California Controlled Dangerous Substance Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Olof Kyros Gustafsson aka “El Silencio" </h2> </center>
Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud. Digested 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> Olof Kyros Gustafsson, 32, a.k.a. “El Silencio,” was the CEO of Escobar Inc., a corporation registered in Puerto Rico that held ... More...
$ (07-31-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Scott Allen Simpkins </h2> </center>
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with obstructing a federal investigation. 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> Scott Allen Simpkins, 34, of Brea, was a deputy assigned to LASD’s Lakewood Station and worked for LASD’s Special Enforcement Bureau a... More...
$ (07-14-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Randal Vance, Rebecca Vance and Keir Ceballos-Rivera </h2> </center>
San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to employ or use minors to violate the Controlled Substances Act – Title 21, U.S.C., Sections 841, 846, and 861(a). 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> Randal Vance the ringleader of the conspirac... More...
$ (06-29-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Victor Hugo Villalobos Almazan and Nayeli Noemi Montoya Rodriguez </h2> </center>
San Diego, California criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with bank fraud. 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> Victor Hugo Villalobos Almazan and his wife, Nayeli Noemi Montoya Rodriguez, Mexican nationals entered the United States on tourist visas. They posed as legitim... More...
$ (06-18-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Tyler Robert Buchanan </h2> </center>
Santa Ana, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. From September 2021 to April 2023, Tyler Robert Buchanan, 24, of Dundee, Scotland, and other individuals conspired to conduct cyber intrusions and virtual currency thefts. The victims and intended victims included interactive entertainment companie... More...
$ (04-19-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Andy Clay Cruz </h2> </center>
San Francisco, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and one count of failure to appear before a court as required by conditions of release. Andry Cruz, 40, who previously resided in Oakland, was initially charged by complaint on Oct. 11, 2023, and by indictment on October 25, 2... More...
$ (03-27-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Guramrit Sidhu </h2> </center>
Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Distribute and to Possess with Intent to Distribute Controlled Substances, Conspiracy to Export Controlled Substances, and Continuing Criminal Enterprise. From September 13, 2022, to October 24, 2022, Guramrit Sidhu, 62, of Brampton, Ontario, Canada, orchestrated the distribution of eight separ... More...
$ (03-27-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jimmy Fu </h2> </center>
Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with operating an unlicensed transmitting business. Jimmy Fu, 64, of West Hills, California, operated an unlicensed money transmitting business and had $689,697.09 in various accounts as a result. Since in or around November 2022, law enforcement began investigating two online pharmacies believed to be operati... More...
$ (03-20-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Michael David Coberg </h2> </center>
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit extortion and conspiracy against rights. Michael David Coberg, 44, of Eastvale, was employed as an LASD deputy and helicopter pilot – worked on the side with Adam Iza, 25, formerly of Beverly Hills and Newport Coast. Iza, a self-proclaimed “Godfather,” was engaged in fraudulent ma... More...
$ (03-16-2026 - CA)United States of America v. Bryan Azevedo
Oakland, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit honest services fraud and making false statements. Former San Leandro City Council Member Bryan Azevedo , 49, of San Leandro, Calif., was charged by information on Oct. 20, 2025, with one count of conspiracy to commit honest services fraud and one count of making a false statement to federal... More...
$ (02-18-2026 - CA)United States of America v. Daren Li
Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with International Money Laundering. Daren Li, 42, is a fugitive after cutting off his ankle electronic monitoring device and absconding in December 2025. He was sentenced by United States District Judge R. Gary Klausner, who will determine restitution at a later date. Li pleaded guilty in November 2024 to one... More...
$ (02-17-2026 - CA)United States of America v. Bryan Azevedo
Oakland, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud and making false statements to a government agency. Former San Leandro City Council Member Bryan Azevedo , 49, of San Leandro, Calif., was charged by information on Oct. 20, 2025, with one count of conspiracy to commit honest services fraud and one count of making... More...
$ (02-14-2026 - CA)United States of America v. Jorge Rubén Camargo-Clarke
Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine for the purpose of unlawful importation. Jorge Rubén Camargo-Clarke, 46, a.k.a. “Cool nene,” was the head of the Bagdad syndicate, the largest drug trafficking organization in Panama. From that position, Camargo directed the actions of approximately 4,000 narcotrafficker... More...
