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Embezzlement and False Entries within Financial Institutions

There are numerous types of financial institutional fraud. Some of the types include both embezzlement and false entries made by representatives of financial institutions.

Defendants and Sentencing with Respect to Convictions of Violating Environmental Statutes

There are three types of defendants that may be charged in a case involving a violation of an environmental statute. The three types of defendants include corporations, corporate officers and individuals.

OBTAINING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES BY FRAUD

A person commits an offense when he or she acquires, obtains, or attempts to obtain possession of a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud, or forgery. The person obtains a controlled substance by fraud when the person forges or alters a prescription for the controlled substance.

Receipt of Stolen Government Property and Improper Disposal of Government Property

Receiving stolen government property is a federal offense. The prosecution must show the following elements existed in order to try a defendant for the offense of receiving stolen government property: The defendant received, concealed, or retained stolen property; the stolen property belonged to the United States; the defendant knew that the property had been embezzled, stolen, or converted; the defendant had the intent to convert the government property for his own use.

SEARCH & SEIZURE - SCHOOL SEARCHES

The protection of the Fourth Amendment of the United States against unreasonable searches and seizures did not traditionally apply to searches of students in schools because school officials are not law enforcement officials and because they are given permission to act on behalf of the students' parents while the students are in school. The law in this area changed in 1985 when the United States Supreme Court held that school officials act as representatives of a state when they conduct searches and that the Fourth Amendment applies to searches by the school officials on school property.