New York Consumer Fraud Law
<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...
$ (03-12-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Solomon Lichtenstein </h2> </center>
White Plains, New York, criminal defense lawyer Steve Yurowitz represented the Defendant charged with securities fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud investors in two investment vehicles he managed and promoted. Solomon Lichtenstein, age solicited and received millions of dollars from friends, relatives, and members of his community on the back of false statements and misrepresenta... More...
$ (03-12-2026 - NY)State of New York v. Timothy D. Berry
Amherst, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. On or about Friday, September 27, 2024, and Friday, October 4, 2024, Timothy D. Berry, 36, of Williamsville, knowingly and intentionally stole money from the organization, which was collected through a social media fundraiser to support the group’s Hurricane Helene relief efforts. The defendant transferre... More...
$ (03-02-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Aly Kaba
Albany, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud. In late 2020, Aly Kaba, age 30, of New Rochelle, New York, conspired with his former roommate, Tony Brobbey, and fraudulently obtained unemployment insurance benefits from the New York State Department of Labor worth more than $150,000. To make the fraudulent unemployment insuranc... More...
$ (03-02-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Sherry Xue Li
Central Islip, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to defraud the United States. Sherry Xue Li was accused of money laundering conspiracy and conspiracy to defraud the United States by obstructing the Federal Election Commission’s (FEC) administration of campaign finance laws. Li orchestrated a nearly ... More...
$ (03-02-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Joshua Schuster
New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and securities fraud. “Joshua Schuster promised to use investor funds to develop real estate projects throughout our City,” said U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton. “Schuster instead constructed a fraud, stealing more than $13 million from his investors in order to fund his lifestyle and pay off earl... More...
$ (03-02-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Philip Castracucco
New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud and making false statements. Philip Castracucco was the owner of a contracting business (“Company-1”) that performed construction work, primarily for masonry projects in the vicinity of Westchester County, New York. From 2017 through 2022, CASTRACUCCO caused Company-1 business receipt checks in a t... More...
$ (03-02-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Nomma Zarubina
New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making false statements to the FBI relating to her relationship with the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (“FSB”), and to naturalization fraud for lying about her involvement in prostitution-related offenses. Nomma Zarubina, age 35, was trying to cultivate relationships with American l... More...
$ (03-01-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Jun Wang
Syracuse, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to launder monetary InstrumentsJun Wang, age 63, a Chinese national and lawful permanent resident of the United States, redeemed $2,285,039.81 in gift cards originally purchased by defrauded victims throughout the United States (including in the Northern District of New York). Wang, who received the gift ... More...
$ (02-22-2026 - NY)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 ... More...
$ (02-17-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Kevin Taylor
New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with accepting bribes. The former commanding officer of the New York Police Department’s School Safety Division was charged with using his position to solicit and demand bribes. Mr. Taylor, 52, of Yonkers, N.Y., was charged with a series of crimes, including one count of conspiracy to commit honest services wi... More...
$ (02-12-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Braden John Karony
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to commit mail fraud, and interstate commerce money laundering. Braden John Karony, the Chief Executive Officer of SafeMoon US LLC, a digital asset company registered in Utah (SafeMoon) lied to investors from all walks of life—including military veterans and h... More...
$ (02-11-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Christian Lugo, a/k/a "Coco"
New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit racketeering conspiracy and possession of a machine gun. Christian Lugo, a/k/a "Coco" on February 7, 2022, LUGO allowed and encouraged a co-conspirator who worked for him at Certified Auto to shoot at members of a rival tow truck company, which resulted in the death of Gloria Ortiz. In ... More...
$ (02-11-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Anthony Curcio
New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with attept and conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud. Anthony Curcio was accused of engaging in a scheme to defraud customers by selling them sports and Pokémon trading cards with fake grades purportedly issued by Professional Sports Authenticator (“PSA”). From at least 2022 to May 2024, CURCI... More...
