Over the past decade, the FBI, the SEC, and other federal agencies have increasingly sought to criminalize business conduct based on allegations of fraud. Everyday business disputes, simple mistakes on forms, factual inaccuracies in marketing materials, and negligent conduct, instead of being resolved as civil disputes, are now investigated and prosecuted as criminal fraud cases, carrying draconian penalties.
In these circumstances, we have successfully counseled and represented lawyers, accountants, businessmen, an FBI agent, and numerous other clients investigated for or charged with a wide array of allegedly fraudulent conduct, such as insider trading, North Carolina mortgage fraud, bank fraud, health care fraud, tax fraud, bankruptcy fraud, false financial disclosures, false statement to a federal agent, perjury, immigration fraud, and money laundering.
