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White Collar Criminal Defense – Money Laundering and Extortion Criminal Lawyer
Facing charges for money laundering or extortion can be a shocking, stressful situation. At America's Criminal Defense Group, we believe that our clients are innocent until proven guilty and we work hard to comfort our clients by providing knowledgeable, effective legal representation. We believe it is possible to obtain favorable results for any client with the help of a skilled white collar criminal attorney. A criminal lawyer affiliated with America's Criminal Defense Group can assist you with an experienced, persuasive defense strategy.
About Money Laundering
Money laundering is a method for disguising the illegal origins for (usually) large sums of money and reintroducing those earnings into the financial system through legitimate businesses and investments. This system for “cleaning” money allows people who have obtained funds through illegal activities to use that money without being connected to the criminal activities from which it came. If you are being investigated for money laundering, a white collar criminal attorney can help you. An experienced lawyer can offer effective legal representation and help you to obtain a favorable result in your case.
Money laundering is related to a number of white collar criminal activities, including tax evasion, organized crime, drug trafficking offenses, and more. There are three main aspects to money laundering:
- Placement – This is the first stage in the money laundering process. During this time, the funds from illegal activities enter into a financial system, often in the form of several small cash bank deposits.
- Layering – Next, the money goes through multiple complicated transactions to make it difficult to trace the funds from the original point of entry to the final stage of money laundering. Layering usually involves transferring money between several accounts (often international), changing the currency, and making large purchases.
- Integration – The final step in the money laundering cycle, at the integration phase the money re-enters the economy and appears to have come from a legitimate source.
For more information about money laundering and its possible consequences, contact America's Criminal Defense Group today.
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Information on Extortion
Extortion is a white collar criminal activity closely related to robbery. To be indicted on charges of extortion, the offender must have acquired money or property from someone else through the illegal use of force, threats, abuse of power, blackmail, ransom, or fear. Whereas robbery uses force to take a person's belongings against his or her will, victims of extortion agree to give the offender their money or property in order to avoid the threatened consequences.
Persons may be charged with extortion without having accepted money or property. If there are records of an individual threatening to take some action if he or she does not receive money, a person can be found guilty of extortion even if no goods or services have changed hands. In this case, intent is enough to qualify as criminal behavior.
Threats need not always be physical in an extortion case – they can include threats to harm a person's family, expose a devastating secret to an employer or spouse, jeopardize the victim's business, or file damaging testimony in court against the victim. In the case of government officials and police officers, extortion can be committed if a larger-than-necessary sum of money is collected or if a person accepts payment in exchange for refraining to take legal action.
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Contact America's Criminal Defense Group for Help
If you have been accused of money laundering or extortion, an experienced white collar criminal attorney can help. Contact America's Criminal Defense Group today. Our law firm represents individuals across the country and is familiar with the laws in many states including: California, Florida, Texas, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Massachusetts, New York, Nebraska, North Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, and Washington, D.C. We believe in our clients' innocence and provide effective, professional legal representation.
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If you are considering employing the help of a white collar criminal attorney, contact our firm today. A knowledgeable lawyer from America's Criminal Defense Group can provide the professional, personal representation you need.
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