In order for a prosecutor to charge you with the crime of forgery in California, you must have knowingly intended to defraud another person or organization. When assessing the severity of your forgery, prosecutors and judges consider whether your actions could cause financial injury to someone who believed your forged document was genuine. Although writing…
Detectives in Lake Elsinore recently announced that they had concluded a three-year investigation by arresting a man whom they allege ran an extensive and sophisticated home loan modification fraud operation. Police think the 34-year-old man ran a business called First Universal Solutions that he used as front to take more than $50,000 from 16 homeowners…
Three recent arrests in Southern California highlight the different kinds of criminal charges people can face when they’re involved in credit card fraud. Two of the people arrested were allegedly caught using a stolen credit card at a Target store. The third person was arrested after apparently renting a car for the first two to…
The Riverside County District Attorney’s (DA) Office has charged six people with fraud for their alleged role in what prosecutors call a scheme, which involved forging documents for the purpose of getting unsafe vehicles to pass auto inspections. According to a statement released by the Riverside County DA’s Office, a three-year investigation by the California…
Six Inland Empire residents have been arrested after authorities came to believe that they participated in a scheme to defraud elderly people in Nebraska and Texas out of thousands of dollars. According to the Press Enterprise, the alleged swindlers would call elderly people and pretend to be that person’s grandchild. The scam artist would have…
An employee of a charity that helps disabled people was recently accused of embezzlement. Among the charges he now faces are 35 counts of elder theft. What does it mean to perpetrate elder theft? California Penal Code 368 covers different types of abuse against adults who are classified as dependents or as elderly (at least…
According to California Penal Code section 470, a person commits forgery when, with the intent to defraud, he/she does one of the following: The act becomes a crime when the intent to defraud exists, based on the knowledge of the false nature of the document. What is the Punishment for Forgery? Forgery can be charged…
Extradition, legally defined, is what happens when a person residing in one state of the United States or in a different country is accused of a crime in another state or country and is transferred there for trial. An extradition from one state to another takes place when the governor of the state where the…
California Penal Code 503, defines embezzlement as the “fraudulent appropriation of property by a person to whom it has been entrusted.” The crime of embezzlement may be charged as a felony or a misdemeanor depending on the specific circumstances involved. Keep in mind, embezzlement charges are appropriate only when someone has entrusted you with specific…
Over the last five years or so, the FBI has been making an aggressive stand against white collar criminals and those involved in corporate fraud. In fact the White-Collar Crime Program (WCCP) and the Criminal Investigative Division (CID) list corporate fraud as one of their top priorities. Although not every white collar crime case becomes…
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