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What 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…
Read MoreIRS Criminal Investigation: Tax Crime Investigation Defense
- December 24, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Welcome to Spodek Law Group. Our goal is to provide you with information that could protect your freedom, your career, and everything you have built over decades. When IRS Criminal Investigation contacts you, you are not facing an audit. You are facing federal law enforcement with guns, arrest authority, and…
Read MoreFirst-Time PPP Fraud Offender: Sentencing and What to Expect
- December 24, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
You keep telling yourself the same thing. You’ve never been in trouble before. No arrests. No convictions. Not even a speeding ticket in years. Surely that counts for something. Surely the judge will see that this was one mistake – one bad decision during the chaos of a pandemic –…
Read MoreMoney Laundering Charges for Misusing PPP Funds
- December 24, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
You think money laundering means hiding drug cash through shell companies. Briefcases of unmarked bills. The Wolf of Wall Street washing millions through offshore accounts. That’s not how it works in PPP fraud cases. In PPP cases, money laundering is SPENDING. Each deposit into your bank account. Each transfer between…
Read MoreAggravated Identity Theft Charges in PPP Fraud Cases
- December 24, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
You’re looking at your indictment. Wire fraud. Bank fraud. False statements. The charges are terrifying, but you’ve read about plea deals. Cooperation. Judicial discretion. Judges who went below guidelines. There’s hope. Then you see it – 18 USC 1028A, Aggravated Identity Theft. And everything you thought you understood about your…
Read MoreCan You Go to Jail for a $20,000 PPP Loan?
- December 24, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
You took $20,000. Maybe $25,000. Maybe less. The amount felt small enough to fly under the radar. Federal prosecutors have bigger fish to fry, right? Multimillion-dollar schemes. Organized fraud rings. Surely they won’t bother with your loan. Welcome to Spodek Law Group. Our goal is to destroy a dangerous illusion…
Read MoreStatute of Limitations for PPP Fraud: What You Need to Know
- December 24, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
You’ve been counting down the days. April 2020 plus ten years equals April 2030. That’s your deadline. That’s when you’re finally safe. Except you’re not. The 10-year statute of limitations for PPP fraud isn’t a deadline at all. It’s a starting point – and your countdown might be off by…
Read MoreMaximum Prison Sentence for EIDL and PPP Loan Fraud
- December 24, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Maximum Prison Sentence for EIDL and PPP Loan Fraud You’ve been Googling sentences. Looking at statutory maximums. Seeing numbers like 30 years, 100 years, life in prison. Those numbers are meant to terrify you into compliance – and they’re working. Welcome to Spodek Law Group. Our goal is to show…
Read MoreHow Federal Prosecutors Build PPP Fraud Cases
- December 24, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
How Federal Prosecutors Build PPP Fraud Cases The investigation is already over. That’s the part nobody tells you. By the time you receive a target letter, a phone call from an agent, or a knock on the door – the evidence collection phase is complete. The banks turned over your…
Read MoreMaximum Prison Sentence for EIDL and PPP Loan Fraud
- December 24, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Maximum Prison Sentence for EIDL and PPP Loan Fraud You searched for this because you want to know the worst case scenario. Thirty years. That’s the number that shows up everywhere. Thirty years in federal prison for bank fraud. Twenty years for wire fraud. The numbers stack on top of…
Read MoreIRS Criminal Investigation: Tax Crime Investigation Defense
- December 24, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
IRS Criminal Investigation: Tax Crime Investigation Defense Welcome to Spodek Law Group. Our goal is to provide you with information that could protect your freedom, your career, and everything you have built over decades. When IRS Criminal Investigation contacts you, you are not facing an audit. You are facing federal…
Read MoreWire Fraud vs. Bank Fraud: Understanding PPP Fraud Charges
- December 24, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
You submitted one application. One form. One click of the submit button. So why are you looking at two separate federal charges? Welcome to Spodek Law Group. Our goal is to explain something that most people don’t understand until they’re staring at an indictment: wire fraud and bank fraud aren’t…
Read MoreWhat Are the Federal Charges for PPP Loan Fraud?
- December 24, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
What Are the Federal Charges for PPP Loan Fraud? Welcome to Spodek Law Group. Our goal is giving you the information prosecutors dont want you to have about federal PPP loan fraud charges. Not the sanitized version. Not the version that makes the system look fair. The actual truth about…
Read MoreFederal Probation Violations: Supervised Release Revocation Defense
- December 24, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Federal Probation Violations: Supervised Release Revocation Defense Welcome to Spodek Law Group. If you completed your federal prison sentence and are now on supervised release, you probably think the hardest part is over. Our goal is to help you understand that supervised release is not freedom – it is a…
Read MoreAccused of Inflating Payroll Costs on PPP Application
- December 24, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Welcome to Spodek Law Group. Our goal is to provide every client facing federal charges with aggressive, experienced defense representation. If you’ve been contacted about inflating payroll costs on your PPP loan application, the next decisions you make could determine whether you face civil penalties or federal prison. We’re going…
Read MoreDEA Investigation Defense: Responding to Drug Enforcement Agents
- December 24, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Welcome to Spodek Law Group. Our goal is to provide you with information that could save your career, your freedom, and everything you have worked to build. When DEA agents show up at your practice or home, you are facing a different kind of federal investigation than most people understand….
