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The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act was enacted, in part, as way to eradicate the harmful effects of organized crime on the nation’s financial system. Today, RICO is a claim that is frequently asserted in federal courts by the alleged victims of white collar crimes. The RICO Act refers to criminal activities such as… Read More

Today, more and more doctors and health care providers have found themselves having to defend themselves against allegations of healthcare fraud. Since the expense and quality of healthcare services have been on the minds of the public in recent days, there has been a drastic increase in government regulation. Healthcare fraud can include such actions… Read More

  Any individual attempting to enter, reenter, depart, pass through or reside in the U.S. runs the risk of having the electronic devices he or she is traveling with detained for an extended period of time.  When crossing the U.S. border, Customs and Border Protection Officers (CBP) or U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement Officers (ICE)… Read More

The cost of fraud can be drastically reduced in the state of California by consumers who are equipped with the vast amount of consumer protection information that is available to them. All counties in California have an Office of Weights and Measures, which has jurisdiction over all commodities that are weighed, measured, or counted, to… Read More

Undoubtedly, the world as a whole has changed since the events of September 11, 2001. This reality is particularly appropriate when discussing the United States’ counterterrorist efforts with respect to terrorist financing. Accordingly, the government has decided to pay close attention to and place great emphasis on the hindrance of terrorist financing, and it has… Read More

In reaction to a series of highly-publicized corporate accounting scandals, Congress enacted the Public Company Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002, which is also known as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Act also includes a new stipulation to shield whistleblowers by prohibiting any sort of retaliation against the employees of publicly traded companies who choose… Read More

It is a criminal offense to disseminate false or deceptive advertisement even if no one is actually deceived or sustains losses from the advertisement. Penalties for deceptive advertising depend on the nature of the violation, but may include fines, injunctions, and possible jail. A skilled San Francisco white-collar criminal lawyer may be able to reduce… Read More

The term “whistleblower” is defined as a citizen who reports illegal activity against the government, or any other fraudulent act within a company, state agency or organization. A federal law called the False Claims Act (“FCA”), also known as the “Lincoln Act”, allows whistleblowers to file suit, known as a qui tam suit, in the… Read More

While everyone who travels internationally has had experience filling out customs declaration forms when reentering the United States, most people have very little knowledge of what they are and are not actually allowed to bring into the country and how steep the penalties can be for even an innocent or unwitting mistake. Are you aware… Read More

Currency trading is a highly speculative, fast-paced high-risk investment strategy.  International currency markets operate 24 hours a day with a high volume of trading. Foreign exchange (Forex) market trading is also one of the financial activities that federal regulators scrutinize most closely for instances of fraud and illegal diversion of investors’ funds. The Forex arena… Read More