Fort Lauderdale White Collar Crimes

The term “white collar crime” is a general term that refers to crimes typically committed for financial gain without the use of violence. This broad definition encompasses a variety of activities, from misdemeanors to felonies, from Florida state crimes to federal crimes.

At the law offices of Leader & Leader, our Florida white collar crime practice primarily serves doctors, accountants, financial officers, government agents, entrepreneurs, business owners and other traditional “white collar” workers. We are available to represent people in and around the cities of Florida including Fort Lauderdale, Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach & Monroe Counties.

As Florida criminal defense lawyers, our elite team of Florida white collar crime lawyers focuses on representing a wide variety of clients whose reputation, assets, future career and social status would be seriously jeopardized if convicted of a Florida white collar crime.

Types of White Collar Crimes

Our firm will investigate charges, prepare a defense, and represent clients in Florida white collar crime cases involving:

• Bankruptcy fraud
• Bribery
• Business fraud and theft
• Computer crimes
• Computer tampering
• Counterfeiting
• Credit card fraud
• Embezzlement
• Enterprise corruption
• Environmental crimes
• Extortion
• Forgery
• Fraud
• Government fraud
• Identity theft
• Import/export crimes
• Insider Trading
• Insurance fraud
• Internet fraud
• Investment fraud
• Mail fraud
• Medicaid fraud
• Medical fraud
• Medicare fraud
• Money laundering
• Mortgage fraud
• Occupational crimes
• Pension fund crimes
• Possession of stolen property
• Public corruption
• Racketeering/RICO
• Real estate fraud
• Securities fraud
• Tax fraud
• Wire fraud
• Witness tampering

Preparing A Sound Defense Against White Collar Crimes

The investigation of a white collar crime can be a long, involved process. It may go on for several months or years. Sometimes, a person can be one of the targets of a white collar criminal investigation and not know it until formal charges are filed. Nonetheless, an experienced criminal defense attorney should become involved in the matter as early as possible or as soon as a person suspects he or she may be involved in an investigation.

Our Florida white collar crime lawyers are former state prosecutors who have handled thousands of felony and misdemeanor cases, both as prosecutors and criminal defense attorneys. Their perspective on both sides of the criminal justice system allows them to anticipate the state’s actions and to build strong and effective defenses against those accused of white collar crimes.

The Fort Lauderdale law firm of Leader & Leader, PA has the training and experience needed to successfully defend clients in Florida, circuit and appellate courts, and U.S. federal district courts, courts of appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court. As one of the top Florida criminal defense firms, we hire forensic accountants, private investigators, computer experts, and handwriting analysts in evaluating the evidence against our clients and meticulously preparing their defense. We’re prepared with the resources needed to undermine the prosecution’s version of events, expose contradictory evidence, and identify illegally-obtained statements and records.