For a physician, dentist, chiropractor, pharmacist, clinic owner, or billing company, a healthcare fraud investigation rarely begins with handcuffs. It begins with a records subpoena, an unannounced audit, a request for an “interview,” or a letter from a payer demanding repayment — and by the time those arrive, the government has usually been building the…
Atunci când cineva este acuzat de infracțiuni precum fraudă bancară, skimming de carduri, fraudă CalFresh/CalWorks sau fraudă ATM, este esențial să înțeleagă cum funcționează procesul de stabilire a cauțiunii, mai ales dacă este cetățean român și nu cunoaște bine sistemul juridic american. Prin intermediul acestui articol, dorim să clarificăm acest proces și să explicăm ce…
For drivers, contractors, healthcare providers, business owners, and injured workers in Murrieta, Temecula, Menifee, Lake Elsinore, Wildomar, Winchester, Canyon Lake, and French Valley, an insurance fraud allegation moves faster than most criminal cases — and it usually arrives with more than just police investigation behind it. Insurance carriers’ Special Investigations Units (SIUs), the California Department…
În cazurile federale care implică inculpați români — fraudă bancară, skimming de carduri, furt de identitate agravat, conspirație, spălare de bani — sentința este, de cele mai multe ori, partea procesului care determină cu adevărat consecințele cazului. Vinovăția sau nevinovăția se stabilește înainte de sentință (prin proces sau prin pledoarie de vinovăție), dar numărul de…
California prosecutes identity theft charges under two parallel frameworks that look similar from a distance but operate very differently in practice. California Penal Code § 530.5 is the state statute — a wobbler that prosecutors can charge as either a misdemeanor or felony depending on facts and circumstances, with maximum felony exposure of three years…
At the beginning of September 2019, Nic Cocis, a Murrieta, CA, criminal defense attorney and Liberty Counsel went to court in San Francisco to defend pro-life hero Sandra Merritt in a crucial two-week preliminary hearing. It began with a retired late-term abortionist describing the unborn baby as a “tough little object” in an undercover video…
If you’ve been notified that you’re under investigation for workers’ compensation fraud, or if you’ve already been charged, the first thing to understand is that California treats most of these cases as wobblers — meaning the prosecutor decides whether to file as a misdemeanor or as a felony. The second thing is that fraud requires…
If your insurance company has accused you of submitting a false claim — denied your claim citing suspected fraud, opened an SIU investigation, sent you a recorded statement request, or referred your file to the California Department of Insurance — there’s something important to understand about where you are in the process. An SIU investigation…
A few days ago, attorney Nic Cocis and Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a reply with the San Francisco Superior Court asking it to dismiss 14 of the 15 Counts in the criminal complaint brought against Sandra Merritt. The Court had previously agreed that the criminal complaint filed by the prosecutor was legally defective and…
Last month when a San Francisco judge dismissed 14 out of the 15 criminal charges filed against Sandra Merritt, he gave the prosecutor’s office 10 days to refile them. They blew it and missed the deadline! They did not realize their error until almost a month later, when we appeared in court with Sandra Merritt….
Grand theft is a relatively common crime in California and elsewhere. You can get charged with grand theft under a variety of circumstances, from shoplifting to embezzlement, and face possible prison time and fines. Grand theft charges are also often concurrent with other crimes. For example, in an unusual recent case, a man in Los…
Grand Theft is the crime of taking another person’s money or property, valued at $950 or more, with the intent to permanently deprive them of its possession. Charges for this crime range from misdemeanor to felony depending, in part, on the amount of money or the value of the property taken. This issue is important…
If you or a loved one is facing criminal charges in Southwest Riverside County, time is critical. Contact the Law Office of Nic Cocis today for a free, no-obligation case evaluation.
