False Pretense Law
 
State of Oklahoma v. M.A.S.r

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer Robbi Barker represented the Defendant charged with engaging in a false pretense over $1,000 or a con game in violation of 21 O.S. 1541. Reported by: Kent Morlan

More...   $ (08-27-2026 - OK)

United States of America v. Marice L. Curry

Sacramento, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Aiding and Assisting in the Preparation of False Tax Returns in violation of 26 U.S.C. 7206(2). Marice Curry, 35, of Fresno, filed more than 50 fraudulent tax returned in 2023. United States Sentencing Commision: Of the 66,662 cases reported to the Commission in fiscal year 2025, 324 involved tax fraud.

More...   $ (08-27-2026 - CA)

United States ex rel. Jahr, et al., v. Tetra Tech EC, Inc.

San Francisco, Californian qui tam lawyers represented the United States in a False Claims Action. Reported by Kent Morlan Arthur R. Jahr III, Elbert G. Bowers, Susan V. Andrews, Archie R. Jackson, Anthony Smith, Donald K. Wadsworth, and Robert McLean, former employees and contractors

More...   $ (08-25-2026 - CA)

State of Oklahoma v. Joshua Michael King

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with obtaining property by trick, deception, or by means of false or bogus check in violation of 21 O.S. 1541. Reported by: Kent Morlan

More...   $ (08-19-2026 - OK)

United States of America v. Robert Cochran and Tejuana Dillard

Little Rock, Arkansas, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with smuggling contraband into the Forrest City Federal Correctional Complex (FCC). Reported by: Kent Morlan On December 5, 2023, Robert Cochran, 37, of Forrest City, was indicted by a federal grand jur

More...   $ (08-21-2026 - AR)

Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Mobile, Alabama United States District Attorney's offices sued Continental Aerospace Technologies Inc. on a False Claims Act violation theory claiming that submitting false claims to obtain a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan for which it was not eligible. Reported by:

More...   $ (08-21-2026 - WI)

United States of America v. Kevin Ryan Straw

Lexington, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charted with wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343. Reported by: Kent Morlan Between 2021 and 2024, Kevin Ryan Straw, 40,, of Lexington, Kentucky served as President of Metropolitan Lodge 32, Fraternal Order of

More...   $ (08-17-2026 - KY)

United States of America v. Zephanial Flynn

Memphis, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. 921(g). Reported by: Kent Morlan Officers with the Memphis Police Department Fugitive Task Force were attempting to arrest Zephanial Flynn, 43, of

More...   $ (08-14-2026 - TN)

United States of America, es rel. Bloequote, Inc. v. Nestor Zenarosa, et al.

Dallas, Texas, civil litigation lawyers represented the Defendants accused of violating the False Claims Act applying for and receiving loans that they were not eligible for in the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Reported by: Kent Morlan The two I

More...   $ (08-14-2026 - TX)

United States of America v. Adedayo Fateru, Lisa Farrow, William Atwater, and Victoria Stone

Greensboro, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1956(h). Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation and the United States Postal Inspection Services (“USPIS”) investigated Adedayo Fateru, a Nigerian citizen and U.S. Permanent Resident, Lisa Farrow, William Atwater, and Victoria S

More...   $ (08-13-2026 - NC)

United States of America v. Daryl F. Heller

Allentown, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with securities fraud in violation of 15 U.S.C. 78j(b) and wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343. Reported by: Kent Morlan Daryl F. Heller, 56, of Lititz, Pennsylvania, controlled and was the majorit

More...   $ (08-11-2026 - PA)

United States of America v. Justin Glauthier

Providence, Rhode Island, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with stalking through facilities of interstate commerce in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2261A(2)(B). Reported by: Kent Morlan Justin Glauthier, age 31, of Anaheim, California, obtained women’s names, photog

More...   $ (08-09-2026 - RI)

United States of America v. Condat Corporation

Detroit, Michigan civil litigation lawyers represented the Defendant accused of violating the False Claims Act by making false statements to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to obtain a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan for which Condat was ineligible. In January 2021, Condat Corporation, a Michigan company that produces a range of industrial lubricants, obtained a second draw

