united-states criminal-law settlement mediation
Can white collar crime cases be settled out of court?
<p>I'm a victim of wire fraud (email fraud).</p>
<p>A company successfully obtained some confidential information from me using social engineering methods.</p>
<p>The company now aware that I have a strong evidences against them that is enough to put them in jail. The information they obtained from me is worth a lot of value in their hands.</p>
<p>I believe civil matters can be settled via Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). But since my issue involves criminal laws, can white collar crime matters like this be settled via ADR (mediation)?</p>
<p>It is my understanding, a faster amicable resolution can be reached when the matter settled outside court. I also don't want to damage their company's reputation by pursuing a public litigation and wasting money on that.</p>
<p>So, can white collar crime matters like this be settled outside court? What are the drawbacks of settling matters like this outside court?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>

<p>Fraud is simultaneously a civil wrong (a.k.a. a &quot;tort&quot;) and a criminal violation. The civil wrong can be settled out of court. Relief from a criminal violation can be obtained only from the prosecutor and it is not proper to include an agreement not to press criminal charges in a settlement of a civil case.</p>
