Springfield White Collar Crimes Lawyer

A white-collar crime is an offense that is non-violent in nature and has some sort of financial gain as its objective. Prominent examples include…

• Embezzlement: This applies when a person is accused of stealing money that they had oversight responsibility for.
• Identity Theft: Someone might impersonate another through use of their Social Security number, bank account info or other forms of identifying information. The consequences of identity theft can include anything from running up a credit card tab to large-scale theft from a stock portfolio. 
• Money Laundering: When someone gets money from a criminal activity—drugs being a common example—they need to make that money clean, so it can be used in the economic system. Money laundering gets its name because the complex processes that criminal organizations use to make dirty money clean effectively amount to putting it in the laundry. 
• Healthcare Fraud: A medical provider might be accused of submitting claims for services that never happened, or overcharging for services that did occur. Insurance companies and the public agencies that administer government healthcare programs are the likely candidates to be the victims. 

These are just a handful of examples. It’s important to point out that most white collar crimes may also be classified as federal offenses. This can result in a defendant facing charges from both the state of Missouri and the government of the United States. 

Steps To Take After White Collar Crimes 

Defenses for White Collar Crime Charges

Every criminal case is different, and the sheer complexity of white collar crimes mean that the differences in each defendant’s circumstances will often be quite dramatic. 

But there are some similarities that an experienced Springfield white collar crimes lawyer can look for, and one of them is intent. Financial crimes, by the very nature of how complex they are, often involve a large number of people, and it’s not uncommon for some of them to be unwitting participants. 

Money that’s being laundered has to pass through several hands. Money that someone believes has been embezzled might be the result of an honest mistake. The person in a medical provider’s office who submitted a fraudulent claim might have had no idea that the service being billed for was never performed. 

It’s the job of the prosecutor to prove that the defendant did indeed have malicious intent. It’s the job of the defense attorney to put intense pressure on the District Attorney to produce that proof and to persistently remind a jury exactly where the burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt lies. 

Those are jobs we’ve been doing very well at Stacie Calhoun Bilyeu, Attorney at Law, LLC for a long time now. And while our past success can’t guarantee success the next time out, that track record can tell you that we know how to do diligent research into a financially complicated case, and we know how to vigorously press our client’s case, both in private talks with the D.A., and on the public stage at trial.