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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 $0 (12-18-2025 - NY)

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 $0 (12-19-2025 - NY)

United States of America v. Eric Van Vleet

Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to bill Medicare for medically unnecessary prescriptions. From February 2018 to September 2019, Eric Van Vleet, 30, of Delray Beach, Florida, operated Hype Med LLC, which generated medically unnecessary prescriptions through a telemarketing and telemedicine scheme. As part of the health care fraud ... More $0 (12-19-2025 - NJ)

United States of America v. Jesse Foote

Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with multimillion-dollar durable medical equipment (DME) health care fraud and kickback scheme. From December 2017 to March 2021, Jesse Foote, 60, of Fairfield, Connecticut, conspired with overseas telemarking call centers, DME suppliers, telemedicine companies, and doctors to submit fraudulent claims to health care b ... More $0 (12-19-2025 - NJ)

United States of America v. Neil John Aaron Williamsky

Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to defraud Medicare of $172 million, commit money laundering, and pay kickbacks and bribes in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute. Neil John Aaron Williamsky, 65, of Marlboro, New Jersey, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit ... More $0 (12-19-2025 - NJ)

State of Oklahoma v. Daniel Perez

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyers Michael French and Kent Morlan represented the Defendant charged with lewd molestation in violation of 21 O.S. 1123(A), which provides: A. It is a felony for any person to knowingly and intentionally: 1. Make any oral, written or electronically or computer-generated lewd or indecent proposal to any child under sixteen (16) years of age, or other indiv ... More $0 (12-19-2025 - OK)

United States of America v. Sandro Eduardo Reyes-Arreguin

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyers Keaton Taylor and Kent Morlan represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of a child in violation of 18 USC 2251 which provides: (a) Any person who employs, uses, persuades, induces, entices, or coerces any minor to engage in, or who has a minor assist any other person to engage in, or who transports any minor in or affecting interstate o ... More $0 (12-19-2025 - 0k)

United States of America v. Gilberto Alarcon-Holguin a/k/a Beto

Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, five kilograms or more of cocaine, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. On October 14, 2017, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) seized 10 kilograms of cocaine from an identified co-conspirator. HSI obtained a phone number as a point of ... More $0 (12-19-2025 - NY)

United States of America v. Anthony Burris

Buffalo, New York,criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of enticing travel to engage in sexual activity, was sentenced to serve 90 months in prison. Between January and March 11, 2021, Anthony Burris, 35, of Ellicottville, NY, coerced Victim 1, a woman suffering from drug addiction, to perform commercial sex acts. He did so by threatening the use of physica ... More $0 (12-19-2025 - NY)

United States of America v. Michael Fegley, Jr.

Albany, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with travel with intent to engage in unlawful sexual conduct and transportation of child pornography. Michael Fegley, Jr., age 31, of Tampa, Florida, admitted that he traveled from Florida to the Northern District of New York intending to engage in unlawful sexual conduct with a purported 13-year-old child. He also a ... More $0 (12-17-2025 - NY)

United States of America v. Jonte McCall

Syracuse, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography. Ponte McCall admitted that on December 23, 2021, he was convicted of the New York State offense of Possession of a Sexual Performance by a Child Less Than 16 Years Old and was placed on probation. He further admitted that in February 2024, while still on probation, he possessed ... More $0 (12-19-2025 - ny)

United States of America v. Seth Demiceli

Syracuse, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Seth Demiceli, age 25, of Watertown, New York, was accused of possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Demiceli admitted that on January 16, 2025, he drove from the Rochester, New York area to Watertown with approximately 4.5 kilograms of me ... More $0 (12-19-2025 - ny)

United States of America v. Alejandro Aldave

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing more than eight pounds of cocaine that he knowingly transported from Texas to the Northern District of Oklahoma. n April 2025, law enforcement became aware that Aldave was distributing large amounts of cocaine out of a home in Tulsa. After receiving a search warrant, an agent installed a tracking device o ... More $0 (12-19-2025 - OK)

