White Collar Crimes

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulates companies who offer securities for sale to the public and those who sell and trade securities and offer advice to investors. One of the SEC’s goals is to maintain consumer confidence in the fairness and...

Sometimes what seems like a get rich quick scheme is simply too good to be true. However, while losing out on money is distressing, what can be more distressing is to be charged with running an illegal Ponzi scheme. What is a Ponzi scheme? Ponzi schemes are a type of...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...