More...   $ (07-31-2026 - MI)

State of Oklahoma v. Alexander Nicholas Downing

Tulsa, Oklahoma, lawyer represented the Defendant charged with false declaration of ownership in violation of 21 O.S. 1435(B). Reported by: Kent Morlan

More...   $ (08-03-2026 - OK)

United States of America v. Bermun Deamon McGhee

Birmingham, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making false statements to a federally insured institution in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1014, bank fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1344, making false statements in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1001, and making unlawful monetary transactions in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1957. Reported by More...   $ (08-07-2026 - AL)

United States of America v. Bryan Steven Etheridge

Jacksonville, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making false statement to a federally licensed firearms dealer. Reported by Kent Morlan On May 10, 2025, Bryan Steven Etheridge, age 40, Lake City, Columbia County, Florida, attempted to purchase a .

More...   $ (08-05-2026 - FL)

United States of America v. Stephen Dubin, M.D.

Las Vegas, Nevada, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud in violation of 18 USC 1349 and health care fraud in violation of 18 USC 1347. Reported by Kent Morlan Stephen Dubin, M.D., 74, of Henderson, Nevada, is accused o

More...   $ (08-05-2026 - NV)

United States of America v. Sangsoo Kim

San Francisco, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry following removal in violation of 8 U.S.C. 1326 and false use of a passport in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1543. Digested by Kent Morlan Sangsoo Kim, 56, a national of South Korea, admi

More...   $ (07-31-2026 - CA)

United States of America v. Cynthia Marie Marabella and William Keolanui Costa

Las Vegas, Nevada, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343 and engaging in transactions in unlawful proceeds in violation of 18 U.S.C. 195l7. Digested by Kent Morlan From January 1, 2018, to about February 28, 2025, Cyn

More...   $ (07-31-2026 - NV)

United States of America v. Miran Kostic

Boise, Idaho, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with making material false statements and attempted naturalization fraud. Digested by Kent Morlan Miran Kostic, 66, of Boise, Idaho, was a high-level official in the so-called Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia (

More...   $ (07-31-2026 - ID)

United States of America v. Tasha Hoggatt

Spokane, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft concerning programs receiving federal funds in violation of 18 U.S.c. 666(a)(1). Digested by Kent Morlan Between October 1, 2021, and October 31, 2022, Tasha Hoggatt, age 51, of Valencia, Californ

More...   $ (07-31-2026 - WA)

United States of America v. Jalal Nimer Asad

Peoria, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to defraud the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. 371 and structuring transactions to evade reporting requirements in violation of 31 U.S.C. 5324. Digested by: Kent Morlan Jalal Nimer Asad,

More...   $ (07-27-2026 - IL)

United States of America v. Thomas Goldstein

Greenbelt, Maryland, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with tax evasion in violation of 26 U.S.C. 7201, aiding and assisting the preparation of false and fraudulent tax returns in violation of 26 U.S.C. 7206, willful failure to pay taxes in violation of 26 U.S.C. 7203. and making false statements on loan applications in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1014. Digested by:

More...   $ (07-26-2026 - MD)

United States of America v. Magnolia Diagnostics, John Baines, and Kelly Bains

Dallas, Texas, qui tam lawyers represented the United States of America on a False Claims Act violation theory. Digested by: Kent Morlan Magnolia Diagnostics, a clinical laboratory based in Dallas, Texas, and its owners, John Bains and Kelly Bains, billed Medicare for medically unneces

More...   $19200000 (07-24-2026 - TX)

Bobbie Jo Horocofsky v. City of Lawrence, Kansas, et al.

Kansas City, Kansas, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights claim. Digested by: Kent Morlan Bobbie Jo Horocofsky alleged that she was raped by a law-school classmate. But officers of the City of Lawrence Police Department (LPD) ended up investigating her fo

More...   $ (07-24-2026 - KS)

Next Page