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Federal Criminal Defense in Arizona: What You Need to Know
- December 27, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Welcome to Spodek Law Group. Our goal is to give every person facing federal charges the honest truth about how Arizona’s federal court actually operates – not the sanitized version you find on other websites. Arizona shares a 372-mile border with Mexico, and that geographic reality shapes absolutely everything about…
Read MoreCompassionate Release COVID
- December 27, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Welcome to Spodek Law Group. Our goal is to give you the information you need so you can make smart decisions about your case and your future. If you’re searching for answers about compassionate release and COVID, you’re probably hoping the pandemic changed something fundamental about how the federal prison…
Read MoreHow Serious Is a Wells Notice?
- December 27, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Welcome to Spodek Law Group. Our goal is telling you the truth about what you’re facing, even when that truth is complicated. A Wells Notice from the SEC is serious. But serious doesn’t mean hopeless. What it means is that you have a narrow window to change your outcome, and…
Read MoreRule 35 Sentence Reduction
- December 27, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Welcome to Spodek Law Group. Our goal is to give you the information you need so you can make smart decisions about your case and your future. If you’re reading this, you’re probably hoping Rule 35 is your ticket to a shorter sentence. Maybe someone at your facility mentioned it….
Read MoreFederal Criminal Defense in Alaska: What You Need to Know
- December 27, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Welcome to Spodek Law Group. Our goal is to give every person facing federal charges the honest information they need to make intelligent decisions about their future. Alaska federal cases operate under a unique set of constraints that most people never see coming – and those constraints work against you…
Read MoreI Received an SEC Subpoena — What Should I Do Now?
- December 27, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Welcome to Spodek Law Group. We understand how terrifying it is when an SEC subpoena arrives at your door. Our goal is to help you understand exactly what you’re facing – because the reality is far more serious than most people realize. This isn’t just a document request. This is…
Read MoreAm I Safe From Prosecution if 5 Years Have Passed?
- December 27, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Welcome to Spodek Law Group. Our goal is to explain exactly why the 5-year countdown you were relying on stopped existing in 2022—and what that means for your actual exposure. If you’re reading this hoping to hear that the clock ran out on your 2020 PPP loan, the news is…
Read MoreHow Long Should I Keep My PPP Loan Records?
- December 27, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Welcome to Spodek Law Group. Our goal is to help you understand why the official 6-year record retention guidance could destroy your ability to defend yourself—and what you should actually be keeping. If you’re here because you want to finally shred that PPP paperwork and move on with your life,…
Read MoreWhen Does the Clock Start Running on PPP Fraud Charges?
- December 27, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Welcome to Spodek Law Group. Our goal is to help you understand exactly when your PPP exposure actually ends—because it’s probably not when you think. If you’re here calculating dates and trying to figure out when you’re finally “safe,” you need to understand something that changes everything. Here’s what most…
Read MoreWhy Did Congress Extend the PPP Fraud Statute of Limitations to 10 Years?
- December 27, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Welcome to Spodek Law Group. Our goal is to help you understand not just WHAT happened with the PPP statute extension, but WHY—so you can make informed decisions about your situation. If you’re here because you just learned the government has 10 years instead of 5 to prosecute PPP fraud,…
Read MoreCan I Still Be Prosecuted for a 2020 PPP Loan in 2025?
- December 27, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Welcome to Spodek Law Group. Our goal is to provide you with honest information about your PPP exposure so you can make smart decisions about your future. If you received a PPP loan in 2020 and you’re reading this in 2025, you probably assumed the danger had passed. Five years…
Read MorePPP Fraud When the Business Didn’t Exist
- December 27, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Welcome to Spodek Law Group. We handle federal criminal defense matters, and we’ve represented clients who made a calculation that seemed logical at the time: if there’s nothing to find, there’s nothing to prove. They created businesses on paper. Filed applications with fabricated payroll. Claimed employees who never existed. And…
Read MoreWhat is Loan Stacking PPP Fraud?
- December 27, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
What is Loan Stacking PPP Fraud? Welcome to Spodek Law Group. We handle federal criminal defense matters, and we’ve watched prosecutors build devastating cases against business owners who thought they were being smart – applying to multiple banks for PPP loans, hedging their bets, maximizing their chances of getting approved….
