conspiracy charges
Alleged criminal scheming
Conspiracy charges are criminal accusations that a person agreed with others to commit an illegal act.
The crime is the agreement itself—conspiracy can be charged even if the planned crime never occurred.
Prosecutors use conspiracy charges to hold all participants accountable for a scheme: He faces conspiracy charges for his role in the fraud ring.
Often paired with other charges: conspiracy to commit murder, conspiracy to distribute narcotics.
- criminal enterpriseOrganized illegal business venture
- statuteEnacted written rule
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- subpoenaWrit requiring testimony
- indictmentFormal charge from jury
sealed indictment · conviction · mastermind · ringleader · embezzlement · sentencing · surveillance · money laundering · jurisdiction · smoking gun · burden of proof · reasonable doubt · agent provocateur · plea bargain · plea deal · racketeering · accomplice · affidavit
- criminal chargesarson, burglary, homicide, kidnapping, robbery
- drug lawscontrolled substances, drug scheduling, drug classification, Schedule II, Schedule IV
- prosecutionprosecutor, district attorney, DA, prosecution, public prosecutors
conspiracy chargesacquittal
Formal clearing of charges
exoneration · charges dropped · dismissal · not guilty verdict · vindication
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