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FBI Took My Phone
Contents1 FBI Took My Phone1.1 The Phone Is Irrelevant – The Copy Is What Matters1.2 Deleted Doesn’t Mean Deleted – Physical Extraction Recovers Everything1.3 Your Phone Is A Complete Archive Of Your Life1.4 48 Hours – How Fast They Can Crack Any Phone1.5 12,000 People Can Access Your Data – Forever1.6 Private Browsing And Encryption […]
read moreTarget Letter PPP Fraud
Contents1 Target Letter PPP Fraud1.1 The Investigation Ran 4-6 Months Before You Got That Letter1.2 94% Indictment Rate for Loans Over $150,0001.3 30-90 Days: The Only Window That Matters1.4 The First Cooperator Gets the Best Deal1.5 Why the Government Sent You a Target Letter1.6 The Proffer Session Trap: “Queen for a Day” Can Become Your […]
read morePPP Loan Preparer Under Investigation
Contents1 PPP Loan Preparer Under Investigation1.1 “Under Investigation” Doesn’t Mean It’s Beginning1.2 The Investigation Has Been Running for Months1.3 Your Bank Already Gave Them Everything1.4 The Government Isn’t Trying to Find Out What Happened1.5 The $150,000 Line That Determines Criminal vs Civil1.6 Your Preparer Is Being Asked About You1.7 The 2025 Deadline Is Forcing Faster […]
read moreIf My Tax Preparer Did My PPP Am I Liable
Contents1 If My Tax Preparer Did My PPP Am I Liable1.1 You Think Using a Preparer Protected You – It Created Conspiracy Evidence1.2 21 Clients Charged Alongside Their Preparer1.3 Your Signature Isn’t a Formality – It’s Personal Certification1.4 They Have Your Real Tax Returns1.5 The Fee You Paid Is Evidence1.6 Your Preparer Is Cooperating Against […]
read moreCan I Get in Trouble If Someone Else Prepared My PPP
Contents1 Can I Get in Trouble If Someone Else Prepared My PPP1.1 “Someone Else Did It” Isn’t a Defense – It’s a Confession1.2 The Signature You Didn’t Read Still Says You Certified It1.3 A CPA Gives You a Defense – A Friend Gives You a Co-Conspirator1.4 Six Family Members, One Indictment1.5 Willful Blindness: Why Not […]
read morePerson Who Helped Me With PPP Loan Arrested
Contents1 Person Who Helped Me With PPP Loan Arrested1.1 The Arrest Happened AFTER the Cooperation1.2 Coordinated 6AM Arrests Are By Design1.3 First Cooperator Wins – That’s Why They’re Arrested Now1.4 21 People Charged From One Helper1.5 Your Helper Was Asked About YOU1.6 Cooperators Are Sentenced Last – After Testifying Against You1.7 The Sealed Indictment May […]
read moreCivil Investigative Demand PPP
Contents1 Civil Investigative Demand PPP1.1 The Word “Civil” Is Designed to Make You Comfortable1.2 20 Days to Respond – And You’ve Already Lost Some1.3 Three Times the Loan Amount Plus $27,894 Per Claim1.4 The Civil Division Shares Everything With Criminal Division1.5 979 Whistleblower Suits Filed Last Year – Record Broken1.6 Kabbage Paid $120 Million – […]
read moreFBI Raided My House
Contents1 FBI Raided My House1.1 The Raid Just Happened – But The Investigation Didn’t1.2 The Questions Aren’t Questions – They’re Traps1.3 What You Say During The Raid Is More Dangerous Than What They Take1.4 The Property Receipt Reveals Their Entire Theory1.5 30-90 Days – The Timeline From Raid To Indictment1.6 Your Instinct To Explain Will […]
read moreWomply PPP Loans Investigation
Contents1 Womply PPP Loans Investigation1.1 You Think Civil Settlement Means Safety – That’s the Trap1.2 $2 Billion in Fees, Zero Fraud Prevention1.3 “Put Together with Duct Tape and Gum”1.4 The CEO Had Already Been Convicted1.5 60% of Applications Never Resulted in Funding1.6 They Had to Get a Court Order to Stop Document Destruction1.7 The $26 […]
read moreBlueacorn PPP Fraud: Am I In Trouble
Contents1 Blueacorn PPP Fraud: Am I In Trouble1.1 You Chose Blueacorn Because It Was the Biggest – That’s the Problem1.2 $1 Billion in Fees, $8.6 Million on Fraud Prevention1.3 10 Years for Hockridge, 10 Years for Reis – And They’re Talking1.4 What VIPPP Actually Was: A Coaching System for False Applications1.5 Why Your Loan Went […]
read moreHow To Know If FBI Is Watching You
