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it’s difficult to put a
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number on how often ftc cases
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or ftc defendants are charged criminally
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in my experience the perhaps 50 percent
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of the time
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ftc defendants that i’ve represented
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have also been charged
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criminally later or usually later by the
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department of justice
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and those criminal charges federal
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criminal
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charges are typically very significant
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charges for mail fraud
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or wire fraud or money laundering or
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or a combination of those charges which
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carry very significant sentences
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because under the federal criminal
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system
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the number of victims the dollar amounts
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involved
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are big drivers when it comes time to
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sentencing
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so the very same underlying
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activity that may have given rise to an
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ftc
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case can often give rise to a federal
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criminal charge
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very very significant charges