White Collar Defense
Bozorgi Law’s attorneys have extensive experience representing corporations, executives, public officials, professionals, and individuals under investigation, under criminal indictment or information, and during enforcement proceedings in white collar criminal matters. Our lawyers, investigators, and support staff are well versed in handling enforcement proceedings and white collar criminal matters arising in both federal courts throughout the United States and in state court.
Defending a complex white collar case requires more than just criminal defense experience—it requires having a history of consistently handling white collar matters over time, experience handling cases in federal court where white collar cases are more typically prosecuted, an understanding of the rules that govern federal criminal practice, and extensive knowledge of the federal sentencing guidelines.
We have experience handling white collar matters at all stages from investigation through trial. We have represented many individuals during corporate criminal fraud investigations, including representation of one or more witnesses, representation during the production of documents pursuant to subpoena, representation during grand jury testimony, as well as representation of targets and charged defendants.
The white collar cases we have handled span a wide range of industries and professions. It is fundamental to develop a strong understanding of the specific industry or profession to properly evaluate the allegations in a white collar matter. Although fraud and misrepresentation are common themes in white collar cases, understanding the particulars of a business is fundamental to applying the law to the facts. The diversity of our experiences representing clients from such diverse business sectors is one of our strengths.
To further our own command of the facts, we routinely utilize experts and consultants such as forensic accountants, various financial experts, various industry experts, and investigators. We also rely on a team of paralegals, our own firm technology, and the use of e-discovery vendors to help with retention, review, and organization of voluminous discovery, which is typical in complex white collar matters. Accessing these resources helps us more thoroughly and efficiently synthesize larger data sets. We believe that an ability to gain a quick command of the facts and evidence strengthens our ability to defend and fight against a government accusation.
Our team’s trial skills rank as one of our most powerful assets in a white collar prosecution. We believe that aggressive advocacy and developing an innovative defense are critical in defending a client’s reputation and livelihood. The attorneys at Bozorgi Law have extensive jury trial experience and have successfully represented many clients. Additionally, in many instances, our experience in trying cases and our readiness to try a case have allowed us to obtain favorable plea negotiations as an alternative to trying the case.
We take great pride in our presentations of mitigating factors at any stage, including aggressive sentencing advocacy. We present a detailed story of our client’s life, mitigating circumstances surrounding the allegations or offense, and the experiences that brought them before a prosecuting agency or district judge. We are as aggressive in advocating for clients during a presentation of mitigation as we are during trial. With this attitude, we have sometimes been able to prevent charges from being filed or achieve even better results than what either we or our clients had expected. During sentencing, our in-depth understanding of the complexities and intricacies of the federal sentencing guidelines has helped many clients.
Finally, and equally important to aggressive advocacy, we pride ourselves on the relationships we have with our clients and our commitment to educate and assist clients and their loved ones throughout a tough, stressful process.
We have handled a wide range of complex white collar matters, including health care frauds, pharmaceutical frauds, consumer frauds, security frauds, Ponzi scheme frauds, tax frauds, bank frauds, public corruption cases, and FCPA violations.
Our representative white collar matters include:
Representation in the District of Connecticut of attorney-defendant charged by Indictment with Wire Fraud, Bank Fraud, and Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud and Bank Fraud relating to diversion of EB5 investor funds. Case contains voluminous discovery, transcripts and exhibits from a preceding SEC investigation, and coordination of multiple parallel civil cases.
Representation in the Southern District of Florida as local counsel for former CEO of national hospital charged with Mail Fraud, Health Care Fraud, and Major Fraud Against the United States. Case involved voluminous discovery with approximately 8.5 million pages of documents and 15,000 pages of witness transcripts and exhibits. Motion for Change of Venue extensively briefed and was ultimately granted.
Representation in the Southern District of Florida of former CFO charged by Indictment with Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud and 2 counts of Mail Fraud relating to an investor Ponzi scheme. Case involved voluminous evidence and thousands of pages of transcript and exhibits from prior trial, requiring forensic accounting analysis and investigation.
Representation in the Southern District of Florida of manager of multiple home health care agencies charged with Health Care Fraud.
Representation in the Southern District of Florida of business owner indicted in Health Care Fraud case involving violations under the anti-kickback statute.
Representation in the Southern District of Florida of individual charged in Mortgage Fraud conspiracy.
Representation in the Southern District of Florida of individual charged in boiler room investment fraud scheme.
Representation in the Southern District of Florida of owner of Canadian Web Pharmaceutical Company charged by Indictment with Conspiracy to Commit Mail and Wire Fraud, and 2 substantive Mail Fraud counts relating to misrepresentations to consumers about pharmaceuticals sold. Case involved multiple witnesses, voluminous discovery, international investigation, complex restitution issues, and treaty transfer issues.
