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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Anyone who is under arrest and about to be formally charged with DUI is bursting with questions about what will happen next. Will you be released immediately or held overnight? Will it be in the paper the next day? Will you lose your job? No one is i...
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Probation and parole are similar to each other in that they are both legal processes under which someone guilty of a criminal offense is released into the community under official supervision. However, probation and parole are very different from eac...
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If you are charged with Reckless Driving in Florida, you need to understand what it takes for the prosecutor to prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt. When a defendant thinks they know enough about the law to decide how to plead in court, they r...
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The U.S. Constitution’s Fourth Amendment and the Florida State Constitution protect from unreasonable searches and seizures. The police may not conduct an investigative search of your car, your home, or you without probable cause, and that usually ...
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The term white-collar crime refers to criminal offenses “characterized by deceit, concealment, or violation of trust . . . to obtain or avoid losing money, property, or services or to secure a personal or business advantage.”i These crimes are co...
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Prosecutors in the Tampa area often offer to lower DUI charges to Reckless Driving charges if no personal or property damage occurs. Because every DUI case is unique, consulting with a DUI attorney will help guide you through your options when decidi...
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Anyone thinking about “taking a lie detector test” needs to read this blog post before doing anything else. Many people misunderstand the machine referred to as a lie detector, and they mistakenly believe that the apparatus can actually identify ...
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When a police officer stops a motorist because of either a driving infraction or for other “reasonable” grounds, the officer will not yet have “probable cause” to arrest the person for DUI. The law requires that the officer have more informat...
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