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Being charged as an accomplice of a crime

Illinois residents who are accused of helping or encouraging another person to commit a crime could potentially be charged as an accomplice. Someone who is accused of being an accomplice can potentially face a prison sentence and other serious consequences. Before a person can be accused of being an accomplice to a crime, there are several elements that a prosecutor must be able to prove. First, there must be proof that the actual crime was...

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White Collar Crimes

Authorities Cracking Down On Home Health Care Fraud

Recently, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General released a report identifying the Chicago metropolitan area as a hot spot of home health care fraud. The report identified 37 home health care providers and 257 doctors in the area as having submitted Medicare claims with “characteristics similar to those observed in cases of fraud,” according to an article from the Chicago Tribune. Home Health Care Fraud Can Come In Many...

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White Collar Crimes

Difficulties in prosecuting white collar crime

Some people in Illinois may have followed some of the many financial scandals that have occurred in recent years. Those who have questions about why there were successful prosecutions in some cases and not in others might find the answers in the book “Capital Offenses: Business Crime and Punishment in America’s Corporate Age.” The author, who formerly worked on the U.S. Justice Department Enron Co. Task Force, spent years carefully looking at accounting procedures that...

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