Year: 2019
Top 5 White Collar Crimes
October 3, 2019
You have landed here because you are interested in White Collar Crime. Below we outline and define five common types of white collar crime. Our, Scottsdale law firm, Adams & Associates PLC represents individuals concerned with any of them. Fraud Money Laundering Embezzlement Insider Trading Bribery Below are definitions of each of these types of white collar crime: Fraud Self-representation with wrongful deception that is…
Labor Day And DUI Safety
August 29, 2019
Labor Day is a yearly celebration of the hard work Americans have contributed to our nation. The day is a cause for relaxing, enjoying the cool weather, and for many, drinking. In between the celebration, though, Labor Day is the fourth deadliest holiday for drunk driving. What does the law say? In Arizona, you can be arrested with a blood-alcohol content of any higher than…
HHS Issues Final Health Care Workers Rule Fulfilling Trumps Promise Of “Conscience And Religious Liberty”
August 15, 2019
America is the home of the free, where citizens are able to exercise a broad range of First Amendment Rights. However, what happens when health, safety, and ethics collide with religious beliefs? HHS’s new rule puts into question whether health care workers should be allowed to put their personal beliefs above patient care. Last month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) issued…
Does Google Have Trust Issues?
July 29, 2019
Google is the quintessential search tool of this era, delivering vast amounts of information in just seconds at the press of a button. However, this tech giant is not just as a search engine. Its dominance in other industries, such as e-mail, cloud computing, software, and advertising, to name a few, has led to a governmental investigation to ensure Google is compliant with antitrust regulations….
Healthcare: Fraud in the U.S.
July 22, 2019
Medicare and Medicaid are designed to help people pay for medical care, but they are often targets for fraud. Just earlier this year, a subsidiary of Acadia Healthcare, Co. settled for $17 million in a case against West Virginia involving Medicaid fraud. The company had tests performed by a laboratory but billed Medicaid directly for far more than the tests cost. Such incidences are not…
Dream Big Like Our Founding Fathers
July 15, 2019
As we celebrate our Nation’s birthday on the Fourth of July, it always reminds me of the incredible imagination, dreams and vision our Founding Fathers must have had. They had the incredible foresight to create three branches of government that would act as checks and balances on the others. They initiated the Revolutionary War, and declared our independence. Thereafter, behind locked doors, and in secret,…
Countering Counterfeit Money
June 24, 2019
Harriet Tubman, a former slave who became one of America’s most well-known abolitionists, was supposed to take the place of President Andrew Jackson on the twenty dollar bill in 2020. The switch was part of a celebration of 100 years of women’s suffrage. However, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin announced on May 22, 2019, that redesigning the bill has been delayed to at least 2026. He…
Johnson & Johnson on Trial for Deceptive Marketing: A New Battle in the War on Drugs
June 11, 2019
Over 47,000 people died from opioid overdoses in 2017 — more than 130 people meet the same fate every day in the United States alone. Opioids act on the nervous system to relieve pain and thus are often prescribed to patients who have injuries or are recovering from surgery. Common prescriptions opioids are fentanyl, oxycodone, and morphine, among several others. However, opioids cause euphoric, highly…
Pushing Back Against the “Blue” FLU (Financial Litigation Units)
April 30, 2019
United States’ Attorney’s Offices (“USAO”) across the country, are becoming increasingly aggressive in enforcing restitution orders, and civil judgments. In the past, USAO Financial Litigation Units (“FLU”) typically did not go after Defendants’ homes, retirement funds, and children’s college savings accounts. That has changed. Many lawyers may not be aware that certain assets which are protected under various state Homestead Act exemptions are not protected…
The Fine Line Between Gifts and Bribes
April 1, 2019
Sports events, entertainment and gifts have always been used to leverage business relationships, but when does a ‘gift’ cross the line into bribe territory? The premise of giving gifts is an ancient way to express gratitude, appreciation and love. Giving in itself is fairly innocuous and it is based upon the philosophy of reciprocity which is commonly articulated by phrases such as “what goes around comes around”…
Is it Money Laundering or an Honest Mistake? You Might Be Surprised to Find Out
April 1, 2019
Money laundering is simply the ‘cleaning’ or disguising of the origins of the proceeds of crime. It can be committed by someone with their own proceeds (self laundering) or by someone handling someone else’s proceeds. Money laundering schemes range from the simple through to the sophisticated and may involve chains of companies and offshore accounts. There are three types of Money Laundering: Placement – the…
I’ve Been Accused of Embezzlement, Now What?
