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Controversial yet recurring: civil asset forfeiture seizures

04/25/2018
Hilder & Associates, P.C
White Collar Crimes

A Washington Post article from earlier this month spotlighted a recent change in criminal law in one state that in turn highlights trending activity elsewhere across the country. Not Texas, though. The Post piece noted a recently enacted Wisconsin…

Is FATCA untouchable? SCOTUS turns downs tax-law case.

04/11/2018
Hilder & Associates, P.C
Fraud

There are scores of federal agencies across the country, with most of them not garnering any particularly strong reactions from Americans who contemplate them. Here’s an exception, with the acronym alone having the power to induce spiked pulse rates…

Avoid becoming an unwitting money laundering accomplice

04/06/2018
Hilder & Associates, P.C
Financial Crimes

The flow of currency is what keeps gears of the economy greased. It also happens to be a means by which some criminal elements seek to remove origin traces of the ill-gotten gains. This is done by funneling the…

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