What Are Federal Criminal Charges? And what makes them federal versus state? Attorney Chris Combs from Combs Waterkotte provides answers to these questions.
Interview Transcript
Scott Michael Dunn: Chris, what is a federal crime?
Chris Combs: So, a federal crime is when you’re being charged by the United States government.
So the way the indictment is gonna read is the United States of America versus you, which is a whole lot different than the state of Missouri or the state of Illinois versus you. So that’s kind of your short answer on that.
Scott Michael Dunn: Can you explain, what are federal criminal charges?
Chris Combs: You know a wide, wide array of charges. I mean, you see– a lot of similar charges that you see in state court can also be federal charges. You know, there’s federal homicides and things like that.
But a lot of what you see are things across state lines. So drug conspiracies, a lot of kidnapping, computer crimes, a lot of computer crimes, a lot of financial crimes, Medicare/Medicaid fraud. So, typically, anything that crosses state lines is going to be considered a federal offense.
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