Category: Financial Crimes Knowledge Hub

A failed business promise alone does not prove wire fraud. Records help establish what the speaker knew and intended.

Direct answer: Under § 1956(a)(1)(A)(i), a transaction involving criminal proceeds is charged when conducted with intent to promote carrying on specified unlawful activity. The…

How Rules 901, 902(13)-(14), 803(6), 1006 and 106 apply to emails and portal records in a federal wire fraud case, and which native records to gather.

Direct answer: The advisory guideline calculation requires the applicable edition of § 2B1.1, the governing definition of loss, offense-specific facts and proper treatment of…

An email can support a wire fraud charge without containing the original lie. Learn how its purpose and timing connect it to the alleged scheme.

Direct answer: No. The government must prove the applicable statute’s source, transaction, knowledge and additional purpose or threshold. Ordinary spending can sometimes…