¶1 Defendant in error, Fielding D. Haas, referred to as plaintiff, commenced proceedings against S.J. Sarkeys, an individual, and Sarkeys, Inc., a corporation, referred to as defendants, to recover attorney's fee allegedly due him. Plaintiff's action was predicated on the grounds that he had, at the request of defendants and each of them, commenced to perform and did perform professional services ... More...   $0 (02-25-2020 - OK)

Los Angeles, CA - United States of America charged Dr. Mark Wilfred Tamarin with Medicare fraud.

A urologist was sentenced today to 71 months in federal prison for submitting fraudulent billings totaling more than $700,000 to Medicare for medically unnecessary and nonexistent treatments, sometimes billing for purported patient visits miles apart and occurring at the exact same time.
<... More...   $0 (02-25-2020 - CA)

Portland, OR - The United States of America charged Mark Edeward Staggs with filing false tax turns.

aggs’ checks, he enlisted two acquaintances to cash the checks on his behalf. Staggs encouraged these acquaintances to lie if anyone questioned them about his scheme. In total, between 2010 and 2013, Staggs failed to report nearly $500,000 of income, resulting in tax loss of $142,583.
... More...   $0 (02-25-2020 - OR)

Philadelphia, PA - The United States of America charged Marshall Brooks with bank robbery.

Marshall Brooks, 54, was sentenced to 135 months’ imprisonment by Senior United States District Judge Jan E. Dubois for two armed bank robberies and four armed robberies of stores, all located in lower Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

In July 2019, the defendant pleaded guilty to all six counts ... More...   $0 (02-25-2020 - PA)

Abingdon, VA - The United States of America charged Harold Kennedy and Hollie Kennedy with fax fraud.

The two brothers and owners of Kennedy Industrial Electronics, who were convicted of a payroll tax scheme that dated back at least 15 years and for defrauding the United States out of more than $907,000 of disability benefits, in addition to $148,000 in employment taxes, were sentenced la... More...   $0 (02-24-2020 - VA)

Wilmington, DE - The United States of America charged Crystal Martin with accepting bribes.

Crystal Martin, former Associate Registrar at Delaware State University, was sentenced to 15 months’ incarceration.

According to court documents and statements made in open court, between 2013 and 2017, Martin accepted bribes from co-defendant Stephen Williams in order to change the regi... More...   $0 (02-24-2020 - DE)

Newark, NJ - United States of America charged Yorce Yotagri with conspiracy to commit bank fraud.

A Freeport, New York, man today admitted participating in a conspiracy to carry out a $9 million scheme to use bogus information and simultaneous loan applications at multiple banks to fraudulently obtain home equity lines of credit, a scheme known as “shotgunning,” U.S. Attorney Craig Carpen... More...   $0 (02-24-2020 - NJ)

Philadelphia, PA - The United States of America charged Charlie Klien with tax fraud, failing to pay employment taxes and filing false tax returns.

Charlie Kien, 45, of King of Prussia, PA, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment, three years’ supervised release, and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine.

The defendant pleaded guilty in October 2019 to charges of failing to pay employm... More...   $0 (02-24-2020 - )

The California Values Act, Government Code section 7284 et seq. (the
CVA), restricts the ability of local law enforcement agencies to inquire into immigration
status, place individuals on an immigration hold, and use personnel or resources to
participate in certain immigration enforcement activities. The issue we address is
whether charter cities are exempt from compliance with one... More...   $0 (02-24-2020 - CA)

Brooklyn, NY - United States of America charged Aleksey Tavetkov with racketeering.

Aleksey Tsvetkov, a leader of a violent, Brooklyn-based Eastern European organized crime syndicate that operated primarily in the Sheepshead Bay, Brighton Beach and Coney Island neighborhoods, was sentenced in federal court in Brooklyn to 198 months’ imprisonment and ordered to pay $1,145,339.90 in restitu... More...   $0 (02-22-2020 - NY)

Bridgeport, CT - The United States of America charged Steven C. Gold with fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud.

STEVEN C. GOLD, 47, of Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty today in Bridgeport federal court to fraud and conspiracy offenses stemming from his participation in two separate scheme that defrauded his Illinois-based company of more than $9 million.

According to c... More...   $0 (02-22-2020 - )

Salt Lake City, UT - The United States of America charged Dustin Erhardt with wire fraud.

Dustin Erhardt, age 33, of Beaverton, Ore., was charged with five counts of wire fraud in connection with what the indictment alleges was a scheme to use his position and access as a contractor to defraud a Provo company.

According to the indictment, Erhardt began working as a contractor for... More...   $0 (02-10-2020 - UT)

Las Vegas, NV - The United States of America charged Sean P. Finn conspiracy to commit wire fraud and securities fraud, four counts of wire fraud and four counts of securities fraud.

