Conspiracy Law
 
United States of America v. Daniel Vivas Ceron

Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with for his role in operating a fentanyl enterprise from a Canadian prison.

Daniel Vivas Ceron, age 42, a Columbian national, was extradited from Panama to the United States on January 25, 2017, with significant assistance from the Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs.

On July 12, 2019, C

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United States of America v. Ray Bustamante

Davenport, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substance.

Ray Bustamante, 61, conspired with Dr. John Robert Muriello and Eric Hojka, both of Iowa City, and others, to obtain and distribute methamphetamine. An investigation by the United States Postal Inspection Service revealed that since early 2020, Bustamante mailed packa

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United States of America v. Lynda Charles, et al.

Little Rock, Arkansas criminal defense lawyers represented seven Defendants charged with involvement in a scheme to defraud the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of more than $11.5 million that was intended to benefit farmers who had been discriminated against.

Four of the defendants, all of whom are sisters, were each sentenced to serve 24 months in federal prison. Lynda Charles, 73,

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United States of America v. Chester Randall Dunican

Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud causing losses to the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of over $1.1 million.

Chester Randall Dunican, 69, of Fort Pierce, Florida, was indicted for his role as the leader of a conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

“Every member of the Grand Traverse

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United States of America v. Herman Tyrone Washington

Richmond, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to participate in an animal fighting venture and possessing an animal for the purpose of having the venture aiding and abetting.

Herman Tyrone Washington, 51, of Highland Springs, Virginia, was charged with conspiracy to participate in an animal fighting venture and possession of a pitbull-type dog fo

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United States of America v. William K. Hale and John Ramsey

Guthrie, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in Indian Country.

William K. Hale was indicted, tried, and convicted for aiding and abetting one John Ramsey in the murder of Henry Roan, a full-blood Osage Indian. The murder is alleged to have been committed February 6, 1923, in Osage county, Okl., upon a restricted a

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United States of America v. Israel Garcia, d/b/a "Shorty Rock"

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with murder, conspiracy to distribute narcotics, murder while engaged in a narcotics conspiracy, murder through the use of a firearm, possessing firearms in connection with narcotics trafficking, and attempted witness tampering.

ISRAEL GARCIA, a/k/a “Shorty Rock,” the former leader of the Get Money Gunna

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United States of America v. David Forte

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiring to trade on inside information about a Massachusetts company’s planned acquisition of a California semiconductor company.

David Forte, 60, of Acton, was convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and one count of securities fraud. U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroug

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United States of America v. William Mejia

Concord, New Hampshire criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with stealing firearms from three different New Hampshire gun stores.


William Mejia, 20, pleaded guilty to conspiring to steal firearms from a federal firearms licensee.

“The defendant and his confederates traveled to New Hampshire multiple times for one purpose – to steal 43 firearms. Such bra

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United States of America v. Nathan Thomas Carter

Birmingham, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to unlawfully distribute controlled substances and filing false tax returns.

Nathan Thomas Carter, 41, of Gadsden, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and three counts of filing false federal income tax returns

According to the plea agreement, betwe

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United States of America v. Lohrasb “Jeff” Jafari

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with bribing City of Atlanta and DeKalb County officials to obtain contracts.

Lohrasb “Jeff” Jafari, the former Executive Vice President of Atlanta engineering firm, PRAD Group, Inc., has been sentenced for paying bribes to two City of Atlanta officials in exchange for steering city business worth millions of doll

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United States of America v. Davey Tree Experts Company and Wolf Tree, Inc.

Savannah, Georgia civil litigation lawyers represented Defendants accused of illegal labor practices reported by a whistleblower who was murdered for revealing the scheme.

Davey Tree Expert Company, of Ohio, and its subsidiary, Wolf Tree, Inc., entered into a non-prosecution and settlement agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Georgia and the U.S. Depar

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United States of America v. David Carr and James Michael Poterbin

Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with kidnapping, conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, and discharging a firearm in connection with a drug trafficking crime.

