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San Diego Embezzlement & Fraud Defense Attorneys

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Embezzlement Charges in San Diego

Embezzlement and fraud are types of white collar crimes . The crime of Embezzlement in San Diego County as a white collar charge is a financial crime. Embezzlement includes employee theft from a company, a church, a nonprofit, or anywhere in San Diego County that people have the opportunity to divert funds, usually repeatedly over time.

What is Embezzlement?

Embezzlement is the taking of money &/or personal property to which one has been entrusted by an act of fraud or deceit. You want to be represented during any investigation &/or after an arrest or charge is filed by one of our highest rated San Diego Embezzlement Defense Attorneys.

In San Diego County, Embezzlement is committed by someone with access to cash, checks, or the company bank account or accounting system.

As your personal, experienced and distinguished San Diego Embezzlement Attorneys, we know that this allegation, investigation, arrest or crime most commonly takes place during one's employment and typically by a bookkeeper or accountant, manager or supervisor, or an executive that is in a position of trust in a San Diego County business or company.

Because Embezzlement crimes can involve incarceration in the San Diego County Jail or incarceration and serious time in state prison as well as restitution and monetary fines, you need legal assistance from highly experienced San Diego Embezzlement Crime Defense Lawyers.

Embezzlement Penalties

Pursuant to Penal Code section 487, embezzlement can be charged as grand theft if the total amount involved is $400 or more in a period of 12 months.

If you are accused, investigated for or charged with embezzlement, call for a free consultation with our Managing Attorney at the highest rated and top San Diego Embezzlement Defense Attorneys to protect your rights, obtain effective legal counsel and to develop a winning defense.

As your Highest Rated San Diego Embezzlement Defense Lawyers, we will fight for you whether you have been charged with a misdemeanor or felony.

If you are being investigated, accused, arrested &/or have been charged with the crime of embezzlement in San Diego County, call Spital & Associates at 619.583.0350 and speak to our Managing Attorney to obtain aggressive and experienced services of our #1 Rated San Diego Embezzlement Attorneys .

Fraud Charges in San Diego

Fraud . This is a financial crime that involves deception, or what the victim of fraud thought of as deception. Individual business professionals in San Diego County can be investigated, arrested for and/or charged with fraud, or a company could be charged with fraud

When felony criminal charges are brought in San Diego embezzlement and San Diego fraud cases, especially if large amounts of money are involved, there may be extensive police investigation prior to an arrest.

An employee or an employer may have an idea that they are being investigated for fraud and should act immediately by contacting an experienced and proactive fraud defense attorney.

If you think you are being investigated for embezzlement, fraud, false billing, over-billing, financial discrepancies, accounting problems, financial misrepresentation, or financial wrongdoing, contact our top San Diego Fraud Defense Attorneys and highest rated San Diego Fraud Defense Lawyers now.

Fraud cases can involve San Diego credit card fraud, insurance fraud, internet fraud, health care fraud, mail fraud, welfare fraud, real estate, check fraud and senior fraud (elder San Diego financial abuse), to name a few.

If you are being investigated, accused, arrested &/or have been charged with welfare fraud, check fraud, real estate fraud, mail fraud, credit card fraud, health care fraud, or insurance fraud in San Diego County, whether related to any type of insurance (automobile, home, etc.), a mortgage, real estate or property, use of a credit card (whether yours or another persons), or any other variety of criminal fraud, call our Managing Attorney, Sam Spital at 619.583.0350 for a free consultation to obtain aggressive and legal advice from our San Diego Fraud Defense Attorneys.

We are here to provide effective and experienced services as your San Diego Fraud Defense Attorneys .

MITIGATING FACTORS IN FRAUD CRIME CASES:

Our role as your skilled, experienced and effective San Diego Embezzlement Attorneys, San Diego Fraud Lawyers and San Diego Fraud Defense Attorneys is to present a successful and powerful defense as well as to establish all of the facts in mitigation, such as the following and, of course, more:

  • Actual or potential harm to the public as a result of the credit card fraud, mortgage fraud, insurance fraud, welfare fraud, real estate fraud, check fraud or health care fraud;
  • Prior overall criminal record, if any of the defendant charged with embezzlement or real estate fraud, check fraud, credit card fraud, mortgage fraud, insurance fraud, welfare fraud, or health care fraud;
  • Level of compliance with sentence and terms of probation in the embezzlement crime or fraud case as a result of the health care fraud, credit card fraud, mortgage fraud, insurance fraud, real estate fraud, check fraud or welfare fraud;
  • Prior arrests of record, even if not related to an embezzlement arrest or fraud complaint;
  • Number and/or variety of current check, credit card, insurance, mortgage, health care, real estate or welfare fraud violations or embezzlement charges (counts) in San Diego County;
  • Nature and severity of the embezzlement, fraud offenses or fraud crimes under consideration, whether insurance fraud, check fraud, mortgage fraud, real estate fraud, welfare fraud, mail fraud or credit card fraud;
  • Rehabilitation and remorse of the individual charged with a fraud offense or embezzlement arrest;
  • Time passed since the underlying fraudulent act, fraud offense, and/or embezzlement, whether mail fraud, real estate fraud, mortgage fraud, check fraud, credit card fraud, insurance fraud or welfare fraud;
  • The degree of financial benefit to the defendant as a result of the embezzlement case, credit card fraud, check fraud, welfare fraud, mortgage fraud, insurance fraud or real estate fraud;
  • Whether the fraudulent conduct relating to a credit card, a check, a mortgage, insurance, or real estate demonstrated cruelty by the defendant in the San Diego embezzlement crime or San Diego fraud offense;
  • Whether the defendant was suffering from a mental or physical condition that significantly reduced culpability for the fraud crime, embezzlement, welfare fraud, mortgage fraud, real estate fraud, check fraud, mail fraud, credit card fraud or insurance fraud in San Diego County;
  • Whether the defendant who is charged with real estate fraud, embezzlement, check fraud, credit card fraud, insurance fraud, mortgage fraud or welfare fraud is ineligible for probation;
  • Whether the defendant who is convicted of welfare fraud, check fraud, credit card fraud, mortgage fraud, insurance fraud, embezzlement or real estate fraud made restitution to the victim of criminal fraud, grand theft or embezzlement in San Diego;
  • Whether the fraud crime or embezzlement involved violence, bodily harm, threat of bodily harm, or other acts disclosing a degree of cruelty, viciousness &/or callousness;
  • The defendant was not armed with or used a weapon at the time of the commission of the San Diego fraud crime, fraud offense or embezzlement;
  • The defendant did not induce others to participate in the commission of the embezzlement or fraud crime or occupied a position of leadership or dominance of other participants in its commission;
  • The defendant did not induce a minor to commit or assist in the commission of the fraud crime or embezzlement offense;
  • The defendant in the San Diego embezzlement arrest or fraud offense was not convicted of other crimes for which consecutive sentences could have been imposed but for which concurrent sentences are being imposed.
  • The manner in which the fraud crime, embezzlement, mortgage fraud, check fraud, insurance fraud, health fraud, welfare fraud, mail fraud, property mortgage or real estate fraud was carried out does not indicate planning, sophistication, or professionalism;
  • The embezzlement or fraud crime did not involve an attempted or actual taking or damage of great monetary value;
  • The degree to which the defendant took advantage of a position of trust or confidence to commit the fraud offense, embezzlement or fraud crime;
  • The defendant in the San Diego fraud offense or embezzlement arrest has not engaged in violent conduct which indicates a serious danger to society;
  • The defendant in the San Diego embezzlement offense or fraud arrest has not served a prior prison term;
  • The defendant was not on probation or parole when the San Diego embezzlement or San Diego fraud crime, mortgage fraud, real estate fraud, welfare fraud, health care fraud, mail fraud, insurance fraud or credit card fraud was committed

CONSEQUENCES OF A FRAUD OR EMBEZZLEMENT CRIME

  • County jail or state prison incarceration for the defendant in a fraud or embezzlement conviction
  • A permanent criminal record for the defendant arrested for embezzlement or fraud
  • Significant fines for the defendant convicted of fraud or embezzlement in San Diego
  • Probation or Parole for the defendant in a fraud or embezzlement conviction
  • The defendant in a fraud crime or embezzlement case conviction faces mandatory anger management courses
  • Losing your right to own a deadly weapon as a result of a fraud or embezzlement conviction
  • Unable to obtain &/or difficulty with employment
  • Lifetime revocation of your California Driver's License
  • Being subject to denial of a State Board license or having your professional license suspended or revoked (see http://www.spitalaw.com/ - Professional Licensing)

When you call for an investigation of embezzlement or a fraud crime, we are the highest rated San Diego Embezzlement and San Diego Fraud Defense Attorneys. At the law office of Spital & Associates , you ALWAYS receive a FREE INITIAL CONSULTATION for your fraud or embezzlement investigation or arrest from Sam Spital , a former Deputy Attorney General who is personal and caring as he leads the law firm.

Rest assured that no matter how complex your San Diego embezzlement, insurance fraud, mortgage fraud, welfare fraud, property fraud, credit card fraud, mail fraud, real estate fraud, or major San Diego fraud case, we want to be your top rated San Diego Fraud Defense Lawyers and San Diego Embezzlement Defense Attorneys.

When you retain our law firm as your experienced and effective San Diego embezzlement defense attorneys, Fraud Defense Lawyers San Diego, check fraud, mortgage fraud, welfare fraud, insurance fraud, real estate fraud or San Diego credit card fraud lawyers, we fully understand the criminal laws and defense that apply and we know what to do. We handle felony fraud cases in any San Diego Superior Court or federal court, as well as California criminal appellate courts , including:

  • Embezzlement
  • Credit Card Fraud
  • Check Fraud and Insufficient Fund Checks
  • Insurance Fraud
  • Medicare or Medicaid Fraud
  • Securities Fraud
  • Mortgage Fraud
  • Healthcare Fraud
  • Real estate Fraud
  • Welfare Fraud
  • Ponzi Schemes and Pyramid Schemes

We want to be your San Diego fraud defense lawyers. We will defend your rights at every stage of your insurance fraud, welfare fraud, healthcare fraud, check fraud, real estate fraud, mortgage fraud, credit card fraud or criminal fraud case. Even before you've been charged, if you think you are under investigation for embezzlement or fraud, contact us for legal advice and guidance.

We CARE! From police contact and interrogations, through detention, arrest and arraignment, and on to the end of your case, we will be by your side, aggressively fighting for you and protecting your rights. CONTACT US when you want a San Diego white collar crimes defense lawyer or embezzlement attorney; we're here for you!



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