$ (02-09-2026 - CA)United States of America v. John Tamahere McCabe
Santa Ana, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. The Defendant was accused of defrauding a 79-year-old Orange County, California, victim out of nearly $2 million via false promises to broker the sale of the victim’s yacht and by taking out unauthorized loans against the victim’s Irvine condominium, which left the victim homeless. John Tamahere ... More...
$ (01-29-2026 - CA)<H2> United States of America v. Michael William Hutchison III
Sacramento, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess and distribute methamphetamine. Between Jan. 26, 2023, and May 10, 2024, Michael William Hutchison III, was a leader and organizer of violent drug traffickers who distributed massive amounts of lethal drugs in the Sacramento region. Hutchison’s specific role involved orchestrating the ... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - CA)<H2> United States of America v. Charles River Laboratories, Inc.
San Francisco, California, commercial litigation lawyers represented the Defendant accused of unlawfully manufacturing and distributing of controlled substances between 2019 and 2022 in violation of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). – Charles River Laboratories, Inc. (CRL), successor by merger to Explora Biolabs Holdings, Inc., a provider of contract vivarium research services, was previ... More...
$ (01-05-2026 - CA)United States of America v. Andrew Nunez and Johncarlo Quintero
San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with attempted murder and murder. on March 26, 2024, 15-year-olds Andrew Nunez and Johncarlo Quintero, age 15, from Wilmington, California—members of the Mexican Mafia-affiliated Westside Wilmas gang from the greater Los Angeles area—drove from Wilmington, California to a Chili’s restaurant in Chula Vist... More...
$ (12-18-2025 - CA)<H2> United States of America v. Xin Mian Pan (a/k/a “Henry Pan”), Hua Liang Xie (a/k/a “Nolan Xie”), Jinhua Wang (a/k/a “Johnson Wang”), Uni-Tile & Marble, Inc., Uni-Stone & Cabinet, Inc., and Shenzhen Top & Profit International Forwarding Co. Ltd.
San Francisco, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with evading more than $109 million in anti-dumping duties, countervailing duties, and other duties imposed on quartz surface products, wooden cabinets and vanities, and ceramic tiles manufactured in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and imported into the United States. Xin Mian Pan, 63, of San Francis... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - CA)<H2> The People of the State of California v. Elliot Tramel Nowden
Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murdering an elderly woman aboard a Metro train in 2024. A jury found Elliot Tramel Nowden (dob 5/06/78) guilty last month of one count of first-degree murder with the special circumstance allegation of murder during the commission of a robbery. He was also found guilty of first-degree robbery and the jury ... More...
$ (12-12-2025 - ca)<H2> United States of America v. Andrew Nunez and Johncarlo Quintero
San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder and attempted murder. on March 26, 2024, 15-year-olds Andrew Nunez and Johncarlo Quintero—members of the Mexican Mafia-affiliated Westside Wilmas gang from the greater Los Angeles area—drove from Wilmington, California to a Chili’s restaurant in Chula Vista, where their target was dining with his ... More...
$ (12-18-2025 - CA)<H2> United States of America v. Peter Karasev
San Jose, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged wittwo counts of willful destruction of an energy facility related to two separate bombings of PG&E electrical transformers in late 2022 and early 2023. U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman handed down the sentence. “Peter Karasev’s attacks on critical infrastructure were direct threats to public safety and n... More...
$ (12-18-2025 - CA)<H2> United States of America v. Claudia Patricia Alvarez Hernandez
San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant accused of drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy. Claudia Patricia Alvarez Hernandez, the wife of incarcerated Sinaloa Cartel kingpin Jorge Alberto Valenzuela Valenzuela, was sentenced in federal court today to 14 years in prison for her role in a massive drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy. U.S... More...
$ (12-09-2025 - CA)<H2> United States of America v. Rajiv Agnihotri
San Jose, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute \schedule II controlled substances and attempted importation of Tapentadol.... More...
$0 (11-18-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Cody Holmes, Steven Taylor </h1></h1>
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Fraud in Public Homelessness Funds, seven counts of bank fraud, one count of aggravated identity theft, and one count of money laundering.<br> <br> Federal law enforcement today announced the arrest of the former chief financial officer at a downtown Los Angeles-based developer of affordable housing and crimin... More...
$0 (10-16-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. </h1></h1>
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged <br> with publishing private or identifying information about an individual on the internet with malicious intent <br> <br> A Santa Monica man has been arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging him with doxxing – publishing private or identifying information about an individual on the internet with mal... More...
