For the first time in American history, on August 8, 2022, the FBI executed a court-approved search warrant at Mar-a-Lago, the residence of a former president, Donald Trump, in Palm Beach, Florida. While the nation has undoubtedly become more politic...
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The idea of immunity from prosecution is often discussed but is more complex than many people think. Being immunized from prosecution sounds like a good thing, and in many cases it is. But immunity can also be forced upon an unwilling witness who is ...
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Wire fraud is a serious federal criminal offense that is among the most frequent charges brought by agents of the U.S. Justice Department. The reason it is so common is that the law prohibiting wire fraud is so easily violated during the commission o...
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Knowingly under-reporting income or providing false information to the Internal Revenue Service with the intent to avoid or reduce your tax obligation is a violation of federal law. In most cases, the government will impose civil penalties on violato...
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Federal courts use a set of guidelines and a scoring system to determine an appropriate range of sentencing for each convicted defendant. The system is intended to produce an ultimate punishment based on the precise circumstances of the crime and the...
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The statute of limitations for any crime is a law that specifies the deadline before which the government must begin a formal prosecution or be forever barred from doing so. Statutes of limitations were included in ancient Greek and Roman law. Englis...
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R&B singer R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Wednesday, June 29th, 2022, after being convicted of sex trafficking and racketeering. The sentence was imposed by the U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly, who ordered him to pa...
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You've probably heard of money laundering – the act of "cleaning" cash obtained from illegal activities to avoid detection from law enforcement. Similarly, the infraction of money structuring entails breaking large monetary transactions into ...
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is an administrative agency with extensive powers to monitor, investigate, and file civil enforcement actions in federal court or commence administrative proceedings against parties that violate federal se...
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An FBI target letter is a document a federal prosecutor sends to someone whom they believe is committing or has committed a criminal offense. The target letter is typically used in federal investigations of white-collar crime. The letter usually noti...
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