Read MoreSentencing Error Correction
- December 27, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Welcome to Spodek Law Group. Our goal is to give you the information you’re facing so you can make smart decisions about your case and your life. If you’re reading this, you probably think there’s something wrong with your sentence. Maybe you’ve done the math yourself. Maybe another inmate showed…
Read MoreWhat Are the Penalties for Fentanyl Trafficking in My State?
- December 27, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Welcome to Spodek Law Group. Our goal is to show you exactly what your facing – not the sanitized version other websites give you. If your reading this, someone you love or you yourself just got hit with fentanyl trafficking charges. The fear is real. The confusion is real. And…
Read MoreWhat Is the Average Prison Sentence for Drug Trafficking?
- December 26, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
The average federal prison sentence for drug trafficking is 82 months. There – you have your number. Now let me tell you why that number is completely useless for understanding what YOU are actually facing. Welcome to Spodek Law Group. Our goal is to give you real information about federal…
Read MoreFederal Criminal Defense in Alabama
- December 26, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Federal Criminal Defense in Alabama: What You Need to Know Welcome to Spodek Law Group. Our goal is to give every person facing federal charges the honest information they need to make smart decisions about their future. Federal court in Alabama operates nothing like state court, and understanding the differences…
Read MoreWhat Is the Statute of Limitations for PPP Loan Fraud?
- December 26, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
What Is the Statute of Limitations for PPP Loan Fraud? Welcome to Spodek Law Group. Our goal is to provide you with the honest information you need to understand your situation and make intelligent decisions about your future. If you received a PPP loan during the pandemic and you’re wondering…
Read MoreCan I Be Charged for Lying About Employee Numbers on My PPP Application?
- December 26, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Welcome to Spodek Law Group. We handle federal criminal defense matters, and we’ve seen the PPP fraud wave intensify – not fade. If you’re reading this because you’re worried about what you put on your Paycheck Protection Program application back in 2020 or 2021, you need to understand something right…
Read MoreWhat Happens if You Get Caught with Drugs on Federal Property?
- December 26, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
What Happens if You Get Caught with Drugs on Federal Property? Federal property is a legal black hole. The moment you step onto a national park, military base, airport, or federal building, your state drug laws cease to exist. That medical marijuana card in your wallet? Worthless. Your state’s decriminalization…
Read MoreWhat Defenses Can Beat a Cocaine Trafficking Charge?
- December 26, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
What Defenses Can Beat a Cocaine Trafficking Charge? Welcome to Spodek Law Group. Our goal is to tell you something that most defense articles won’t: the question you’re asking is the wrong question. “What defenses can beat a cocaine trafficking charge” assumes you’re looking for courtroom tactics – clever legal…
Read MoreHow Much Drugs Is Considered Trafficking?
- December 26, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
How Much Drugs Is Considered Trafficking? Forty grams. That’s the weight of seven quarters in your pocket. That’s the amount of fentanyl mixture that transforms you from a drug user into a federal drug trafficker facing a five-year mandatory minimum sentence. The word “trafficking” conjures images of cartels moving shipments…
Read MoreWhat Are the Defenses to a Federal Drug Trafficking Charge?
- December 26, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
What Are the Defenses to a Federal Drug Trafficking Charge? Entrapment has less than 1% success rate in federal court. Read that number again. The defense everyone thinks about – the one from TV shows and movies, where the undercover agent pushes someone into committing a crime they never would…
Read MoreWhat Is the Minimum Sentence for Cocaine Trafficking?
- December 26, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
What Is the Minimum Sentence for Cocaine Trafficking? Welcome to Spodek Law Group. Our goal is to give you the unvarnished truth about cocaine trafficking sentences – the parts that matter, the parts that scare you, and the parts that other lawyers gloss over because its easier to just quote…
Read MoreFirst-Time Federal Drug Offense: What to Expect
- December 26, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
First-Time Federal Drug Offense: What to Expect Welcome to Spodek Law Group. Here’s what nobody tells first-time defendants until it’s too late: your clean record isn’t the asset you think it is. The federal system doesn’t reward innocence or good character – it rewards information. A first-time offender with nothing…
Read MoreWhat Is the Mandatory Minimum Sentence for Fentanyl Trafficking?
