{"id":989,"date":"2022-05-25T16:29:36","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T16:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/south-florida\/?post_type=practice_areas&#038;p=989"},"modified":"2025-10-28T19:53:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T19:53:24","slug":"embezzlement-attorneys","status":"publish","type":"practice_areas","link":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/south-florida\/embezzlement-attorneys\/","title":{"rendered":"Embezzlement In Broward County"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Embezzlement is the <a href=\"\/theft\">theft<\/a> of money from an employer and is one of the most common <a href=\"\/white-collar-crimes\">white-collar<\/a> crimes committed in the United States. Embezzlement charges can result in serious penalties depending on the value of the property or monies stolen. Penalties may include confinement in a county jail, state prison, or federal prison. These crimes are often prosecuted quite aggressively because the court system hopes to make examples out of those who commit white-collar crimes. If you have been arrested in Broward County, Miami, Fort Myers, Ft Lauderdale, or anywhere in South Florida for embezzlement, you need a highly skilled embezzlement lawyer on your side to immediately begin planning your defense. If convicted, you could lose your reputation, your career, your freedom, and possibly your family. The Cochran Firm South Florida will do everything in its power to keep you out of prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>White-collar crimes such as embezzlement are punished more severely than ever as a result of our court system striving to prove it is unbiased. Therefore, not only are CEOs who are accused of stealing millions of dollars seriously penalized, but so are low-ranking employees who may be accused of stealing only a few hundred or a few thousand dollars. Some examples in the last decade include the very severe sentences dealt out to individuals involved in the corporate scandals of Enron, Worldcom, and Tyco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"\/choosing-defense-attorney\">Choosing a Defense Attorney<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Out-of-Court Resolutions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the \u201ctough on white collar crime\u201d attitude of most prosecutors and judges, embezzlement cases are often settled out of court, but only if our <strong>embezzlement attorneys<\/strong> are able to intervene before an aggressive prosecutor gets a hold of your case. Therefore, an out-of-court resolution is only possible if we are able to begin defending you immediately and proactively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The embezzlement lawyers at <em>The Cochran Law Firm<\/em> have an impressive success rate when it comes to the prevention of criminal charges in embezzlement cases. The vast majority of clients who were accused of embezzlement in Broward County (but not yet charged) and went on to hire <em>The Cochran Firm<\/em> were able to avoid criminal charges. The more quickly after your arrest that you <a href=\"\/contact-us\">contact us<\/a>, the more quickly we can begin your defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">If you have been arrested for a white-collar crime in<\/span> Broward County, Ft Lauderdale, Miami, Fort Myers, or anywhere in southern Florida, please\u00a0contact\u00a0the experienced\u00a0embezzlement attorneys\u00a0at\u00a0The Cochran Firm South Florida\u00a0today to schedule a consultation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1252,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"Embezzlement - The Cochran Firm South Florida and Broward County","_seopress_titles_desc":"The embezzlement lawyers at The Cochran Law Firm have an impressive success rate when it comes to the prevention of criminal charges in embezzlement cases.","_seopress_robots_index":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-989","practice_areas","type-practice_areas","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/south-florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practice_areas\/989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/south-florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practice_areas"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/south-florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/practice_areas"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/south-florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/south-florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/south-florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}