Fraud

Stealing a Credit or Debit Card In California, the penal code addresses the multiple ways credit card fraud can be committed. For example, someone can steal a card, forge information, or accept a fake one.… 

Stealing Credit Cards Paying with a credit card can be efficient and easy, but credit card users should be aware of possible theft of their card and/or information. While credit card companies are enacting stringer… 

Committing Embezzlement in California Let’s say that someone entrusts you with their property (i.e. money, house, bank account) and tells you to manage it for them. If you accept this deal, you now have a… 

Every person has identifying information that allows them to conduct financial transactions, access medical documents, and partake in certain services. Each identifying information is unique to the individual and, as such, must be protected from… 

We have provided some articles previously that deal with topics like robberies and grand/petty theft. In these situations, stolen property is extracted from the actual owner. But what happens to that stolen property? Some of… 

Within the domain of white-collar crime, acts of forgery have been criminalized by the California penal code. Specifically, Penal Code 470 PC deals with those who forge with the intention to commit fraud. Forgery deals… 

  There are many situations in which an individual must present their identification document (ID) to an official or someone responsible for checking IDs because of a legal limit. For example, all of the processes… 

In California, government institutions exist to aid residents through welfare programs, which are means-tested and provide benefits for different reasons. Some residents can intentionally defraud these programs in order to get more payments than they…