Conspiracy Law
 
United States of America v. Raul Cedillo

Corpus Christi, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking and weapons charges.

Raul Cedillo Jr. pleaded guilty Jan. 3, 2022, to possession of meth with intent to distribute and possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking.

U.S. District Judge David S. Morales has now ordered Cedillo to serve 154 months in prison to be imme

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United States of America v. Gerome Jackson

Brooklyn, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1349, which provides:

Any person who attempts or conspires to commit any offense under this chapter shall be subject to the same penalties as those prescribed for the offense, the commission of which was the object of the attempt or conspiracy.

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United States of America v. Christopher Winkler

Central Islip, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy, mail fraud and obstruction of justice.

A federal jury in Central Islip, New York, convicted a Long Island fisherman today for crimes associated with his captainship of the trawler New Age from 2014 to 2017. The jury unanimously convicted Christopher Winkler of Montauk, New York, of one count

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United States of America v. Hector Rodgiguez

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 100 kilograms or more of marijuna in violation of 21 O.S. 846, which provides:

(a) The Attorney General is authorized to inspect the site of any accident, or fire, in which there is reason to believe that explosive materials were involved,

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United States of America v. Jerry Coker

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of heroin and fentanyl and quantities of heroin and cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. 864, which provides:

Any person who attempts or conspires to commit any offense defined in this subchapter shall be subject to the same penalties as th

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United States of America v. Amir Aqeel

Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with COVID-19 relief fraud.

Amir Aqeel, 54, of Houston, was sentenced yesterday to 15 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $5,583,111.48 for leading the conspiracy, and for conspiring with at least 14 other individuals to submit 75 fraudulent PPP loan applications in 2020. In the applications, the defendants fals

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United States of America v. Chibundu Joseph Anuebunwa

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged for his role in fraudulent business email compromise scams that targeted thousands of victims around the world, including in the United States.

Collectively, the scams attempted to defraud victims of over $3.5 million, resulting in over $2.5 million in actual losses to victims. On June 29, 2023, ANUEBUNWA

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United States of America v. Muhammad Anis, Nishant Patel, Harjeet Singh, Arham Uddin, and Ammas Uddin

Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with participting in a scheme to fraudulently obtain and launder millions of dollars in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans that the Small Business Administration (SBA) guaranteed under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

Muhammad Anis, 55, Nishant Patel, 41, Harjeet Singh

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United States of America v. Stanton Witherspoon, et al.

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with participation in a wire fraud scheme, known as Operation Nightingale, that created an illegal licensing and employment shortcut for aspiring nurses.

According to public records, residents of Florida, along with individuals from other states, were charged for their involvement in a scheme to sell fraudulent nursi

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United States of America v. John Wilson

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with falsely claiming payments he made to secure the admission of his son to the University of Southern California (USC) were deductible from his taxes as a business expense and a charitable contribution.

In October 2021, John Wilson, age 64, of Lynnfield, Massachusetts, was convicted by a federal jury of on

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United States of America v. Marlene McGuire

Denver, Colorado criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl resulting in the death of a juvenile.

On January 30, 2022, Marlene McGuire, age 58, of Colorado Springs, sold four pills which contained fentanyl and para-fluorofentanyl to the three juveniles near a fire station in the Security-Widefield area of Colorado Springs. On Janua

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United States of America v. Zachary James Kruse and Cheyenne Nicole Mason

Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with distributing methamphetamine were sentenced this week to federal prison.

Zachary James Kruse, age 38, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after a May 4, 2023 guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. Cheyenne Nicole Mason, age 34, from Palo, Iowa, received the prison te

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United States of America v. Wayne D. Lozier

Saint Louis, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with kidnapping.

Wayne D. Lozier Jr., now 44, of the New Orleans area, was charged with two felony counts.

Testimony and evidence presented at trial, including from Lozier’s body camera, showed that the victim had an arrest warrant from the 22nd Judicial District Court in St. Tammany Parish for tw

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United States of America v. Fonseca-Echavarria, et al.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engaging in a conspiracy to distribute drug in violation of 21 U.S.C. 846.

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United States of America v. Armando Martinez Rodriguez

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engaging in a conspiracy to distribute drugs in violation of 21 U.S.C. 846.

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United States of America v. Lorenzo Montoya-Quintanilla

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aiding and abetting a drug conspiracy in violation of 21 USC 846 and 841(b)(1)(C) and 18 USC 2.

Aiding and abetting a drug conspiracy is a crime in the United States. It is defined in 18 U.S.C. § 2, which states that:

Whoever commits an offense against the United States or aids, abets, counsels, c

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United States of America v. Kentrell Allen-Tillman

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to interfere with commerce by threats or violence in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1951, 18 U.S.C. 371, and 18 U.S.C. 372.

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United States of America v. Paloma Celeste Perez-Ventura

Eugene, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute meth in violation of 21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1).

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United States of America v. Norbert Ozemena Ikwuegbundo, a/k/a David Onkon Larry and Ezekiel Moses Azizi

Las Vegas, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engaging in a fraudulent scheme that spanned numerous states and defrauded more than 3,500 victims seeking to rent houses out of approximately $3.3 million.

Norbert Ozemena Ikwuegbundo, also known as “David Okon Larry” and “Ezekiel Moses Azizi,” (31), a citizen of Nigeria, pleaded guilty in May 2023

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United States of America v. Derrick L. Hart

Little Rock, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and to Distribute Controlled Substances in violation of 21 U.S.C. 846.

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United States of America v. Jesus Virlar-Cadena

Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with health care fraud for submitting over $150 million in false and fraudulent claims to Medicare for hospice and other health care services.

From 2009 to 2018, Jesus Virlar-Cadena, 52, served as the medical director of the Merida Group, a large health care company that operated dozens of locations throughout Texas.

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United States of America v. Brandon King and Angel Martin

Louisville, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft of U.S. Mail.

Brandon King, 21, and Angel Martin, 25, conspired to steal mail matter from U.S. Postal Mail receptacles and for the illegal use and possession of a key used to open U.S. Postal Mail receptacles.

King and Martin illegally used the key to access U.S. Postal Mail receptacles in

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United States of America v. Crystal Compton, D.O. and Kayla Lambert

Pikeville, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to illicitly prescribe controlled substances and related offenses.

During the relevant timeframe, Crystal Compton, D.O., age 43, was a licensed physician who practiced in several medical clinics in the Pikeville area. Lambert was a nurse who also worked at these medical clinics.

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United States of America v. Errol Bennet, Kojo Lockhard, Mauri Nichols, Khyri Grace, Malik Grace

Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with illegally obtaining more than $800,000 in pandemic unemployment insurance benefits using other people’s personal identifying information.

From May to October 2020, the defendants, Errol Bennett, Jr., 26, of University Heights; Kojo Lockhart, 29, of Cleveland Heights; Mauri Nichols, 25, of South Euclid; Khy

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United States of America v. Shalondria Simpson and Advance Pharmacy and TruCAre Pharmacy

Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with health care fraud, kickback, and money laundering.

Shalondria Simpson, 45, of Houston, is a pharmacist who owned and operated two pharmacies in Houston: Advance Pharmacy (Advance) and TruCare Pharmacy (TruCare). Simpson’s twin sister, physician Lashondria Simpson-Camp, 45, of Allen, Texas, allegedly referred

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