False Pretense Law
 
United States of America v. Oladapo Olagbemi

San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aiding an assisting in the preparation of false income tax returns. Reported by: Kent Morlan Oladapo Olagbemi, age 72, of San Diego, prepared false Schedules 1, C, and E accompanying his client’s in

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United States of America v. Danial Adair, Daniel Nicolds, and Lary Micholds

Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with fraudulently obtain and sell New Mexico elk hunting tags to out of state hunters and conceal the proceeds from the IRS. from approximately 2019 through 2022, Danial Adair, 44, Daniel Nicolds, 57, and his brother Lary Nicolds, 59, allegedly operated a scheme through Big Horn Outfitters in which they fraudu

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State of Oklahoma v. Christopher O'Dell Jones

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: Count # 1. Count as Filed: FE1A, ENDANGERING OTHERS WHILE ELUDING POLICE OFFICER, in violation of 21 O.S. 540A (B) Date of Offense: 02/04/2025 Party Name Disposition Information JONES, CHRISTOPHER O'DELL Disposed: DEFERRED, 06/02/2026. Guilty Plea Count as Disposed: ENDANGERING OTHERS WHILE ELUDING POLICE

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United States of America v. Charles Suh

Camden, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawfully distributing oxycodone. Reported by Kent Morlan Charles Suh, 63, was a pharmacist at a pharmacy in Voorhees, New Jersey. On 15 occasions between June and November 2021, Suh illegally dispens

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Robert P. Oristaglio, Jr. ex rel. United States of America v. Community Care Health Network LLC, doing business as Matrix Medical Network (Matrix), DPN USA, doing business as HealthFair (HealthFair), and Shahriah “James” Ekbatani

Beaumont, Texas, civil litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a qui tam action claiming that the Defendants violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by causing the submission of false or invalid diagnosis codes to the Medicare Advantage program. Reported by Kent Morlan The United`

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Untied States of America v. Gregory Tischuk

Rock Hill, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charge with straw purchasing firearms. Reported by Kent Morlan Gregory Tischuk, age 66, of York County, trafficked guns from Fort Mill to Baltimore, Maryland, through a gun trafficker operating in Charlotte,

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United States ex rel. GHGH2, Inc. v. Vsoft Technologies Corporation

Charlotte, North Carolina civil litigation lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on behalf of the United States on a qui tam theory. Reported by Kent Morlan GNGH2 Inc. sued Vsoft Corporation claiming that it misrepresented that it was a small business with less than 3

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United States of America v. Denis Joesph Bouchard

Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with false claim of citizenship in order to vote. Reported by Kent Morlan Denis Bouchard, 70, falsely claimed to be a United States citizen when he voted, including registering to vote in the 2024 presid

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United States of America v. Daiwor “Mark Brown” Woah-Tee

Baltimore, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged harged with conspiracy to submit false, fictitious, and fraudulent claims to the Internal Revenue Service and wire fraud conspiracy stemming from a scheme to fraudulently obtain UI benefits during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Reported by More...   $ (06-04-2026 - MD)

United States of America v. Thomas Pipich

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. Reported by Kent Morlan Thomas Pipich, age 74, tole millions of dollars from an investment client in order to conceal losses he incurred on behalf of another client. In 2005, Pipich helped t

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United States of America v. Pedram Fejal

Brooklyn, New York criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with tipping investor with nonpublic information for them to used to make money on stocks. Reported by Kent Morlan The first indictment charges the following 16 defendants with two counts of conspiracy to comm

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United States of America v. Brian Graham

Denver, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Reported by Kent Morlan Brian Graham, 49, Lithia Springs, Georgia, prepared and submitted fraudulent Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program (EIDL), and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) applicat

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United States of America v. Philip Frederick Camino

Santa Ana, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Reported by Philip Frederick Camino, 46, of Culver City, California, submitted and caused to be submitted false and fraudulent applications to the United States Small Bu

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United States of America v. Stacia Wilson

Kansas City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud. Reported by: Kent Morlan Stacia Sue Wilson pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud. Wilson admitted that, while she was employed as a vice president of St. Clair County State Bank in Osc

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United States of America v. Octavia Renee Murphy

Springfield, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud. Reported by Kent Morlan Octavia Renee Murphy, 37, of the 700 block of Double Jack Street, conspired with others to defraud the SBA by submitting false applications for

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United States of America v. Ramon Heriberto Cerda Jr.

Del Rio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with defrauding the U.S. government. Reported by Kent Morlan Ramon Heriberto Cerda Jr., 41, of Eagle Pass, owned and operated a business known as El Eagle Mail. On multiple dates in February and March 2025, Cerda was observed at his residence during scheduled work hours despite his duties requiring him to be in the fie

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Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Section 8 housing fraud. Reported by Kent Morlan Starting in April 2017 Tracy Jones served as Senior Vice President over the Housing Choice Voucher Program at the Atlanta Housing Authority, overseeing one of the largest Section 8 programs in the country. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development fund

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United States of America v. Theodore Turgeon and Charles Emmi

Anchorage, Alaska, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with violating the Lacey Act by illegally taking wildlife. Reported by Kent Morlan Theodore Turgeon, 29, and his co-defendant, Charles Emmi, 29, created a business called “The Rock Outfitters LLC” to provide “coastal and great lakes passenger transport

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United States of America v. Donald Do

San Francisco, California, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act by trafficking and false labeling logger head turtles in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 and aiding and abetting the violation of the Act. Reported by By Kent Morlan Donald Do, of Daly City, California an

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United States of America v. Sydney Johnson and Brandon Marion

San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with illegally importing 27 protected parrots and parakeets in a modified spare tire in the trunk of a car. Reported by Kent Morlan Sydney Johnson, age 27, of Santee and Brandon Marion, age 38, of Temecula tried to sneak 11 orange-fronted parakeets (Eupsittula canicularis) and 16 white-fronted Amazon parrots

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United States of America v. Charles Lewis Davis

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with fraud and making false statements. Reported by Kent Morlan Charles Lewis Davis, age 33, was accused of making false statements on his tax returns. Davis owns and operates Forever Investments LLC, a social media entity that posts videos involving Davis to YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram, among other social media

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United States of America v. Elnar Zarbailov

Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with health care fraud and money laundering. Reported by Kent Morlan Elnar Zarbailov, 42, of Staten Island, New York, and dual citizen of the United States and Azerbaijan, was a fixer and money launderer for the foreign-based Organization that spearheaded the largest health care fraud case ever prosecuted by the D

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State of North Carolina v. John Phillip McPherson III

Whiteville, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged obtaining property by false pretenses and three counts of attempted obtaining property by false pretenses. Reported by Kent Morlan John Phillip McPherson III, 41, owned and operated North State Armory on South Madison Street in Whiteville. He is accused of seling counterfeit weapons and accessories.

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United States of America v. Dakota A. Smith

Memphis, Tennessee criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with attempt and conspiracy to commit mail Fraud. Reported by Kent Morlan Dakota Smith, age 35, and his co-conspirator defrauded investors by misrepresenting to them that PEG owned small, profitable companies in e-commerce and aviation. Smith solicited investments based on promises that the investors would obtain o

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United States of America v. Ryan Glidewell, Alyssa Glidewell, Edward Zanes, et al.

Greeneville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with fraud. Reported by Kent Morlan Ryan Glidewell, Alyssa Glidewell, Edward Zanes, and others, conspired to file false tax returns seeking refunds based on the Employee Retention Credit and paid Sick and Family Leave Credit, both of which were created by Congress to aid struggling businesses during the COVID

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