Fraud Law
 

Boston, Massachusetts health care fraud criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant. Over four years, Chang Goo Yoon submitted more than a million dollars in false health insurance claims, resulting in his conviction on two counts of health care fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1347. Yoon worked as a licensed physical therapist who owned and operated several clinics in Massachusetts. Between

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United States of America v. Malachi Mullings

Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering. Malachi Mullings pleaded guilty to criminal charges related to his involvement in laundering millions of dollars for an African fraud scheme. About a month later, while awaiting his sentence, Mullings’s bond was revoked after he punched his girlfriend in the face. After

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United States of America v. Kristin Renee Zelonish Edwards

Mizzoula, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud. he government alleged in court documents and at trial that Kristin Edwards defrauded Glacier Bank of over $170,000 by depositing 12 fraudulent savings bonds at four different bank branches in Northwest Montana. Edwards traveled from California to Montana to deposit the savings bonds, making four trips

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United States of America v. Roshard Andrew Carty

Tacoma, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Roshard Andrew Carty, 34, first contacted the 73-year-old Vancouver, Washington victim in 2020. He posed as an employee of Publisher’s Clearinghouse and claimed the victim won $22 million and a car in the lottery, but that she needed to pay taxes and fees to access her winnings. He convinced the vi

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United States of America v. Bryan Azevedo

Oakland, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit honest services fraud and making false statements. Former San Leandro City Council Member Bryan Azevedo , 49, of San Leandro, Calif., was charged by information on Oct. 20, 2025, with one count of conspiracy to commit honest services fraud and one count of making a false statement to federal

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United States of America v. Ping “Jenny” Gao

San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud.

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United States of America v. Davin Ward Elder

San Antonio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with wire fraud. From January 2023 to March 2025, Devin Ward Elder, 47, fraudulently raised more than $69.5 million from approximately 345 investor victims that participated in 17 real estate investments. Elder was the founder and CEO of the San Antonio-based investment firm, DJE Texas Management Group, LLC, which was

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United States of America v. Rene Arviso Velasquez

St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. Rene Arviso Velasquez, 51, stole purses or bags containing credit cards and then quickly used the cards to buy gift cards or other items. On Aug. 25, 2024, Velasquez stole one victim’s Lululemon belt bag, which was hanging from her seat at a Cottleville, Misso

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United States of America v. Andrew Warner and Kishore Vangipuram

New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit securities and wire fraud. The Government alleges that Andrew Warner and Kishore Vangipuram, inflated Mobileum’s key financial metrics in advance of the company’s 2022 sale to an investment firm at an enterprise value of $915 million. Mobileum declared bankruptcy in 2024, after the

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United States of America v. Daren Li

Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with International Money Laundering. Daren Li, 42, is a fugitive after cutting off his ankle electronic monitoring device and absconding in December 2025. He was sentenced by United States District Judge R. Gary Klausner, who will determine restitution at a later date. Li pleaded guilty in November 2024 to one

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United States of America v. Sohil Usmangani Vahora, a/k/a Sam, a/k/a Bapu

Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and mail fraud.

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United States of America v. Donnita Wilson, Aariel Matthews, Raul Tellez Ojeda, Lazaro Alejandro Castello Rojas, and Robert Danger Correa

Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with mail fraud and honest services mail fraud. Donnita Wilson, 32; Aariel Matthews, 27; Raul Tellez Ojeda, 32; Lazaro Alejandro Castello Rojas, 37; and Robert Danger Correa, 41; were charged with Mail Fraud (14 counts), Mail Fraud Conspiracy (one count), Honest Services Mail Fraud (14 counts), Honest Services Mail

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United States of America v. Mark Janbakhsh

Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Mark Janbakhsh, 51, of Brentwood, Tennessee, was with multiple multiple federal fraud charges, including Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud, Bank Fraud, Making False Statements to a Bank, Bankruptcy Fraud, and Making False Statements Under Oath Three other co-conspirators, each of

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United States of America v. Jonathan D. Frost

Chattanooga, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering, and Conspiracy to Defraud the United States. Jonathan D. Frost, 42, of Soddy Daisy, Tennessee, participated in a scheme in which investments were solicited for the purpose of building and operating a facility that would use solar power to

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United States of America v. Bryan Azevedo

Oakland, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud and making false statements to a government agency. Former San Leandro City Council Member Bryan Azevedo , 49, of San Leandro, Calif., was charged by information on Oct. 20, 2025, with one count of conspiracy to commit honest services fraud and one count of making

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United States of America v. Mouzon Bass, III

Sherman, Texas, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and identity theft. Mouzon Bass, III, 60, of Highland Park, the sole owner and president of Vivature, a healthcare billing company, and Wilson, a senior executive at Vivature, were involved in conspiracies to defraud others in connection with COVID-19 testing and an athletic training billing scheme.

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United States of America v. Jed Wood, Joshua Link, Tia Link, Taylor Bang, Royana Thompson

Fort Worth, Texas, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from an unlawful activity. Jed Wood of Fort Worth, Texas, charged with three counts of wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and one count of money laundering involving wiring more than

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United States of America v. Eugene Christopher Acuff

Statesville, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with mail fraud. Gene Christopher Acuff, 62, was employed as a senior manager by Company A, a large retailer with stores throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico. As part of his duties, Acuff was responsible for reviewing property tax assessments on Company A’s stores and retaining real estate appra

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U.S. ex rel. Downs v. Insect Shield LLC, et al.

Charlotte, North Carolina, qui tam lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a False Claims Act violation theory. The United States filed its complaint-in-intervention in December 2023 alleging that Insect Shield LLC, located in North Carolina, and the Estate of Richard Lane, a co-founder and co-owner of Insect Shield, a subcontractor to multiple defense contractors who manufacture Army unif

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United States of America v. Isidro Arcenio Alvarado

Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with naturalization fraud. Alvarado confessed to having knowingly made materially false statements under oath and penalty of perjury on his naturalization application and during a naturalization interview with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS). He answered “No” to the following questions “Wer

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United States of America v. Brittaney Allura Hall

Martinsburg, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and fraud with identification documents. Brittaney Allura Hall, 36, was charged with one count of wire fraud. Hall was an office manager and accountant for a business in Martinsburg and had access to the company’s financial information and accounts. As part of her unlawful scheme, Hall cond

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United States of America v. Samer Kammo

Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a multi-million-dollar Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) fraud scheme. Samer Kammo, 46, and his co-conspirators tried to cheat the system by exploiting a federal relief program meant to help Americans in need. Let this case send a clear message: crime does not pay,” said Jennifer Runyan, Special Agent in C

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United States of America v. Justa Dawn Richardson

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aiding and abetting the possession of stolen mail in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1708, which provides: Whoever steals, takes, or abstracts, or by fraud or deception obtains, or attempts so to obtain, from or out of any mail, post office, or station thereof, letter box, mail receptacle, or any mail route or other auth

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United States of America v. Summer Heather

Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making false statements to federal agents, wire fraud, and Financial Transactions Involving Proceeds of Specified Unlawful Activity.

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United States of America v. Burhan Mirza and Kashif Iqbal

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with health care fraud and money laundering. In 2023 and 2024, BURHAN MIRZA and KASHIF IQBAL, along with several co-schemers, used nominee-owned laboratories and durable medical equipment providers to submit fraudulent claims to Medicare and private healthcare benefit programs for items and services that were not prov

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