe others, the business is likely to suffer a...
Technicalities can make a big difference in many criminal cases, and this has been further established by the U.S. Fifth Circuit in a case regarding Medicaid billing. California medical facilities are sales offices, in many ways, and they commonly look for any action...
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...
Millions of people in California and around the county purchase items from Amazon's online marketplace each day. Amazon uses a complex algorithm to determine how the marketplace's millions of stores are sorted and ranked, but not all merchants play by the rules....
One of America's largest hospital chains is accused of Medicare fraud due to excessive, unnecessary emergency room admission rates. The Service Employees International Union covers five years of data, 2014-2019, that supports these allegations. SEIU analyzed Hospital...
California companies both big and small try to keep an eye out for embezzlement. It happens more than people may assume, and it has the power to topple a business or non-profit organization, which is why the state imposes harsh penalties for those convicted of...
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...
Counterfeit medicine is intentionally and fraudulently labeled with the incorrect drug name and source. The main reason is to commit pharmaceutical fraud by selling a product at a higher price than it's worth. Counterfeit medicine has different ways of affecting...
On April 30, a jury in California found the former vice president of IT operations at Netflix guilty for an alleged bribery scheme. The 52-year-old man was then sentenced on Dec. 14 to serve 30 months in prison and forfeit $700,000. He was also ordered to pay a...