$ (02-02-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Marion Cogliormella, Steven Lacaj, and Karim Jbrahim
New York City, New York criminal defense lawyers Scott Leemon, Mike Farkas, andJaesm Frocearo, represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit securities fraud, wire fraud, and investment adviser fraud.. Mario Goglirmella, , Steven Lacaj, and Karim Ijbrahim, a/k/a "Chris Hayes" a/k/a “Chris Hayes, engaged in a conspiracy to commit securities fraud with their management of L & G... More...
$ (02-02-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Elaine Antao and Manal Wasef
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer Carlos Santiago represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, conspiracy to defraud the United States and pay and receive healthcare kickback, and money laundering. Elaine Antao and Manal Wasef were marketers and recruiters for two social adult day cares: Happy Family Social Adult Day Care Center Inc. and Family Social... More...
$ (01-21-2026 - NY)State of New York v. Jerona Smith
New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charge with elder abuse and fraud. Jerona Smith promised to deliver quality care as a home health aide. Instead, she used her access to steal their hard-earned money.... More...
$ (01-21-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Elaine Antao and Manal Wasef
Brooklyn, New York criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with Conspiracy to Commit Health Care Fraud in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1349 and 3551 et seq. Elaine Antao, age, 46, and Manal Wasef, age 46, were marketers and recruiters for two social adult day cares: Happy Family Social Adult Day Care Center Inc. and Family Social Adult Day Care Cente... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - NY)<H2> United States of America v. Yveler Marcellus, Felix Marcial, Asheem Henry, George Mims, Rahmel Thompson, Daquan Mitchell and Tatiana Williams
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering. Yveler Marcellus, Felix Marcial, Asheem Henry, George Mims, Rahmel Thompson, Daquan Mitchell and Tatiana Williams were accused of engaging in a scheme to launder money fraudulently obtained from victims of a transnational telemarketing scheme, ma... More...
$ (01-07-2026 - NY)<H2> United States of America v. Paul Jorgensen
New York, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with committing securities fraud in connection with a multimillion-dollar scheme to trade in stock and options of Doximity based on inside information in advance of the company’s quarterly earnings calls. Former Chief Revenue Officer Paul Jorgensen Admits to Repeated Illegal Trading in Doximity in Advance of Quarte... More...
$ (01-09-2026 - NY)<H2> United States of America v. Artem Stryzhak
Brooklyn, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Commit Fraud and Related Activity in Connection with Computers (Nefilim Conspiracy).... More...
$ (12-31-2025 - NY)<H2> United States of America v. Edward Gene Smith
New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with six counts of activities relating to material constituting child porno. Edward Gene Smith was charged with drugging a female victim (“Victim-1”) with the intent to rape her, sex trafficking another female victim (“Victim-2”), enticing Victim-2 to travel to engage in unlawful sexual activity, receipt ... More...
$ (12-23-2025 - NY)<H2> United States of America v. Matthew Melton
New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with securities fraud manipulative and deceptive devices and wire fraud. Matthew Melton was extradited from the United Kingdom to face securities fraud and wire fraud charges. The charges in the Indictment arise from an alleged scheme by MELTON to raise millions of dollars in investor money by falsely representi... More...
$ (12-23-2025 - ny)United States of America v. Linda Sun
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendant charged with being an agent of China. United States of America v. Linda Sun is a federal criminal case against Linda Sun, a former high-ranking aide to New York Governors Cuomo and Hochul, who is accused of secretly acting as an unregistered agent for China's government, accepting millions in bribes, and facilitating visa fra... More...
$ (12-22-2025 - NY)<H2> United States of America v. Steven Holtz, Israel Pellot, and Alton Scott
New York, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States and aiding and assisting in the preparation and filing of false federal tax returns. HOLTZ is the owner and chief executive officer of The Holtz Group and was the leader of the fraudulent scheme in which tax preparers at The Holtz Group, including HOLTZ, PELLOT, and SCOTT... More...
