In your business, you handle a lot of money. You’re in charge of several large accounts. Lately, you have noticed that there are some odd discrepancies, but since you have a few new hires, you figured that some accounting errors had been made. None of the senior...
Cincinnati Federal Crimes Blog
Cryptocurrency fraud leads to serious legal issues
The cryptocurrency industry, which involves Bitcoin and the like, has attracted a lot of attention from investors over the last few years. Unfortunately, cryptocurrency has also become associated with fraud. As a result, state and federal agencies taking a hard stand...
Drug force surveillance turns into a deadly chase
Two people have been indicted for a police chase that resulted in a crash in Newport. According to the news out of Cincinnati, the crash killed two bystanders when two people fled the police in a vehicle and struck the pedestrians. The two victims, 81 and 80, were...
Insider trading prosecutions fell in 2019
If you have worked in finance for any time, the chances are that someone you know will have been investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). However, figures show that the number of prosecutions for insider trading fell in 2019, with the SEC making...
A January shooting becomes Cincinnati’s first federal murder case
Most of the people who get arrested and charged with a criminal offense in the Cincinnati area will face state charges under Ohio's criminal laws. However, some people facing criminal charges can wind up facing federal criminal offenses for things that happen in the...
Do you need an attorney if you’ve been charged for computer crimes?
You have been staying with a friend, and you’ve been using their computer to browse the web. They told you that you could stay at their house while they’re out of the country, but what you didn’t know was that the computer’s IP address was being investigated for...
Vice president of Discovery Tours in Ohio charged with embezzlement
Discovery Tours, which was well-known in Ohio for organizing and operating educational tours that allowed students to visit places of significant cultural and historical interest, including Washington D.C., and Chicago, suddenly shut its doors in May, 2018 due to...
Know the differences between drug crimes
Ohio residents may not be aware that drug distribution charges are usually more serious than drug possession charges. However, people often face both together, making the resulting punishment even more serious than it would have been had only one of the charges been...
Ohio legislature reels from House Speaker’s arrest
The news that Larry Householder, the long-time Speaker of Ohio’s House of Representatives, was indicted by a federal grand jury shook a lot of people up last month. He is facing charges related to what authorities have called the largest bribery and money laundering...
Ohio looks into overhauling nonviolent drug possession charges
If you’ve been accused of a drug crime, one thing you may be interested in learning more about is how you can seek alternative penalties instead of prison time or harsh fines. Sometimes, there are possible alternatives, such as going through drug treatment, which can...
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