Read MoreWhat Is Drug Diversion?
- December 24, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Drug diversion is the term that ends medical careers. Not malpractice. Not bad outcomes. A federal classification that sounds bureaucratic until you realize what it actually means – the government has decided your prescribing patterns deviate from what their algorithms consider acceptable, and an investigation may already be running without…
Read MoreWhat Are the Federal Charges for PPP Loan Fraud?
- December 24, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
What Are the Federal Charges for PPP Loan Fraud? You probably think you know what you’re facing. One charge, maybe two. Something called “fraud” with a number next to it. What most people don’t realize – and what nobody tells you until it’s too late – is that federal prosecutors…
Read MoreHow to Find Out If You’re Under Federal Investigation
- December 24, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
You typed this question into a search engine because you need certainty. Something feels wrong – maybe an agent left a card, maybe a colleague mentioned being questioned, maybe your bank is acting strange – and you desperately want to know for sure. Are they investigating you or not? Welcome…
Read MoreFBI Investigation Defense: What to Do When the FBI Contacts You
- December 24, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
FBI Investigation Defense: What to Do When the FBI Contacts You Welcome to Spodek Law Group. Our goal is to give you information that might actually save your future – not the sanitized version you’ll find on other law firm websites. When the FBI contacts you, everything changes. And most…
Read MoreFederal Sentencing Reduction: Compassionate Release and First Step Act
- December 24, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Welcome to Spodek Law Group. Our goal is to give you the honest truth about compassionate release that most law firm websites won’t tell you. The system has a name that sounds humanitarian. It isn’t. What follows is the reality of federal sentencing reduction through compassionate release – and why…
Read MoreFederal Pretrial Motions That Can Strengthen Your Defense
- December 24, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Federal Pretrial Motions That Can Strengthen Your Defense Welcome to Spodek Law Group. If you are facing federal criminal charges, you probably imagine the courtroom drama – the cross-examinations, the closing arguments, the jury reaching its verdict. Our goal is to help you understand that in federal criminal practice, the…
Read MoreFederal Arraignment: What to Expect
- December 24, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Federal Arraignment: What to Expect Welcome to Spodek Law Group. If you are facing a federal arraignment, you probably imagine a dramatic courtroom moment where your future hangs in the balance. Our goal is to help you understand what actually happens at a federal arraignment because the reality is almost…
Read MoreFourth Amendment in Federal Cases: Search and Seizure Defense
- December 24, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Welcome to Spodek Law Group. Our goal is to provide you with the honest assessment of Fourth Amendment defenses that most articles won’t give you. We believe potential clients deserve to understand the real landscape before making decisions about their case. What follows is the truth about suppression motions in…
Read MoreHow Federal Bail and Detention Hearings Work
- December 24, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
How Federal Bail and Detention Hearings Work Welcome to Spodek Law Group. If you are facing a federal detention hearing, you probably think the key question is how much money you need to raise. Our goal is to help you understand that federal bail works completely differently than state bail,…
Read MoreFourth Amendment in Federal Cases: Search and Seizure Defense
- December 24, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Fourth Amendment in Federal Cases: Search and Seizure Defense Welcome to Spodek Law Group. Our goal is to provide you with the honest assessment of Fourth Amendment defenses that most articles won’t give you. We believe potential clients deserve to understand the real landscape before making decisions about their case….
Read MoreShould I Respond to a Target Letter Without a Lawyer?
- December 24, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Should I Respond to a Target Letter Without a Lawyer? You received a federal target letter. The envelope sat on your kitchen table while you researched what it meant. Now you’re wondering whether you really need to hire an attorney, or whether you can handle this yourself. Maybe your situation…
Read MoreWill I Go to Jail If I Received a Federal Target Letter?
- December 24, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Will I Go to Jail If I Received a Federal Target Letter? The question you’re asking is the wrong question. Not wrong because it doesn’t matter – prison matters enormously. Wrong because you’re framing this as binary when it’s actually a spectrum. Will you go to jail? Statistically, yes –…
Read MoreWhat Is a Superseding Indictment?
- December 24, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
What Is a Superseding Indictment? Welcome to Spodek Law Group. We understand that if you have just received a superseding indictment, your first reaction is probably panic. The government has gone back to the grand jury and returned a new set of charges. Our goal is to help you understand…
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