Contents1 How To Know If FBI Is Watching You1.1 You’re Searching This For A Reason – And That Reason Is The Sign1.2 The Signs You Can See Are Signs They Let You See1.3 Your Bank Already Knows – Third-Party Subpoenas You’ll Never See1.4 Your Friends Acting Strange Isn’t Paranoia – It’s A Pattern1.5 Nobody Has […]
read morePPP Loan Preparer Arrested: What Happens to Clients
Contents1 PPP Loan Preparer Arrested: What Happens to Clients1.1 You Think You’re the Victim – Prosecutors Think You’re the Co-Conspirator1.2 The Golden-Larimore Pattern: 21 Clients Charged Alongside Their Preparer1.3 The Client List Is Now a Target List1.4 The Preparer’s Best Defense Requires Your Conviction1.5 The Kickback That Proves You Knew1.6 What the Files Show vs. […]
read moreFBI Waiting Outside My House
Contents1 FBI Waiting Outside My House1.1 If They Wanted To Arrest You, You’d Already Be In Handcuffs1.2 Visible Surveillance Is Not A Mistake – It’s The Strategy1.3 Witnesses Get Interviewed – Targets Get Watched1.4 Your Panic Is Exactly What They’re Collecting1.5 The Street Is Public – Everything You Do Out There Is Evidence1.6 This Investigation […]
read moreCan I Get in Trouble If Someone Else Prepared My PPP
Contents1 Can I Get in Trouble If Someone Else Prepared My PPP1.1 “Someone Else Did It” Isn’t a Defense – It’s a Confession1.2 The Signature You Didn’t Read Still Says You Certified It1.3 A CPA Gives You a Defense – A Friend Gives You a Co-Conspirator1.4 Six Family Members, One Indictment1.5 Willful Blindness: Why Not […]
read moreChicago Federal Criminal Defense Lawyers
Contents1 Chicago Federal Criminal Defense Lawyers: The Public Corruption Capital Where 38 Aldermen Have Been Convicted and Operation Greylord Sent 15 Judges to Prison1.1 1,824 Convictions: The Public Corruption Capital of America1.2 Operation Greylord: When Federal Prosecutors Went After Judges1.3 38 Aldermen and Counting: Chicago’s Political Prosecution Pipeline1.4 From Madigan to Burke: When Power Meets […]
read morePPP Fraud Getting Away With It
Contents1 PPP Fraud Getting Away With It: You’re Not Safe, You’re In a Queue1.1 What “Getting Away With It” Actually Means1.2 Everyone Being Arrested Thought the Same Thing1.3 The Queue You Can’t See1.4 February 2025: 21 People Who Thought They Escaped1.5 Your Loan Is in a Public Database1.6 TikTok Arrest Lists and Crowdsourced Investigations1.7 The […]
read morePhoenix Federal Criminal Defense Lawyers
Contents1 Phoenix Federal Criminal Defense Lawyers: Ground Zero Where Border Prosecutions Rose 71% Because Crime Actually DROPPED1.1 10,500 Prosecutions: The Scale of District of Arizona Federal Court1.2 The 71% Paradox: When Prosecutions Rise Because Crime Falls1.3 66% of All Fentanyl: Why DEA Calls Phoenix Ground Zero1.4 The Monarrez Lesson: When Life Sentences Dont Stop Operations1.5 […]
read moreMy Friend Got Arrested for PPP Fraud
Contents1 My Friend Got Arrested for PPP Fraud: Why You’re Not an Observer – You’re Next1.1 You’re Not an Observer – You’re Next in Line1.2 Why Your Friend’s Attorney Is Asking About You Right Now1.3 The Question Every Arrested Defendant Gets Asked1.4 How Federal Conspiracy Law Connects You to Their Crime1.5 The Race You Didn’t […]
read moreFBI Visited My Parents Asking About Me
Contents1 FBI Visited My Parents Asking About Me1.1 The Privilege That Doesn’t Exist1.2 Why They Chose Your Parents1.3 Love Becomes Leverage1.4 Your Parents Know Things Strangers Don’t1.5 The Cascade: From Conversation to Courtroom1.6 Now You Can’t Call Them1.7 Protecting Your Parents Means Protecting Yourself FBI Visited My Parents Asking About Me Welcome to Spodek Law […]
read moreVirginia Federal Criminal Defense Lawyers
Contents1 Virginia Federal Criminal Defense Lawyers: Two Districts, the Rocket Docket, and Where 1 in 5 Terrorism Cases Are Prosecuted1.1 Two Districts, One Rocket: How Virginia Federal Prosecution Works1.2 The Rocket Docket: 50 Years as America’s Fastest Federal Court1.3 24 Hours to Social Media: When Intelligence Leaks Meet Fast Justice1.4 Pentagon, CIA, Norfolk: Why 1 […]
read moreFBI Asking Neighbors About Me