- December 26, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
What Is the Mandatory Minimum Sentence for Fentanyl Trafficking? Welcome to Spodek Law Group. You’re searching for a number – a fixed sentence you can plan around, a floor you can calculate your future from. The internet is full of articles that give you simple answers: 5 years for this…
Read MoreWhat Is the Difference Between Drug Trafficking and Distribution?
- December 26, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
What Is the Difference Between Drug Trafficking and Distribution? There is no legal difference between drug trafficking and drug distribution. They’re both violations of 21 USC 841. Read that sentence again because it contradicts everything you’ve probably assumed. The word “trafficking” sounds terrifying – it conjures images of cartel operations,…
Read MoreHow Does Cooperation with Law Enforcement Affect Drug Sentencing?
- December 26, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
How Does Cooperation with Law Enforcement Affect Drug Sentencing? 61.4% of defendants who cooperated with the federal government received no sentence reduction at all. Read that number again. The majority outcome of cooperation is nothing. You give the government your testimony, your information, your willingness to be labeled a snitch…
Read MoreWhat Is the Average Prison Sentence for Drug Trafficking?
- December 25, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
What Is the Average Prison Sentence for Drug Trafficking? The average federal prison sentence for drug trafficking is 82 months. There – you have your number. Now let me tell you why that number is completely useless for understanding what YOU are actually facing. Welcome to Spodek Law Group. Our…
Read MoreHow Much Does a Drug Trafficking Defense Lawyer Cost?
- December 25, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Welcome to Spodek Law Group. Our goal is providing honest guidance about legal costs, even when that honesty makes the legal industry uncomfortable. Because here is something most law firm websites will never tell you: a 2025 RAND Corporation study found that federal public defenders achieve sentences 4-8% shorter than…
Read MoreWhat’s the Difference Between Crack and Powder Cocaine Penalties?
- December 25, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Welcome to Spodek Law Group. Our goal is simple—give you the truth about crack vs powder cocaine sentencing, then explain why that truth probably surprises you. Here’s the part nobody tells you upfront: crack and powder cocaine are the same drug. Chemically identical. One is powder dissolved in water with…
Read MoreGrand Jury Subpoenas in PPP Fraud Cases
- December 25, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Grand Jury Subpoenas in PPP Fraud Cases You’re staring at a piece of paper that just arrived. Federal grand jury subpoena. Your name at the top. A date you must appear. Documents you must produce. Your first instinct is to think: this is the beginning of my legal nightmare. That…
Read MoreDouble-Dipping: Taking Both PPP and EIDL for Same Purpose
- December 25, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Double-Dipping: Taking Both PPP and EIDL for Same Purpose You took a PPP loan. You also took an EIDL loan. And now you are terrified that federal prosecutors are calling this “double-dipping” and treating it as fraud. Here is the thing nobody told you in 2020: taking both loans was…
Read MoreFederal Safety Valve: Drug Offense Sentencing Relief
- December 25, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Welcome to Spodek Law Group. We handle federal drug cases across the country, and we need to tell you something that changed everything about safety valve relief in March 2024. The safety valve sounds like an escape hatch – a way for first-time drug offenders to avoid mandatory minimums by…
Read MoreHow Long Do FBI Investigations Take?
- December 25, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
You’re searching for a number. A timeline. An estimate you can use to plan your life around. You want to know how long FBI investigations typically take so you can calculate when this uncertainty will end – when you’ll finally know whether charges are coming or whether you can exhale….
