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If you have been charged with a white collar crime (i.e., a nonviolent crime intended to secure financial gain through deception, and involving a professional or someone with specialized technical skills), then you may be feeling particularly vulnerable.  After all, the consequences for such crimes can be quite serious, and may include imprisonment, fines, and the loss of your professional licenses. Plea bargains are an option for many white collar criminal defendants, and in fact, most criminal litigation ends with some form of a negotiated compromise between the prosecution and the defendant.  In some cases, a plea bargain allows the […]

On September 15, 2015, the Yates Memorandum (“Yates Memo”) was issued by the Department of Justice (DOJ), signaling a sea-change in government policy towards investigation and prosecution of corporate fraud.  Specifically, the Yates Memo was intended to push individual accountability as a guiding policy moving forward — many industry observers noted that the Yates Memo was something of a reaction to widespread, negative public sentiment surrounding the failure of government prosecutors to punish individual wrongdoers in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. This new emphasis on individual accountability has had a substantial impact on how corporations (and their potentially […]

Healthcare professionals and organizations often struggle with adhering to the rather complicated, multi-pronged regulatory schemes that — together — establish Medicare fraud and abuse liability under the law.  Medicare abuse (in particular) has been a unique challenge for various healthcare professionals and entities, as the government is increasingly taking advantage of the “subjective” nature of Medicare abuse determinations and imposing civil and criminal penalties at their discretion. What is Medicare Abuse, Exactly? Medicare abuse is any practice — systemic or irregular — that imposes unnecessary and unjustified costs on the Medicare Program.  Though Medicare abuse is generally less severe of […]

If you have been charged with bank fraud, you may be feeling somewhat overwhelmed — after all, despite the fact that bank fraud is defined as a white collar crime, conviction carries significant criminal and civil penalties.  In fact, the federal bank fraud statute outlines penalties of up to $1M in fines and up to 30 years imprisonment.  Given the high-stakes nature of such litigation, it’s important that you get in touch with a team of qualified criminal defense attorneys as soon as possible. Here at Binnall Law Group, PLLC, our attorneys understand the unique texture of white collar criminal […]