San Bernardino Mail Fraud Defense Attorneys

Thousands of people are arrested on suspicion of mail theft in the United States every year. Mail fraud, postal fraud, and the theft of mail are are felonies are regulated by strict Federal laws. Mail fraud crimes carry with them severe penalties, including a prison term and enormous monetary fines. The penalties vary depending upon the crime, for example if the fraud involves any type of financial intuition the accused may face an increased fine and prison term.

U.S. Code Title 18 Part 1 Chapter 63 Section 1341, states that:
"Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, or to sell, dispose of, loan, exchange, alter, give away, distribute, supply, or furnish or procure for unlawful use any counterfeit or spurious coin, obligation, security, or other article, or anything represented to be or intimated or held out to be such counterfeit or spurious article, for the purpose of executing such scheme or artifice or attempting so to do, places in any post office or authorized depository for mail matter, any matter or thing whatever to be sent or delivered by the Postal Service, or deposits or causes to be deposited any matter or thing whatever to be sent or delivered by any private or commercial interstate carrier, or takes or receives therefrom, any such matter or thing, or knowingly causes to be delivered by mail or such carrier according to the direction thereon, or at the place at which it is directed to be delivered by the person to whom it is addressed, any such matter or thing, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both. If the violation affects a financial institution, such person shall be fined not more than $1,000,000 or imprisoned not more than 30 years, or both."

In order to prove that a person is guilty of mail fraud, the following four factors must be proven:

• The accused knowingly invented a fraudulent scheme
• The accused intended to perform fraud
• The accused mailed or had another individual mail something for the purpose of defrauding
• Materials mailed were false and purposefully used to defraud

If you have been charged with mail fraud in Southern California your case requires the services of an aggressive, experienced, and skilled lawyer who gets results. Contact a qualified fraud defense attorney at Shouse Law Group for a free consultation.

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