Read MoreAm I Under FBI Investigation? Why That Question Is the Wrong One to Ask
- December 25, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Am I Under FBI Investigation? Why That Question Is the Wrong One to Ask You typed those words into a search engine because something feels wrong. Maybe an FBI agent left a business card at your door. Maybe your bank froze your account without explanation. Maybe a coworker mentioned that…
Read MoreFederal Sentencing Guidelines for COVID Loan Fraud
- December 25, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Federal Sentencing Guidelines for COVID Loan Fraud You want to know how much prison time you’re facing for PPP fraud. You’ve searched “federal sentencing guidelines” because you think there’s a formula. A calculation. Plug in your loan amount, your criminal history, maybe subtract something for good behavior – and out…
Read MoreFederal Acceptance of Responsibility: 3-Point Reduction
- December 25, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Welcome to Spodek Law Group. We handle federal sentencing cases across the country, and we need to tell you something that most people get completely wrong about acceptance of responsibility. The name itself is misleading. It sounds like a reward for genuine remorse – the defendant who truly accepts what…
Read MoreHow to Find Out if You’re Under Federal Investigation: The Search That Becomes Evidence Against You
- December 25, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
How to Find Out if You’re Under Federal Investigation: The Search That Becomes Evidence Against You You’re searching for a way to know. A database to check. A form to file. A phone number to call. You want certainty – a definitive answer about whether federal agents are building a…
Read MoreSigns You Are Under FBI Investigation: What Those “Warning Signs” Actually Mean
- December 25, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Signs You Are Under FBI Investigation: What Those “Warning Signs” Actually Mean You typed those words into a search engine because something feels wrong. Maybe a coworker has been acting strange around you. Maybe your bank asked unusual questions. Maybe someone mentioned that federal agents were asking about you. You’re…
Read MoreTarget Letter Received for PPP Fraud: What That Letter Actually Means
- December 25, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Target Letter Received for PPP Fraud: What That Letter Actually Means You opened your mail and found a letter from the Department of Justice. It mentions a federal grand jury. It references your PPP loan. It says you’re a “target” of an investigation. It offers you an opportunity to testify…
Read MoreFirst-Time Offender: Will I Go to Prison for PPP Fraud?
- December 25, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
First-Time Offender: Will I Go to Prison for PPP Fraud? You have no criminal record. You’ve never been arrested. You’ve never been inside a courtroom except for jury duty. And now you’re searching “first-time offender PPP fraud” because you think your clean history means something. You think it protects you….
Read MoreFederal Three Strikes Law: Career Offender Enhancement
- December 25, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Federal Three Strikes Law: Career Offender Enhancement Welcome to Spodek Law Group. We handle career offender cases across the country, and were going to tell you something that most people get completely wrong about this enhancement. The term “career offender” sounds like its targeting professional criminals – people who chose…
Read MoreWhat Are the Drug Trafficking Laws in Georgia?
- December 25, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
What Are the Drug Trafficking Laws in Georgia? Welcome to Spodek Law Group. We handle drug trafficking cases throughout Georgia and the federal system, and there’s something about Georgia’s mandatory minimum laws that almost nobody understands correctly. Everyone tells you the judge can’t help. That mandatory minimum means exactly that…
Read MoreFederal Mandatory Minimum Sentences: Fighting Harsh Penalties
- December 24, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
\Welcome to Spodek Law Group. Were New York City’s premier federal criminal defense firm, and we handle mandatory minimum cases across the country. Heres something most people dont understand about mandatory minimums: they were sold as a way to ensure consistency. Same crime, same sentence. Sounds fair. But thats not…
Read MoreFalse Statements Charge (18 USC 1001) for SBA Loan Fraud
- December 24, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
You think the danger is the PPP fraud you committed. The inflated payroll numbers. The fake employees. The money you spent on things the program didn’t cover. That’s not the danger. The danger is the FBI interview you’re about to have. The knock on your door. The phone call asking…
Read MoreWhat Is the Minimum Prison Sentence for Federal Drug Trafficking?
- December 24, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Welcome to Spodek Law Group. We focus on federal criminal defense because we understand what you’re facing right now – the uncertainty, the fear, the weight of not knowing how much of your life is about to be taken from you. Federal drug trafficking charges are among the most serious…
Read MoreWhat Is the Minimum Sentence for Cocaine Trafficking?
- December 24, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Welcome to Spodek Law Group. Our goal is to give you the straight answer—then show you why that answer probably doesn’t apply to you the way you think it does. If you’re searching this at 2am, you want a number. Fine. Here’s the number: 5 years. That’s the federal mandatory…
Read MoreWhat Are the Drug Trafficking Laws in Texas?
- December 24, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Welcome to Spodek Law Group. We handle federal and state drug cases across the country, and Texas is one of the most aggressive states when it comes to drug trafficking prosecution. If you’re reading this, you probably just found out that what you thought was a possession charge is actually…
Read MoreCooperation in PPP Fraud Cases: The Truth About What Helps and What Destroys You
- December 24, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
You’ve heard the magic words. “Substantial assistance.” “Cooperation agreement.” “5K1.1 motion.” You imagine sitting across from prosecutors, giving them what they need, and watching your 60-month sentence shrink to 24 months. Maybe less. Maybe probation. Cooperation is how people beat the federal system, right? That’s what you’ve heard. That’s what…
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