As a former Deputy Public Defender in Riverside County, Mr. Donath has always been on the defense side of the law.
Top 100 Trial Attorneys in California 2012-2014, 2008 Trial Attorney of the Year by the Riverside County Public Defender's Office, and dozens of other awards and accolades.
Your lawyer should have a passion for defense, not just a passion for money. Reputation, vigor, and determination go a long way in this business.
As a former Deputy Public Defender in Riverside County, Mr. Donath has always been on the defense side of the law.
Top 100 Trial Attorneys in California 2012-2014, 2008 Trial Attorney of the Year by the Riverside County Public Defender's Office, and dozens of other awards and accolades.
Your lawyer should have a passion for defense, not just a passion for money. Reputation, vigor, and determination go a long way in this business.
Posted in General FAQ'S on November 30, 2016
As long as money has existed, criminals have found ways of tricking people out of theirs. A scam is any type of operation meant to make money by cheating or defrauding others. One of the most notorious is the Pyramid scheme, often called a “Ponzi” scheme after Charles Ponzi, who in the 1920s created one of the largest such scams in history.
Pyramid schemes are named thusly because it starts with one person or a small group of people at the top who influence others to invest in the scam. Those individuals’ participation is typically contingent on recruiting other investors. One person recruits two people and those two people each recruit two more, and so on. The operator of the scheme will take the latest investments from the newest participants to pay off the first investors and keep up appearances. Before long, the operator typically takes the money and disappears, leaving hapless investors without their money.
Keep the following red flags in mind to protect yourself and your financial assets:
Despite advances in modern technology, these schemes are still around today. By now, most adults have encountered at least one email from foreign royalty, claiming he or she is the long-lost heir to a fortune and need only provide bank account information to receive their inheritance. This is just one example of the methods modern criminals use to defraud victims. It’s vital to stay vigilant and be skeptical of any proposition that sounds too good to be true.
For more detailed advice or legal counsel, contact our Riverside embezzlement attorney.