Hazlehurst, MS - The United States of America charged Barbara Thedford Skipper with conversion of public funds.

Barbara Thedford Skipper, 51, of Hazlehurst, pled guilty to theft of federal funds.

From 2015 through 2017, while serving as Executive Director for the Hazlehurst Housing Authority, Skipper knowingly converted and misapplied funds from the Housing Authority’s operating ... More...   $0 (01-27-2020 - MS)

Atlanta, GA - The United States of America charged Hassan Ra El, a/k/a Rasheem Harrson Crockett with mail fraud.

Hassan Ra El, a/k/a Rasheem Harrson Crockett has pleaded guilty to mail fraud related to a scheme in which he falsely claimed to be a member of the Moroccan Royal Family to defraud business owners around the country to pay an advance fee before obtaining millions in business lo... More...   $0 (01-21-2020 - GA)

¶1 The Complainant, State of Oklahoma ex rel. Oklahoma Bar Association (Complainant), began proceedings pursuant to Rule 6, Rules Governing Disciplinary Proceedings (RGDP) 5 O.S. 2011, ch. 1, app. 1-A alleging three counts of professional misconduct against the Respondent, Laurie Jean Miller (Respondent). The Respondent is an active member of the Oklahoma Bar Association and is currently in good s... More...   $0 (01-14-2020 - OK)

Bernd Schaefers appeals an order denying his motion to:
(1) vacate entry of a $3.825 million Kansas judgment, and (2) post
a $5,737,500 undertaking to stay enforcement of the sister-state
judgment (Code Civ. Proc., § 1710.50, subd. (c)(1)).1 We affirm.
Facts and Procedural History
In 2017, a Kansas jury awarded Blizzard Energy, Inc.
(Blizzard), a Kansas corporation, $3.825 ... More...   $0 (01-14-2020 - CA)

Defendants Stephen Brown (Brown) and Ignite Channel, Inc. (Ignite) solicited and
obtained $180,000 in investments from plaintiff Bassel Ojjeh to produce a documentary
film on the refugee crisis in Syria. Plaintiff later sued, claiming that no “significant” or
“substantial” work had been performed on the film, and that defendants had breached
their contractual obligations, defrauded... More...   $0 (01-02-2020 - CA)

Salt Lake City, UT - The United States of America charged Gary Mark Hill with importing and dealing machine guns and illegal possession and transfer of machine guns.

A federal jury convicted Gary Mark Hill, age 42, of Salt Lake City of unlawfully engaging in the business of importing and dealing machine guns and illegal possession and transfer of machine guns Wednesday afternoon followin... More...   $0 (12-30-2019 - UT)

Peter Sepling moved under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 for the District Court to vacate the judgment of sentence imposed following his guilty plea based upon his attorney’s alleged ineffectiveness during his sentencing in 2014. Sepling asks us to vacate the order of the District Court denying this motion. We agree that he was prejudiced by his counsel’s ineffectiveness and we will therefore vacate the Distric... More...   $0 (12-03-2019 - PA)

Enid, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Jeffrey Krogmann with embezzlement in violation of 21 O.S. 1451, which provides:



A. Embezzlement is the fraudulent appropriation of property of any person or legal entity, legally obtained, to any use or purpose not intended or authorized by its owner, or the secretion of the property with the fraudulent intent to appropriate it to such u... More...   $0 (11-20-2019 - OK)

Oilton, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Patrick Leon Kennedy with embezzlement in violation of 21 O.S. 1451, which provides that:



A. Embezzlement is the fraudulent appropriation of property of any person or legal entity, legally obtained, to any use or purpose not intended or authorized by its owner, or the secretion of the property with the fraudulent intent to appropriate i... More...   $0 (11-11-2019 - OK)

Defendant and Appellant Rugger Investment Group LLC (Rugger) entered
into a contract to sell an airplane to Plaintiffs and Respondents Magic Carpet Ride, LLC
(MCR) and Kevin T. Jennings. Rugger deposited a lien release into escrow eight days
after the expiration of a 90-day period in which it was required to do so. The trial court
found Rugger could not claim substantial performanc... More...   $0 (10-28-2019 - CA)