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Making Statements to the SCC or FBI | Houston Criminal Law

Dan Cogdell | 992 Views | 08/21/2015

Making Statements to the SCC or FBI

You’re a stockbroker. You’ve been involved in a number of trades that ultimately both the SCC and the FBI started to investigate. You wanted to do the right thing. You thought that if you didn’t sit down and make a statement it would be used against you and they would be thinking that you committed a crime that you didn’t commit. Hi, my name is Dan Cogdell. I’m a lawyer here in Houston. I’ve been practicing criminal defense work for 32 years.

That exact scenario happened to a client of mine several years ago. Unfortunately, the client believed, as many people believed under those circumstances it was in their best interest to sit down and make a statement to the SCC and or to the FBI so they could explain their position to law enforcement. So law enforcement wouldn’t think they were guilty of something that they didn’t do.

Law Enforcement

Unfortunately, that’s often not how it works out. Law enforcement isn’t there to help you. Law enforcement is there to solve a crime. When you’re answering questions to the SCC or you’re answering questions from the FBI, often times you don’t know what they know. Often times you don’t know what they think. You may be telling them exactly what you believed to be the truth and conversely exactly what they believe not to be the truth.

Cogdell Law Firm

You need to talk to a lawyer. You need to liaise with a person that can give you advice on when to make a statement, when not to make a statement or if you have a statement what to put in that statement. If you’re a person in that situation, call us. We’re happy to help, it’s what we do. We’ll help you if we can, if not we’ll get to the right person. Thank you for listening.

By: Dan Cogdell

Making Statements to the SCC or FBI | Houston Criminal Law

Making Statements to the SCC or FBI

You’re a stockbroker. You’ve been involved in a number of trades that ultimately both the SCC and the FBI started to investigate. You wanted to do the right thing. You thought that if you didn’t sit down and make a statement it would be used against you and they would be thinking that you committed a crime that you didn’t commit. Hi, my name is Dan Cogdell. I’m a lawyer here in Houston. I’ve been practicing criminal defense work for 32 years.

That exact scenario happened to a client of mine several years ago. Unfortunately, the client believed, as many people believed under those circumstances it was in their best interest to sit down and make a statement to the SCC and or to the FBI so they could explain their position to law enforcement. So law enforcement wouldn’t think they were guilty of something that they didn’t do.

Law Enforcement

Unfortunately, that’s often not how it works out. Law enforcement isn’t there to help you. Law enforcement is there to solve a crime. When you’re answering questions to the SCC or you’re answering questions from the FBI, often times you don’t know what they know. Often times you don’t know what they think. You may be telling them exactly what you believed to be the truth and conversely exactly what they believe not to be the truth.

Cogdell Law Firm

You need to talk to a lawyer. You need to liaise with a person that can give you advice on when to make a statement, when not to make a statement or if you have a statement what to put in that statement. If you’re a person in that situation, call us. We’re happy to help, it’s what we do. We’ll help you if we can, if not we’ll get to the right person. Thank you for listening.

By: Dan Cogdell