White Collar Crimes Lawyers in Monterey County

Comprehensive Knowledge Supporting Top-Quality Legal Representation

Your life, your livelihood, and your reputation are on the line when you have been accused of a white-collar crime. Nothing is more ruinous to a professional’s career than rumors of suspected dishonesty or deception. In the business world, your reputation is the key to building a successful career.

When you need a lawyer to clear your good name, contact the Biegel Law Firm to speak with an experienced Monterey County white collar crimes attorney. We have the investigative support and litigation skills you need to defend yourself against criminal accusations.

Our team can assist clients with matters relating to:

• Alternative sentencing (house arrest, diversionary programs)
• Bribery
• Embezzlement
• Enterprise corruption
• Extortion
• Expungement
• Forgery
• Fraud: wire fraud, mail fraud, healthcare fraud, mortgage fraud
• Identity theft
• Larceny
• Money laundering
• Perjury
• RICO
• Tax evasion

We can defend you at every stage of a criminal trial. Whether you are being prosecuted on the state or federal level, we work hard to protect your reputation and keep you out of jail.

Case Study: Financial Elder Abuse

Mr. Biegel defended a real estate and mortgage broker accused of elder financial abuse, i.e. improperly taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from elderly clients in unsound investments. The case was tried before a Monterey County jury and received substantial publicity in the local press. Our private investigator was able to locate a number of helpful witnesses and many of the supposed “victims” testified on our client’s behalf. Originally charged with 13 felonies, the matter proceeded to a jury trial where the trial judge dismissed two of the counts and the jury found the defendant not guilty of the remaining 11 felony counts.

Case Study: MLM Company Charged with Being An Endless Chain

Mr. Biegel represented an out-of-state firm that used a multi-level marketing model to sell its products. The principals of that firm were arrested in the midst of making a motivational speech to their distributors at a local hotel. The individuals and the company were charged by the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office with felony crimes and also named defendants in a companion civil complaint. After an almost year-long battle with prosecutors, Mr. Biegel was able to carve out a result to settle the civil suit in the company’s favor. As to the individual defendants, the settlement resulted in a misdemeanor conviction, no jail time, and a $100 fine. This result could be compared to the prosecution of a similar company in Kentucky, which resulted in a $14 million fine and imprisonment of the principals in a federal penitentiary for 11 years.