Category Archives: White Collar Crimes

It’s common knowledge at this point – getting arrested could mean losing your job. Maybe it’s because you’re stuck sitting behind bars so you missed enough shifts to get yourself fired. Maybe it’s because you weren’t able to call in while you were stuck in jail, and your job has a policy about firing anyone […]

  For most people, being charged with a crime is an extremely stressful and terrifying experience. Being taken away, handcuffed, in the back of a police car just ruins your day. Spending days, and sometimes weeks or months in jail, while your case inches it’s way through the court system. Knowing that you may end […]

  In January of this year a federal racketeering lawsuit was filed in the Detroit U.S. District Court by Michigan attorney Scott Batey. According to Batey, Genesee County Sheriff Robert Pickell has made it a habit to deputize people who he believes will advance his political career in the future. However, this accusation hasn’t met […]

Joel Wilson Arraigned On Multiple Felonies Joel Wilson, the Michigan man accused of swindling millions of investor dollars in a Ponzi scheme, was recently extradited from Germany on multiple felony charges. On Friday of last week, Wilson appeared before Bay County District Judge Dawn A. Klida via closed circuit video from the Bay County Jail […]

Former Presidential candidate John Edwards was indicted on Friday, June 3, 2011 on federal campaign finance charges. He had been in plea negotiations with the United States Justice Department, but no agreement could be reached. The indictment stems from Edwards supposed giving of money from political donors to his former campaign aide and to his […]

Lawmakers across the country have enacted computer-related legislation in efforts to keep up with rapid advances in technology. However, a recent case involving a Michigan man facing trial for reading his wife’s emails asks a new question: how does computer-related privacy laws apply to domestic cases?

Grand Blanc Township police recently arrested a Canton man who attempted to cash a fraudulent check at multiple Chase Bank locations.

The U.S. Court of Appeals overturned the sentence of a Michigan dermatologist convicted of 31 counts of health-care fraud. The three-judge panel affirmed the conviction, but found that the lower court misapplied the “vulnerable-victim” statute, ultimately giving the defendant a longer jail sentence then appropriate.

Police recently arrested a former General Motors engineer and her husband for attempting to sell intellectual property secrets to Chinese auto makers regarding the design of hybrid cars.

Although former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is currently serving jail time in a state prison after a 2008 criminal case, the federal government recently indicted him on 19 additional charges including tax fraud. If convicted of these crimes, Kilpatrick could spend decades behind bars.