It comes in different shapes and sizes – DWI (Driving While Intoxicated), DWAI (Driving While Ability Impaired) and DUI (Driving Under the Influence) – but regardless of the particular offense in New York (both NYC and Westchester), prosecutors and judges take these charges very seriously. As a former Manhattan prosecutor…
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office announced the indictment earlier today of Mark A. Focht, the former Chief Operating Officer of 3V Capital Management LLC. It is alleged that Mr. Focht perpetrated the white collar crime of Grand Larceny in the Second Degree (PL 155.40) by stealing $250,000 from one of…
Elizabeth Crotty, an attorney at the New York City and Manhattan based white collar criminal defense firm Saland Law PC, was interviewed earlier today for the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric. As a former Manhattan prosecutor and a white collar criminal defense lawyer in New York, Ms. Crotty explained…
It is fairly routine to read or hear about a NY criminal defense attorney representing an individual accused of a particular White Collar crime due to the conduct of the corporation he or she works for. It is not merely the United States Attorney’s Office who prosecutes these crimes, but…
According to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, Joseph Ungar, CEO of ABEC Industries, Inc., pleaded guilty yesterday to Grand Larceny in the Second Degree and Scheme to Defraud in the First Degree in New York County Supreme Court after an investigation revealed he had sold knock off industrial parts to…
Rape, Sexual Abuse, Assault, Forcible Touching and Grand Larceny are a few of the charges Joseph Brooks, 71, faces today after the indictment against him was unsealed. Shawni Lucier, 42, Mr. Brook’s assistant, was indicted on nine counts of Criminal Facilitation for her alleged role in the crimes. As Saland…
The criminal defense attorneys and former Manhattan prosecutors at Saland Law PC have learned that Joseph Brooks, a Oscar winning songwriter and director, has been arrested and charged with rape and related crimes. According to law enforcement, it is alleged that at least four women were tricked into going to…
Throughout New York City from Manhattan to Brooklyn and from Queens to the Bronx, criminal defense attorneys and lawyers encounter a variety of crimes. A set of crimes that your criminal defense lawyer should be familiar with, even though the offenses do not regularly cross the path of a judge…
NY criminal defense lawyers and attorneys who handle Assault cases in New York City should take notice. In People v. Sergio Garcia, 2009NY017018, a Manhattan Criminal Court Judge recently upheld the facial sufficiency of a complaint alleging Assault in the Third Degree, pursuant to Penal Law 120.00(1), where the defendant…
Jack Chang, a tax preparer who currently is charged in Manhattan with Grand Larceny for his alleged tax fraud scheme, was arrested for threatening the life of Gilda Mariani, the Assistant District Attorney who is handling his case and who is also the top prosecutor in the Tax Crime and…