Contents1 FBI Asking Neighbors About Me1.1 The Investigation Was Running For Months Before They Knocked1.2 Your Neighbor Became A Witness Without Knowing It1.3 The Transformation: Observation → FD-302 → Character Evidence1.4 Everyone Knows – And That’s The Point1.5 The Trap With No Clean Exit1.6 What You Do Now Matters More Than What Already Happened FBI […]
read moreFBI Showed Up At My Work
Contents1 FBI Showed Up At My Work1.1 The ‘Ambush Interview’ – Why Your Workplace Isn’t Random1.2 Your Employer Knew Before You Did1.3 Free To Leave But You Can’t Actually Leave1.4 Martha Stewart’s Mistake At The Office1.5 The One Thing That Actually Protects You1.6 What Happens After You Leave That Room FBI Showed Up At My […]
read moreWill They Investigate PPP Loans Under 50k? The Express Lane Nobody Warned You About
Contents1 Will They Investigate PPP Loans Under 50k? The Express Lane Nobody Warned You About1.1 The $50k Question and the Comfort It Provides1.2 No De Minimis: What the SBA Actually Said1.3 The $2 Million Number Everyone Heard (From the Wrong Agency)1.4 669,000 Loans in the Queue: Where Small Amounts Sit1.5 69% Civil Resolution: Why Thats […]
read moreWhat To Say When FBI Comes To Your Door
Contents1 What To Say When FBI Comes To Your Door1.1 You’re Not Having A Conversation – You’re Creating A Document1.2 Why A Federal Judge Refused An FBI Interview1.3 6am Isn’t Random – They Have A Script, You Don’t1.4 Martha Stewart Went To Prison For Words, Not Trades1.5 The One Sentence That Ends The Encounter1.6 What […]
read moreTennessee Federal Criminal Defense Lawyers
Contents1 Tennessee Federal Criminal Defense Lawyers: Three Districts, Machinegun Switches, and the M30 Pills That Look Like Medicine1.1 Three Districts, Three Worlds: How Tennessee’s Federal Courts Differ1.2 The Memphis Drug War: Switches, Seizures, and Organized Trafficking1.3 M30 Pills From California: How Multi-State Conspiracies Reach Tennessee1.4 Tennessee Waltz Legacy: Why Corruption Gets Special Attention Here1.5 Healthcare […]
read moreWhat Are the Chances of Getting Caught for PPP Fraud?
Contents1 What Are the Chances of Getting Caught for PPP Fraud?1.1 The Wrong Question1.2 Not a Lottery – A Queue1.3 The Detection Infrastructure You Already Passed Through1.4 669,000 Loans in Line Ahead of You1.5 The Numbers That Seem Reassuring (Until You Read Them Right)1.6 What the Government Admits vs What It Means1.7 The Variables You […]
read moreSouth Carolina Federal Criminal Defense Lawyers
Contents1 South Carolina Federal Criminal Defense Lawyers: 120 Prosecutors, One Fallen Dynasty, and the System That Convicted Murdaugh1.1 When the Dynasty Fell: What Murdaugh Teaches About Federal Court1.2 120 Prosecutors, One State: How South Carolina Federal Prosecution Works1.3 The Fentanyl Crisis That Became Murder Charges1.4 Fourth Circuit Reality: What Appeals Mean in Conservative Territory1.5 From […]
read moreDo They Investigate Small PPP Loans
Contents1 Do They Investigate Small PPP Loans? The Answer Is Worse Than You Think1.1 The $21,000 Case That Proves Everything Wrong1.2 Why Small Loans Are Actualy Easier to Prosecute1.3 The $2 Million Number That Created False Comfort1.4 The Queue Theory: Big Cases First, Small Cases Next1.5 $20,000 Indictments You’ve Never Heard Of1.6 The Investigation Triggers […]
read moreRhode Island Federal Criminal Defense Lawyers
Contents1 Rhode Island Federal Criminal Defense Lawyers: Twenty Prosecutors, One State, and the Selection That Defines Your Future1.1 Americas Smallest State, Americas Most Personal Federal Court1.2 Twenty Lawyers, One State: What Gets Selected for Federal Prosecution1.3 The Fentanyl Crisis That Became Federal Prosecution Priority1.4 Operation Plunder Domes Ghost: Why Corruption Cases Dissapeared1.5 When Small Means […]
read moreWhat Percentage of PPP Fraud Gets Caught?
Contents1 What Percentage of PPP Fraud Gets Caught? You’re Asking the Wrong Question1.1 The Wrong Question Everyone Asks1.2 100% Detection Rate: How The System Actually Works1.3 669,000 Flagged, 3.7 Million With Warning Signs1.4 The Quote That Gave False Hope1.5 $1.2 Billion Recovered Out of $64 Billion: The Prosecution Gap1.6 97.4% Conviction Rate: What Happens When […]
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