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While you may realize that health care fraud is a problem, it may seem like the kind of thing that will never happen at your practice. However, you may face allegations of fraud because of the way that you conduct your business practices. Health care fraud can take...
Most legal experts define white-collar crime as a non-violent act committed for financial gain. One common denominator in this activity is the use of deceit to trick a person or party into giving up money or an asset. Common white-collar crimes include fraud,...
If you have any involvement with the sale or purchase of stocks, you have likely come across the term insider trading before. Even people uninvolved with trading recognize it as a problematic issue. But what exactly is insider trading, anyway? Why does it pose such a...
If you've been watching the headlines, one thing is clear: Federal authorities are starting to go after white-collar criminals (and suspected criminals) in a big way.In the last month alone, there have been major developments involving the opioid crisis and Purdue...
Having a "company card" is a privilege that not every employee gets. Generally speaking, access to a company card is reserved for only the employees that are in the most trusted positions.While some companies carefully watch the charges that go on those cards, others...
White collar prosecutions usually take people by surprise. Sometimes, they have no idea that what they did was even illegal. Other times, they got caught up in circumstances that spiraled out of control before they realized it, and they simply never took the time to...
You'd never even steal a $20 bill from someone's unattended wallet, so how did you find yourself facing charges of credit card fraud? It can happen more easily than you might think.Credit card fraud is a type of identity theft, and it's a common problem in this...
An Illinois pastor at a Chicago church has been indicted on charges of stealing over $800,000 of money that was designated for a food program to help needy children. The 45-year-old man had previously been charged with fraud for taking $100,000 from an elderly man in...
Illinois residents may be aware that several celebrities have been charged in connection with a college admissions scandal. Actress Felicity Huffman pleaded guilty in May to paying an admissions consultant $15,000 to improve her daughter's SAT scores, and the...
A former vice president of Illinois-based MillerCoors was sentenced to three and a half years in prison on May 16 for defrauding the brewer out of about $8.6 million between 2003 and 2013. The 60-year-old man entered a guilty plea to one count of wire fraud as part of...
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