Posted October 10, 2017
California Mandatory Reporting Laws for Child Abuse & Neglect Both California and federal laws put a broad swath of professionals who interact with adults and children into the category of “mandatory reporters” of child abuse or neglect. Failure to report
Posted September 14, 2017
Identify Theft in California You’ve surely seen all the news reporting by now about the massive hack of Equifax that stole identity data of nearly half of all people in the U.S. Criminals got away with particularly sensitive identifying information
Posted September 2, 2017
What to Do If You Witness a Crime Here you are going about your day and suddenly find yourself inside a crime scene, witness to a crime. That can be as scary as being the victim of the crime. You
Posted August 29, 2017
Computer Crime: Unauthorized Access, Using Data, and Other Cybercrimes I have someone’s password. Is it a computer crime to use it? I figured out someone’s password. Is it a crime to log in? It depends. Both California law and federal
Posted July 28, 2017
Massive Healthcare Fraud Sweep Reaches Orange County A nationwide action last week by the Department of Justice involved the arrests of more than 400 doctors, nurses, medical professionals and workers for fraudulent billings and other acts of fraud. Some caught
Posted July 20, 2017
Criminal History in Hiring Decisions: New Regulations Tighter regulations are now on the books that limit employers’ use of criminal background information for hiring decisions. The California Fair Employment and Housing Council proposed these new regulations last year. They took
Posted May 30, 2017
Scams, Frauds & Embezzlements. White Collar Crime Cases in Orange County Credit card ring, a fake attorney, fire victim embezzlement, and food stamp fraud top the list of recent white-collar crimes cases in and around Orange County. Restaurant Credit Card Skimming
Posted May 10, 2017
The Fitbit Murder and Our New Digital Witnesses A Connecticut man has been arrested for the murder of his wife. He tells one story about how his wife died. His wife’s Fitbit seemingly tells a different story. A mid-morning 911
Posted April 26, 2017
What To Do If You Think You Are Under Investigation for a Crime If you think you are under investigation for a crime, hire an attorney. Of course you would expect a defense attorney to say that, but here’s why:
Posted March 30, 2017
Orange County City Funds Embezzler Gets 25 Years in Prison After agreeing to a court offer, former financial services manager for the city of Placentia, Michael Ming Nguyen, was sentenced this month to 25 years in prison, $10 million in