Representation in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida of attorney-defendant charged in a 34 count Mortgage Fraud Information brought by the Miami-Dade Public Corruption Unit. Representation over a 7-year period involved lengthy discovery, voluminous document review, creation of attorney-client privilege logs and subsequent attorney-client privilege hearings, crime fraud hearings, and extensive pretrial motion practice.
Representation in the Ninth Judicial Circuit of Florida of 2 dentists charged in an 18 count Information charging Medicaid Fraud and False Statements, along with a civil False Claims Act complaint alleging that billings related to unnecessary procedures were improper. Case involved extensive discovery, large number of documents, and expert witnesses. Information was resolved by Deferred Prosecution Agreement and the False Claims complaint was settled.
Representation in the Southern District of Florida of physician-defendant indicted in a multi-defendant Health Care Fraud case. Case involved voluminous discovery and was tried with 7 co-defendants over 3 ½ months.
Representation in the Southern District of New York of a clinic manager and foreign physician relating to activities at clinics located in New York City and charged in a Health Care Fraud Indictment.
Representation in the Southern District of Florida of individual charged in $46 million Tax Fraud scheme.
Representation in the Southern District of Florida of individual charged in multi-count Indictment with Arson, Mortgage Fraud, and Insurance Fraud.
Representation in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida of individual charged with Money Laundering stemming from an investigation conducted by the HIDTA Joint Task Force. Case involved dealings with other international agencies.
Representation in the Southern District of Florida of foreign national charged with four counts of Bank Fraud.
Representation in the Southern District of Florida of individual charged in Tricare telemedicine Health Care Fraud scheme.
Representation in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida of individual in a multi-count Information amended five times in one of the first pharmaceutical diversion cases brought by the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office. Involved extensive discovery and pretrial motions were briefed and litigated over many days prior to trial.
Prior to joining Bozorgi Law, some of our lawyers’ representative white collar matters included:
Representation in the Middle District of Florida of a defendant charged in a stock fraud Indictment alleging $138 million loss to victim investors; pretrial preparation involved 3+ years of document review preceding 3 month trial.
Representation in the Eastern District of Michigan of a defendant in high-profile public corruption case, charged in 100+ page RICO Indictment (with 3 terabytes of discovery), where contractor-client was charged with paying kickbacks to mayor in exchange for receiving $86+ million in contracts.
Representation of an attorney-defendant charged with Racketeering and Money Laundering violations required multiple appearances in the courts of the Bahamas, the Channel Islands (Jersey), Anguilla, and the Netherlands Antilles to litigate issues arising from foreign banking laws, subpoena powers, and foreign document production in the United States.
Representation in the Northern District of New York of a defendant charged with Money Laundering Conspiracy and Wire Fraud by engaging in financial transactions with funds derived from alcohol and cigarette sales designed to evade payment of Canadian excise taxes. Issues relating to the criminalization of foreign fiscal offenses were briefed and litigated over an 18 month pretrial period.
Known as the “Wedtech Case,” this case, prosecuted in the Southern District of New York, required 2 years of pretrial litigation of complex issues arising from the government’s unprecedented expansion of the federal racketeering statute and claim of entitlement to the defendants’ Swiss banking records, in conjunction with the organization and review of 4 million+ discovery documents, in preparation for the ensuing 6 month trial.
Representation of the owner of the Aladdin Hotel, charged with Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud in the District of Nevada, required 2 years pretrial preparation involving 1 million+ documents and 100+ potential government witnesses; the 8 month trial, in which 6000+ government & defense exhibits were admitted in evidence, resulted in the acquittal of all 8 defendants.
Representation of defendant in the first prosecution in the United States of the leader of a foreign country (Turks & Caicos); novel legal questions regarding diplomatic immunity and jurisdictional issues were briefed and litigated prior to the 3 month trial on Travel Act and Conspiracy charges.
Representation of the owner of the Tropicana Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, and 4 Minneapolis-St. Paul banks, in the District of Minnesota, on charges of Bank Fraud and Tax Evasion arising from a 2 year multi-jurisdictional investigation generating 1 million+ documents and 100+ potential government witnesses; trial of the matter lasted 5 months.
Representation in the Eastern District of Michigan of the country’s leading bankruptcy attorney, charged in 2 Indictments with Bankruptcy Fraud and Obstruction of Justice; pretrial preparation involved analysis of 1 million+ discovery documents and 75+ witnesses prior to 2 trials, each lasting 3 months.
Representation of an attorney-defendant in the Southern District of Florida corruption and racketeering case, known as “Operation Court Broom,” in which the attorney-defendants were charged with paying kickbacks to state court judges in exchange for court appointments; pretrial preparation involved 1+ year of analysis of court files prior to 2 month trial.
Representation in the Southern District of Florida of owner/operator of FOREX investment firm at trial charged with $35 million securities fraud involving over a terabyte of discovery, multiple U.S. banks, and multiple foreign banks.
Representation in the Southern District of Florida of multiple individuals charged under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Representation in the Southern District of Florida of multiple individuals charged in pump and dump securities fraud schemes.
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