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 both individuals and corporations 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 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 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 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations.
Our representative white collar matters include:
Representation in the Southern District of Florida of foreign diplomat charged with FCPA and Money Laundering violations involving activity in Venezuela and other foreign countries.
Representation in the Southern District of Florida of individual charged with Conspiracy to Commit Health Care Fraud and Wire Fraud.
Representation in the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit of Florida of individual charged with Money Laundering and Operating a Unlicensed Money Transmitter business brought by the Florida Attorney General, Office of Statewide Prosecution.
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 EB-5 investor funds. Case contained 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 and exhibits from a prior trial and required 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 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 a treaty transfer.
Representation in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida of attorney-defendant charged with 34 counts of Mortgage Fraud. Representation lasted over a 7-year period and involved voluminous discovery, attorney client privilege review, logs, and litigation, and complex pretrial motions.
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. Case involved voluminous discovery with multiple expert witnesses. A Deferred Prosecution Agreement was entered into and the False Claims complaint was settled.
Representation in the Southern District of New York of a clinic manager and foreign physician charged with Health Care Fraud relating to infusion clinics located in New York City.
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 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 and multiple 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 charged in one of the first pharmaceutical diversion cases filed in Florida. There was voluminous discovery and complex pretrial motions which were briefed and litigated over many days prior to trial.
Prior to joining Bozorgi Law, our lawyers’ representative white collar matters included:
Representation of an attorney-defendant charged with Racketeering and Money Laundering violations which 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.
Representation in the Southern District of Florida of multiple individuals charged under the FCPA.
Representation in the Southern District of Florida of multiple individuals charged in pump and dump securities fraud schemes.
Other Practice Areas
Securities & Regulatory Matters