Bankruptcy Crimes Third Edition

This authoritative treatise on bankruptcy fraud is an invaluable reference book for bankruptcy law practitioners, white-collar criminal lawyers, prosecutors, judges, restructuring professionals, and academicians. Bankruptcy Crimes is the only book extant on the subject and is unique in its dual perspective and analysis of criminality and bankruptcy law. The book explains, in a clear and captivating style, both the statutory intricacies of bankruptcy law as well as the fundamentals of the related criminal offenses.Among the topics covered are: fraud, perjury, embezzlement, bribery, money laundering, destruction of records, fraudulent acquisitions in a bankruptcy proceeding, asset forfeiture, and sentencing. The book also elucidates the function and roles of various federal officials who are responsible for investigating and prosecuting bankruptcy crimes, the defenses to charges of bankruptcy crimes, and ethical and professional responsibilities of attorneys representing debtors and other parties in bankruptcy.