White Collar Crime
Fraudulent and unethical behaviors in business environments aren't hard to come by on the evening news. We have all heard about Enron, right? Enron executives hid billions of dollars of debt from failed business deals, causing the company to go bankrupt. A lot of the executives at Enron were federally indicted for multiple charges and sentenced to prison. According to Time.com, "the jury convicted the entire firm, but it focused the blame on a single person, Andersen's Chicago-based lawyer Nancy Temple, who, according to the legalese, played the 'corrupt persuader' who led others astray."
What about WorldCom? Time.com reports that "investigators revealed that WorldCom had executed what was then the largest accounting fraud in history, with more than $11 billion in accounting misstatements. It was also alleged that CEO, Bernie Ebbers, had taken $366 million in personal loans from the company." It seems as if these large company executives are becoming very greedy with money that doesn't belong to them. Their situations seem to irreversibly spiral out of control which gets them in way over their heads.
What if you work for a company who commits fraudulent acts? What if you didn't say anything about those accounting discrepancies? What if your silence is mistaken for admission of guilt? You shouldn't have to go down with a company who is defrauding their stock-holders if you had nothing to do with the crime. Our Charleston Criminal lawyer is available to defend this type of case.
If you or someone you know or work with is involved in a white collar crime, you may need to contact one of the South Carolina federal criminal attorneys at The Mace Firm.
Our Charleston criminal lawyers are available for consultations in one of our several offices. We also have lawyers in Myrtle Beach to speak with you about your case.
