White-collar crime is a “brand” of crime covering a variety of activities that usually involve cheating someone out of something. I’ve covered it previously here. The main deference between ”white-collar” crimes, like tax evasion, mortgage fraud, FEMA fraud, etc., and “blue-collar” crimes, like robbery, homicide, etc., is the means by which the offense is committed. Blue-collar crimes typically involve physical [...]
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Some federal investigations take years to complete. They begin with suspicious activity or crimes that are reported, then federal law enforcement agencies get involved, and they typically culminate in a grand jury investigation. It is quite common in white-collar criminal investigations for citizens to be investigated for months or years and not even know it. But if the [...]
Read MoreCommentators frequently lament the fact that Mississippi is at or near the bottom of most statistical lists when compared to other states. Guess what? We finally topped one. A recent article shows that the District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi is one of the most active federal district courts in terms of per capita white collar criminal convictions. [...]
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