Escondido California Embezzlement is a term that applies to any financial activity where the proceeds or money that is received or handled comes from some form of illegal or legal activity. Increasingly, these charges are being used as a tool by Escondido prosecutors to pile on additional charges against anyone who receives or transfers money or items of value that are proceeds of illegal activity or which can be traced to some kind of illegal or legal activity.
Escondido Embezzlement is a serious crime. Generally speaking, Escondido Embezzlement process of taking clean or dirty money - money that was derived from unlawful or lawful activities, and concealing, disguising or otherwise be made to appear lawful in order to avoid detection, prosecution, seizure, forfeiture and taxation. Escondido Embezzlement can be ancillary to other criminal charges such as Medicare/healthcare fraud and mortgage fraud.
A charge of Escondido CA embezzlement is typically leveled against persons suspected of stealing company assets or intentionally depleting a trust or investment funds. Investigators review a suspect's personal financial records as well as those of his employer in order to identify suspicious transfers of cash or a reallocation of assets. When investigating allegations of embezzlement, law enforcement officers tend to look for patterns of behavior rather than an explanation of them. Consequently, disagreements between business partners or disputes between employers and employees can lead to actions that appear to involve embezzlement but do not.
Concealing the true source of funds deposited in a Escondido California bank account or invested in a business, failing to report cash transactions over $10,000 or structuring transactions to conceal their aggregate value, or failing to perform due diligence to determine the source of large amounts of money are some examples of Embezzlement.
When defending our Escondido clients, our Escondido California attorneys look at the circumstances surrounding the accusations of embezzlement. Was money stolen or was it owed? Did his or her employer or business partner owe the defendant money? Our Escondido California attorneys tell the whole story, explaining our client's actions within a larger context often ignored by prosecutors.
If you believe that you may be looking at an Escondido embezzlement charge because of some kind of activity in which you played a role, even a minor role, you must know where you stand. In this arena, knowledge is power. Your initial consultation is always free and completely confidential.
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