Business & Corporate Scams in the State of California

Written by: Andrew Gale - Orange County - Small Business Attorney

Business & Corporate Scams in the State of California

As corporate attorneys practicing law for many years in the state of California we regularly hear about illegal practices and or scams that specifically target larger corporations and or smaller businesses. Some specifically target incorporated companies and related incorporation and corporate records services.

We often, therefore, see evidence of a number of scams that surge on a cyclic basis with the ‘latest’ variation on a theme. These scams tend to start slowly, reach a natural peak, and then give way to a new, often imaginative scheme. They will often target a specific business community such as incorporated businesses in Los Angeles, Orange County, or Riverside CA. These scams are almost always designed to get the target company to make payments by one means or another.

As a business owner or corporate officer, it can be challenging to avoid the latest scam as they can be so varied in nature. The only way to improve your odds of not getting caught is to stay informed and or have an experienced local corporate attorney available at the end of a phone. The ability to easily pick up the phone and run anything odd or unusual by your attorney can make the difference.

Ideally, you should also be able to do this without it costing an arm and a leg just to ask a simple question.

In our experience, business people will hesitate to seek an opinion from a corporate lawyer if they feel that by ‘just asking a question they will incur a significant cost. In general, California Corporate Attorneys have not helped this problem by charging high ‘by the hour’ rates, often just for simple advice.  This is especially true if the scam itself appears to involve something in the order of only a few hundred dollars.

Incorporation Attorneys do not want to see anyone taken for a ride either by unethical or criminal activities.   This is why we provide a ‘simple Q&A’ service as an inherent part of most of our client corporate records programs.  The ability to call and ask a question, send in a suspicious letter, or email and get a timely response, without incurring any additional costs, is we believe, an important component of any good attorney/client relationship.

We want to encourage this behavior amongst all our clients. This is because the more we hear about and can identify unethical practices, scams, and criminal behavior, and hear about it in a timely fashion, the more we can offer extra value and keep our community of local California businesses safe and profitable.

As we encounter specific business, incorporation, corporate records, or litigation scams, we know that other businesses in the same area are likely to also be at risk.  We, therefore, go out of our way to proactively share the latest news associated with scams in our community.  We do this via email to our clients and now we also post the details of these scams on this website under the incorporation training section.

Protect your business, call us at +1 (714) 634-4838 or complete a simple Incorporation Services contact request form and we will be happy to contact you.