When someone is indicted by grand jury for financial crimes, are their assets seized to provide restitution to the victims?

The Mandatory Victims Restitution Act requires in fraud cases that the court order restitution for the full amount of the loss to victims. You will...

How can I help my son?

You can help your son by hiring an experienced federal criminal defense attorney to assist him. If that is not possible, the Court will appoint...

Feds executed a search warrant at my address cuz they were investigating my boyfriend who does not live there

In order to get a search warrant, the police had to establish probable cause to believe that evidence of a crime could be found at your home. It...

What do I do when my lawyer got me a conditional discharge but never told me about drug testing and I might not pass?

You were confused and thought that you were permitted to use drugs while on probation? I would not try that argument with the judge.

I maxed out my sentence and have no parole or probation, am I able to fly?

As long as you are not under any supervision, there is no rule against felons flying.

If they legalize weed in NJ will I still be on probation?

You will still be on probation unless the State acts to vacate all prior marijuana convictions.

The state does not control what the feds do. The feds are a separate sovereign which makes its own decisions on who to charge. So even though the...

The BOP apparently wants to revoke his release status for the new crimes. The detainer means that if the state releases him, he has to be turned...

If I cut my monitor off and run and they put a blue warrant on me does my time stop on parole?

As soon as they put out a warrant for the parole violation, your parole stops. So whenever they catch you, they can still send you back to prison....

Is there a chance i can be reinstated or is it automatically a return to prison for me?

I would expect the BOP to return you to prison. If you fail to turn yourself in, you could also face new federal charges for escape.