United States of America v. Billon McLeod

Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of a child, attempted sexual exploitation of a child, and coercion and enticement of minors. “The defendant is a serial predator whose playbook of using social media to meet vulnerable minor girls, and then groom and exploit them for his own sexual gratification, is a parent’s nightmare, ... More $0 (12-19-2025 - NY)

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 $0 (12-19-2025 - NY)

United States of America v. Edenilson Velasquez Larin, also known as “Agresor,” Saturno,” “Tiny,” and “Paco,”; Hugo Diaz Amaya, also known as “21”; Fulton Locos Salvatruchas (Fulton) clique leader Jose Espinoza Sanchez, also known as “Cable,” “Bleca,” and “Fantasma”; and Fulton member Jose Arevalao Iraheta, also known as “Splinter,” “Inesperado,” and “Daniel.”

Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana, murder in-aid-of racketeering in connection with the fatal machete attack of 18-year-old Kenny Reyes, continuing criminal enterprise, murder in-aid-of racketeering in connection with the fatal shooting of 2 ... More $0 (12-19-2025 - NY)

Tiana-Shanygne Barrett v. Uber Technology, Inc, et al.

New York City, New York, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on an auto negligence theory. ... More $0 (12-10-2025 - NY)

In Re: Purdue Pharma L.P.

New York, New York commercial litigation lawyers represented the Petitioner seeking protection from its opinion judgment creditors in bankruptcy. ... More $7,400,000,000 (11-17-2025 - NY)

United States of America v. Dagashaun Parks

New York, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud. ... More $0 (12-19-2025 - NY)

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 $0 (12-19-2025 - NY)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Aamir Sylvia and Atiana Suazo adn

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represent the Defendants charged with armed carjacking in Dorchester. One suspect pointed a gun at the victim and that a second suspect was armed, according to the Boston Police Department. The suspects fled the scene with the stolen vehicle, which was later recovered. Aamir Sylvia, 19, and Atiana Suazo, 20, were charged. A minor involved in ... More $0 (12-19-2025 - MA)

United States of America v. Santo Leandro Duverge Tejeda, a/k/a “La Niña”

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possess with intent to distribute fentanyl. anto Leandro Duverge Tejeda, a/k/a “La Niña,” 29, was indicted on two counts of distribution of and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and one count of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. The defendant will be arraigned in federal court in ... More $0 (12-19-2025 - MA)

United States of America v. Isaiah Johnson

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawfully purchasing a semi-automatic pistol for an unlicensed individual. In February 2024, Isaiah Johnson, 24, of Merrimack, N.H., purchased a tan-colored 9-millimeter Glock 19X semi-automatic pistol from a gun store in New Hampshire, for a co-conspirator who was ineligible for a gun license. Johnson ultima ... More $0 (12-19-2025 - MA)

United States of America v. Analia Montzoures

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with paid her employees in cash, did not report their wages to the state or federal government, did not file required IRS forms related to her employees, did not issue W-2 forms, did not withhold employee taxes as required, and did not pay federal employment taxes and withholding. Mountzoures operated Mountzour ... More $0 (12-19-2025 - CT)

United States of America v. John O’Brien

Providence, Rhode Island, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with in a scheme to defraud homeowners in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, said Acting United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom. John O’Brien, 28, pleaded guilty on December 10,2025, to wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. O’Brien will be sentenced on March 11, 2026. The sentence imposed will be det ... More $0 (12-19-2025 - RI)

State of Maine v. Megan McDonald

Augusta, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Megan McDonald walked into the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office and allegedly confessed to killing her son and four pets, there is no confirmation on if and when she will stand trial, and many details remain sealed from the public. McDonald allegedly told officers that God had chosen her for a murder ... More $0 (12-19-2025 - ME)

State of Maine v. Kendall Purnell

Skowhegan, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. ... More $0 (12-19-2025 - Me)

United States of America v. Richard Harris

Portland, Oregon, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. Richard Harris, 23, and a coconspirator, Paul Logugune, broke into unattended vehicles to steal purses and wallets to obtain driver’s licenses and checkbooks. Harris and Logugune forged checks using the stolen checkbooks and made the checks payable to ... More $0 (12-19-2025 - ME)

