White Collar Crime Attorney in Rancho Cucamonga

Under investigation for fraud or embezzlement? An investigation is not a conviction, and decisions made before charges are filed matter.

With a former prosecutor directing the defense, Kolacia Law examines how financial cases are investigated and charged, and prepares each for scrutiny in court.

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Rancho Cucamonga White Collar Attorney Who Follows the Paper Trail

A white collar conviction can mean jail or prison, restitution, fines, licensing discipline, damage to a career built on trust and immigration consequences. Kolacia Law handles criminal cases only.

White collar offenses are non-violent crimes of alleged deception or breach of trust for financial gain, and most turn on intent to defraud. The alleged loss drives the charge level, with $950 generally separating misdemeanor from felony-eligible theft, and it shapes enhancements and restitution. Many are wobblers, and some conduct can be prosecuted federally.

These cases often begin with a detective’s call, a subpoena, a search warrant or an employer’s audit rather than an arrest. Rancho Cucamonga contracts with the San Bernardino County Sheriff for policing, and District Attorney investigators, specialized fraud units and state agencies build these files. Area felony and misdemeanor cases are generally heard at the Rancho Cucamonga Courthouse on Haven Avenue.

White Collar Crime Defense Built on Trial Experience

Trial-Tested

Document-heavy cases are prepared for a jury from the start.

Former Prosecutor

The defense anticipates how a charging deputy reads a fraud file.

Focused on Getting Charges Dismissed

Intent, loss figures and warrants are tested for weaknesses.

Committed to Keeping You Out of Jail

Repayment and probation are presented as alternatives to incarceration.

Protecting Your License and Career

Every resolution accounts for licensing boards, bonding, security clearances and immigration status.

White Collar Charges We Defend in San Bernardino County

Theft, Document and Identity Offenses

  • Embezzlement: A wobbler with up to three years above $950; always a felony for public funds.
  • Forgery: A wobbler with up to three years; most check forgeries of $950 or less are misdemeanors.
  • Check and Credit Card Fraud: Usually misdemeanors at $950 or less, otherwise wobblers with up to three years.
  • Identity Theft: A wobbler regardless of amount, with up to three years.

Each can also bring restitution and licensing-board scrutiny.

Fraud and Financial Crimes

  • Insurance Fraud: Two, three or five years and fines up to $50,000 or double the fraud.
  • Workers' Compensation Fraud: A wobbler with up to five years and fines up to $150,000.
  • EDD and Welfare Fraud: Welfare cases over $950 are wobblers with up to three years; EDD claims may draw insurance-fraud penalties.
  • Real Estate Fraud: Recording a forged or false document is a felony carrying up to three years.
  • Financial Elder Abuse: Above $950, a wobbler with two, three or four years and fines up to $10,000.
  • Money Laundering: A wobbler with up to three years and fines up to $250,000 or double the amount.
  • Loss Enhancements: Losses over $50,000 can add one to four years or more; a fraud pattern over $500,000 can add up to five.

Related Charges

Bribery, perjury, computer intrusion and tax or securities violations carry separate penalties. Shoplifting and general theft are covered separately.

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Why Choose Kolacia Law

A former prosecutor, now on your side.

Daniel Kolacia was admitted to the State Bar of California in 2006. He served as a Deputy District Attorney in Riverside County and later as a county attorney in Iowa, and he handled cases ranging from DUI and drug charges to white collar crime and homicide. In 2021 he opened Kolacia Law to put that experience to work for the accused.

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The Burden of Proof: Why It Matters So Much in Criminal Cases

Insight Into the Prosecution's Case

Fraud cases rest on bank records, emails, accounting entries and a loss figure. The defense tests whether those records prove intent and whether the math holds.
The Burden of Proof: Why It Matters So Much in Criminal Cases

Credibility at the Negotiating Table

While the filing decision or charge level remains open, Daniel can present documents, context, a corrected loss figure or a restitution proposal.
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Prepared to Go to Trial

When intent is genuinely disputed, your attorney is ready to walk a jury through the records and show where the prosecution's account fails.
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Direct Access to Your Attorney

Clients worried that an employer, board or business partner will learn of the case work with their attorney personally, in confidential conversations.
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A Practice Devoted to Criminal Law

Limiting the practice to criminal defense means restitution, licensing, immigration and record relief are weighed together before any plea.

Proven Results

Recent Case Results

Dismissals, diversions, sealed records and reduced charges: a sample of how we have fought for our clients.

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Every case is different and depends on its own facts and circumstances. Client last names are abbreviated for privacy.

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What Happens When You Call

Confidential review

Share the call, subpoena, warrant or complaint and learn what not to say or send.

Testing the documents

Financial records, emails, accounting entries, the loss calculation and how evidence was seized are examined.

Early engagement

Where appropriate, the prosecutor or investigator is contacted before filing; the defense pursues dismissal, a reduced charge or trial.
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Court dates will not wait for payday. Flat fees are set up front, and in-house plans need no credit check.

Pay 50% of the flat fee upfront and spread the balance over several months (a one-time service fee applies). We accept cash, checks, and credit and debit cards, and Affirm financing is also available.

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California Attorneys for Criminal Justice

California Attorneys for Criminal Justice

Part of the state’s leading criminal defense bar organization.

Riverside County Bar Association

Riverside County Bar Association

Active in the Inland Empire legal community.

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American Inn of Court

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California CLETS User Group

California CLETS User Group

Connected to the statewide law enforcement records community.

Rancho Cucamonga Chamber of Commerce

Rancho Cucamonga Chamber of Commerce

A local firm invested in the community we serve.

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A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau.

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White collar cases are often shaped before charges are filed. Records produced, explanations offered to an employer and files altered or deleted in panic can become evidence or a separate crime.
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