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Common Ways Mail Fraud Can Be Committed

Posted By Hochheiser & Hochheiser || 2-Dec-2016

One of the most common types of white collar crimes committed in the United States is mail fraud. The term mail fraud refers to any scheme carried out in a fraudulent manner with the intent of depriving another person of their property or services through use of the U.S. Postal Service or any other type of interstate mail carrier. From shipping fraudulent documents to using the mail to send bogus ...

Could I Be Charged with Tax Fraud Over an Honest Mistake?

Posted By Hochheiser & Hochheiser || 22-Apr-2014

The tax auditors with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) are specifically trained to detect instances of tax fraud. Claiming dependents you do not have, keeping two different sets of financial records, using a fake or fraudulently obtained Social Security number, submitting false receipts or altering checks to try and increase deductions are all examples of ways people have tried to defraud the ...

New York Couple Convicted of Ponzi Scheme for $12 Million

Posted By Law Offices of Daniel A. Hochheiser || 15-Nov-2012

A term named after a criminal from over a century ago has now become a way of describing a certain fraudulent act involving investments. A “Ponzi scheme” was coined after the man Charles Ponzi who in the early 1900’s was known for created fraudulent investments that would return money back to the investors, and they would never actually see any of the profits they were earning. ...