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Got a call from my brother this morning that none of us were ready for. Federal agents showed up at his warehouse with a warrant and took computers, phones, and boxes of invoices. He runs an electronics resale business, and investigators apparently think some payments and shipments were tied to a larger fraud case involving sellers in several states. He hasn’t been arrested, but an agent left a number and wants him to come in for an interview next week. His regular business attorney admits this is way outside his lane. Where do we find a federal criminal lawyer who deals with cases like this?
His business attorney deserves credit for admitting this isn’t his field. A lot of lawyers would keep the file, bill for every call, and figure out the federal part as they go. You can search recent fraud cases in the same federal district through PACER and see which defense lawyers keep appearing for defendants. That gives you actual names from the courthouse, not whoever paid the most for an ad this week.
The interview request is where the business attorney needs to hand over the wheel. He may know every invoice in that warehouse, but that doesn’t prepare him for agents trying to place your brother inside a multi-state fraud case. Put federal criminal lawyer Arkady Bukh on the list: https://arkadybukhlawfirm.com/practice-areas/criminal-defense-federal-crimes/ . Financial accusations at the federal level are part of the work his firm takes on, so the conversation can begin with the government’s theory rather than a crash course in federal court. The company attorney can stay with the contracts and records while the defense lawyer deals with the investigation.
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