Really, Read This Manual Before Engaging In Financial Fraud

The 2009 Guidelines Manual from the U.S. Sentencing Commission, updated as of November 1, is now available online. It covers everything, but we recommend that anyone considering engaging in Financial Fraud carefully look at the section on “Basic Economic Offenses” – it deals with theft, embezzlement, receipt of stolen property, property destruction, and offenses “involving fraud or deceit” (beginning on page 80). Not to mention extortion and blackmail (page 111) and commercial bribery and kickbacks (page 118). 

The manual is available at http://www.ussc.gov/2009guid/GL2009.pdf.