Category: White Collar Crimes

 

White-collar crimes are not solved overnight. States may investigate alleged fraudsters for years before a ruling is made. Victims may not see restitution for decades.

 

This is how the case involving Heartland Energy Development Corporation (HEDC) is playing out. The state has been investigating the company for alleged crimes dating back to 2002, and the story is not over yet.

 

After a judge ruled the company did

 

Finding out that you are under investigation for a white collar crime is alarming to say the least. You may feel the need to take immediate action – and you should take some actions.

 

Such as consulting with a knowledgeable Denver criminal attorney as soon as possible.

 

However, many people panic when they find out they are under investigation, causing them to make mistakes that are detrimental

 

This past summer, four members of the Farris family from Silt were arrested for theft and embezzlement from Waffle House CEO Joe Rogers, Jr.’s Bear Wallow Ranch in Garfield County.

 

Charla and Charles “Zane” Farris were arrested in June “in connection with a long series of thefts that investigators say total in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, possibly more than $1 million.”

 

In 2012, the Farrises

 

What do Charles Ponzi, Bernie Madoff, and Jordan Belfort – the man whom the film The Wolf of Wall Street is based on – all have in common?

 

They were all convicted of white collar crimes.

 

Ponzi served numerous years in prison in both Canada and the United States. Belfort served 22 months of a 4-year sentence and was also ordered to pay $110 million in restitution.

As the world becomes more globalized and we can reach and communicate with more and more people in seconds, crimes themselves become more complex and harder to classify.

 

Case-in-point: with advancements in technology, financial or otherwise, there are many different types of fraud that can be committed. So if you are charged with fraud, how can you know what penalties you face, and how you can begin building a