White Collar Crimes

If your business is involved in trading stocks, you must follow all securities laws. A basic understanding of the complicated laws might prevent mistakes. The Securities and Exchange Commission enforces these laws. It takes strict action against any business or...

Criminals often want to make it look like they are earning money through a legitimate business. They conceal the actual source of their money and keep investing it in their own legal business to turn their money white. The term associated with money laundering is...

White collar crimes often bring with them images of wealthy executives, cyber crimes and insider trading accusations. But when you consider yourself a blue collar worker and you catch wind that you may be under federal investigation for activity you are involved in,...

When you are a public figure you are likely not a stranger to having eyes on you. Sometimes you find that life becomes a symbiotic world of back scratching by both strangers and good friends. This is how you stay relevant and get ahead. Sometimes, however, that "I...

Many actions classify as forgery and you may not realize you are committing forgery or anything as serious as a white collar crime. If you are responsible for creating, altering or completing a transaction using writing to represent something it is not and in an...

White collar crime may not seem like the most serious area of criminal law that a person could end up on the wrong side of. After all, how many people receive the death penalty for stealing money from a corporation? Even though white collar crime may not seem like a...

In September of last year, a Louisiana man was arrested in Alabama and charged with fraud and unregistered sales. This year, that same man has again been arrested on charges of defrauding investors. According to reports, the suspect turned himself in earlier this...

Every year around March and April, we begin to hear and see advertisements about the impending tax day, encouraging us to act early and quickly in filing our taxes to receive our deserved tax returns. Taxes are often a very complex issue for many people, which is why...

There are many different types of criminal activity, and thanks to Hollywood and TV shows, people are familiar with many of them. Crimes such as sexual assault, armed robbery and murder are very prevalent within the public consciousness in Louisiana, and indeed all...

When the phrase white-collar crime is thrown around, many people immediately tune out, believing that, because they do not work a white-collar job, they will never need to worry about white-collar crime. The truth is that white-collar crime is not only reserved for...