United States of America v. Eric Ericson

Bangor, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making false statements on a passport application. Eric Ericson, age 73, applied for a U.S. passport at a U.S. Post Office in Bangor on March 24, 2023. When asked about any other names he had used, Ericson failed to disclose his multiple aliases on his passport application. Ericson also falsely reported that he had ne ... More $0 (12-19-2025 - ME)

United States of America v. Samuel Alfaro-Sanchez

Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally reentering the United States after having been found in the District of Vermont on August 13, 2025, without any lawful status to be in the country. Alfaro-Sanchez, illegally entered the United States on numerous prior occasions. In 2008, Alfaro-Sanchez voluntarily returned to Mexico after having been ... More $0 (12-19-2025 - VT)

United States of America v. Theodore Bland

Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represent the Defendant charged with murder. Theodore Bland, 30, pleaded not guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court in Burlington to capital crime charges brought against him in a new indictment returned by a grand jury last month, accusing him of firing the shots that killed the two men. ... More $0 (12-12-2025 - VT)

United States of America v. Carlos Nonoal-Cano

Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with transportation of illegal aliens. On December 16, 2025, agents from U.S. Border Patrol received a notification of border crossing on the Vermont-Canada border and received an image of individuals crossing the snow-covered border on foot taken that evening. When Border Patrol agents conducted a search of the rem ... More $0 (12-19-2025 - VT)

State of New Hampshire v. Custer Reed, III

Ossipee, New Hampshire, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony aggravated sexual assault involving a juvenile female. Custer Reed III, 38, of Rumney, was taken into custody on charges of felony aggravated sexual assault involving a juvenile female. ... More $0 (08-06-2025 - NY)

United States of America v. Hector Ariel Ortiz-Guillen

Concord, New Hampshire, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing a fraudulent immigration document in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1546(a). Hector Ariel Ortiz-Guillen, 26, was charged with one count of knowingly possessing a fraudulent or forged Permanent Resident card. According to the charging documents and other publicly filed documents in the case, U.S. Borde ... More $0 (12-19-2025 - NH)

State of Alabama v. Austin Kimbrough

Birmingham, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder. Austin Kimbrough, age 26, accused for shooting and killing Levi Wells, age 22, The preliminary investigation showed that Wells and 26-year-old Austin Kimbrough were involved in a confrontation after Wells drove away from a nearby gas station in his vehicle. ... More $0 (12-19-2025 - AL)

United States of America v. Juston Jamal Beale

Birmingham, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1). ... More $0 (12-19-2025 - al)

United States of America v. Marty Dwayne Beasley,

Huntsville, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally possessing a firearm. On March 12, 2024, Marty Dwayne Beasley, age 48, illegally possessed a Jennings .22 caliber pistol. Beasley is prohibited from possessing a firearm following prior felony convictions, including convictions on November 29, 2018, of the offense of Sexual Abuse First Degree; on Augus ... More $0 (12-11-2025 - AL)

State of Alabama v. Kemond Johnson

Montgomery, Alabama. criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Kemond Johnson, age 31, was charged with shooting and killing A’Daesia Robbins. age 28. ... More $0 (12-19-2025 - AL)

United States of America v. Shawn Patrick Douglas

Montgomery, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child sexual abuse material. Shawn Patrick Douglas, age 41, of Newton, Alabama, was previously convicted in 2013 for possession of child sexual abuse material and received a 78-month federal prison sentence. After completing that sentence, Douglas was placed on supervised release for the remainde ... More $0 (12-19-2025 - AL)

State of Alabama v. Jeffery Blackston

Mobile, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with capital murder and sexual torture. Blackston broke into the home of Troy Barnhill on Jan. 3, 2021. Barnhill was asleep in his bedroom when Blackston began to beat him with a metal pipe, then sexually tortured him with the pipe. Barnhill suffered severe internal injuries and lacerations to multiple organs. "The fa ... More $0 (12-19-2025 - AL)