White Collar Criminals—2009 Status—Beware!

March 31, 2009 - PRLog -- White Collar criminals beware! You are being tracked, watched, investigated and you soon will be punished. There has been an exponential rise in the number of Federal Agents transitioned to combat white collar crimes in the last 18 months—and they are increasing. The growing financial crisis on Wall Street and the astonishing rise in mortgage and foreclosure fraud has escalated the growth of FBI and other governmental agents being dedicated to battle white collar crimes.


Soon after 9/11, then President George Bush transferred all available FBI agents and governmental resources to anti-terrorism activities. Anti-terrorism was the number one priority of the Bush administration—as it should have been. Unfortunately, this gave rise to an unprecedented increase in white collar crime. Our current economic crisis coupled with the financial scams of Bernard Madoff of the Westgate Capital Fund; Ken Lay, Jeffrey Skilling, and Andrew Fastow of Enron; media baron Conrad Black; Bernie Ebbers of WorldCom; New Jersey fund manager James Nicholson; and media celebrity Martha Stewart have created a wave of public anger and outrage. Now government resources, agents, and unparalleled money are flowing the other way. Special units such as the National White Collar Crime Center, Internet Fraud Complaint Center, National Cybercrime Training Partnership, and the Coalition for the Prevention of Economic Crime have been formed to specifically fight white collar crime.


Mortgage brokers and foreclosure “experts” are at the top of the list. Attorney Generals from every state have stepped up their investigations of loan processors, bank officers, mortgage brokers, and foreclosure assistance companies nationwide. In the month of March, 2009 alone, literally hundreds of guilty pleas were made in Florida, North Carolina, New York, Delaware, Minnesota, California, and Vermont. Unfortunately, unsuspecting “little people” are getting swept up in these investigative nets and are being sentenced to 40 to 70 month federal prison terms.


To make matters even more difficult for white collar criminals, the federal government currently has a 97% guilty plea rate in federal criminal cases. Federal prosecutors have over a 75% conviction rate following criminal trials, and 91% of federal criminal defendants receive a prison sentence. It is no longer a question of will a white collar defendant go to prison, it’s a question of where he will go and how long he will be there.


White collar defendants need a Federal Prison Consultant—now more than ever. Many are first time offenders and have absolutely no idea of what federal prison has in store for them. The families of white collar offenders have questions they need answered also. Their attorney was never in prison so who do they ask? Questions like—where will I go? What is my family going to do without me? Will there be violence? What about sex in prison, will I be raped? What about gangs? Will I be safe? Can I get out early? What program do I take to get time off my sentence?


A good Federal Prison Consultant will provide answers to all these questions. He will also provide answers and solutions to many questions the defendant and his or her family do not even think of. There are so many aspects that come into play during the transition from life on the outside to life on the inside. They are not pleasant, but they are manageable with the right Federal Prison Consultant. Here are some questions posed by a leading Federal Prison Consultant, Michael Frantz http://jailtimeconsulting.com/about-mike-frantz.php. He says you should ask yourself these questions before hiring a prison consultant:

•   Can you work with him? Don't pick a Federal Prison Consultant who tries to use scare tactics to get you to enlist his services. Federal Prison Consultant Michael Frantz says, "You are probably already scared. You need the truth; honest answers to difficult questions."

•   Can the consultant work with you immediately, prior to your arrival at prison? Frantz emphatically states, "It is important to have him aboard at the earliest possible time, prior to sentencing if possible. There are so many factors to consider including the Pre-Sentencing Investigation Interview, the Pre-Sentencing Report examination, sentence reduction strategies, judicial recommendations, facility designation, positioning for Bureau of Prisons' programs, and consultation with your legal defense team."

•   Will the consultant be there while you are in prison? Will he be representing your interests with the many situations that may occur while an inmate is doing his time? Will he help with Administrative Remedy Appeals, Financial Responsibility Program payment information, furloughs, transfers, and Commutation of Sentence requests to name just a few? Is he not only knowledgeable in these areas, but is he an expert in these areas?

•   Will he be there after you are released? Michael Frantz emphasized that newly released inmates need assistance in locating a job, regaining their civil rights, and possible expunging or clearing up of their criminal records. Frantz states, "Will the consultant provide assistance and reference materials in these important post-incarceration areas?"

•   With whom does the consultant work? Who else is on the team? Does the consultant have a partner who can offer the wives and families of incarcerated men the opportunity to talk to someone who has been through it all, from the other side. Michael's wife, Rande Frantz, is a member of the Jail Time Consulting team. She offers a totally different point of view—the family member left behind, the family member remaining on the outside. Vast numbers of wives, girlfriends, sons, and daughters are left behind. She understands the anxiety these individuals face. Rande, http://jailtimeconsulting.com/staff.php draws on her own experiences as well as her degree in Sociology to provide clear concise answers as well as support to their many questions and concerns. Mr. Frantz emphasized, "Rande is such an important member of this team, she believes more than ever the old saying, when a family member is incarcerated, the whole family is incarcerated."

•   Finally, is the company professionally recognized? Is this a company you would want representing you in the Pre-Sentencing Investigation Interview, before a judge, or in front of Bureau of Prisons staff members?

America has more people in prison than any other country in the world. People are going to prison at a shocking rate. Unsuspecting first time offenders are being sentenced to long prison terms. The prison population is increasing every year. Prisons are overcrowded. Defendants are being sentenced to higher security institutions with harsher sentences. Now more than ever, Federal Prison Consultants are needed. You no longer have to be rich to hire a Federal Prison Consultant; you just have to be knowledgeable.

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About Jail Time Consulting: Michael Frantz is a leading national Federal Prison Consultant with Jail Time Consulting. He has authored a book on Federal Prison titled, "Jail Time, What you need to know...Before you go to federal prison!" as well as 35 JT Special Reports© on various prison issues affecting both inmates and their families. He writes a daily blog on the JT Consulting website http://jailtimeconsulting.com.

Jail Time Consulting is a Federal Prison Consulting firm providing consulting services, research, sentence reduction techniques, and client positioning for BOP programs. JT Consulting offers solutions to the problems that men and women facing federal prison are confronted with. We work closely with our clients and their attorneys to provide the lowest possible net sentence.

We prepare and position our clients for admission to the 500-Hour Residential Drug Abuse Program which offers the inmate a 12 month sentence reduction and a 6 month halfway house designation.