If you’ve been charged with grand theft under California Penal Code 487, it is crucial to understand the seriousness of your situation. Grand theft involves unlawfully taking property valued over $950 and can be charged as either a misdemeanor or a felony offense. A conviction can carry significant penalties, including jail or prison time, fines,…
Earlier last month, two brothers who owned a textile company in Los Angeles were sentenced to prison terms of 18 months for one brother and 2 years for the other. The brothers were found guilty of laundering $370,000 through their company for a drug cartel. The “cartel” was actually part of an undercover sting operation…
Imagine a vehicle reported as stolen is found burned, totaled, or damaged and the insurance company suspects fraud. Similar scenarios happen more often that you might think, leaving you facing a sizable financial loss, and maybe even criminal charges. So how does this happen and what can you do? What insurance adjusters look for: According…
You may have heard the term embezzlement before, but what exactly does this word mean? The term embezzlement is defined in Penal Code 503 as “…the fraudulent appropriation of property by a person to whom it has been entrusted.” For example, let’s say David was the person in charge of the cash register at the…
Mortgage fraud covers a wide range of crimes, all pertaining to funding for a home. People often falsify information so that they can get a mortgage that they can’t really afford. Real estate professionals can also be found guilty of mortgage fraud. They can work with other professionals to flip houses. By working with appraisers,…
Late last year, two Southern California residents pleaded guilty to grand theft, embezzlement and fraud charges in a billing scheme that resulted in $6.6 million illegally billed to Medicare. Previously, three others associated with the scheme also pleaded guilty. ‘Quality Improvement Coordinator’ pleads guilty… In the first instance, an employee of Mauran Ambulance, who was…
Under California Penal Code 470, you may be charged with forgery if you sign another person’s name to a document, fake someone’s handwriting or seal or falsify a legal document. In addition, you could face forgery charges if you present a false document as a genuine one – this particular charge typically involves a check…
According to a recent article from Valley News, a man was arrested outside of a Lake Elsinore Lowe’s Home Improvement store after authorities say that he tried to cash a stolen check. The police were notified that the man had entered the store, attempted to cash the check, and then left the location, the article…
Recently, CBS News published an article on their website about a California man who had a $10,000 watch stolen from him. For a year afterwards, he regularly looked through eBay and other sites in the hopes of spotting it. On the day he found it, he notified police, who wound up making an arrest after…
Many people assume that credit card fraud only happens among strangers. Someone gets a hold of another person’s information and opens one or more credit cards by forging his or her signature. The defrauded person has no idea this happened until he or she receive a bill in the mail. In tough economic times, people…
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