Bank fraud is a white-collar crime involving deceptive practices to obtain money, assets or other property owned or held by a financial institution. Each year, thousands of people get charged with bank fraud. In fact, according to the ABA Banking Journal, banking...
Federal Crimes
How does securities fraud work?
Securities fraud is when people make a false statement about a company's value and others use this information to make financial decisions. Executives on a board who buy and sell stocks from nonpublic information are committing inside trading. West Virginia laws state...
Examples of federal enviromental crimes
Residents in West Virginia may benefit from learning more about some examples of federal environmental crimes. According to the Department of Justice, federal environmental crimes are either classified as pollution crimes, wildlife crimes, animal welfare crimes and...
Federal crimes aboard airplanes
If you ever fly out from West Virginia, you may benefit from learning more about the federal crimes that occur aboard airplanes. According to the Justice Department, certain acts that would be punishable in the territorial or maritime jurisdiction of the United States...