Rizio and Nelson California Law Blog

Extortion Laws in California

When the word “extortion” is mentioned, people may think of Italian men in dark suits carrying Gatlin guns and roaming neighborhoods, searching for business owners to fork over their cash for “protection”. Gone are the days when the mob could openly threaten anyone on the streets, including police, without fear. However, the crime of extortion is alive and well, only now the perpetrators may...

White Collar Crimes – Embezzlement

The crime of embezzlement is something we often hear discussed through different media outlets. While these media outlets give us a general explanation of what embezzlement is, they do not explain what it means to be charged with this particular crime. Embezzlement is is defined under section 503 of the California Penal Code as “the fraudulent appropriation of property by a person to whom it...