The Increase in Severity of Sentencing for Fraud Convictions
Bruce Engel of Engel and Associates criminal lawyers in Ottawa explains the increase in the severity of sentencing for fraud convictions. Penalties for convictions for fraud are increasing in severity, especially if there are aggravating factors such as breach of trust or any kind of coercion. If the victims are particularly vulnerable such as the [...]
Defending A Fraud Charge And The Advantage Of A Plea Bargain
Bruce Engel of Engel and Associates criminal lawyers in Ottawa explains the challenge of defending a fraud charge and the advantage of a plea bargain. Unlike an assault charge file or impaired driving charge file that may take me a few hours to review, a fraud file is usually made up of banker’s boxes full [...]
Why You Need A Lawyer's Advice When Accused Of Fraud
Bruce Engel of Engel and Associates criminal lawyers in Ottawa explains why it’s important to get a lawyer’s advice when you think you may be accused of fraud. More often than not, a fraud charge will sneak up on you. For instance, you can be engaged in fraud by depriving your employer, and you may [...]
Self-Defence When A Person Is A Victim Of An Unprovoked Assault
Bruce Engel of Engel and Associates criminal lawyers in Ottawa explains self-defence as it is described in Sections 34 of the Criminal Code when a person is the victim of an unprovoked assault. Though self-defence is defined more than once in the Criminal Code, the application of the definitions is very complicated and something that [...]
Definition and Explanation of the Crimes of Fraud and False Pretences
Bruce Engel of Engel and Associates, criminal lawyers in Ottawa, defines and explains the crimes of fraud and false pretences. To commit fraud means to deprive somebody of something by deceit or a falsehood and to induce a state of mind through a specific course of action. Fraud uses deception to deprive people of things [...]
What A Young Person Should Do To Avoid Becoming Involved In A Drug Or Weapons Charge At School
All young people going back to school have to be very careful about exposing themselves to certain charges and one charge is being in possession of an illegal substance or weapon at school. Students may think that they have complete privacy in their locker but that’s not necessarily the case. Their lockers are deemed to [...]
Criminal Consequences Of School Yard Bullying
The key lesson for young people is, if you are the victim of bullying, don’t take it into your own hands to get revenge. You can defend yourself, but you cannot attack the bully when you are unprovoked or not in danger. Bullying is very tough to deal with and you have to go to [...]
Consequences Of New Zero Tolerance For Alcoholic Drivers Under 20
Recent legislation dictates that drivers under 20 must have zero alcohol in their bodies. I think generally new drivers will be pretty good at observing this new rule. They have been educated into the system. Those who will find it hard are those who have been driving a couple of years and allowed to have [...]
Why Young People Should Be Aware Of The Risks Of Internet Communication
Young people use the Internet as their primary tool of communication; they have their whole social lives on it. They have phones connect to the Internet. They communicate via Facebook pages or MSN communications or Blackberry messaging services, and their whole lives are on display. What they don’t realize is that if they get involved [...]
