Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Herman Wouk, once jokingly said that “income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today”. But tax evasion is no joking matter. Tax evasion in the U.S. can [...]
Marriage fraud is no laughing matter and can have serious real-world consequences. A fraudulent marriage occurs when a non-U.S. citizen (alien) and a U.S. citizen enter into marriage for the purpose of evading U.S. [...]
In an increasingly globalized world, more and more companies and individuals conducting business abroad may find it confusing to navigate the uncharted legal waters of other nations as well as their own. In the [...]
FinCEN’s Safeguards Against Cash Real Estate Purchases A small bureau in The U.S.Department of Treasury has potentially changed an aspect of the real estate industry forever. The U.S. Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network [...]
South Florida has made a name for itself as a haven for the world’s wealthiest international individuals. Many of them are flocking not only from Latin America, but also from another global economic powerhouse: [...]
Meet Michael Padula, an experienced defense litigation attorney specializing in areas of white-collar crime, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violation, money laundering and asset forfeiture, amongst others. After a career working for Carlton Fields [...]
Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, due to their breakneck advancements in fintech, provide unbridled opportunities to investors as well as some unsavory affiliations. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are far more than a replacement money used to [...]
The Murky Waters of Money Laundering in Venezuela With U.S. sanctions on Venezuela and the Latin American country’s declining production of oil, the Venezuelan government has been in desperate need of bringing alternative [...]
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) is a U.S. statute which prohibits U.S. firms and individuals from making bribes to foreign officials in exchange for obtaining or retaining their business. A foreign official [...]
Federal Prosecutors have filed charges in the Southern District of Florida again three local residents for their alleged participation in a scheme to file fraudulent loan applications seeking more than $24 million in forgivable [...]