Late last year, two Southern California residents pleaded guilty to grand theft, embezzlement and fraud charges in a billing scheme that resulted in $6.6 million illegally billed to Medicare. Previously, three others associated with the scheme also pleaded guilty. ‘Quality Improvement Coordinator’ pleads guilty… In the first instance, an employee of Mauran Ambulance, who was…
Under California Penal Code 470, you may be charged with forgery if you sign another person’s name to a document, fake someone’s handwriting or seal or falsify a legal document. In addition, you could face forgery charges if you present a false document as a genuine one – this particular charge typically involves a check…
The United States has one of the most complicated healthcare reimbursement systems of all industrialized nations. With hundreds of private insurance providers and several government programs involved, it’s easy to see how healthcare fraud can happen. Claims processors for hospitals and clinics, who get tired of jumping through hoops just to be paid, are tempted…
Grand theft is a relatively common crime in California and elsewhere. You can get charged with grand theft under a variety of circumstances, from shoplifting to embezzlement, and face possible prison time and fines. Grand theft charges are also often concurrent with other crimes. For example, in an unusual recent case, a man in Los…
Many people assume that credit card fraud only happens among strangers. Someone gets a hold of another person’s information and opens one or more credit cards by forging his or her signature. The defrauded person has no idea this happened until he or she receive a bill in the mail. In tough economic times, people…
Grand Theft is the crime of taking another person’s money or property, valued at $950 or more, with the intent to permanently deprive them of its possession. Charges for this crime range from misdemeanor to felony depending, in part, on the amount of money or the value of the property taken. This issue is important…
It is scary and unsettling for someone to accuse you of a crime as serious as embezzlement. While those feelings are understandable, it doesn’t mean that you are guilty. You may be the victim of someone who is trying to set you up or even a simple misunderstanding. What Constitutes Embezzlement Under California Law? California…
In order for a prosecutor to charge you with the crime of forgery in California, you must have knowingly intended to defraud another person or organization. When assessing the severity of your forgery, prosecutors and judges consider whether your actions could cause financial injury to someone who believed your forged document was genuine. Although writing…
Detectives in Lake Elsinore recently announced that they had concluded a three-year investigation by arresting a man whom they allege ran an extensive and sophisticated home loan modification fraud operation. Police think the 34-year-old man ran a business called First Universal Solutions that he used as front to take more than $50,000 from 16 homeowners…
Let’s say as you’re going about your business, you find someone’s wallet on the ground. Or maybe it’s an iPhone, or a piece of jewelry. What would happen if you pick it up and take it with you, and the police later find it in your possession? Section 485 of the California Penal Code states…
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