Business and Corporate Crime in New York City
New York City
In the aftermath of widely publicized cases such as Enron, Adelphia, Health South, and Qwest, individuals are increasingly being held to a higher degree of liability for criminal acts perpetrated by a corporation. The New York City corporate crime attorneys at LeBow & Associates, PLLC are skilled at defending corporations and corporate executives charged with business crimes in New York City including, but not limited to financial crimes, obstruction of justice, campaign finance violations, bribery, tax evasion, fraud, antitrust violations, and violations of laws such as RICO, and environmental laws.
Corporate crime, or business crime, includes white-collar crime, which pertains to business professionals generally committing financial crimes. In addition corporate or business crimes include organized crime when individuals form corporations either for the purposes of crime or as vehicles for laundering the proceeds of crime.
RICO and Corporate Crimes in New York
The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO ) is a law used by federal and state authorities to prosecute criminal acts performed as part of an ongoing criminal organization. Charges brought under RICO focus on patterns of behavior as opposed to criminal acts. Some of the types of racketeering charges that may be brought include:
- Violations of state laws against gambling, murder, kidnapping, arson, robbery, bribery, extortion, dealing in obscene matter, or dealing in controlled substances
- Acts of bribery, counterfeiting, theft, embezzlement, fraud, dealing in obscene matter, obstruction of justice, slavery, racketeering, gambling, money laundering, commission of murder-for-hire
- Embezzlement of union funds
- Securities fraud
- Bankruptcy fraud
- Trafficking in drugs
- Money laundering
Because of the complexity of RICO charges, it is extremely important to retain a criminal defense attorney with experience defending these types of cases. The lawyers at LeBow & Associates are experienced in defending RICO charges of all types.
We are available for representation of cases before all Federal agencies including the FBI, the Internal Revenue Service, the Secret Service, U.S. Customs, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
