Federal Fraud and Theft Criminal Investigation Dropped

S.A. was under federal investigation for a 10 to 20-million-dollar fraud and theft conspiracy in violation of 18 U.S.C § 1343, as well as Money Laundering in violation of 18 U.S.C § 1956. The Government alleged that S.A. worked with others to haul away millions of dollars worth of metal fragments from his employer and then he sold it to a competitor. S.A. was facing over 20 years of incarceration if he was convicted of the charges. We were able to immediately convince the government to allow him to cooperate with law enforcement in its investigation. His cooperation was extensive and extraordinary and even included an upfront payment of several hundred dollars in restitution. Eventually, we were able to successfully convince the Government not to prosecute our client at all and the United States Department of Justice dropped its investigation.