Financial fraud lawyers typically specialize in cases involving fraudulent activities related to money, investments and financial transactions. Examples of cases that financial fraud attorneys might take on include:
Securities fraud: Securities fraud refers to any illegal act committed when buying or selling securities such as stocks, bonds and mutual funds.
Ponzi schemes: Ponzi schemes are an investment scam in which returns are distributed back to initial investors from newer investors’ capital, rather than through actual profits. Insider trading: Insider trading involves purchasing or selling securities based on non-public information which may be illegal.
Accounting Fraud: Accounting fraud refers to any activity conducted fraudulently relating to accounting records, financial statements or documents issued by an organization.
Mortgage Fraud: This form of deception occurs when someone falsifies information in order to secure a mortgage loan loan.
Investment fraud: This term encompasses any form of dishonest activity related to investments, such as misrepresenting opportunities or providing false or inaccurate data regarding expected returns.
Money laundering: refers to any act that conceals the source of illegally obtained funds while embezzlement involves any theft from those trusted, such as employees of companies or advisors of financial firms. Financial fraud attorneys specialize in investigating, prosecuting and defending against all forms of fraudulent activities related to finances such as money, investments and transactions.
