Indianapolis White Collar Crime Lawyers

Corporate Fraud Charges 

For as long as corporations have been in existence, people have committed corporate fraud.  Involving deception as a means to obtain an advantage which the perpetrator is entitled, corporate fraud is a fairly common criminal offense in Indianapolis.  Corporate fraud can be committed by many different parties, including both employees of the corporation and third parties outside the corporation.   Sometimes employees and third parties have even been known to work together to facilitate this crime.  The vast majority of corporate fraud defendants are employees in managerial or administrative roles because people in these positions have easy access to the information needed to commit this white collar crime.       

Occurring in both large and small businesses, corporate fraud has been occurring more and more due to the new technologies used by corporations.  The internet and automated accounting systems make it   fairly easy to commit this type of crime, especially for people in certain positions within companies.  Corporate fraud is a heavily investigated matter, and chances are, if you have been charged with corporate fraud you have been under the observation of federal investigators for quite some time.  Federal investigators have a reputation for being extremely thorough and they rarely will press formal charges before they have obtained adequate evidence to incriminate the defendant at court. 

Indianapolis Corporate Fraud Attorneys 

It is important to realize that the investigation period is one of the most crucial periods in a case, so if you have any reason to suspect that you are under investigation for corporate fraud you should immediately speak with a lawyer.  An Indianapolis white collar crime attorney will make sure your rights are protected during the investigative phase and may even be able to prevent certain incriminating evidence from being obtained.  Sometimes investigators will take illegal measures to gather evidence, and if this happens in your case your lawyer can take the proper legal actions to have the evidence thrown out, significantly damaging the case against you.

Contact an Indianapolis White Collar Crime Lawyer at Schembs Sweeney Law today to discuss your corporate fraud charges!