Defending Miami's Most Complex RICO Cases

RICO — the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act — is the federal government's most powerful tool for prosecuting organized criminal activity. RICO cases are complex, resource-intensive, and carry severe sentencing exposure. A conviction can mean 20 years per count, plus mandatory forfeiture of all proceeds.

Defending a RICO case requires exceptional legal knowledge, organizational capacity, and the resources to challenge years of alleged criminal activity. George J. Vila has successfully defended RICO charges, including a case where a defendant charged with RICO, Money Laundering, Drug Trafficking, and Tax Evasion saw all charges reduced to a single misdemeanor.

RICO Defense Strategy

• Challenging the existence of the "enterprise"
• Attacking the "pattern of racketeering activity" element
• Challenging individual predicate act charges
• Severing defendants for separate trials
• Attacking cooperating witness credibility
• Challenging wiretap evidence
• Asset forfeiture defense

Defendiendo los Casos de RICO más Complejos de Miami

RICO es la herramienta más poderosa del gobierno federal para procesar la actividad criminal organizada. Los casos RICO son complejos e intensivos en recursos, con una exposición severa a sentencias graves.

• Impugnar la existencia de la "empresa"
• Atacar el elemento de "patrón de actividad de extorsión"
• Impugnar cargos individuales de actos delictivos
• Atacar la credibilidad de testigos cooperantes
• Impugnar evidencia de escuchas telefónicas