• Lifestyle Analysis in White Collar Criminal Defense

    Both civil and criminal cases often involve an element of proving or disproving income of an individual or business. It is not unusual for a divorce case to include allegations of hidden income or assets. In contract disputes alleging the […]

  • Stop Fraud Before It Starts

    My idea of a good time: Digging through boxes of documents for hours on end, looking for that smoking gun that proves an employee was stealing from a business. An attorney’s idea of a good time: Going to court with […]

  • Criminal Defense Work: Financial Crimes

    The most interesting cases I work are criminal cases for defendants accused of financial crimes such as money laundering, tax fraud, bribery and corruption, embezzlement, and investment fraud. I do my best work as a forensic accountant and fraud investigator […]

  • Financial Analysis in White Collar Crime Cases

    White collar crime cases tend to focus on the flow of money. Government investigators analyze the finances of a company or individual to determine where money came from and where it went. It is this trail of money that leads […]

  • NBA Players’ Health And Welfare Benefit Plan Defrauded

    Last week Thursday, 19 people were charged in federal court with defrauding the National Basketball Association Players’ Health and Welfare Benefit Plan of almost $4 million. The charges are conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud. One defendant, […]

  • IRS Special Agent Fraud

    I had to write about this IRS special agent because his fraud story is so wild. Bryan Cho (aka Yong Hee Cho) was a Special Agent in the IRS Criminal Investigation Division since 2008. And now he’s been charged with […]

  • Herbalife Charged Criminally for Bribery

    This morning Herbalife (NYSE: HLF) was charged criminally for paying bribes to Chinese officials. The action is related to criminal liability under FCPA (U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act). The company disclosed in an SEC filing today: Herbalife violated the books […]

  • No Collar Fraud: White Collar Crime Committed by Millennials

    If you try to research fraud by millennials (those born between 1980 and 1994, currently 26-40 years old, also referred to as Gen Y), most everything you find will be about them being victims of fraud. It appears that millennials […]

  • Kevin Trudeau Has Learned Nothing

    Does anyone remember Kevin Trudeau? He’s been in prison for the last six years, so you may have forgotten about him. Kevin Trudeau used to be called the “infomercial king” because he did a bunch of wildly successful infomercials selling […]

  • The Most Common Money Scams and Schemes in 2018

    Every second of every day millions of humans and machines use the internet for both personal and business transactions via thousands of websites. Sadly, even with advanced security, there are those who try to fraudulently obtain other peoples hard earned […]