New York Jury Verdicts, Settlements and Court Decisions
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jordan Trought </h2> </center>
White Plainss, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and money laundering. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> From at least 2015 through at least 2025, Jordan Trouoght and others engaged in a fraud scheme perpetrated against elderly victims (the “El... More...
$ (06-01-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> Kim Sue Brown v. State of New York </h2> </center>
Albany, New York, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking to recover damages for having been repeated raped while incarcerated. Reported by Kent Morlan Kim Sue Brown sued the State of New York seeking damages under the Asult Survivors Act seeking damages for alleged rape and sexual assault inflicted upon her while she was incarcerated at Albion Correctional Facility betwee... More...
$ (05-21-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> State of New York v. Raymond A. Brinson </h2> </center>
Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Official Misconduct (Class A misdemeanor). Reported by Kent Morlan In April 2025, the Erie County Clerk’s Office received a letter from the New York State Police to report that their Albany Office had received coupons for four firearms registered to a resident in Erie County who did not have a record of a pi... More...
$ (05-22-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Israel Enden </h2> </center>
Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bringing an alien to the United States. Reported by Kent Morlan Israel Enden, 46, a citizen of Israel, was born in the United States and physically resides in the State of Israel. In the early morning hours of January 8, 2026, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers encountered Enden driving a vehicle bea... More...
$ (05-24-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Daniel Sikkema, aka Daniel Garcia Carrera
New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant who was charged with conspiracy to commit murder. Reported by Kent Morlan Daniel Sikkema, aka Daniel Garcia Carrera hired a hitman in Brazil to kill his huband, paying him $9,000. Amid contentious divorce proceedings with his then-husband, Daniel Sikkema used a burner phone line to callously order the killing of h... More...
$ (05-23-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Cornelius Shannon and Arturo Hernandez </h2> </center>
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with with violating the TAKE IT DOWN Act. Reported by Kent Morlan Cornelius Shannon and Arturo Hernandez with violations of the TAKE IT DOWN Act, which was enacted one year ago and prohibits the nonconsensual publication of AI-generated digital forgeries (deepfake) pornography. Shannon and Hernandez allegedly post... More...
$ (05-22-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Elnar Zarbailov </h2> </center>
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... More...
$ (05-19-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Peter Gerace </h2> </center>
Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, drug trafficking and defrauding the United States, along with witness tampering, maintaining a drug involved premises and bribing a public official. Reported by Kent Morlan Between 2005, and 2019, Peter Gerace, Jr., owned and operated Pharaoh's Gentlemen's Club. While do... More...
$ (05-14-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Edgar Sanchez-Solis </h2> <center>
Plattsburgh, Nwe York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit alien smuggling. Reported by Kent Morlan Edgar Sanchez-Solis, 24, was a leader in an alien smuggling organization (ASO) while he was living illegally in Kansas City, Missouri. The ASO smuggled hundreds of aliens into the United States. Once the aliens were inside the U.S., the ASO emplo... More...
$ (05-08-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Bronx resident Lu Jianwang aka Harry Lu <h2> <center>
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to act as an agent of China and obstruction of justice. Reported by Kent Morlan Lu Jianwang, aka "Harry Lu," age 64, of Brooklyn, New York, used a police station in New York City to target PRC dissidents in furtherance of the Chinese government’s political agenda. May today’s verdict send a me... More...
$ (05-14-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Roderic Sage </h2> </center>
New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States and the internal revenue service. By Kent Morlan Robert Sage helped U.S. taxpayers conceal more than $60 million in offshore accounts through a scheme designed to hide assets from the IRS. SAGE was the founder and CEO of a Hong Kong financial services firm. From... More...
$ (05-13-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Malik Bromfield, Faizan Ali, and Kamal Salman </h2> </center>
White Plains, New York, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with including smuggling from the United States, unlicensed dealing in firearms, transporting stolen firearms in interstate commerce, and unlawful possession of firearms. By Kent Morlan Malik Bromfield, 22, Faizan Ali, 25, and Kamal Salman, 22, were in a car that was stopped for a traffic violation. A large... More...
$ (05-12-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Alan Christhofer , Michael Mejia-Nunez and Ennait Alexis Sirett-Padilla </h2> </center>
Central Islip, New York, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with Hobbs Act armed robbery. By Kent Morlan Alan Christhofer Cedeno-Ferrer, age 27,, Michael Mejia-Nunez, age 29, and Ennait Alexis Sirett-Padilla, age 24, are accused working with others, to hijack a delivery truck that was parked outside of the Apple Store at the Americana Manhasset mall, as two workers w... More...
