The introduction of state-regulated sports betting in 2019 and casino gambling may make it difficult to realize that most gambling is illegal in Indiana. Prosecutors filed criminal charges against a New Palestine man who allegedly ran an illegal bookmaking operation...
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White Collar Crimes
Indiana’s insurance fraud laws have a long reach
Like other states, Indiana has a law which criminalizes insurance fraud. By way of example, people who burn down their homes in order to collect the proceeds from an insurance policy may face this charge. The charge is a felony under Indiana law, and is a more serious...
What makes white-collar crimes different
The term "white-collar crime" has been around since the 1930s when a sociologist coined it. It has since become synonymous with business professionals (who traditionally wore suits with white shirts and collars) taking money from a business. Examples include not...
Is it simple negligence or willful tax evasion?
Here's a fundamental point to note concerning the white collar criminal realm: It is not a narrow universe.In fact, task forces and prosecutorial teams at both the federal and state levels - sometimes working in concert - have ample resources and deep pockets when it...
White collar crime: a vast and materially varied realm
Many people in Indianapolis and elsewhere across Indiana might not immediately think of alleged wrongdoing in the white collar realm when they consider major categories in the criminal law universe. Other types of crime - sexual assaults, drunk driving and drug...
Where’s the line between fair pay and health care fraud?
All clinics and hospitals want to provide quality health care. Most want to keep improving. Often, that means recruiting the best and brightest physicians available. To recruit these doctors and specialists, the clinics and hospitals need to offer competitive salary,...
How does someone prove intent in a fraud case?
You don’t need to commit a fraud to find yourself under investigation for one. You might have made a billing mistake or misunderstood the terms of a contract. Maybe you decided to buy stock in your company at just the wrong time. Or perhaps someone in your...
Indiana man charged with fraud for fake bar-codes
The growth of the internet has been accompanied by a similar growth in the use of the internet to commit various kinds of crimes, including fraud and theft. Some internet crimes involve the theft of personal information, while others depend on the use of the internet...
Actions that can be grounds for insider trading criminal charges
A series of posts published on this blog a couple of months ago discussed various types of white-collar crimes-such as insider trading, insurance fraud, embezzlement, tax evasion and money laundering-and the penalties associated with those. This blog post will discuss...
Two women arrested for embezzlement
In Indiana, embezzlement is treated the same as theft and the laws governing embezzlement are the same as the laws that govern theft. As a result, embezzlement of $750 to $50,000 is considered a Level 6 felony, which can attract a prison sentence of six to 30 months...