Case Results

Good criminal defense attorneys candidly admit that not all clients escape conviction and sentencing. We are no different; many of the results on our website highlight times we convinced prosecutors not to charge our clients or convinced juries to ...

Our client received an 89-page complaint filed in U.S. District Court in which the Department of Justice sought to prohibit the client from owning a tax preparation business and preparing any tax returns for others. The government was also seeking ...

We were recently able to assist a client arrested for two counts of domestic violence (battery by strangulation and battery). We met the client at the jail the following morning before his initial appearance and took photographs of the various ...

This client was arrested in January 2015 for DUI. No citation or formal information charging the client with DUI was filed until October 2016. The State is required by law to file formal charges within the 90-day speedy trial period and at the time ...

Criminal defense attorneys candidly admit that not all clients escape conviction and sentencing. We are no different; the results on our website highlight times we convinced prosecutors not to charge our clients or convinced juries to acquit our ...

We were recently able to assist a client arrested on two separate cases for Domestic Violence. After his arrest, the Judge ordered him to not have any contact with his girlfriend and he was not permitted to return to his own home. As soon as this ...

Our client retired from a career in law enforcement and moved to Florida to reconnect with other retired friends enjoying Central Florida. In mid-December, two people tried to rob him in his own home. Shots were fired and police responded to our ...

We assisted a client who has been embroiled in a contested family law matter for several years. The client’s former spouse caused the client’s arrest for aggravated child abuse and domestic battery. After his arrest, a judge ordered him to have no ...

We recently completed the representation of a husband and wife who were under audit by the California taxing authorities. The audit was complex because it involved state income tax that was tied to conversion and recharacterization of retirement ...

Earlier this year, we were retained after our client learned federal and state law enforcement authorities, specializing in cybercrime, were investigating the client for illegally accessing a protected network. While no formal charges had been filed ...

My client was arrested by federal authorities and charged with conspiracy to import heroin and conspiracy to possess heroin with intent to distribute. The client was one of many defendants named in the indictment. During the course of the case, all ...

While driving home late on a Wednesday evening, we received a phone call from someone who discovered a federal grand jury had indicted him for hacking. A warrant for his arrest had been issued and the FBI would start looking for him Thursday morning. ...

Attorney Vincent A. Citro was retained as an expert in a Florida Bar proceeding against a lawyer, who The Florida Bar (“Bar”) accused of committing federal white-collar crimes and violating professional ethics rules. If the referee, in this case a ...

Our client is a successful professional who fell victim to a spoofed e-mail that was sent during a real estate closing. The fraudster had opened an account in a branch of a large national bank and compromised the server a real estate professional ...

Our client and several of his friends were enjoying the July 4 th holiday when a stranger approached them and started a fight. Although the stranger was the aggressor, our client convinced his friends to drive away. Within one hour, a local sheriff’s ...

Mark Horwitz represented a woman charged with first-degree murder of her husband. The defense was based upon the battered spouse syndrome. The trial lasted over a week and resulted in a hung jury. After the State was unsuccessful in obtaining a ...

A company headquartered in the Midwest, with facilities throughout the United States, retained us after learning federal and state law enforcement authorities were investigating its facility in Florida for engaging in fraud resulting in a loss of ...

The Law Offices of Horwitz & Citro, P.A, recently represented a licensed medical professional who federal authorities charged, along with several others, in U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division, with conspiracy to commit ...

Our client, a successful healthcare services provider, had his worst nightmare come true. An FBI agent met with the client and served him with two grand jury subpoenas that were related to a joint venture he previously had with a business partner and ...

Our client made a claim on an insurance policy for items that went missing during a move. One item was an expensive piece of jewelry. After making the claim, the client found the jewelry and immediately contacted the insurance company. The operator ...

I received a phone call from an excellent CPA who I have worked with in the past. The discussion centered on the CPA’s new client who was undergoing an IRS civil audit. This CPA recognized a potential problem which could be perceived by an aggressive ...

Our client, a successful real estate professional for more than 15 years, walked out of her home one morning to find people with guns demanding the keys to her recently purchased Range Rover. The armed Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation ...

The Law Offices of Horwitz & Citro, P.A, recently represented a client who federal authorities charged, along with several others, in U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud affecting a ...

My client was a businessman who was a consultant to a beauty supply company. Both federal and state law enforcement utilized an informant to obtain the product sold by the beauty supply company which the police contended violated laws prohibiting ...

Recently we successfully completed the requirements for the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP) for one of our clients. The client had previously lived outside the United States and had an offshore account which had not been reported to the ...

We recently received the final closing agreement from the Internal Revenue Service formalizing the successful completion of the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP) for a husband and wife who had an unreported offshore bank account. The ...

In 2019, our client suffered a mental health event while at an outdoor mall. A concerned mental health professional called 9-1-1. When police responded to the parking lot, a different mental health professional approached officers, identified herself ...

In 2022, our client suffered a mental health event while at an airport. While in the security line, the client manifested behavior that caused Transportation Security Administration (“TSA”) and local police officers to respond. The encounter quickly ...

Our client was charged by the Department of Justice with Securities Fraud for using insider information to purchase publicly traded stock. The client worked for a major U.S. corporation traded on the New York Stock Exchange. We conducted a defense ...

My client was charged in federal court with securities fraud and conspiracy to commit securities fraud. Prior to trial the government offered a plea agreement whereby my client would have been sentenced to seven years in federal prison. This was ...

Recently, we successfully convinced the Department of Justice to dismiss charges against our client. Federal charges are significant, but in this case even more so as our client was a federal employee who stood to lose his job and benefits. The ...

Our client was a juvenile, who suffered several traumatic events before he turned 5. Although his father made Herculean efforts to help his son deal with his past, our client continued to run afoul of the law. On the way to school, our client was ...

Mark Horwitz represented a major airline company pilot charged with conspiracy to defraud the IRS and for making false statements on his U.S. income tax return. The trial lasted over a week and was prosecuted by an attorney from the Criminal Tax ...

The Law Offices of Mark L. Horwitz recently had the honor of representing a client who was charged with a number of very serious charges. Fortunately, the ordeal ended with great results. Our client was charged with two counts of Aggravated Battery ...

Mark Horwitz represented the inventor and founder of a major exercise equipment company. The client was charged with several counts of willfully failing to file income tax returns. The Department of Justice sent an attorney from Washington to try the ...