Oakland, California sex trafficking of children criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with sex trafficking a teenage girl.

Kevin Fuqua,

In pleading guilty, Fuqua, 33, of Oakland, admitted that between August 8, 2018, and January 1, 2019, he caused a minor to engage in sex in exchange for money.

“No girl’s teenage years should be spent on the streets of ... More...   $0 (11-28-2020 - CA)

Free, fair elections are the lifeblood of our democracy. Charges of unfairness are serious.
But calling an election unfair does not make it so. Charges require specific allegations
and then proof. We have neither here.
The Trump Presidential Campaign asserts that Pennsylvania’s 2020 election was unfair.
But as lawyer Rudolph Giuliani stressed, the Campaign “doesn’t plead fraud. . .... More...   $0 (11-27-2020 - PA)

Minneapolis, MN mail fraud criminal defense lawyers represented defendants charged with conspiracy to commit $300 million telemarketing fraud scheme that targeted elderly and other vulnerable victims.

STACEY LEIGH PERSONS pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud before Senior Judge David S. Doty in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota. According to her guil... More...   $0 (11-27-2020 - MN)

In this interlocutory appeal of a preliminary injunction, the dispositive issue is whether 42 U.S.C. § 1396a(a)(23) gives Medicaid patients a right to challenge, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, a State’s determination that a health care provider is not “qualified” within the meaning of § 1396a(a)(23). Our decision rests primarily on two independent bases: (1) the Supreme Court’s decision in O’Bannon v. To... More...   $0 (11-25-2020 - TX)

Abingdon, Virginia white collar criminal defense lawyers represented making false statement regarding the marketing of the opioid-addiction-treatment drug Suboxone.

Indivior agreed to $600 million to resolve its civil and criminal liability. Altogether, the investigation and prosecution of Indivior Solutions and its parent companies, Indivior Inc. and Indivior plc, and two former Indivio... More...   $0 (11-24-2020 - VA)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania qui tam lawyer represented plaintiff who sued Johnson & Johnson (“J&J”) subsidiary Medical Device Business Services, Inc. (“MDBS”) for violating the False Claims Act.

Johnson & Johnson (“J&J”) subsidiary Medical Device Business Services, Inc. (“MDBS”) agreed to pay $10 million to settle allegations under the False Claims Act that Therakos, Inc., a former J&J sub... More...   $10000000 (11-22-2020 - PA)

Pierre, South Dakota drug distribution conspiracy criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conpiracy to distribute a controlled substance, maintaining a drug involved premises and possession with intent to distribute drugs.

Jess Brian Ducheneaux, age 57, of Ridgeview, South Dakota, was found guilty of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance, Maintaining a Drug-In... More...   $0 (11-19-2020 - )

Minneapolis, Minnesota telemarketing fraud charge criminal defense lawyers represented defendants charged with telemarketing fraud scheme.

TERRY LYNN CHRISTENSEN, 73, TODD ALLEN HUGHES, 47, and JESSICA MARIE PRINCE, 40, were charged with roles in a $300 million telemarketing fraud scheme.

According to his guilty plea and documents filed with the court, CHRISTENSEN worked as a ca... More...   $0 (11-18-2020 - MN)

New Haven, Connecticut civil rights lawyers.

The Justice Department and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut today announced an agreement with the City of Meriden, Connecticut to resolve allegations that the city violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA) by denying the application of the Omar Islamic Center to establish a mosq... More...   $0 (11-06-2020 - CT)

Baton Rouge, Louisiana criminal defense lawyers represented defendants charged with drug trafficking.

The United States of America charged Travis R. James, age 20, and Troy James, age 37, with narcotics trafficking network in Baton Rouge. The Indictment filed in this matter charged significant offenses involving heroin, methamphetamine, and “crack” cocaine, as well as several firearms o... More...   $0 (11-04-2020 - LA)

Chicago, Illinois lawyer represented Concept Schools, which was sued for violation of the False Claims Act.

