Defenses to federal wire fraud allegations and charges range from factual and legal challenges to arguments about the prosecution’s lack of grounds for pursuing criminal charges. The particular facts that are at issue in…
The core element is a scheme to defraud, which is simply “a plan or course of action” designed to cheat someone out of money or property. It is the broadest element in federal mail…
Federal identity theft is prosecuted under 18 U.S.C. § 1028, and the maximum penalties that apply to an individual offense charged under this statute depend on the specific type of conduct involved. The statute…
Section 1344 contains two alternative grounds for bank fraud liability. The first applies if the defendant executed or attempted to execute a scheme or artifice to defraud a financial institution, or to obtain, by…
Perjury charges (i.e. under 18 U.S.C. Section 1621) generally require that the defendant had been sworn in under oath. This is not the case for charges under Section 1001. Similarly, federal agents do not…
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