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White Collar Crime Bail Bonds

White collar crimes are those that are commonly attached to businesses and business employees. White collar crime is most often theft. The difference between regular theft and white collar theft is that force or fear is used in the commission of a regular theft. White collar crime is different. This crime is the use of trickery or fraud rather than force or fear to convince an individual to entrust property to the thief. Typically, the victim of white collar crime is not the subject of violence, and he or she is generally not in fear of violence when unknowingly giving property to a thief.

Common forms of white collar crimes include larceny by false pretenses, embezzlement, trickery, and fraud. These are known as the common law offenses. However, there are wide-ranging white collar crimes that extend beyond the state of California and go into the realm of federal regulation.

A person accused of using unfair and deceptive trade practices can be prosecuted on either the state or the federal level, since California’s unfair and deceptive practices statutes draw heavily on the federal statutes. Unfair and deceptive trade practices cover such acts as false advertising. These statutes were developed with the essential purpose of protecting the consumer.

Other white collar crimes include tax violations, regulatory, health, or environmental violations. Anti-trust is another white collar crime, but it is not exactly the type of crime a typical small business owner can commit. It is generally reserved for the giant corporations.

Fraudulently acquiring investments or business opportunities are white collar crimes. So is real estate fraud and construction fraud. While many of these crimes seem harmless, they are not. There are typically many victims who are left with nothing as the result of a white collar crime. The state or the federal governments are vigorous in prosecuting these crimes because they are trying to maintain the integrity in everyday business deals that the economy depends on.

Bail in white collar crime cases is usually set extremely high.  It seems quite unfair that those accused of rape or even murder can have lower bail amounts than those accused of white collar crimes.  Additionally, in most white collar cases, prosecutors will put a pc 1275.1 hold on the bail to force the defendant to prove where the money used for bail was obtained from.

Sadly, white collar crime cases are the types of cases that can drag on for years.  Time after time we have clients who come to us after their loved one has been in jail for a year or more on these types of cases.  Initially they thought the case would be resolved in a few months and they could avoid paying the astronomical bail fee.  They always say the same thing, "I wish I would have bailed them out right away. I had no idea it would take this long."   Call us toll free and we will be happy to answer your questions, assist you in fighting for a bail reduction hearing, prepare your 1275 package and present it to the court, and find a financially vialble payment plan to get your loved one home as quickly as possible.

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