Bangor, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with entry into the United States without inspections in violation of 8 U.S.C. 1325. Reported by Kent Morlan Ibrahim Ayyub Khan, 27, and three other men walked through the heavily wooded border between Quebec and Somerset County during the pre-dawn hours of April 3, 2026. Their point of entry was within a few hundred y

Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with wire fraud. Reported by Kent Morlan Evangelos Lohaitis, a.k.a. “Bucky,” (36 – Saint-Eustache, Québec) Mitchell Burnett-Guarna, a.k.a. “Juice,” (39 – Dorval, Québec) Kyle Lesser, a.k.a. “Brock,” (34 – Notre-Dame-de-l’Île-Perrot, Québec) Luca Santalucia, a.k.a. “Rocco,” (27 – Mo

Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bringing an alien to the United States. Reported by Kent Morlan Israel Enden, 46, a citizen of Israel, was born in the United States and physically resides in the State of Israel. In the early morning hours of January 8, 2026, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers encountered Enden driving a vehicle bea

Anchorage, Alaska, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with violating the Lacey Act by illegally taking wildlife. Reported by Kent Morlan Theodore Turgeon, 29, and his co-defendant, Charles Emmi, 29, created a business called “The Rock Outfitters LLC” to provide “coastal and great lakes passenger transport

San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with illegally importing 27 protected parrots and parakeets in a modified spare tire in the trunk of a car. Reported by Kent Morlan Sydney Johnson, age 27, of Santee and Brandon Marion, age 38, of Temecula tried to sneak 11 orange-fronted parakeets (Eupsittula canicularis) and 16 white-fronted Amazon parrots

Birmingham, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with with defrauding the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program (EIDL), and Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) by unlawfully obtaining funds intended to provide COVID-19 pandemic relief to eligible operating businesses. By Kent Morlan From

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with preparing and submitting false tax forms to support more than 200 fraudulent loan applications under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). By Kent Morlan Roody Metelus, 47, of Westlake, owned and operated JRS Tax Services, LLC, in Dania Beach. From app

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with embezzlement and violation of the consumer protection act. Reported by Kent Morlan

Little Rock, Arkansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank theft. By Kent Morlan Laura Parrish embezzled funds from one family, including one family member who was deceased, in the approximate amount of $364,000. Parrish used these funds to make payments on her personal credit cards and loans to benefit herself, her business, Southern Roots and Blooms, or acco

New Orleans, Louisiana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making false statements to the small business administration. By Kent Morlan Chelsea Powell, age 34, of of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, made false statements to the Small Business Administration (SBA) for the purpose of fraudulently obtaining a pandemic-related relief Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loa

Charleston, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal discharge of pollutant. By Kent Morlan On August 24, 2022, Dennis Eugene West, age 58, of Moncks Corner, South Carolina, was driving a tractor trailer in the northbound lane of the West Virginia Turnpike/Interstate 64-77 when he crashed while crossing Skitter Creek Bridge in Fayette County. Nume

New Have, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with Intent to Distribute, Distribution of, and Dispensing of Controlled Substances. by Kent Morlan Law enforcement began investigating Michele Rene Muzyka, 61, of Cheshire, Connecticut, an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), after ph

Orlando, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Colleen Kieran, age 57, of Clermont, Florida, oversaw the accounting department of a business based in Seminole County. Over the course of nearly 13 years, Kieran used her position to siphon more than $3.9 million from the company’s accounts into her own personal PayPal account. After taking the money

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with Lacey Act Trafficking. The Boise Cascade Company (Boise Cascade) was accused of felony violation of the Lacey Act for its role in a timber trafficking scheme to evade countervailing and anti-dumping duties. “Boise Cascade either knew about or was willfully blind to the illegal importation of the plywood they w

Jacksonville, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represents the defendant charged with communicating threats and cyberstalking. Dylan Warbritton, age 23, accused of sending threatening text messages to the victim, including messages that threatened physical harm. * * * North Carolina, stalking is defined as willfully following, harassing, or intimidating another person on more than

Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to provide material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization. Abdisatar Ahmed Hassan, 23, of Minneapolis, MN,began consuming information from and about ISIS and other State Department designated foreign terrorist organizations in at least 2024. For example, Hassan obtain

Chattanooga, Tennessee commercial litigation qui tam lawyer represented the the Plaintiff who sued on a false claims act violation theory. Echelon Fitness Multimedia, LLC (Echelon), a Chattanooga, Tennessee-based company that sells connected fitness equipment, such as smart bikes, treadmills, and rowers and provides digital memberships that offer live and on-demand classes, sued on a False Cla

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with: Count # 1. Count as Filed: FORG, POSSESSION OF FORGED INSTRUMENTS, in violation of 21 O.S. 1579 J.Z.M. Date of Offense: 10/14/2025 Disposed: CONVICTION, 03/30/2026. Guilty Plea Count as Disposed: POSSESSION OF FORGED INSTRUMENTS(FORG) Violation of 21 O.S. 1579, which provides: A. Every person who has i

Charleston, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud and false statements. On November 15, 2021, Michael Graves, 70, of Charlton Heights, West Virginia, filed a Form 1040, U.S. Individual Tax Return for tax year 2016 listing his income as $816.00. As part of his guilty plea, Graves admitted that he filed a false return and that his corrected tax income

Portland, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with cyberstalking. Brent Ouellette, 34, engaged in a course of conduct against his victim that included posting sexually explicit videos or pictures of his victim online without consent, contacting his victim posing as other people, and obtaining his victim’s social media login information. The FBI investigated the

Jackson, Wyoming, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with walking off the designated boardwalk in a thermal area in Yellowstone National Park. Eric Bedient, 50, of Frisco, Texas walked directly on several fragile and dangerous hydrothermal features in the Mammoth Hot Springs area. Those features included Canary Spring, Mound Terrace, Palette Hot Spring, and Jupiter Terr

St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer David Bryant represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and money laundering. Raymond Porter Jr., 64, of St. Louis, was indicted with 28 felonies: conspiracy to commit wire fraud, 15 counts of wire fraud, eight counts of aggravated identity theft and four counts of money laundering.

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. Robert Dunlap claimed to operate a cryptocurrency business that sold a purported digital asset called “Meta-1 Coin” through a “Meta-1 Coin Trust.” Dunlap made numerous false and misleading statements to potential and actual investors, including claims that the Meta-1 Coin was backed by as much as $

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assaulting a police officer and misprision of a felony. On Oct. 3, 2025, Gonzalez Alvarez, 27, of Lyons, Ill., joined a caravan of vehicles that was following a vehicle driven by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers on the Southwest Side of Chicago. Gonzalez Alvarez drove his Ford pickup truck into t

Scranton, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of wire fraud and one count of making and subscribing a false tax return. William Freeman, IV, age 46, of Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, submitted at least 10 applications seeking pandemic stimulus funds through both the Economic Injury and Disaster Loan (EIDL) program, as well as the Paycheck Protection