Accounting fraud has been around as long as there has been accounting, but it's not always clear to the laymen what the distinction is between "creative accounting" and a criminal act. "Accounting fraud" is not necessarily in and of itself a specific crime, but refers...
Sex crimes are primarily policed by state law, but federal statutes legislate in the area of sex crimes as well, especially where interstate commerce or travel is involved. Many federal statutes include mandatory minimum sentences for sex crimes. In addition, federal...
Sex crimes are generally governed by state law, but there are numerous federal laws providing the federal government with jurisdiction over a number of sex crimes. These federal sex crimes often involve interstate traffic and thus examples include possessing or...
We hear the word "conspiracy" thrown around in everyday conversation to apply to all sorts of things, and it's generally used to refer to any type of secret agreement among parties to act in concert towards a common goal. But in the context of criminal law,...
