White Collar’s “Drug Conspiracy”
Over 50,000 inmates in Federal Prison are there because of a “drug conspiracy”. Many of those inmates in Federal Prison don’t know their co-defendants, may have never actually been caught with drugs, money or guns or sold to a confidential informant. They made it into federal prison on the sworn testimony of another “co-conspirator”, a term used very loosely according to Larry Jay Levine the author of “Crimes That Never Happened: Beating Federal Conspiracies”.
Many inmates find out the hard way that there’s not much they can do about Federal Conspiracies, especially if they had no help from a prison consultant like Federal Prison Tips or Wall Street Prison Consulting, or even bought the book. Oftentimes they end up in federal prison with decades long sentences and didn’t even have any “dope”.
What’s the equivalent for “white collar criminals”?
Easy, “intended loss”
Intended Loss is what the government says you intended to steal with your crime. It could be anything from credit card numbers found in your desk to people you talked to about an “opportunity” and in some cases it can be ten and a hundred times more than you actually stole.
Prior to 2024, a ruling out of the 3rd Circuit called “Kisor” kept the government reasonably at bay with intended loss vs. actual loss, but in 2024 a sentencing guideline amendment (that was unanimously passed by the sentencing commission) made it possible to again be severely penalized with intended loss.
It’s one of the many things found here in Larry’s book “Crimes that Never Happened: Beating Federal Conspiracies”).
What can you do about it?
Hire a good, experienced attorney that’s not going to sell you down the river for somebody else, because that really happens. Make sure there is a clear path from what you did and did not do. And of course pick up the book and make sure you’re subscribed to Federal Prison Tips on TikTok and Instagram .
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