Federal Court is Where the Most Serious White Collar Crime is Prosecuted
Federal White Collar Crime in Michigan
“The thing with money is, it makes you do things you don’t want to do.”
What is White Collar Crime?
Federal white collar crime in Michigan essentially consists of federal crimes which punish business and government professionals for illegal actions. Everything from illegal corporate self-dealing to laundering money for a cartel can be considered white collar. Financial crimes, such as Ponzi schemes, public corruption, identity theft, and real estate mortgage fraud are also considered white collar crimes.
Who Investigates Federal White Collar Crime?
In the Eastern District of Michigan, most white collar crime is investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (the FBI). FBI agents are sophisticated law enforcement officers who are trained in investigating complicated financial frauds. They have unlimited resources and are equipped with a collection of special agents who can handle everything from accounting issues to phone extractions. They build their case and then when they are ready, they turn it over to the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan for prosecution.
White Collar Federal Prosecutors
The Eastern District of Michigan has numerous federal prosecutors that concentrate their practice in prosecuting white collar crime cases. These prosecutors are generally educated at the best law schools and make lateral transfers from major silk stocking law firms. Simply speaking, these people are not your average state prosecutors. They are skilled litigators who are deftly aware of the legal issues involved and will eat the inexperienced federal criminal defense attorneys alive.
Defending Federal White Collar Crime Cases
It’s interesting to us that the big civil law firms in Detroit only advertise for white collar crime and that their “criminal defense attorneys” are basically former prosecutors. Most have very limited experience in conducting jury trials on the defense side, yet people seem to hire them, spend a ton of money, then realize that maybe “knowing the judge” and “done a million trials as a prosecutor” is not helpful when you are actually trying to win.
Instead, hiring a lifetime federal criminal defense attorney with a proven track record of major victories in the most difficult of federal cases is the way to go. Unlike the big firms, we don’t pretend to be something we are not. We are federal criminal defense attorneys who have always fought for the accused. We have honed our cutting edge legal strategies and our trial lawyers dominate the courtroom. That is probably why the “big firm” lawyers call us for advice. If you want a chance at saving your life, call us today and let’s get going on making that happen.