When filing bankruptcy, debtors may be tempted to transfer assets in an effort to protect the assets from the bankruptcy estate. However, § 548(a)(a)(A) encompasses transfers made by the debtor within two years of filing the bankruptcy, and such transfers would be fraud if transferred "with actual intent to hinder, delay, or defraud any entity to which the debtor was or became, on or after the date that such transfer was made or such obligation incurred, indebted . . . ." 11 U.S.C. § 548(a)(1)(A).
BANKRUPTCY FRAUD IN MINNEAPOLIS
When filing bankruptcy, debtors may be tempted to transfer assets in an effort to protect the...