April 1, 2019
Whether you worked for a company for decades or only a short time, you probably earned some respect among your employers and co-workers. Because your boss was busy attending to other issues in the business, he or she entrusted the accounts to you, perhaps based on your resume or simply because of your reputation in the community. It may have been challenging to handle the…
Don’t Sign on the Dotted Line Until You Read This! Forgery in Arizona is on the Rise
March 7, 2019
Forgery in Arizona Forgery is a fraud crime and is committed when a person creates or alters a writing so that it is false with the intent to defraud. Under Arizona law, forgery occurs when a person, with intent to defraud, “falsely makes, completes or alters a written instrument,” or “knowingly possesses a forged instrument,” or offers a forged instrument (whether it is accepted or not). A.R.S. §13-2002(A)….
What You Need to Know About ‘Business Email Compromise’ Schemes
March 7, 2019
What is a “Business Email Compromise” Scheme? A Business Email Compromise (BEC) scheme is a cyber-enabled financial fraud scheme, in which a compromised email account is used to facilitate a fraudulent financial transaction. In a BEC scheme transaction, the email owner believes the transaction to be legitimate, but the money is re-routed to the perpetrator of the scheme. BEC schemes can be carried out in…
Ding, Dong! Could Civil Forfeiture Be Dead?
March 7, 2019
Ding Dong! Could the Witch (Civil Forfeiture) be dead? In June 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Timbs v. Indiana, 138 S.Ct 2650 (June 18, 2018), to decide whether the Excessive Fines Clause applies to state civil forfeiture matters. Timbs was forced to forfeit his $40,000 Land Rover in a civil forfeiture matter to the State of Indiana, after he pled guilty to selling less than…
What is Procurement Fraud?
February 8, 2019
A quid pro quo, or something given or received for something else, is common in business. It is the equivalent of ‘you scratch my back and I will scratch yours.’ While there is generally nothing wrong with mutually beneficial business arrangements, a quid pro quo favor can amount to procurement fraud in certain instances. Procurement fraud occurs when a favor, payment, or other advantage is…
Medical Identity Theft
February 8, 2019
Identity theft is generally associated with financial transactions and financial fraud, but it can happen with regard to medical care, too. Medical identity theft occurs when: Someone uses another person’s name or health insurance information to get medical treatment or prescription drugs. Someone in a medical practice uses another person’s personal information to submit false claims for reimbursement to insurance companies or public health care…
Accused of Internet Sales Fraud in Phoenix
February 8, 2019
Crimes involving the internet are taken seriously by federal and state law enforcement and prosecutors. Specifically, Internet fraud crimes are heavily prosecuted. Internet fraud is the use of Internet services to defraud someone or otherwise take advantage of them. Internet sales fraud is a type of internet fraud that encompasses a variety of fraudulent activity. Internet sales fraud schemes may involve failure to deliver on…
Holiday Wishes from Adams & Associates
February 8, 2019
Ring in the Holiday Season! It’s that time of the year! Not only is November my birthday month, November marks the official Fall season here in Arizona. We can actually dust off those boots we got for Christmas last year, pull out our sweaters from the moth prevention plastic bins, and maybe wear them in the evening (because it’s still too hot during the day.) November is…
IN THE NEWS: Adams & Associates Named to 2019 Leading Lawyers by SoScottsdale Magazine
March 7, 2019
Adams & Associates is honored to be named among the 2019 Leading Lawyers in So Scottsdale Magazine. Read more in the March issue:
IN THE PRESS: Ashley D. Adams Featured in VoyagePhoenix Magazine
October 24, 2019
HOT OFF THE PRESSES!!! Congratulations to our Powerhouse Attorney, Ashley D. Adams on being published in VoyagePhoenix Magazine . Get to know the story behind the rise and success of Ashley Adams. CLICK HERE to read the entire article.
November Newsletter
November 12, 2019
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Adams & Associates, PLC Ranked In Annual 2020 “Best Law Firms”
December 23, 2019
We are heading into the New Year with wonderful news! — U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers named Adams & Associates, PLC in its annual 2020 “Best Law Firm” rankings. Our firm was recognized as a Tier 1 and Tier 3 firm in Scottsdale, Arizona in the Criminal Defense categories of both White-Collar Crime and General Practice. The Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms”…
