Category Archives: Fraud & Theft Crimes
Handling Other People’s Money Daily Can Make Stealing it Seem Easy!
There isn’t a week that goes by without a story making headlines about someone who embezzled money from their workplace. But why?. Why would someone steal money that isn’t theirs, when the chances of getting caught are so high? Surely they don’t want to go to prison, do they? Well, of course they don’t […]
[Read More]Tax Scams to Avoid This Tax Season in Michigan! (Part 2)
Welcome back to our two part series on common tax scams in Michigan. As fraud and financial crime defense attorneys, we’ve helped a lot of people over the years who’ve been accused of financial crimes when in fact, all they did was make a mistake. However, we also know that there are numerous people […]
[Read More]Tax Scams to Avoid This Tax Season in Michigan! (Part 1)
Every year the Internal Revenue Service releases their ‘dirty dozen’ list – a list of the 12 most pervasive tax scams that end up costing people a small fortune. Scams that are illegal in every state in the U.S., and can rob people of money they were counting on. Scams that, if you decide the […]
[Read More]Mail Fraud is Common in Michigan. This is What it Looks Like…
Mail fraud is one of the most common types of fraud committed in the United States, and here in Michigan we’re no exception. Hundreds of cases of suspected mail fraud are investigated every year in Michigan. Lots of these investigations lead to criminal charges. However, if you aren’t involved in mail fraud yourself, and you […]
[Read More]Could I be Charged With Tax Fraud Over an Honest Mistake?
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents are specifically trained to detect tax fraud. Now, more and more, the work is being done by computers so as to eliminate human error, but there are still thousands of IRS agents that conduct audits every year. It can seem very scary to someone who isn’t familiar with what they’re […]
[Read More]Fraud Crimes in Michigan: What You Need To Know About Money Laundering
Welcome back and thanks for hanging in there with us through this series on fraud crimes in Michigan. So far we’ve looked at a wide range of different state and federal fraud crimes, from credit card fraud and tax evasion, to embezzlement and health care fraud. In this last installment in the series we’re […]
[Read More]Fraud Crimes in Michigan: What You Need To Know About Check Fraud
Welcome back and thanks for joining us here at The Kronzek Firm, as we break down the subject of fraud crimes in Michigan, and take a look at what each type of criminal activity involves. So far in this series we’ve discussed everything from credit card fraud and embezzlement to organized retail crime and insurance […]
[Read More]Fraud Crimes in Michigan: What You Need To Know About Health Care Fraud
Welcome back and thanks for joining us here at The Kronzek Firm for our series on fraud in Michigan. Because fraud crimes are so varied, and there’s no way to sum them all up in one blog article. Therefore, we have decided to break it all down into a series that we hope will […]
[Read More]Fraud Crimes in Michigan: What You Need To Know About Insurance Fraud
Welcome back and thanks for joining us here at The Kronzek Firm, for our series breakdown on fraud crimes in Michigan, and the many forms they can take. Because fraud and financial crimes are so varied, there is no way to sum them up in one description. For that reason, and in the hopes […]
[Read More]Fraud Crimes in Michigan: What You Need To Know About Organized Retail Crime
Hello and thanks for joining The Kronzek Firm again for our series breakdown of fraud crimes in Michigan. So far we’ve looked at credit card fraud, embezzlement, and tax evasion. In this next segment we’re going to talk about organized retail crime in Michigan – what it means and what the penalties involve. What is […]
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