$ (12-18-2025 - NY)<H2> United States of America v. Jay Lucas
New York, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with securities fraud, investment adviser fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering. The charges in the Indictment arise from an alleged scheme by LUCAS to raise more than $50 million from investors by falsely representing that their money would be invested in early-stage health and wellness companies, when in fact it was... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - NY)<H2> Jana Rabinowitz, et al. v. Colgate-Palmolive Co., et al.
Central Islip, New York, consumer credit law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on Fraud or Truth-In-Lending theories.... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - NY)<H2> United States of America v. Dagashaun Parks
New York, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud.... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - NY)<H2> The United States of America, et al. v. Marymount Manhattan College
New York City, New York commercial litigation lawyer represented the Defendant accused of violating the False Claims Act by falsely certifying that it was eligible for a Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loan. The PPP, administered by the SBA, was created to assist small businesses nationwide adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations such as MMC were ... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - NY)<H2> United States of America v. Angel Valentin-Martinez
Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, which carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a fine of $1,000,000. Between October and December 2024, Angel Valentin-Martinez, 34, of Buffalo, NY, conspired with Daniel Plata Miranda to fraudulently gain access to the credit card accounts of individuals at Synchrony B... More...
$ (12-12-2025 - NY)<H2> United States of America v. Kingsley Brown
Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Between August 2022, and July 2023, Kingsley Brown, 23, of North Tonawanda, NY, along with co-defendant Cross Malik Williams, purchased approximately 570 stolen bank cards from various online marketplaces. Williams and Brown then used a card-making device to load the stolen bankin... More...
$ (12-12-2025 - nY)<H2> United States of America v. Do Hyeong Kwon
New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fraud and Manipulation. Do Hyeong Kwon was accused of committing wire fraud and conspiring to commit securities fraud, commodities fraud, and wire fraud in connection with KWON’s fraud centered around Terraform Labs PTE, Ltd. (“Terraform”), and the cryptocurrencies launched by Terraform. KWON was extr... More...
$ (12-12-2025 - NY)<H2> United States of America v. Terrence Williams
New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted and conspiracy to commit health care fraud and fraud with identification documents (aggravated identity theft).... More...
$ (12-02-2025 - NY)State of New York v. Sanford Solny
New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with 13 counts of third-degree criminal possession of stolen property and one count of third-degree grand larceny. Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez today announced that a disbarred Brooklyn attorney who stole the deeds to 11 residential properties across Brooklyn, primarily from minority homeowners in fi... More...
$ (12-01-2025 - NY)United States of America v. Daniel Kaplan and Adam Kaplan
Brooklyn, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud conspiracy, wire fraud, investment advisor fraud, and money laundering conspiracy.<br> <br> The defendants are accused of overcharging clients for advisory fees and fraudulently charging client credit cards and bank accounts for unauthorized investments or fees.<br> <br> The Government claimed that the de... More...
$0 (11-14-2025 - NY)<h1> United States of America v. Sharon Toney‑Finch </h1></h1>a
New York, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Wire Fraud And Stolen Valor.<br> <br> A former Stoughton police officer who was previously indicted for allegedly murdering Sandra Birchmore, a pregnant woman, to prevent her from disclosing information about his sexual exploitation of her beginning when she was a minor, has been indicted for allegedly causing the de... More...
$0 (10-29-2025 - NY)Robert Januchowski v. Fay Servicing, L.L.C.
Buffalo, New York, consumer law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act violation claim.<br> <br> 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)State of New York v. John Doe
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).<br> <br> On Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at approxi... More...
$0 (10-08-2025 - NY)<h1> United States of America v. Sharon Toney‑Finch </h1></h1>
New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with False Claims About Homeless Veterans.<br> <br> 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 pl... More...
$0 (09-30-2025 - NY)<h1> United States of America v. Sharon Toney‑finch </h1></h1>
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. <br> <br> "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 reaf... More...
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