Baton Rouge, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to transport a stolen motor vehicle; altering, removing and obliterating a vehicle identification number; possession of fifteen or more unauthorized access devices and possession of an unregistered silencer and being a prior convicted felon in possession of a firearm. Between October 2021 and March

Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank robbery. Damon Johnson, 51, was indicted in December 2024 for robbing the PNC Bank on North Glenbrook Drive in Garland, Texas on November 14, 2024. He pled guilty in May 2025 to bank robbery. Today, U.S. District Judge Jane Boyle sentenced Johnson to 200 months in federal prison. According to court documents,

Fort Worth, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with participating in a multimillion-dollar tax refund fraud scheme. David Hunt, of Arlington, Texas, his twin sons Brandon and Baylon Hunt, also of Arlington, and the twins’ half-brother, Corey Burt, formerly of Long Beach, Mississippi, orchestrated a scheme to file tax returns in the names of purported trusts th

Columbia, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing child sexual abuse material. Matthew Valkinburg, age 35, of Pueblo, Colorado, began uploading child sexual abuse material to his Discord account in 2023 when he was stationed in Colorado. Local authorities in Colorado determined that accounts tied to Valkinburg were responsible for the child sex

Greensboro, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft of government property in connection with a scheme to steal money from a COVID-19 support program. Willie Lee More, a Montgomery County, North Carolina, Jamie Ewings, and Navonne Moore were associated with a not-for-profit community organization called Brutonville Concerned Citizens (“BCC”). BC

Greensboro, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with threatening the President and communicating threats using a means of interstate communication. Christian Wolfe Daniels was charged with two counts of making threats against the President on November 13 and 14, 2025, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 871(a), and one count of transmittin

Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with preparing and filing false tax returns and making false statements to federal agents when interviewed about the activities. Mohammad T. Al-Suqi, 55, of Annandale, Virginia, was indicted by a federal grand jury on April 25, 2013, and was convicted of nineteen counts of aiding the preparation of a false income

Lynchburg, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with accessing a protected computer system to provide her then-boyfriend and probationer with sensitive non-public information, lying to federal investigators, and destroying evidence. Jennifer Peters, 43, of Madison Heights, Virginia, pled guilty today to one count of conspiracy, one count of obstruction of a procee

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of robbery interfering with interstate commerce (Hobbs Act robbery), one count of using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, and one count of bank robbery. Donte Samuel Brown, age 45, robbed a Family Dollar store in Delaware County on August 15, 2024; robbed at

Williamsport, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interstate transport of stolen human remains. From 2018 through 2022, Katrina Maclean, age 46, of Bradford, Massachusetts, bought human remains that she knew to have been stolen from Harvard Medical School and transported them from Massachusetts to Pennsylvania. Maclean also sold stolen human remains to

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of bank fraud in connection with numerous fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan applications that were filed, with his knowledge and approval, through his business, The Chatman Group, LLC. Dommonick T. Chatman, age 50, admitted that over the course of several months in 2021, he either

Johnstown, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry of a removed alien, fraudulent use of a Social Security number, and aggravated identity theft, Jose Mejia-Sarmiento, 67.was found in the Western District of Pennsylvania after having been deported and removed from the United States three times prior between 1996 and 2016, including after a f

Albany, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography. Kurt Dobler, 31, of Syracuse, New York, admitted that he was convicted in February 2023 in Fulton County Court of possessing a sexual performance by a child and was sentenced to 10 years’ probation. While on probation for that crime, in May 2025 he knowingly possessed thousands o

Trenton, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with armed bank robbery. Jeffrey L. Kniffin, 51, of Wall Township, was accused of armed bank robbery. On October 23, 2024, Kniffin entered a bank in Wall Township, New Jersey armed with a loaded handgun, approached a bank teller, and demanded cash from the teller. After demanding the money, Kniffin removed the ha

New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fraud and Manipulation. Do Hyeong Kwon was accused of committing wire fraud and conspiring to commit securities fraud, commodities fraud, and wire fraud in connection with KWON’s fraud centered around Terraform Labs PTE, Ltd. (“Terraform”), and the cryptocurrencies launched by Terraform. KWON was extr

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraudulently obtaining COVID-19 relief funds. Nn March 2020, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which provided emergency financial assistance to Americans suffering the economic effects caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. One source of relief provided by the CARES A

Bangor, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with submitting a false mortgage loan application and maintaining a marijuana-involved premises. Ken Yiu, 49, of New York City, purchased a house in Saint Albans using an $80,000 residential mortgage loan he obtained from a Maine bank. To receive the funding, Yiu submitted a loan application in which he answered “Yes”

Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of cocaine base and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Christopher Crawford, age 36, was detained by the State of Vermont on charges of first-degree murder, cocaine possession, methamphetamine possession, and possession of a

Birmingham, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged possessing counterfeit gift cards. On January 10, 2024, Xiebin Xue, 40, was found in possession of at least 33 gift cards that had been re-encoded with card numbers different from the card numbers printed on the cards and at least two gift cards that bore fake bar code labels that did not match the printed and encod

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally operating a drone over Truist Park duing a MLB All-Star Game. Mitchell Parsons Hughes was charged with committing a federal crime by flying a drone over Truist Park during the Major League Baseball All-Star game in July 2025 and was sentenced to six months’ probation. “Anyone attempting to fly a dr

Newman, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with dogfighting and CARES Act Fraud. Norman Dixson arraigned on federal charges of sponsoring and exhibiting a dog in an animal fighting venture, promoting an animal fighting venture, animal crushing, and wire fraud. “The indictment alleges that Dixson viciously abused dogs and repeatedly lied to obtain COVID relie

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child stealing in violation of 21 O.S. 891, which provides: Whoever maliciously, forcibly or fraudulently takes or entices away any child under the age of sixteen (16) years, with intent to detain or conceal such child from its parent, guardian or other person having the lawful charge of such child or to transport s

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, making false entries in the books and records of a financial institution, obstructing the examination of a financial institution and failing to implement an anti-money laundering program. Danny Seibel, age 54, of Lindsay, Oklahoma, was the President and Chief Exec

Wichita, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged one count of wire fraud, one count of bank fraud, one count of false statements, and one count of money laundering. Quintin Flanagin, 45, of Colby, Kansas, was accused for defrauding clients of his accounting firm, who were also his relatives, of more than $400,000. As a certified public accountant (CPA), Flanagin us

Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing fentanyl by mailing a package of oxycodone pills containing fentanyl to a Utah woman, who died after ingesting the narcotic. Brayan Walter McMahan, age 41, of Las Vegas, Skip to main content An official website of the United States government USAO-UT seal Utilities About USAO-UT Find