Last week, Indian River County Sheriff Deryl Loar implemented a drug task force on the highways. Many patrol cars were assigned to their stretch of highway, pulling over vehicles that sped or had other minor traffic violations in hope of discovering illegal drugs or other criminal activity. Of the cars…
The next installment of Attorney Behr’s mortgage fraud prosecutions series: 18 U.S.C. §1956 Laundering of monetary instruments & 18 U.S.C. §1957 Engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activity Both statutes essentially have the same purpose of preventing persons from legitimizing proceeds obtained illegally although there are…
South Florida Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog is proud to present the next installment of Attorney Behr’s mortgage fraud prosecutions series: 18 U.S.C. §1344 Bank Fraud Persons who knowingly executes or makes an attempt to execute a scheme or ploy to “…defraud a financial institution; or to obtain any of the…
Victor Thomas Clavizzao, 46, has been sentenced to 5 years in prison on convictions of conspiring to commit mortgage fraud. The court also ordered Clavizzao to pay $2 million in restitution and to forfeit an additional $6 million. Clavizzao had entered a guilty plea on September 23, 2009. Court documents…
Huey Granderson of Millersport, Ohio was charged with three counts related to an insurance fraud ring which involved real estate. Granderson was the ringleader of this group that committed theft in upwards of $5 million from companies in the area. He pled guilty to partaking in corrupt activities, theft and…
Here is the next installment of Attorney Behr’s mortgage fraud prosecutions series: 18 U.S.C. §225 Continuing financial crimes enterprise Continuing financial crimes enterprise statue criminalizes any person that “…organizes, manages or supervise a continuing financial crimes enterprise; and receives $5,000,000.00 or more in gross receipts from such enterprise during any…
Inyang Amos was charged via a superseding indictment with 10 counts of mortgage fraud through interstate wire, one count of engaging in a monetary transaction involving criminally derived property and two counts of aggravated identity theft. He allegedly devised and executed the fraudulent scheme from 2003 through 2006 in which…
Incidents of major crime ticked up in 2008 over the previous year but were significantly down from 10 years ago, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, which today released the annual statewide crime report. “The number one priority of government is to make our neighborhoods safe and secure…
Further exposition of Attorney Behr’s mortgage fraud prosecutions series: 18 U.S.C. § 1341 Frauds and swindles & 18 U.S.C. § 1343 Fraud by wire, radio, or television Also know as the mail and wire fraud statutes. These statutes explain any person “…having devised or intending to devise any scheme or…”…
According to AP reports, a lawyer-turned-tax preparer was jailed after a jury convicted him of helping a radiologist and others hide $24 million in income. A defense lawyer for 59-year-old Bernard J. Bagdis of Norristown says his client was obsessed with the tax code and did not believe he had…