Columbus, OH: Criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with bank fraud.

In January 2020, while on pretrial release, O’Kelly applied for employment at another bank and once again falsely represented a Social Security number as his own.

Once employed at the banks, O’Kelly accessed and obtained the banking information of multiple customers to initiate unauthorized p... More...   $0 (09-16-2021 - OH)

¶1 The State of Oklahoma, by Mark Matloff, District Attorney of Pushmataha County, petitions this Court for the writ of prohibition to vacate the Respondent Judge Jana Wallace's April 12, 2021 order granting post-conviction relief. Judge Wallace's order vacated and dismissed the second degree murder conviction of Clifton Merrill Parish in Pushmataha County Case No. CF-2010-26. Because the Respond... More...   $0 (09-15-2021 - OK)

Tampa, FL: False Claims Act lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant charging violating the False Claims Act by performing medically unnecessary ablations and vein stent procedures.

From Jan. 1, 2013 to Dec. 31, 2019, Dr. Pal knowingly submitted false claims to federal health care programs for medically unnecessary ablations and vein stent procedures. The government alleged that... More...   $0 (09-15-2021 - FL)

Tyler, TX: Elder wire fraud criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Monica Ruiz, age 45, who enlisted a variety of false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises in a scheme to defraud an elderly victim from Bullard, Texas. Among the various misrepresentations Ruiz made in order to obtain money from the victim were the following:

- That Ruiz had been in a coma;
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Detroit, MI: Bank fraud criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Michael Bishoff, at 60, of Macomb County, charged with bank fraud on Nov. 23, 2020, in the Eastern District of Michigan. According to court documents, Bischoff, who owned multiple pizza restaurants in Macomb County, admitted to defrauding several financial institutions by submitting at least nine falsified PPP loan application... More...   $0 (09-15-2021 - MI)

San Antonio, TX: International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) violation criminal defense lawyer represented Mehrdad Ansari, 40, a resident of the United Arab Emirates and Germany, was convicted by a federal jury in May 2021 for his role in a scheme to obtain military sensitive parts for Iran in violation of the Iranian Trade Embargo. In coordination with his co-conspirators, Ansari obtained... More...   $0 (09-14-2021 - TX)

Oklahoma City, OK: Money laundering in an online Nigerian romance scam criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Afeez Adebara, age 36, of Norman, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering on Nov. 3, 2020. According to court documents and testimony, between 2017 and November 2019, Adebara and co-conspirators knowingly concealed the proceeds of a romance scam operation by moving... More...   $0 (09-12-2021 - OK)

New Haven, CT: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with tax evasion.

Since 1991, Kathryn Pocock, agte 58, has operated Sunshine Cleaners, LLC, a home cleaning business. Between 2015 and 2019, Pocock withdrew approximately $855,000 from the business and failed to report those proceeds on the relevant tax forms for the business and on her federal income tax returns. The ... More...   $0 (09-11-2021 - CT)

Mobile, AL: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine ice criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, William Wilson Roberts, 37, distributed methamphetamine ice in furtherance of the conspiracy. Roberts was living with co-defendant Amber White, and they traveled to Pensacola and other places to receive significant amounts of methamphetamine ice for distribution in Baldw... More...   $0 (09-11-2021 - AL)

Atlanta, GA: Fraud with identification documents criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Bamidele Muraina, a Nigerian national who hacked into tax preparation firms and filed fraudulent unemployment benefit claims and tax returns using stolen personally identifiable information, and Gabriel Kalembo, a previously convicted fraudster who laundered the fraudulent assets, have been sentenced to... More...   $0 (09-11-2021 - GA)

Tallahassee, FL: Conspiracy to operate a racketeering enterprise criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants, former Tallahassee City Commissioner Scott Maddox and his former business partner Paige Carter-Smith.

In December 2018, a federal grand jury charged then-City Commissioner Maddox and Carter-Smith in a 44-count indictment for conspiring to operate a racketeering enterprise that... More...   $0 (09-11-2021 - FL)