White Collar Advice Blog
2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown: The Rise of Transnational Fraud Schemes and the Cost of Waiting
The 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown exposed something federal prosecutors have long warned about: health care fraud is no longer just
Former Prisoner Breaks Down What’s Next For Diddy
I am on the mend, lol! Justin Paperny
Health Care Fraud and Early Cooperation: Lessons from the 2025 National Takedown
The Department of Justice just completed the largest health care fraud takedown in U.S. history. According to the DOJ, 324 defendants—including 96
How 10-10-10 Planning Strengthens Your Case for BOP Home Confinement
I read 10-10-10 by Suzy Welch in April 2009, about a month before I was released from Taft Federal Prison. The Second
Second Chance Act BOP Implementation: How the FSA Time Credit Worksheet Adds Up to 12 Extra Months—If You Do the Work
The June 2025 BOP memo outlines a clear rule: if you’ve earned fewer than 365 days of First Step Act (FSA) Time
Action Solves Everything. But Can You Handle the Reaction?
“Did you read them?” a friend awaiting sentencing asked after sending me fifteen Rockefeller quotes last month. “Thank you for sending them.
The White Collar Advice blog helps people under investigation or facing federal sentencing understand the system, avoid mistakes that lead to longer sentences or tougher prison placements, and prepare for prison and reentry.
People under federal investigation, facing sentencing, or preparing for prison who want to build a documented record that shows they are different from the government’s one-sided version of events. Family members who want to understand the process and help a loved one prepare should read it too.
Yes. The blog is based on the combined experience of our team at White Collar Advice, including my time in the system, Michael Santos’s 26 years in federal prison, and the work we’ve done with thousands of people going through investigations, sentencing, and reentry. Everything comes from what we’ve seen and documented over many years.
These blogs teach you how to create assets that do not currently exist to influence cynical stakeholders, like a Federal Judge or Probation Officer.