Self-Serve tier

Federal general conspiracy 18 USC 371 playbook. Distinguishes the offense clause from the Klein defraud clause, walks overt-act and Pinkerton liability, and maps withdrawal and statute-of-limitations defenses.

Federal controlled-substance trafficking 21 USC 841 playbook. Maps tier-trigger quantities under 841(b)(1)(A)/(B)/(C), Apprendi/Alleyne quantity-as-element, 851 priors, and 846 conspiracy.

FCPA anti-bribery and accounting playbook. Walks 15 USC 78dd-1, -2, -3 jurisdictional reach, foreign-official element, corrupt intent, payment categories, and books-and-records / internal-controls counts.

Federal honest-services fraud 18 USC 1346 playbook. Applies Skilling bribery/kickback limit, McDonnell official-act standard, and Kelly object-of-scheme rule to evaluate charges and defenses.

Federal mail and wire fraud charging and defense playbook. Walks the scheme-to-defraud element, materiality, mailing/wire jurisdictional hook, and unit-of-prosecution analysis under 18 USC 1341 and 1343.

Federal money laundering 1956 and 1957 charging and defense playbook. Distinguishes promotion, concealment, and Section 1957 spending laundering, applies Santos and Cuellar, and maps SUA list and forfeiture.

Federal obstruction of justice playbook. Distinguishes 1503 omnibus, 1505 agency, 1512 witness/evidence tampering, and 1519 SOX, applies Yates fish doctrine and Fischer narrowing of 1512(c)(2).

Federal perjury 18 USC 1621 and 1623 playbook. Distinguishes the two-witness rule, materiality, and the 1623 recantation defense, and walks false-declarations charging and defense.

Federal RICO 1962(c) and (d) charging, defense, and forfeiture playbook. Maps enterprise, pattern of racketeering, two predicate acts, and conspiracy under Salinas, plus 1963 forfeiture exposure.

Federal 18 USC 924(c) firearm-during-drug-or-violent-crime playbook. Walks use/carry/possess in furtherance, brandish/discharge tiers, First Step Act stacking reform, and Davis/Bailey/Watson doctrine.

Federal currency structuring 31 USC 5324 playbook. Walks CTR threshold under 31 CFR 1010.311, willfulness under Ratzlaf and post-1994 amendment, civil and criminal forfeiture exposure.

Federal tax evasion 26 USC 7201 playbook. Walks the Spies affirmative-act element, willfulness under Cheek, distinguishes evasion of assessment from evasion of payment, and maps tax-loss USSG exposure.