$ (05-08-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Gannon Ken Van Dyke </h2> </center>
New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with restriction of futures trading to contact markets unlawfully use of nonpublic confidential government information for personal gain, embezzlement or larcenby by an employee of the Unite States Government and wire fraud. Gannon Ken Van Dyke, a U.S. Army special forces soldier, is accused of "betting" $33,034 o... More...
$ (04-24-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jamar Jackson </h2> </center>
Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. On June 29 2020, Jamar Jackson and his co-conspirators submitted a fraudulent application for an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) through the Small Business Administration for a business that he supposedly owned. The defendant and his co-conspirators knew that the EIDL applica... More...
$ (04-21-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Stephen Gullotti </h2> </center>
Albany, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with stealing and converting to his own use an FBI patrol car in the parking lot of the FBI’s Albany Field Office on April 10, 2026. Stephen Gullotti climbed the fence surrounding FBI Albany in the late evening of April 9, 2026. While on FBI property, Gullotti got into an unlocked FBI GMC truck in the parking lot and ... More...
$ (04-21-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jared Solomon </h2> </center>
New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud, identity theft, and bank fraud. Beginning in 2009, Jared Solomon, a Vornado leasing agent, created fake commercial real estate broker companies. Over approximately the next fourteen years, SOLOMON lied to his then-employer, Vornado Realty Trust, by claiming that brokers were owed broker fees or constr... More...
$ (04-22-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Alain Bibliowicz Mitrani </h2> </center>
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud and money laundering. From approximately 2020 to 2024, the Alain Bibliowicz Mitrani, a resident of Miami, Florida and a citizen of France and Colombia, led a scheme to launder more than $300 million, much of which represented drug proceeds belonging to drug cartels such as the Sinaloa Cartel and other tran... More...
$ (04-21-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> State of New York v. Armando Octaviano and Jonny Octaviano </h2> </center>
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with murder. Armando Octaviano, 25, of Virginia and Jonny Octaviano, 25, of Sunset Park, Brooklyn, were accused of killing a 21-Year-Old man. According to the evidence, the murder was the result of a conspiracy that began when Jonny Octaviano, while incarcerated on Rikers Island for a separate crime, met an inmat... More...
$ (04-17-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Amit Forlit </h2> </center>
New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit computer hacking, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud. Amit Forlit, 58, of Israel, a private investigator is accused of running in global hacking for hire organization that targeted environmental activists.... More...
$ (04-17-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America et al v. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. et al. </h2> </center>
New York City, New York, lawyers represented the parties in an anti-trust case. The Plaintiffs alleged that Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary possessed harmful monopoly over big concert venues. "Live Nation Entertainment owns, operates, controls booking for or has an equity interest in hundreds of venues. Its subsidiary Ticketmaster is widely considered to be the world’s largest ... More...
$ (04-16-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> State of New York v. Victoria Afet </h2> </center>
Syracuse, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first degree murder. Victoria Afet, the 23-year-old murderer of a 93-year-old Syracuse woman.... More...
$ (04-10-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Delos Thurston </h2> </center>
Syracuse, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with money order fraud. Delos Thurston, age 27, of Clinton, New York, admitted that between April 2025 and January 2026, while he was employed as the Postmaster of the Morrisville, New York, Post Office, he fraudulently issued 179 money orders for his own benefit without paying for them, and in so doing stole $118,088... More...
$ (04-10-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> State of New York v. Michael Bellevue </h2> </center>
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with armed robbery. Michael Bellevue, 26, of Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Michael Bellevue, 26, of Crown Heights, Brooklyn. He stopped by the same bodega 20 minutes before the robbery and purchased a black ski mask he wore during the robbery. on January 15, 2024, the defendant purchased multiple items, including a bl... More...
$ (03-10-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> State of New York v. Eduardo Diaz </h2> </center>
New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempted Assault in the First Degree. “Eduardo Diaz has been held accountable for committing a vicious shooting against his former boss which recklessly spilled onto a public city street,” said District Attorney Bragg. “This attack significantly injured the victim who is still recovering to this day. ... More...
$ (04-10-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Leah Mathieu </h2> </center>
New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer Peter Brill represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Leah Mathieu is a correction officer employed by the DOC and a member of the United States Navy Reserve. He repeatedly made false representations and provided forged documentation, including purported military orders, to the DOC falsely claiming that she was on state active duty with ... More...
