Recent Posts in White Collar Crimes Category
Posted on Feb 1, 2012 By Riverside Criminal Defense Lawyer
A former administrator in Beverly Hills, California was found guilty last week of serious charges. Prior to his conviction, he was accused of misappropriating funds that were supposed to be used for ...
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Posted on Jan 25, 2012 By Riverside Criminal Defense Lawyer
In Los Angeles, California, a former executive director of a non-profit was recently arrested and charged with felony white collar crimes . The offender, J.G., was detained by local law enforcement ...
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Posted on Oct 12, 2011 By Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings
A former superintendent now faces the possibility of additional felony charges if the state prosecutor gets his way. The former administrator of a school district in Southern California came under ...
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Posted on Sep 21, 2011 By Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings
The last thing you want to find out when you purchase an expensive piece of art work is that it is a forgery. Unfortunately, this was the case for many clients in Los Angeles who were duped by an art ...
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Posted on Sep 7, 2011 By Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings
Even though it took nineteen months to track down and capture five men, police in Los Angeles, California are excited about breaking into a large license forgery ring. After realizing that two of ...
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Posted on Jul 13, 2011 By Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings
While most PTA moms have a stellar reputation, three moms in Florida have just been arrested for their involvement in a year's long Ponzi scheme. According to police reports, the three suspects ...
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Posted on Jun 29, 2011 By Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings
After officials were able to gather enough evidence against her, Carla Ann Brennan was arrested for stealing nearly $262,000 in student loans. Brennan, 63, devised a scheme wherein she claimed to help ...
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Posted on Jun 15, 2011 By Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings
The famous Lenny Dykstra now finds himself gaining more notoriety, this time for white collar crimes . Dykstra went before a federal judge last week to plead not guilty to the charges of embezzlement ...
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Posted on Jun 1, 2011 By Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings
A former law enforcement official will find himself behind bars soon for committing various white collar crimes. According to the Los Angeles County district attorney"s office, 56-year-old Joseph ...
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Posted on Apr 13, 2011 By Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings
A sheriff's deputy pleaded not guilty to the charges of white collar crimes that were filed against him. According to Deputy District Attorney Amy Pellman Pentz, 56-year-old Joseph Dyer pleaded no ...
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Posted on Mar 17, 2011 By Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings
Federal authorities are investigating an alleged $200 million Ponzi scheme headed by the chief executive officer of National Lampoon Inc. Timothy Durham, 48, has been named in a federal grand jury ...
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Posted on Jan 13, 2011 By Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings
A former civil rights lawyer was disbarred in Los Angeles last week on charges of white collar crimes. Stephen Yagman, 66, who specialized in filing misconduct and brutality charges against the Los ...
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Posted on Nov 18, 2010 By Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings
This week on Wednesday, Bruce Karatz was sentenced to five years of probation including eight months of house arrest. Karatz had a 20 year run as the CEO of KB Home was accused of manipulating the ...
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Posted on Oct 13, 2010 By Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings
This week, new sources have said that a vast network of Armenian gangsters and their associates were placed under arrest for Medicare fraud . Allegedly, the organized crime group was able to defraud ...
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Posted on Aug 4, 2010 By Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings
In Los Angeles, a councilman said that the charges that accuse him of living outside of his San Fernando Valley district are inaccurate. At this time, Richard Alarcon is facing 18 counts of perjury, ...
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Posted on Jul 21, 2010 By Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings
In Idaho, a former manager at Wells Fargo bank has admitted to embezzling over $25,000 from three customers' bank accounts. The U.S. Attorney's Office says that 41 year old Julie Dempsey pled guilty ...
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Posted on Jul 14, 2010 By Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings
This Wednesday, the U.S. Attorney's office in the state of Philadelphia said that a former National Penn Bank was sentenced for her white collar crime offenses. 63 year old Roberta Stutzman was ...
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Posted on Jul 2, 2010 By Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings
Recently, police in Los Angeles claimed that a bookkeeper embezzled money from her boss. While keeping accounts for a Southern California cement products firm, it is alleged that Holly Daunielle ...
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Posted on Jun 11, 2010 By Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings
In Los Angeles, a social services worker who used to work for Los Angeles County was charged with tax fraud . The worker, Trang Van Dinh, was charged after police learned that he filed bogus tax ...
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Posted on May 28, 2010 By Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings
This week, the last defendant involved in a major Medicare fraud scheme was sentenced. For six years, legal proceedings were carried out by federal authorities who initially discovered the $15 million ...
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Posted on May 21, 2010 By Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings
Several news outlets are reporting that two former officials with the California Public Employees' Retirement System have been charged with the criminal act of fraud . According to reports, the two ...
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Posted on Mar 11, 2010 By Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings
The owner of an Orange County medical marijuana dispensary has been arrested for illegally selling marijuana and laundering the profits. Mark Gregory Moen's charges include 38 counts of money ...
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Posted on Feb 15, 2010 By Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings
Two men were arrested last week for allegedly extorting money from several people in Corona , Pedley, and Glen Avon. The suspects, Majeed Najafi of Calabasas and Jose Casanova of Hollywood, are ...
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