Despite the havoc that has occurred with the economy, mortgages and the banking system over the last several years, no Wall Street executives have been prosecuted since the economy went down the drain in 2008. One can only imagine the fraud and illegalities that were occurring to have such a…
In an uttering a forged check case near Jacksonville, Florida, the defendant was charged with allegedly going into a bank and cashing a check that was forged. Once the bank realized the check was forged, they called the police. The police officer obtained the check and saw that it was…
A crime that is not commonly charged but still exists in Florida deals with a person accessing a computer without authorization to take trade secrets or other confidential data. This came up in a recent criminal case after the defendant was charged with accessing her company’s client list, downloading it…
State of the address time often means the announcement of a new unit or task force to address crimes that have been occurring with increasing regularity for some time prior to the announcement. The 2012 speech was no exception. In last month’s address, President Obama announced the creation of a…
The law firm of Lasnetski Gihon Law in Jacksonville, Florida handles all variations of white collar crimes. One of the cases for which our clients often request representation is the crime of mortgage fraud. As a result of handling a large number of mortgage fraud criminal cases, we have noticed…
Over the last several years with the ever-increasing deficit becoming more and more of a issue in the media, the federal and state governments have focused more on crimes that involve fraud, including fraud that involves government benefits. There may be no bigger crime involving fraud and government benefits at…
We have discussed how the various law enforcement agencies seem to follow the issues of the day when making priorities out of certain crimes. While violent crimes are normally always priorities, when it comes to theft or white collar crimes, different crimes seem to grab the attention of the police…
With computer crimes becoming more prevalent as more people obtain computers and similar networking devices, state and federal governments are enacting new laws to respond to the increasing number of crimes. The Obama administration recently announced a new proposed law dealing with various cyber security issues. The new law would…
Police arrested eleven people alleging they were involved in mortgage fraud in various counties in North and Central Florida, including Flagler and Volusia Counties. The police are alleging that the individuals devised a scheme that involved straw buyers, realtors, appraisers and mortgage brokers. The group is alleged to have artificially…
We have clearly seen a shift in focus towards Medicaid fraud and other healthcare fraud cases by the state and federal law enforcement agencies over the last year or so. As news stories focus on the tremendous debts facing our states and country and the huge amounts of money involved…