Tax Refund Fraud Scheme in the Northern District

Interesting case of tax refund fraud in the Northern District of Texas

http://www.justice.gov/usao/txn/PressRelease/2014/FEB2014/feb26Msipa_sent.html

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Lawyer convicted of fraud in the Southern District

It is always sad to see a lawyer accused of and convicted of fraud, but here is the sad case of an attorney who did a variety of bewildering schemes and ended up being convicted in the Southern District of Texas.

http://www.justice.gov/usao/txs/1News/Releases/2014%20February/140228%20-%20Lanier.html

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Investment Fraud in the Southern District

Interesting investment fraud scheme in the Southern District of Texas

http://www.justice.gov/usao/txs/1News/Releases/2013%20December/131218%20-%20Jordan.html

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Military Recruitment Fraud in the Southern District

An strange case of military recruitment fraud in the Southern District of Texas

http://www.justice.gov/usao/txs/1News/Releases/2013%20August/130816%20-%20Rambaran%20et%20al.html

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Perjury in the Northern District of Texas

Perjury in the Northern District of Texas

http://www.justice.gov/usao/txn/PressRelease/2013/JUN2013/jun28garcia_ernesto_perjury_plea.html

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Fraud involving mail in the Southern District

A massive scheme involving the U.S. mail in the Southern District of Texas

http://www.justice.gov/usao/txs/1News/Releases/2011%20June/110630%20Lim.htm

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Corruption charges in the Southern District

Corruption charges in the Southern District of Texas

http://www.justice.gov/usao/txs/1News/Releases/2013%20July/130701%20-%20Carson%20and%20Washington.html

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Procurement Fraud in the Western District

Government Procurement fraud in the Western District of Texas

http://www.justice.gov/usao/txw/press_releases/2013/Mav%20Co%20Chavez%20plea.pdf

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A cautionary tale

We will be exploring this topic in the next thread in this blog.

Spouses, friends and family members can be used for white collar crime.....and not even know it.

But, as they say, ignorance of the law is no excuse.  A jail sentence is still waiting at the end.

http://www.learnvest.com/2013/05/my-husband-embezzled-millions-and-i-paid-the-price/

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Federal Sentencing Guidelines IX

Well, this is the end of the very, very brief overview of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.  I hope you found it useful.

     Keep in mind that although we tend to talk about the "big ticket" fraud cases that appear in Federal Court, the vast majority of fraud cases are handled through the State systems.  Cases such as Bernie Madoff and Allan Stanford, which grab all the headlines, are prosecuted through the Federal courts btu they are not alone.  The various State systems handle many more cases.

     For the next series of postings, therefore, we will talk about Texas state law when it comes to sentencing. As stated several times in this series of posts, Texas guidelines are far less exact than Federal guidelines.  This is both positive and negative.  Federal guidelines do allow an attorney to tell his client what he is facing which is very important when discussing plea bargains.  However, State crimes and sentencing do allow for more flexibility.

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Federal Sentencing Guidelines IV

OK - review the chart from the Federal Sentencing Guidelines in the previous post.  This chart is the authority for determining the amount of time a person will receive for crime(s) for which a person is sentenced within the Federal Criminal justice system.

     This chart is easy to read once you get the hang of it.  The horizontal line is the criminal history.  The greater the number, the higher the person's criminal history.  Obviously, the greater the criminal history, the greater the punishment. 

    The vertical line is the severity of the crime(s) for which the person is convicted.  The numbers range from 1-43.  Obviously once again, the higher the number, the more serious the crime. 

   The numbers are the number of months for which the person can be convicted, anywhere from 0 (probation) to life.

     The sentence, therefore, is a point between the person's criminal history and the severity of the crime(s) for which the person is convicted.

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Federal Sentencing Guidelines III

The basic explanation for Federal Sentencing Guidelines is this chart:

http://www.miami-criminal-lawyer.net/html/federal-sentencing-table.html

We will discuss this the next posting.

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Federal Sentencing Guidelines II

The best way to begin is with an overview of Federal Sentencing Guidelines.  Wikipedia offers the best overview, so here is a link to the article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Federal_Sentencing_Guidelines

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Federal Sentencing Guidelines I

     Much of white-collar crime and fraud is done at the Federal level (although there are plenty of state statutes and criminal penalties against this type of crime as well, at least in Texas).  Federal crimes are, by their very nature, generally reserved for more complex crimes or crimes which have a higher financial loss.  This makes sense because their are far more State and local proscutors and judges than Federal judges or United States attorneys.  Our legal system (the U.S. legal system) has developed over the years so that Federal white collar crimes generally (but not always) involve greater financial loss to a person or entity.  There are other ways in which Federal jurisdiction can be invoked, but that is beyond the scope of this posting.

     We will spend the next few posts discussing punishment for crimes at the Federal level.  Federal sentencing (the jail time and/or punishment for crimes) is a law school course all on its own (I should know since I myself studied this in law school), but there are some basic principles about which we can discuss Federal sentencing and crimes.  This is important for our ongoing discussions on fraud since many times when we read or hear about a fraudster being imprisoned, it is at the Federal level and there are often questions about how or why the defendant received the sentence he did (think Bernie Madoff). 

    So, for the next week or so, let's discuss how a defendant is sentenced for a crime at the Federal level either after he pleads guilty or after he goes to trial and loses.

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