Mail fraud is the illegal use of the U.S. Postal Ser

• Corporate crimes, such as embezzlement, theft, or money laundering, when an employee of a company pays themselves company funds (usually under a falsified identity) and then mails the payment (usually to a P.O. Box to disguise his/her address).
• Telephone marketing schemes, when an organization solicits large sums of money from an individual over the phone (usually under the guise that the individual has won a cash prize or other tangible reward), and has the individual mail the payment(s).
• Non-delivery or misrepresentation of mail-order items, where an individual will order an item, make a payment, and never receive the item, or receive something that is defective or otherwise deficient.
• Ponzi schemes or pyramid schemes, where an individual is invited by a "chain letter" to send money to the first of a list of names and addresses before forwarding the letter to several more people. The person starting the Ponzi scheme claims to have become rich, but the people at the bottom of the pyramid receive nothing. In some cases, every address on the chain letter will be a P.O. Box controlled by the person sending the letters or by one or more accomplices.

Mail fraud is a common white collar criminal offense prosecuted by the courts because there is no specific requirement for the type of fraud or misrepresentation that has been carried out, only that something related to the scheme (such as a check, a contract, or an application for a loan or credit) was sent through the mail.

If you have been charged with mail fraud, you need to know that you could be facing 20-30 imprisonment. You need a criminal defense attorney who knows how to fight your case effectively. The Federal Law Group has successfully defended mail fraud cases, and we want to use our experience and proven track-record to help you.