White Collar Defense Playbook
The Loss Amount Is Not the Sentence.
You’re scared to death and you didn’t know what to do. Now you will. 26 questions, federal case stage roadmap, red flag checklist, and scorecard.
Emergency Playbook + Full Defense Playbook — both delivered instantly
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Book 1
Emergency Playbook
What to do right now. First 72 Hours checklist, 5 Priority Questions, crisis resources. Read this first.
Book 2
Full Defense Playbook
The complete reference. Case stage roadmap, red flag checklist, scorecard, all 26 questions, and more.
You shouldn’t have to figure this out from Reddit threads.
The day you got the call — or the knock on the door — everything changed. The subpoena, the search warrant, the agents who said “we just want to talk.” You didn’t know what to say, so you said nothing. Or you said too much.
Now you’re home. Maybe it’s 2 AM. And you’re Googling everything. You want to know: how bad is this? What does a federal fraud charge actually mean for your career, your assets, your family, your life?
Is your attorney telling you the truth when they say “we’ll work something out”?
The Loss Amount Drives Everything
Your sentence is calculated from the government’s loss figure — not the charge itself. A $50K loss and a $5M loss on the same wire fraud charge produce dramatically different sentences. Challenge the math.
Documents Can Be Challenged
Every financial record, email, and digital file the prosecution relies on must be authenticated, verified, and its chain of custody confirmed. Independent forensic analysis finds what the government’s experts miss.
“Trust Me” Isn’t a Strategy
If your attorney’s plan is ‘wait for the plea offer’ — that’s not a plan. That’s an assembly line. White collar cases have more defense avenues than most attorneys use.
Built from elite federal defense methodology
Exhaustive Case Analysis
Foundation of every defense strategy
A thorough approach that challenges evidence, legal theories, and procedural issues from day one, across every front at once.
Asset Forfeiture Defense
Protecting what the government wants to seize
Proven forfeiture defense methods, innocent owner claims, challenges to excessive seizures, asset tracing disputes, and procedural protections under federal law.
Cross-Examination Methodology
Exposing cooperator credibility failures
Intensive preparation that controls witnesses and exposes the bias, incentives, and prior inconsistencies that undermine government cooperators.
What's inside
Emergency Playbook (Book 1)
What to do right now. Document preservation checklist, 5 Priority Questions, financial exposure assessment, crisis resources. Start here.
$247
Charge Reality Report
White collar offense elements explained in plain English — wire fraud, embezzlement, tax evasion, identity theft, securities fraud, money laundering. Loss amount table, sentencing guidelines, what the prosecution must prove.
$497
26 Questions That Change How Your Next Attorney Meeting Goes
Derived from 40+ elite defense attorneys’ techniques. 6-part format per question with follow-up probes. The research alone took months.
$347
Federal Case Stage Roadmap
Pre-indictment investigation through post-conviction — 9 stages with milestones, attorney benchmarks, and red flags at each stage.
$247
Red Flag Checklist
12 specific issues that could change the outcome — loss calculation gaps, undisclosed Brady material, unchallenged cooperators, forfeiture exposure, missing motions.
$197
Case Progress Scorecard
Rate your attorney on 10 behaviors before it’s too late to switch. An attorney who challenges the loss calculation beats one who accepts the government’s number.
$197
Our Guarantee
5 questions you never thought to ask — or full refund.
If you read this Playbook and cannot find at least 5 questions you have never thought to ask your attorney, send us one email and we will refund every dollar. No explanation required.
This is for you if...
- ✓You’re under investigation or charged with a white collar offense (fraud, embezzlement, tax evasion, identity theft, securities violations)
- ✓You have an attorney but aren’t sure they’re doing enough
- ✓You want to understand the sentencing guidelines and loss calculation that will determine your sentence
- ✓You want to know what questions to ask before your next meeting
- ✓You want to understand forfeiture, restitution, and collateral consequences
This is NOT for you if...
- ✗You’re looking for legal advice (we provide information, not advice)
- ✗You want someone to represent you in court
- ✗Your case is a civil regulatory matter only (no criminal charges)
- ✗You’ve already been sentenced
Important
This report provides legal INFORMATION — not legal ADVICE. The analysis draws on methods developed by elite defense attorneys, applied to common white collar and fraud defense patterns. Decisions about how to use this information stay with you.
Time-sensitive deadlines in your white collar case
Immediately upon contact from agents
Defendants have the constitutional right to remain silent under the Fifth Amendment. Many defense attorneys advise saying nothing to investigators without counsel present. Destroying documents is a separate federal crime (18 U.S.C. § 1519).
Before any plea or cooperation decision
Before any plea or cooperation decision, questions worth asking: Has my sentencing guideline range been calculated? Has all discovery been reviewed? Has the loss calculation been challenged? These decisions are irreversible.
30 days from purchase
Your $147 upgrade credit toward the Case Decoder ($197). After 30 days, the credit expires.
Frequently asked questions
No. We provide legal INFORMATION — not legal ADVICE. The Playbook compiles documented defense strategies from elite white collar defense attorneys into an information resource. Your attorney gives legal advice. We give you the questions.
That’s exactly who this is for. The Playbook makes every conversation with your attorney more productive. Most defendants leave attorney meetings without knowing what to ask. This gives you 26 specific questions.
Yes. The questions apply to all white collar offenses — wire fraud, mail fraud, embezzlement, tax evasion, identity theft, securities fraud, money laundering, insurance fraud. The charge-specific details (elements, sentencing, collateral consequences) are covered in Section 1.
Two instant PDF downloads. After payment, you’ll receive an email with download links for both the Emergency Playbook (start here) and the Full Defense Playbook (complete reference) within 60 seconds. No intake form, no waiting.
If you read this Playbook and cannot find at least 5 questions you never thought to ask your attorney, send us one email and we’ll refund every dollar. No explanation required.
Everything here was built from documented defense strategies used by attorneys who have defended the highest-stakes white collar cases in America — including NACDL Lifetime Achievement recipients and Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame members. This is not a blog post. It’s the prosecution pattern playbook — inverted.
Your $147 is fully credited toward the Case Decoder ($197) within 30 days. The upgrade costs just $50.
The White Collar Defense Playbook is generic to all cases of this charge type. The Case Decoder ($197) is personalized to YOUR specific situation with case-specific questions, email templates, and a 7-day action plan. Your $147 purchase is credited toward the Case Decoder.
A 30-minute white collar attorney consultation costs $300–$750.
The White Collar Defense Playbook is $147.
Two books, instant download. 26 questions. 12 red flags. Federal case roadmap. Loss calculation guide. Attorney scorecard.
100% Money-Back Guarantee — If you read the Playbook and don't feel more prepared for your attorney meeting, email us within 30 days for a full refund. No questions asked.
5 questions you never thought to ask — or full refund.
Need case-specific questions?
The Case Decoder ($197) builds 15 personalized questions from YOUR charges, YOUR state, YOUR stage — plus email templates, phone scripts, and a 7-day action plan.
Your $147 White Collar Defense Playbook purchase is credited toward the Case Decoder. Upgrade for $50 within 30 days.