$ (04-10-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Akeem Chambers, a/k/a “Luca,” Jonathan Vazquez, a/k/a “Chulo” and “Clutch,” and Jerell Shaw, a/k/a “Rells” and “Rells Fargo
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, murder, attempted murder, assault, murder conspiracy, kidnapping, robbery, robbery conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy, mortgage fraud conspiracy, and money laundering. Akeem Chambers, also known as “Luca,” Jonathan Vazquez, also known as “Chulo” and “Clutch,” a... More...
$ (04-10-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> State of New York v. Rex Heuermann </h2> </center>
Riverhead, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant accused of murder. Rex Heuermann, a 62-year-old architect based in Massapequa, accused for killing seven women and discarding their remains on a stretch of Long Island, New York. In all, he was accused of killing seven people: Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, Amber Costello, Jessica Taylor, Va... More...
$ (04-07-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Kris Roglieri </h2> </center>
Albany, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud conspiracy committed in connection with the operation and collapse of his purported commercial lending business, Prime Capital Ventures, LLC. Kris Roglieri, age 46, of Queensbury, New York, admitted that he operated Prime Capital Ventures, LLC (“Prime Capital”) and, between mid-2022 and January 2024,... More...
$ (04-04-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> State of New York v. Carlos Aguilar Reynoso
Riverhead, New York, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with sexually assaulting a 5-year-old girl. Carlos Aguilar Reynoso, 27 was babysitting a 5-year-old girl while her mother was at work on Feb. 1, and violently raped the toddler leaving her bleeding and suffering from internal injuries,... More...
$ (04-02-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jose Francisco Cardoso Tehovnik </h2> </center>
Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engaging in activities relating to material containing child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2251A.... More...
$ (04-01-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jade
Albany, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assaulting an officer or employee of the United States. Jade Dunckle, age 31, was accused of assaulting a federal officer. On September 17, 2025, members of the New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force and the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision visited the defendant’s C... More...
$ (04-02-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jean Ronald Tirelus, Roberto Samedy. Edouardo St. Fort, and Miguel Jorge </h2> </center>
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with embezzling more than $1.3 million from a Brooklyn-based non-profit organization that provided home care services and operated homeless shelters in New York City. Jean Ronald Tireless was the former chairman of the organization’s board of directors, and Samedy was the executive director of the organization. ... More...
$ (04-01-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Renata Supina-Saltus </h2> <center>
New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Renata Supina-Saltus, an employee of the Republic Croatia ran a long-running fraud scheme in which she fabricated invoices to embezzle approximately $750,000. “Renata Supina-Saltus held a position of trust as member of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Croatia to the United Nations,”... More...
$ (04-01-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Michael Brown </h2> </center>
New York, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of wire fraud. Michael Brown, the CEO of a nationwide online marketing scheme to make money by posting fake advertisements for rental properties across the United States on a classified advertisements website. The purpose of the scheme was to fraudulently induce pote... More...
$ (04-01-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Raymond Elders </h2> </center>
White Plains, New York, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with manufacturing illegal explosive devices. Raymond Elders accused of manufacturing and possessing suspected improvised explosive devices in his apartment in White Plains and detonating them on a residential street.... More...
$ (04-01-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Nicole Daedone </h2> <center>
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to fore labor. Nicole Daedone, the founder and former Chief Executive Officer of OneTaste, Inc. (OneTaste), a sexual wellness education company founded in San Francisco, California, was accused of engaing in a conspiracy to force labor. “This case exposed a decade-long scheme in which the defend... More...
$ (03-31-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Herberth Rodriguez and Elias Martinez Villanueva </h2> </center>
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of ammunition as an alien admitted under a non-immigrant visa, attempted murder in aid of racketeering, and racketeering. Herberth Rodríguez, also known as “Kepa,” and Elias Martínez Villanueva, also known as “Rebelde,” both members of the transnational street gang 18th Street, were indicted ... More...
$ (03-20-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Maximiliano Davila Perez </h2> </center>
New York, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with participating in a cocaine-importation conspiracy and a related weapons offense. Maximiliano Davila Perez, the former director of olivia’s chief anti-narcotics law enforcement agency, Fuerza Especial de Lucha Contra el Narcotráfico (“FELCN”) and was extradited to the United States from Bolivia in Decembe... More...
$ (03-20-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Robert W. Lederhilger </h2> </center>
New York City, New York criminal defense lawyers Roger Marion, Max Nicholas. Reed Keefe and Sarah Stein represented the Defendant charged with mail fraud. Robert Lederhilger stole millions of dollars from tens of thousands of small businesses, $180 at a time. Lederhilger thought his large scale, small sum fraud would go undetected. He was wrong. Stealing $5 million $180 at a time got him 73 m... More...
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