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Florida is a hotspot for fraud indictments, particularly in the healthcare sector. “White Collar” offenses are those involving financial wrongdoing, such as healthcare fraud, bank fraud, wire fraud, tax fraud, and money laundering. At the state level, Florida prosecutors also charge individuals with insurance fraud, Medicaid fraud, and organized scheme to defraud. Attorney Alyssa Altonaga has experience handling various forms of fraud cases at the state and federal level. She has represented business owners, executives, hospitals, private practices, doctors, nurse practitioners, and other healthcare professionals accused of financial wrongdoing.

You may have received a “target letter” from a prosecutor, or have heard a knock at your door from law enforcement, asking if you are willing to speak about a case. Or, you may have received communications from a whistleblower threatening to go to the government about your company. Attorney Alyssa Altonaga understands that these situations can be incredibly stressful. She has guided clients through government investigations and civil subpoenas from the DOJ, negotiated with prosecutors, and defended against whistleblower complaints.

With the War on Drugs still ongoing, the government has continued to fight drug-related crime. Narcotics cases can be particularly difficult because many drug offenses carry heavy minimum mandatory prison sentences. Alyssa Altonaga has experience handling a variety of narcotics cases involving marijuana, cocaine, oxycodone, methamphetamine, and fentanyl. She has negotiated with prosecutors to allow clients to be sentenced below the minimum mandatory sentence and has been successful in obtaining drug diversion for clients charged in state court, resulting in the dismissal of their cases altogether.

Alyssa has experience representing individuals charged with violent offenses such as battery, aggravated assault, assault, domestic violence, and murder. She has also represented individuals charged with racketeering and gang-related offenses at both the federal and state level.

Property offenses include grand theft, petit theft, and criminal mischief. “Criminal mischief” is the legal term for property damage. Alyssa has obtained numerous dismissals and diversion agreements of property crime charges.

These charges involve immigration offenses, obstruction of justice, bribery, witness tampering, and human trafficking.

You’ve been convicted at trial or have accepted a plea agreement — now what? Following conviction, you will be sentenced by the court during a sentencing hearing. You may feel that you need a new or additional attorney to handle your sentencing. This involves gathering mitigating evidence in favor of a lower sentence, compiling sentencing letters from family and friends, drafting a sentencing memorandum, and arguing for a lower sentence before the court. Alyssa Altonaga understands how devastating sentencing hearings can be, and how important it is to have someone fighting for your liberty.

Just because you’ve been convicted at trial does not mean that you’re guilty, or that you received a fair trial to begin with. Alyssa has experience successfully drafting and arguing appeals and post-conviction motions in state and federal court. Click here to learn more about the difference between appeals and post-conviction motions.

In federal court, 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(1)(A) allows incarcerated individuals to move for early release on to home confinment or supervise release due to certain medical conditions or other “extraordinary circumstances.” Alyssa Altonaga has experience successfully moving for compassionate release.

As technology becomes more advanced, so too does the government’s ability to track and charge alleged crimes committed over the internet. These may include cyberstalking and pornography.

Alyssa has always been proud to represent minors who have been accused of committing a criminal offense. She saw firsthand how the criminal justice system mistreats and traumatizes accused children. Through her zealous advocacy, Alyssa has obtained dismissals and pretrial diversion in numerous juvenile cases.

Alyssa has experience representing doctors who have been hindered from practicing medicine due to an arrest, or who have been told that they are going to lose their license due to a conviction.

Having an arrest or criminal conviction on your record can have devastating consequences for your work, housing, and reputation. Sealing and expunging are the procedures that allow some cases to be hidden from the public eye or erased from the record. Alyssa is passionate about helping those with arrest records re-integrate into society and rehabilitate their reputations. She even co-authored an article published by the American Bar Association’s Criminal Justice Magazine on how having a criminal record reduces the ability to find work, increasing the risk of recidivism.

Unlike criminal cases, civil cases involve one person or company suing another person or company. Sometimes, that could mean suing the police or prisons for civil rights violations.

In addition to her civil work in whistleblower cases, Alyssa has represented companies of various sizes defend against civil suits involving breach of contract, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence, defamation, and invasion of privacy. Her work has led to the dismissal of civil claims in state and federal court.