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Fraud is commonly defined as any purposeful deception that is practiced in an effort to secure an illegal or unjust financial gain. Breaking California’s real estate and mortgage fraud laws will subject you to prosecution under the broader area of the state’s general fraud laws. Real estate fraud is any intentional misrepresentation that is made… Read More

According to the FBI, pyramid schemes (also known as franchise fraud) are investment and marketing frauds in which individuals are given the opportunity to buy a distributorship or franchise to promote a specific product. Real profit is earned; however, it is not earned through the sale of the product, but rather through the sale of… Read More

San Rafael Police have scheduled a DUI and driver’s license checkpoint for this Friday, September 30th on eastbound Third Street at Union Street. The checkpoint will start at 6 p.m. and may relocate later in the evening to northbound Irwin Street at Fifth Avenue.

California’s Revenue and Taxation Code prescribes the types of taxes to which state residents and companies are obligated to pay, the computation of those taxes, the organization responsible for their collection, and the penalties for deceptive tax practices such as tax evasion. The state defines tax evasion as any act in which a taxpayer deliberately… 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

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

California’s Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA) protects common pieces of valuable information. Accordingly, if a company makes a reasonable effort to guard its information, and if that information is so valuable such that it is kept secret, California’s courts will generally recognize that these common pieces of data can be given protection as a trade… 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