Concept Schools, NFP, has agreed to pay $4.5 million as part of a civil settlement to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by engaging in non-competitive bidding practices in connection with the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) E-Rate Program.

... More...   $4500000 (11-04-2020 - IL)

Greenbelt, Maryland Foreign Corrupt Practices Act criminal defense lawyer represented former president of Transportation Logistics International, Inc.

The former president of Transport Logistics International Inc. (TLI), a Maryland-based transportation company that provides services for the transportation of nuclear materials to customers in the United States and abroad, was for his role... More...   $0 (10-29-2020 - MD)

San Francisco, California theft of trade secrets criminal defense lawyers represented Chinese companies.

United Microelectronics Corporation, Inc. (UMC), a Taiwan semiconductor foundry, pleaded guilty to criminal trade secret theft and was sentenced to pay a $60 million fine, in exchange for its agreement to cooperate with the government in the investigation and prosecution of its co-defe... More...   $0 (10-29-2020 - CA)

Chicago, Illinois Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) criminal defense lawyer represented Beam Suntory, Inc.

Beam Suntory Inc. (Beam), a Chicago-based company that produces and sells distilled beverages, was charged with violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

The resolution arises in part out of Beam’s scheme to pay a bribe to an Indian government official in ex... More...   $0 (10-28-2020 - IL)

Charlotte, North Carolina sex trafficking criminal defense lawyer represented Xaver Montez Boston, age 31, with Evidence presented during the three-day trial, including the testimony of three of the four victims identified in the indictment by their initials, revealed that Boston, who served in the U.S. Army as a reserve military policeman, operated an extensive sex trafficking enterprise in the C... More...   $0 (10-23-2020 - NC)

New York, NY - The United States of America charged Purdue Pharma, L.P. on civil and criminal theories relating to the manufacture and sale of opoids by the Sackler family.

“The abuse and diversion of prescription opioids has contributed to a national tragedy of addiction and deaths, in addition to those caused by illicit street opioids,” said Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen. “... More...   $0 (10-21-2020 - NY)

Washington, DC - The United States of America sued Google on an anti-trust violation theory claiming that it is unlawfully maintaining monopolies through anticompetitive and exclusionary practices in the search and search advertising markets and to remedy the competitive harms. The participating state Attorneys General offices represent Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mi... More...   $0 (10-20-2020 - DC)

Pierre, South Dakota conspiracy to distribute drugs criminal defense lawyer represented Harvi Lynn Scharp Butte, whoc was charged with conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance.

Sharp Butte was indicted by a federal grand jury on March 10, 2020. She pled guilty on July 20, 2020.

The conviction stemmed from a conspiracy in 2019 wherein Sharp Butte conspired with others to d... More...   $0 (10-20-2020 - SD)

Columbia, South Carolina False Claims Act lawyer.

Title IV of the Higher Education Act (HEA) prohibits any institution of higher education that receives federal student aid from compensating student recruiters with a commission, bonus, or other incentive payment based on the recruiters’ success in securing student enrollment. The incentive compensation ban protects students against admis... More...   $0 (10-19-2020 - )

Anchorage, Alaska Lacey Act crime criminal defense lawyer represented defendant.

A North Pole man was charged with 32 violations of the Lacey Act and other federal laws stemming from a 16 year span of submitting fraudulent Federal Subsistence Permit Applications and subsequent illegal hunting and transporting of wildlife in a Federal Subsistence Area located south of Delta Junction, Alask... More...   $0 (10-17-2020 - AK)

Los Angeles, California making false statements crime criminal defense lawyer represented defendant, who was charged by the United States of America with failure to to disclose his past membership in two hate groups in order to obtain a security clearance and employment at a defense contractor.

Decker Hayes Ramsay, 23, of Rolling Hills, was charged with a single-count information chargin... More...   $0 (10-17-2020 - CA)