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New York Fraud Lawyer

Fraud investigations can involve state prosecutors, federal agencies, financial institutions, employers, insurers, banks, healthcare entities, online platforms, or business partners. A strong defense starts early by identifying the documents, witnesses, money trail, intent evidence, and exposure before the government frames the case.

Lebedin Kofman LLP defends clients in New York City, Nassau County, Suffolk County, and related state and federal investigations. The firm handles fraud allegations involving money, documents, electronic communications, benefits, insurance claims, healthcare billing, banks, securities, taxes, mortgages, and business disputes.

What Is at Stake

Fraud cases can threaten liberty, employment, professional licenses, immigration status, restitution exposure, forfeiture, reputation, bank relationships, and business operations. In federal cases, the investigation may begin long before an arrest, making early counsel especially important.

How Prosecutors Build These Cases

Fraud cases are often built from bank records, emails, text messages, contracts, invoices, tax records, billing records, electronic account data, cooperating witnesses, subpoenaed documents, search warrants, interviews, and financial analysis. The defense must understand both the documents and the story prosecutors are trying to build from them.

Evidence We Look For Early

• Subpoenas, target letters, search warrants, and agency communications
• Bank records, transaction histories, invoices, contracts, tax records, and ledgers
• Emails, texts, messaging-app records, cloud files, and metadata
• Compliance records, billing files, insurance records, and business policies
• Witness statements, cooperation agreements, audit findings, and expert analyses
• Loss calculations, restitution demands, forfeiture claims, and sentencing exposure

Defense Issues We Evaluate

• Lack of fraudulent intent
• Good-faith belief, mistake, reliance, or business dispute rather than crime
• Weak proof of material misrepresentation or causation
• Inflated loss amount or unsupported restitution theory
• Search, seizure, subpoena, statement, and privilege issues
• Early intervention, proffer strategy, dismissal, reduction, trial, or sentencing strategy

Local Defense Strategy in New York City and Long Island

Fraud allegations may be prosecuted in New York state courts, the Eastern District of New York, the Southern District of New York, or through parallel civil, regulatory, or administrative proceedings. A defense strategy should account for the forum, the agency involved, collateral consequences, document preservation, and how communications with investigators are handled.

How Lebedin Kofman LLP Helps

The defense may involve challenging the arrest, testing the strength of the evidence, negotiating with prosecutors, preparing motion practice, investigating witnesses and video, and positioning the case for dismissal, reduction, trial, or the best possible resolution. The firm also looks at collateral consequences, including immigration, licensing, employment, school, family, and reputation issues.

Frequently Asked Questions

Should I speak with investigators or store security?

No one should discuss the facts of a criminal allegation with police, prosecutors, private security, employers, banks, insurers, or investigators before speaking with a defense lawyer. Statements that seem harmless can be used later.

Can these charges be reduced or dismissed?

Sometimes. The answer depends on the evidence, prior history, restitution or loss issues, witness problems, search and statement issues, and the courthouse handling the case. Early defense work often creates more options.

Related Criminal Defense Pages

• Federal Criminal Defense
• Wire Fraud
• Mail Fraud
• Bank Fraud
• Securities Fraud
• Healthcare Fraud
• Federal Money Laundering

Request a free consultation if you were arrested, received a desk appearance ticket, were contacted by investigators, or believe you are under investigation.