Miami Criminal Lawyers Blog

Miami- Detectives are investigating a man who has allegedly been stealing identities and passing counterfeit checks across South Florida.  This form of criminal act is often referred to as Identity Theft.

In a statement made by police the suspect enters the victim's banks to then deposit counterfeit checks into their accounts.  A split deposit is made where the suspect deposits a phony check into the victim's account to then withdraw a portion of the funds.

Identity theft is a crime that is considered to be a white collar crime.  White collar crimes are fraud, bankruptcy fraud, bribery, insider trading, embezzlement, computer crime, medical crime, public corruption, identity theft, environmental crime, pension fund crime, RICO crimes, consumer fraud, occupational crime, securities fraud, financial fraud, and forgery.

A conviction for a white collar crime could mean prison time and thousands of dollars in fines.

If you have been arrested or charged with a crime in the State of Florida you will need to hire an experienced Florida Criminal Defense Attorney who will demand the integrity and the proficiency of the investigation that lead to the arrest is beyond reproach.  Attorneys at Musca Law will provide you with the highest quality criminal representation available.

As an experienced Miami Criminal Defense Attorney, Attorney Musca is committed to protecting his clients' rights. If you or someone that you know is facing a white collar crime, contact Musca Law to schedule a consultation.  Call Musca Law toll free at 1-800-687-2252 or visit us on the web at muscalaw.com.

Corporate crime is often used interchangeably with the term white collar crime, although the two are not one and the same. Embezzlement may be a white collar crime but not a corporate crime. For example, a secretary at a small business might slowly siphon off funds from the business. Insider trading is an example of a crime that occurs most frequently in the corporate world.

When many people think of corporate crime, they think of Enron. Enron Corporation was a Texas-based energy business, which dabbled in communications, paper, internet services, and natural gas in addition to electricity. The company famously posted profits in excess of $100 billion in 2000. Later, it became publicly known that the company had engaged in massive fraud in its accounting practices and it became the largest company to ever file for bankruptcy in the United States. Directors of the company settled several civil suits with their own funds.

Enron executives engaged in insider trading practices, strategically selling off their own stock because they were aware of the fraudulent accounting and the losses the company was not posting. Meanwhile, they informed investors that the stock would continue to become more valuable. Insider trading occurs when those with "inside information" such as company directors or executives sell or buy stock based on secret information. The executives even created some fraudulent power outages in California, causing rolling blackouts and national concern about the California energy crisis, which the company claimed was based on too little available power. On certain occasions, the system had actually been manipulated.

Enron executives Kenneth Lay and Jeff Skilling were convicted on numerous criminal corporate fraud charges in 2006. Lay died prior to sentencing in the case, but Skilling was sentenced to 28 months in federal prison for his role in the Enron scandal.

If you have been arrested or charged with a white collar, corporate, or federal crime, contact the Miami criminal defense lawyers at Musca Law.