$0 (09-23-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Andrew Kyle White </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Twice Illegally Landed Airplane on Navy Base, Stole Truck and Damaged Gates P </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> San Diego Man Who Twice Illegally Landed Airplane on Navy Base, Stole Truck and Damaged Gates Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges</... More...
$0 (09-15-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Yasmin Cruz, Christin Arnulfo Cruz Yepez, Arturo Gonzalez Aguila, Jesus Horacio Soto-Leyva, Efren Espinoza-Garcia </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempted Transportation of Illegal Aliens. Attempted Transportation of Illegal Aliens. Deported Alien Found in the United States. Importation of a Controlled Substance, Possession of a Dangerous Weapon by a Restricted Person </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center... More...
$0 (08-22-2025 - CA)United States of America v. Michael Jolly
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession<br> with intent to distribute controlled substances in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a).<br> <br> Jolly challenged the admission of certain evidence under the Federal Rules of Evidence, the Government's presentation of that admitted evidence at trial, and the admission of other evidence under the ... More...
$0 (08-14-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. José Ãngel Del Villar </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault on a federal officer, bringing in aliens for financial gain, reentering the U.S. after deportation, and importation of controlled substances. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Latin Music Conglomerate CEO Sentenced to 4 Years in Feder... More...
$0 (08-15-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Martin Alfaro Arambula, et al. </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Importation of a Controlled Substance. bringing in and harboring certain aliens. Assault with a Deadly Weapon, sexual abuse of a child, illegal entry, being found unlawfully in the U.S., participating in an international conspiracy to distribute cocaine, Trafficking in Cocaine, T... More...
$0 (08-01-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Michael M. Gilbert </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> San Francisco, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Filing False Tax Returns And Mail Fraud </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> San Rafael Certified Public Accountant Indicted For Filing False Tax Returns And Mail Fraud Scheme</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></ce... More...
$0 (07-24-2025 - CA)The People of the State of California v. Jared Reed Thomason
Mendocino, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with multiple offenses including driving under the influence of alcohol with a blood alcohol content (BAC) of more than 0.08 percent causing bodily injury.<br> <br> * * *<br> <br> Did the trial court properly exercise its discretion in revoking probation and imposing a previously suspended prison sentence due to a pro... More...
$0 (07-17-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Bahram Mohammad Ostovari </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and three counts of violating the IEEPA. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> CEO of Iranian Engineering Company Arrested for Allegedly Shipping Sophisticated E... More...
$0 (07-11-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Lorenzo Arturo Bernabe-Alejo, Luis, Fernando Ramos-Mendez, Refugio Ramos Daniel </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Importation of a Controlled Substance, Bringing in Aliens for Financial Gain and Aiding and Abetting, Deported Alien Found in the U.S. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> U.S. Attorney's Office Filed 95 Border-Related Cases This Week</h2></ce... More...
$0 (07-11-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Andrew Coldicutt </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with securities fraud, false securities registration statements, and wire fraud </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b> <br> San Diego Securities Attorney Sentenced to Prison for Fraud</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></... More...
$0 (07-11-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Jonathan Tyler Gauthier </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> cit, sta criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> <br> Man Sentenced to 30 Years for Distributing Fentanyl that Caused Two Fatal Overdoses</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <center><br> <b><br> Sponsore... More...
$0 (07-03-2025 - CA)United States of America v. Ryan Beau Patrick Barry
Los Angles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with several counts of possession with intent to distribute the narcotics found in his car and apartment under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(i); and being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g... More...
$0 (06-17-2025 - CA)United States of America v. Eliel Nunez Sanchez, aka Eliel Nunez
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with reentry after removal.<br> <br> Pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1326(d), aliens presenting collateral attacks on removal orders must satisfy three requirements for such challenges to proceed: they must have exhausted all administrative remedies available to them (§ 1326(d)(1)); they must have been deprived of the o... More...
$0 (06-18-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. William Carl Jackson </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Bakersfield, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Postal Robberies While Armed with a Dangerous Weapon </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Sacramento Man Sentenced to 63 Months in Prison for Postal Robberies While Armed with a Dangerous Weapon</h2></center></b></b></center></b><br> Willi... More...
$0 (06-13-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Elizabeth Janeth Ramirez-Martinez, et al.</h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><br> <b><center></i><b> </b> U.S. Attorney's Office Filed 134 Border-Related Cases This Week</h2></center></b></b> <br> <br> Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of California filed 134 border-related cases this week, in... More...
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