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18 USC 1344: How Does U.S. Federal Law Tackle Bank Fraud Crimes?

After the Supreme Court curtailed federal prosecution of check fraud in the 1980s, Congress passed the Federal Bank Fraud Act to bolster protection for financial institutions. Most commonly, the applicable federal statutes deal with forged and stolen checks, false statements, unauthorized transactions, and embezzlement. But federal law also casts a…
Sami Azhari
May 1, 2020
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Understanding White Collar Crime

NOTE: This article was updated to reflect 2018 changes to U.S. federal law with passage of the First Step Act (P.L. 115- 391). Signed into law on December 21, 2018, this act aims to reduce criminal recidivism, provide incentives for good behavior, affect correctional reforms, and reconfigure sentencing requirements. “White…
Sami Azhari
February 3, 2020
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