Since the housing market collapse in 2008, the government has taken a markedly greater interest in mortgage fraud at many levels. In the New York metropolitan area, the sheer density of financial institutions gives rise to a significant number of white-collar crimes....
Protecting Your Rights And Your Future
Month: March 2021
DECISIONS OF THE WEEK ENDED MARCH 12, 2021
While the Second Circuit published many summary orders this week, there were no precedential decisions, and the summary orders dealt mainly with relatively mundane sentencing issues. If CA2’s decisions this week show anything, Vasquez and Moore demonstrate that,...
DECISIONS OF THE WEEK ENDED MARCH 5, 2021
The headline this week was a rare en banc decision from the Circuit in Scott, holding that New York’s first-degree manslaughter is a crime of violence under the ACCA and the Career Offender Sentencing Guideline. This decision will have significant ramifications on the...
What to know about suppressing evidence
If you have been charged with a crime, a New York prosecutor can only use evidence that is collected in accordance with the law. Otherwise, your attorney may move to have it suppressed. Let's take a look at the various reasons why evidence might be ruled inadmissible...
Popular health care provider scams
While health care providers are charged with providing the utmost care for their patients, there are a select few that opt for defrauding the system. As the years go by, some companies are formulating new ways to scam the health care insurance industry. Here are some...
How bank investigations work
Transaction fraud is a huge headache for people in the New York City metro area. It can be frustrating to wait while the bank conducts their investigation. It's not a process that's very transparent for consumers. Fraud is complex, and banks have very specific ways of...