Frat-Run Drug Trafficking Ring Leads to Charges and Convictions

It’s one thing for a few college students to be charged with possession or even sale of small amounts of marijuana. It’s another when they’re charged with trafficking in more than 1,000 pounds of marijuana and large amounts of other drugs including several hundred kilos of cocaine and ecstasy. A federal investigation found that the…

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When Disciplining Your Child Turns Criminal

There are all kinds of creative ways parents come up with to punish or discipline their kids these days. The thing is that there really isn’t any need to recreate the wheel when it comes to correcting a child’s behavior. The basics still work like a charm and they’re not likely to land you in…

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Why Killing Witnesses Won’t Help You

So you’ve committed a crime and someone saw you do it. You know if they’re discovered, or worse, have already come forward, you have a problem. Getting them out of the way seems like a fantastic idea to clear your path to freedom, doesn’t it? If nobody can say they saw you, it all goes…

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Stuff You Really Should Tell Your Attorney

When you’re facing criminal charges, whether you’re guilty or innocent, facing the criminal justice system is nerve-wracking. Your attorney is there to help you navigate the system and help you avoid criminal penalties and conviction. There’s a lot at stake, and sometimes nervous clients fail to divulge certain facts to their attorney about their case.…

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White-Collar Crime Prosecutions At All-Time Low

Interesting news out of the Department of Justice (DOJ). Recent records show that prosecution of white-collar offenders has reached the lowest point since tracking began during the Reagan administration. Data published by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University found a 25 percent dip in the number of prosecutions in January 2020 as…

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Can Fluffy’s Microchip Expose You to Data Fraud?

We adore our pets – our dogs, cats, lizards, birds, horses – whatever we love and loves us back. And sure, our pets might expose us to stuff we don’t want, like the occasional flea or tick, some slobbering or a playful nip here and there. But it probably never occurred to you (or us…

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Woman Sentenced in Maryland for Federal Mail & Wire Fraud Scheme

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) District of Maryland is reporting the sentencing of a California woman to three years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. This is in connection with a wider scheme to fraudulently obtain goods using what appeared to be a military email address, but was…

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What Happens After You Get Arrested?

Pretend for a moment that you are the type of person who commits crimes – a “criminal,” one might say – and after a night of alleged criming, you are caught by the police and arrested. Now what? Well, you’ll be processed and will likely have to spend an initial night in jail, and they…

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What Conduct Constitutes Bank Fraud?

Bank fraud is a federal crime that is prosecuted in federal courts in Maryland. Bank fraud includes a broad range of illegal financial transactions. Generally, it involves illegally using methods to obtain funds or assets held by a financial institution. Bank fraud also includes posing as a financial institution to obtain money from people. In…

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There’s a Pandemic. Stop Breathing on Each Other.

COVID-19 is deadly, and it’s airborne. If you’re hacking and coughing on people, they’re gonna get it. If you’re talking to someone and there are “droplets” in the air, you’re gonna get it. It spreads fast and it spreads easily. For these reasons, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, generally recommends that when people…

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