A federal jury found a Montana man guilty for his role as a broker for a Swiss company involved in a multimillion-dollar international fraud scheme.

Following a five-day trial, Sean Finn, 51, of Whi... More...   $0 (02-10-2020 - NV)

Califia Farms, LLC (Califia) manufactures and distributes
a “100% Tangerine Juice” known as “Cuties Juice.” The front
label of the juice’s bottle depicts a smiling tangerine coming out
of its peel. Above the tangerine, the label prominently displays
the word “Cuties”; below the tangerine and on three lines of
1 We draw the facts set forth below from the allegations in
the o... More...   $0 (02-10-2020 - CA)

Honolulu, HI - The United States of America charged Steve Edwards and Melanie Edwards with:

18:1343.F FRAUD BY WIRE, RADIO, OR TELEVISION
(1-8)
18:371.F CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD THE UNITED STATES
(1s)
18:1343.F FRAUD BY WIRE
(2s-16s)
18:1343.F FRAUD BY WIRE, RADIO, OR TELEVISION
(9-10)
18:1343.F FRAUD BY WIRE, RADIO, OR TELEVISION
(11)
1... More...   $0 (02-09-2020 - HI)

Los Angeles, CA - The United States of America charged Guiqiong Xiao Gudmundsen, a.k.a. “Kimi” Gudmundsen, of Anaheim Hills with:

18:1347: Health Care Fraud; 18:2: Aiding and Abetting and Causing an Act to be Done
(1-4)
18:1347: Health Care Fraud; 18:2: Aiding and Abetting and Causing an Act to be done
(5)
18:1347: Health Care Fraud; 18:2: Aiding and Abetting and Ca... More...   $0 (02-09-2020 - CA)

A trial court may certify a class in a proposed class action
lawsuit only if, among other things, the court finds a “‘community
of interest’” among the proposed class members (Duran v. U.S.
Bank National Assn. (2014) 59 Cal.4th 1, 28 (Duran)), which in
part means that “‘“common questions of law or fact”’”
“‘“predominate”’” because “the elements necessary to establish
liabil... More...   $0 (02-09-2020 - CA)

Kansas City, MO - The United States of America chrged Natalie J. McNeil and Tanner L. McNeil with conspiracy to distribute marijuana.

A Lee’s Summit, Missouri, woman and her brother, a Denver, Colorado, man, were sentenced in federal court today for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute more than $1.7 million of marijuana that was mailed from Colorado to Missouri.

Natalie J.... More...   $0 (02-08-2020 - MO)

St. Louis, MO - The United States of America charged Bradley A. Seyer, D.D.S. with making false statements relating to health care matters.

Bradley A. Seyer, D.D.S., 53, of Florissant, Missouri, was sentenced today to 18 months of imprisonment and a $50,000 fine. Previously, on June 26, 2019, Dr. Seyer pleaded guilty to two felony charges of making false statements to Medicare and illega... More...   $0 (02-08-2020 - MO)

East St. Louis, IL - The United States of America charged Mia Lynn Cousett with stealing a social security checks.

Mia Lynn Cousett, 33, of Alton, Illinois, pled guilty this morning to 12
felony counts, each charging her with theft of government funds. The stolen funds were social
security checks payable to Cousett’s mother, who died in April 2017.

In court, Cousett ad... More...   $0 (02-08-2020 - IL)

Boston, MA - The United States of America charged Douglas Hodge with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and honest services fraud and money laundering.

The former chief executive officer of PIMCO, one of the world’s largest asset companies, was sentenced to nine months in prison for paying bribes totaling $850,000 to secure his children’s admission to the University of Southern Cali... More...   $0 (02-08-2020 - MA)

A housing corporation tried to enforce an arbitration
agreement against a local chapter of an international fraternity.
The trial court denied the corporation’s motion to compel
arbitration. We reverse because the international fraternity
demanded arbitration, as did the housing corporation, so an
arbitration there must be.
I
We summarize the facts from the documents fi... More...   $0 (02-07-2020 - CA)

New York, NY - The United States of America charged Javier Enrique Da Silva Rojas with kidnapping resulting in death.

JAVIER ENRIQUE DA SILVA ROJAS (the “defendant” or “DA SILVA”) pled guilty to kidnapping Valerie Reyes (the “Victim”) in New Rochelle, New York, and unlawfully transporting her to Connecticut, where her body was found approximately a week later. DA SILVA, who was arrested ... More...   $0 (02-06-2020 - ny)

Dayton, OH - The United States of America charged Joey D. Williams with accepting a bribe.

Joey D. Williams pleaded guilty to the crime in September 2019. As part of his sentence, Williams was also ordered to pay $28,000 in restitution.



Williams served as an elected commissioner of the City of Dayton from 2001 until 2018. In 2015, Williams accepted a construction proje... More...   $0 (02-06-2020 - OH)