Buffalo, New York, consumer law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act violation claim.

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) violations include abusive, deceptive, and unfair debt collection tactics such as harassment, repeated calls, and threats of illegal action. Other violations include making false statements about the debt's amount or legal sta... More...    $1 (10-21-2025 - NY)

Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempted Murder in the Second Degree, one count of Assault in the First Degree (Class B violent felonies), one count of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree (Class C violent felony), and one count of Assault in the Second Degree (Class D violent felony).

On Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at approxi... More...    $0 (10-08-2025 - NY)

New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with False Claims About Homeless Veterans.

SHARON TONEY‑FINCH, who made false public claims about assisting homeless veterans, was sentenced to 12 months and one day for a years-long scheme to defraud military veterans’ charities and falsely claiming that she was a Purple Heart recipient. TONEY-FINCH previously pled ... More...    $0 (09-30-2025 - NY)

New York, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with defrauding military veterans’ charities and falsely claiming that she was a Purple Heart recipient.

“Sharon Toney-Finch falsely claimed to be a Purple Heart recipient and used her foundation to defraud donors and others induced by that lie,” said U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton. “Let today’s sentence ... More...    $0 (09-30-2025 - NY)

White Plains, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempt and conspiracy to commit mail fraud. ... More...    $0 (10-01-2025 - NY)

Albany, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a fraudulent scheme to obtain COVID-19 pandemic-related unemployment insurance benefits using stolen identities.

Joseph Osei, a/k/a/ “Kyngjo,” age 30, a Canadian citizen formerly of Albany, was sentenced on Tuesday to 54 months in prison for engaging in a fraudulent scheme to obtain COVID-19 pandemic-relat... More...    $0 (09-25-2025 - NY)

New York, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Accounting Fraud

United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, announced that MICHAEL PALLESCHI, the former chairman and Chief Executive Officer of FTE Networks, Inc. (“FTE”), was sentenced today to 12 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon for leading a year... More...    $0 (09-25-2025 - NY)

Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with o first-degree corrupting the government.

Gregory Mathieu, ate 41, of Canarsie, Brooklyn, was accused of stealing $624,000 in pension benefits.

The defendant reactivated suspended pension payments of a deceased Department of Sanitation supervisor, stealing retroactive payments of approximately $242... More...    $0 (09-19-2025 - NY)

Central Islip, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with healthcare fraud.

Mathew James, the owner of a medical billing business that submitted insurance claims on behalf of doctors, was tried and convicted on charges of health care fraud, conspiracy to commit health care fraud, wire fraud, and aggravated identify theft. The charges stemmed from James’s ro... More...    $0 (09-12-2025 - NY)

New York City, New York consumer law lawyer represented the Plaintiff in a arbitration law dispute.

Joanne Sudakow contracted to purchase electricity from CleanChoice Energy, Inc. About three weeks afterwards,
CleanChoice sent a package containing a form with new dispute-resolution terms, including an arbitration provision, which Sudakow did not sign. Two years later, Sudakow sued Cle... More...    $0 (08-29-2025 - NY)

Syracuse, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with r money laundering and conspiring to possess with intent to distribute over 5 kilograms of cocaine.


As part of his prior guilty plea, Calcano-Carrasquillo admitted that from July 2021 through July 2024, he conspired with others to distribute cocaine in Onondaga County. As part of the conspiracy, Calcan... More...    $0 (08-29-2025 - NY)

Brooklyn, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with health care fraud, conspiracy to commit health care fraud, wire fraud, and identity theft.

Mathew James, the owner of a medical billing business that submitted insurance claims on behalf of doctors, was tried and convicted on charges of health care fraud, conspiracy to commit health care fraud, wire fraud, ... More...    $0 (08-29-2025 - NY)

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with wire fraud, conspiracy to defraud the United States, attempt to evade paying taxes, and conspiracy to make false statements to obstruct the IRS.

After improperly withdrawing hundreds of thousands of dollars from an annuity fund for union members, Andrew Brown and Kenneth Wynder, Jr., were convicted of... More...    $0 (08-12-2025 - NY)

Brooklyn, New York criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with larceny.

DR. Michael Lucchesi, age 67, was accused of stealing more than $1.44 million of public money from the hospital and spending it on luxury goods for himself, his family and his pets.

District Attorney Gonzalez said, “This defendant was entrusted with a leadership role at a critical Brookl... More...    $0 (08-07-2025 - NY)

Trenton, New Jersey family law lawyers represented the parties in an alimony payment dispute.