David Carr, age 36, from Kansas City, Kansas and James Poterbin, age 47, from Edwardsville, Illinois a man and tortured him in 2019 in Kansas City, Kansas.After beating, shooting, and

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United States of America v. Lohrasb “Jeff” Jafari

Atlanta, George criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with paying bribes to two City of Atlanta officials in exchange for steering city business worth millions of dollars to his company, paying bribes to a former DeKalb County, Georgia, official in an attempt to obtain county contracts, and evading over $1.5 million in taxes.

Lohrasb “Jeff” Jafari, 72, of Alpharetta,

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United States of America v. Eliyahu “Eli” Weinstein, aka Mike Konig, Aryeh “Ari” Bromberg, Joel Wittels, Shlomo Erez, and Alaa Hattab

Newark, New Jersey criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with conspiring to defraud investors of more than $35 million, and with conspiracy to obstruct justice.

Five defendants were charged with one count of wire fraud conspiracy and one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice. The defendants are: Eliyahu “Eli” Weinstein, aka Mike Konig, 48, Aryeh “Ari” Bromberg,

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United States of America v. Grady Lynn Peoples

Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine.

Grady Lynn Peoples, age 50, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, was indicted for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl, and being an unlawful user of a controlled substance in possession of a firearm. Chief U.S. District Court Jud

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United States of America v. Luis Noe Hernandez Rojo

Fresno, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and heroin.

Luis Noe Hernandez Rojo, 34, of Orange, participated in a well-established heroin and methamphetamine drug trafficking organization based in Mexico by agreeing to deliver fentanyl and heroin on two occasions in Bakersfield on b

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United States of America v. David Hobart Payne

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with accepting more than $315,000 in bribes and kickbacks for performing spinal surgeries at a now-defunct Long Beach hospital whose owner later was imprisoned for committing a massive workers’ compensation insurance fraud.

A federal jury on March 3 found David Hobart Payne, age 66, of Irvine, California, gui

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United States of America v. Jose Fruz Noguez

San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to bring in undocumented migrants into the United States.

Jose Cruz Noguez, age 49, of Mexicali, Mexico, was a coordinator of the event in which two SUVs – a GMC Yukon and a Ford Expedition – were modified by removing the seats in the passenger compartments so that undocumented migrants literal

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United States of America v. Elijah A. Johnson

Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud.

From March 2019 through March 2022, Elijah A. Johnson, age 32, of Chicago, Illinois, was part a bank fraud conspiracy that obtained victim bank account information, impersonated account holders, and created and cashed counterfeit checks to obtain money. On part of the conspiracy, Jo

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United States of America v. Antonio Damon Atkins

Baton Rouge, Luisiana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to sponsor, exhibit, possess and transport animals in an interstate animal fighting venture, and to possessing an animal in such a venture, all in violation of the Animal Welfare Act.

To date, six other defendants have been convicted for their participation in the interstate dogfighting ring. The

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United States of America v. Ernesto Vargas

Brownsville, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiring to possess with intent to distribute liquid meth. Ernesto Vargas pleaded guilty March 7 to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute approximately 253.2 kilograms of liquid meth.



Ernesto Vargas, age 42, was responsible for helping Pedro Rodriguez III, 45, San Benito, transport the n

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United States of America v. Slava Pride

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with defrauding multiple insurance providers for physical therapy services that were not provided to patients.

Slava Pride, 42, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud. Pride was indicted in February 2021 along with co-defendants Anna Barenboym, Gyulnara Bayryshova and Raya Bagardi. Pride

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United States of America v. Theodore Roosevelt Owens

Hartford, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession of a stolen firearm and his role in a catalytic converter theft ring.

On October 21, 2021, Vernon Police arrested Owens in a hotel parking lot on outstanding warrants. An investigation revealed that, shortly before his arrest, Theodore Roosevelt Owens, age 22, of Hartford, possessed a loaded Zig

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United States of America v. Rasiel Gutierrez Moreno, Hendry Jimenez Milanes, and Rafael Mendoza Labrada

Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sex trafficking and related crimes in strip clubs in the Houston area.

Rasiel Gutierrez Moreno, 38, Hendry Jimenez Milanes, 39, and Rafael Mendoza Labrada, 29, were charged with sex trafficking.

Gutierrez Moreno pleaded guilty to sex trafficking and interstate travel in aid of racketeering Oct. 28, 2021

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