Indianapolis Criminal Defense Law Blog

Over the last couple of weeks, the posts on this blog discussed some common white-collar crimes and the penalties associated with those. Those two posts provided an overview of insurance fraud, insider trading, tax evasion and money laundering and the penalties associated with these four white collar crimes.

This third and final blog post in the series on white collar crimes will discuss embezzlement and its associated penalties. According to current laws, individual embezzlement can be divided into four broad categories, depending on the type of money or property that was stolen. As a result, the penalties associated with each type of embezzlement are also different, based on the same set of factors.

Last week's blog post discussed the penalties associated with insurance fraud. Insurance fraud is a white collar crime that attracts penalties both at federal and state levels. In addition to insurance fraud, some other common white collar crimes are insider trading, tax evasion, money laundering and embezzlement. This post will discuss the penalties associated with insider trading, tax evasion and money laundering.

Insider trading is a securities fraud in which participants enter an organized scheme centered on the idea of trading confidential business information. Insider trading is considered a federal offense and can attract a prison sentence that can range from 15-21 months and up to 20 years. In addition, the court may slap a fine of up to $5 million for an individual offender and up to $25 million for an organizational offender.

Readers who have visited this blog earlier may know that the previous post discussed how a non-incarcerated registrant can protest the inclusion or modification of his or her information in the Indiana Sex Offender Registry. This post will continue the discussion by sharing further details with the reader about what needs to be done in the event that the non-incarcerated registrant's protest is denied.

According to the Registration Appeal Procedure in Indiana for Non-Incarcerated Registrants, Indiana law enforcement agencies are supposed to let a non-incarcerated registrant know, in person or via mail, whether the protest has been granted or denied. If denied, the response states that the non-incarcerated registrant must file an appeal within seven days. The registrant is also made aware that he or she should be aware of all the relevant rules and that failure to follow the rules might result in an unfavorable ruling.

After a police officer placed you under arrest, your main thoughts may have related to getting out of jail as soon as possible. The amount of time this takes -- if it happens at all -- depends greatly on the circumstances of a specific situation. After all, bail differs from case to case.

When it comes to posting bail, you may want to remember that this option does not apply to every person. If a judge believes that you pose a threat to the community or believes that you will attempt to flee if released, it is likely that he or she will not allow bail. Still, other scenarios regarding bail could apply to your case.