In this matrimonial matter, the parties are before this court again post-judgment regarding the obligation of defendant Douglas Corrello to pay plaintiff Tami Corrello alimony. In this appeal, defendant challenges a March 15, 2024 order, in which a Family Part judge denied defendant's motion to t... More...    $0 (08-06-2025 - NY)

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engaging in a cryptocurrency scam.

Defendant Karl Greenwood pled guilty to various charges related to a cryptocurrency scam. In advance of sentencing, Greenwood submitted a partially redacted sentencing memorandum and accompanying exhibits, most of which the district court sealed entirely. Appellant Mat... More...    $0 (07-30-2025 - ny)

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with securities fraud, wire fraud, and bankfraud, as well as conspiracy.

In 2021, a jury convicted Defendant-Appellant Michael Hild of securities fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud, and conspiracy. The evidence at trial established that Hild and his co-conspirators at Live Well Financial, Inc., where he was Chi... More...    $0 (08-01-2025 - NY)

New York, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and money laundering.

OpenSea is an online marketplace for buying and selling NFTs. An NFT is a “unique digital artifact” that “can be bought and sold on the blockchain.” App’x 167. OpenSea itself does not buy or sell any NFTs that are traded on its platform. Instead, the company collect... More...    $0 (08-01-2025 - NY)

Brooklyn, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with

Johnson was charged with attempted and conspiracy to commit mail fraud.... More...    $0 (07-21-2025 - NY)

Jonathan L. Ashley, III, et al. v. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, et al.

New York, New York personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who sued on wrongful death theories.

Plaintiffs are Americans who were killed or injured, as well as their family members, in terrorist attacks in Afghanistan. They sued three sets of banks—Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas; Standard Chartered Bank, Standard Chartered PLC, and St... More...    $0 (07-21-2025 - NY)

Brooklyn, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with mail fraud.

From the 1990s through the 2010s, Patrice Runner ran a mass-mailing enterprise that used false and misleading advertising to sell purportedly supernatural objects and psychic services.


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Rochester, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy, aggravated identity theft, access device fraud and conspiracy to commit access device fraud, computer fraud and conspiracy to commit computer fraud, and bank fraud and conspiracy to commit bank fraud
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New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with racketeering, wire fraud, money laundering, and Truth-In-Lending Act (“TILA”) offenses.

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Legal issue Can the government obtain clear title to forfeited substitute assets following a criminal conviction and resolution of all third-party claims?
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New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud, bank fraud and and conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud.

George Guldi worked with his former girlfriend Victoria Davidson to persuade a mortgage servicer to wire her $253,236 that did not belong to either of them. ... More...    $0 (07-03-2025 - NY)

Brooklyn, New York consumer law lawyers represented the Plaintiff in a class action consumer fraud case.

Plaintiffs Gladys Honigman and D. Joseph Kurtz brought two separate class action lawsuits against Defendant Kimberly-Clark Corporation, each alleging that Defendant had falsely advertised their moist bathroom wipes as “flushable.” According to Plaintiffs, this led purchasers to pay... More...    $0 (07-03-2025 - ny)

Brooklyn, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud in connection with their involvement in a notorious FIFA corruption scandal.

Although the district court (Chen, J.) had previously denied pre-trial motions to dismiss the indictment that raised similar arguments, it granted Defendants’ post-trial motions. Th... More...    $0 (07-02-2025 - NY)

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Medicare fraud.

From approximately 2016 through April 2021, Ted Albin operated Grapevine Professional Services (“Grapevine”), a medical billing company, which he used to submit fraudulent reimbursement claims for durable medical equipment (“DME”), including back braces, knee braces, wrist braces... More...    $0 (06-24-2025 - NY)

Brooklyn, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with multiple counts of mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341, wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343, use of
fictitious names and titles in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1342, and aiding
and abetting mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 1341.

In 2003, Novis owned and operated a direc... More...    $0 (06-12-2025 - NY)

New York, New York consumer law lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a bank fraud claim.

Plaintiff sued on a Fair Credit Reporting Act theory, alleging that defendant bank failed to conduct a reasonable investigation into her dispute claiming identity theft committed by her mother. Plaintiff contends that a reasonable investigation would have led to a finding that the account was fraudule... More...    $0 (05-28-2025 - NY)

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with securities fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with their alleged scheme to defraud municipal bond investors.

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