White Collar Crimes

San Diego Defense Lawyer, White Collar Crimes

David Boertje will fight for your case of White Collar crime. He has had several years of experience as a criminal attorney in San Diego.

What is a White Collar Crime?
Whether or not something is considered a White Collar crime depends on several factors:

• The nature of the crime: White collar crimes are often associated with corporate, property, economic, health and safety, or environmental crimes. White Collar crimes do not include acts of violence and often rely on betrayals of trust or abuses of power.
• The socioeconomic class of the criminal: White Collar crimes can often pertain to criminals with a large amount of wealth or even high education.
• The context of the crime: White Collar crimes can also be classified as instances where an individual has used their background to execute acts of fraud or price fixing like a professional or CEO’s misleading their clients or share-holders.

There are several acts that can be considered as White Collar crimes:

• Trust Violations
• Bribery
• Tax Evasion
• Embezzlement is the taking of money from accounts that have been entrusted to you.
• Money Laundering is when money is obtained illegally in a way that seems legal.
• Extortion is to obtain something (typically money) from someone through an unfair and illegal advantage.
• Insider Trading is the trading of stock based on information not disclosed to the public.
• Forgery is the changing of any document where you have no right or authority to alter.
• Counterfeiting
• Fraud  is the misrepresentation in some way. Fraud only occurs when someone knowingly lies in order to have some benefit they otherwise would not have.
  • Internet, Credit Card, Bankruptcy, Insurance, and financial.

Other White Collar Crimes
White collar crimes can also extend into computer crimes as well. Such cases involve Internet violations, hacking, identity theft through the Internet, and creating viruses.

The Sentences
White collar crimes often carry a prison sentence and a large fine as well, due to the fact that most white collar crimes are committed for monetary gains. That is why it is crucial for you to contact David Boertje if you have been accused of a white collar crime.