Mail and Wire Fraud Defense Lawyers:
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Wire and Mail Fraud are two similar but different charges a Defendant will often face if they are suspected of a white collar crime.
Mail fraud involves using the postal service or a private carrier in act of committing fraud against someone.
Wire fraud is committed when electronic communications are used in a scheme to defraud someone. Phone, Internet, e-mail, radio, television and wire are all defined as electronic forms of communication.
The U.S. Attorney’s office files plenty of wire and mail fraud indictments in Florida courts throughout the year, and they also have a very high conviction rate. In order to bring these charges, the government must prove that a Defendant intentionally and knowingly created a scheme to defraud somebody else. In many cases, they are able to present these charges even if Florida state law was not violated.
If you are charged with a mail or wire fraud, it is important that you obtain experienced mail and wire fraud defense lawyers immediately, as the stakes are typically very high in these cases. Furthermore, many mail and wire fraud often lead to federal charges.
What conditions must the prosecution be able to prove in order to convict someone of wire or mail fraud?
In order for the prosecution to be able to get a conviction for wire or mail fraud, the following conditions must apply:
- The accused defendant must have knowingly obtained money or property under false pretenses, promises or representations or the accused knowingly devised or participated in a scheme to defraud a person, business, entity or organization.
- The false representation, pretenses, or promises made by the accused defendant are related to a material fact.
- The accused defendant orchestrated the misrepresentations with a willful intent to defraud
- The accused defendant must also have transmitted or caused to be transmitted by mail, wire, radio, or television in interstate commerce some type of communication for the purposes of executing their scheme to defraud.
Important factors to consider regarding Mail Fraud and Wire Fraud:
The type of mail or electronic communications used in the course of defrauding someone does not need to be an essential component in the fraud itself in order to justify the charges of wire or mail fraud.
- Just mentioning any part of the crime or scheme on the phone at all can be all it takes for the prosecution to charge someone with wire fraud.
- Even if you never mail or wire anything at all that is fraudulent, a person can still be charged with wire or mail fraud if their scheme causes alleged victims to wire or mail a defendant money.
- Each single instance of an electronic communication or mailing can be included as a separate mail or wire fraud count.
- If somebody else has a scheme in place and asks a person to mail something or make a phone call which relates to the scheme, they can also be charged with wire or mail fraud.
What types of crimes commonly see wire and mail fraud charges included?
Here in Florida, wire and mail fraud charges often accompany indictments charging:
- Tax Fraud
- Bank Fraud
- Mortgage Fraud
- Health Care Fraud
- Honest Services Fraud
- Securities Fraud
And when it comes to honest services fraud, Florida federal prosecutors often pursue these types of charges because honest services fraud is broad enough to cover many different types of conduct that Florida law prohibits. Charges of honest services fraud are often sought after when the prosecution has a difficult time proving other related fraud charges. Our mail and wire fraud defense lawyers are here to help.