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United States of America v. Mathew James

Central Islip, New York Criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Over $600 Million Health Care Fraud, Wire Fraud and Identity Theft Scheme.

Defendant Impersonated Jeff Pash, The National Football League’s General Counsel, and National Basketball Association Player Marcus ... More...   $0 (02-02-2024 - NY)

United States of America v. Raul Rodriguez

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with running an unlicensed money transmitter business.



– The owner of a Miami-based digital currency exchange business pleaded guilty to operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, in violation of Title 18, United States Co... More...
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United States of America v. Michael Villarroel

San Diego, California Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Perpetrating a $2 Million Insurance Fraud Scheme



.Dr. Michael Villarroel, who at the time of his crimes was a doctor in the U.S. Navy, was sentenced in federal court today to one year and one day in custody after admitt... More...
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United States of America v. Edmanuel Victoria

Miami , Florida Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant a Pembroke Pines man sentenced to 216 months in federal prison for armed bank robbery and carjacking



A Pembroke Pines man was sentenced to 216 months in federal prison after pleading guilty in November 2023 to two counts of armed bank robbery... More...
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United States of America v. Dr. Michael Villarroel

San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud.

Dr. Michael Villarroel pleaded guilty to participating in a scheme to make false claims to obtain unearned Befetits form an insurance program that compensates service members who suffer serious and debilitating injuries while on active duty. . According to his plea agreement, participants in ... More...
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United States of America v. Wenheng Zhao

Los Angles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant who was indicted For Transmitting Sensitive U.S. Military Information to Chinese Intelligence Officer




A United States Navy service member was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for transmitting sensitive U.S. military informat... More...
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United States of America v. Lynda Charles; Rosie Bryant; Delois Bryant; Brenda Sherpell; Niki Charles; Everett Martindale and Jerry Green

Little Rock, Arkansas Criminal Defense Lawyer represented Defendants with $11.5 Million Fraud



Seven defendants were sentenced to federal prison for their involvement in a scheme to defraud the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of more than $11.5 million that was intended to benefit farmers who had been dis... More...
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United States of America v. Terry Ross Killion

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud for taking dead brother's social security payments.

Terry Ross Killion, age 41, elected to plead guilty to aggravated identity theft.
He agreed to pay $116,000 in restitution and is likely to be sentenced to at least 2 years in prison.

42 USC 1344: Bank Fraud; FORFEITURE ALLEGATION: 18 U... More...
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United States of America v. Karel Felipe and Tamara Quicutis

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud and money laundering.

Karel Felipe, 42, of Miami Shores, and Tamara Quicutis, 54, of Hialeah, were convicted in October 2023 after a jury found them guilty of conspiring to commit health care fraud and wire fraud and conspiring to commit money laundering.

Accord... More...
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United States of America v. Janet Yamanaka Mello

San Antonio, Texas Fraud Lawyer represented Army Civilian Employee for Alleged $100 Million Fraud Scheme

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SAN ANTONIO – A federal grand jury in San Antonio returned an indictment today charging a San Antonio woman with 10 counts related to a fraud scheme she allegedly conducted while working as a civilian financial program manager at Fort Sam Hous... More...
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United States of America v. Kristy Mak and Andre Prince

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Two Employees of Brooklyn Moving Company Convicted of Defrauding Customers



Customers’ Belongings Were Held Hostage By Movers Unless They Paid Bogus, Additional Fees
Earlier today, a federal jury in Brooklyn convicted Kristy Mak and Andre Prince of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, the sole count of... More...
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United States of America v. Hope Leticia Hastey

Lubbock, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant Indicted for Concealing PPP Loan Fraud



Hope Leticia Hastey, 51, was charged via criminal information in August 2023 and pleaded guilty to one count of misprision of a felony. Ms. Hastey was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge James Wesley Hendrix, who ordered her to pay $3,545,894.36 in resti... More...
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United States of America v. Adrian Kawuba

Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant Indicted on African Sports Ponzi Scheme




BOSTON – A Watertown man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to defrauding investors who believed they were financing lucrative short-term sports ventures in Africa.

Adrian Kawuba, 33, pleaded guilty to four counts of wire fraud... More...
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United States of America v. Floyd Young


Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant Receiving Bribes from Contractors



A Connecticut man who held positions involving facility maintenance at three collegiate institutions was sentenced yesterday for receiving $919,066 of bribes in exchange for directing contracts to favored contractors.

Floyd Young, 53, of S... More...
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Duryane Chaney v. United States

Duryane Chaney pleaded guilty to one count each of felon in
possession of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute cocaine. Because his criminal
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record included convictions for one “serious drug offense” and two “violent felon[ies],” Chaney
was sentenced as an armed career criminal, subject to the Armed Career Crimin... More...
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United States of America v. Roy Bradley, Sr.


Steven Ingersoll was an optometrist in Bay City, Michigan. (Bradley PSR at 5). He was
also the sole owner of Smart Schools Management (SSM) and Smart Schools, Inc. (SSI), two
entities created to operate public charter schools in Michigan. R. 393 (Tr. at 39, 50) (Page ID
#8472, 8483); R. 394 (Tr. at 11) (Page ID #8579); R. 396 (Tr. at 164–65) (Page ID #8903–04).
To run ... More...
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United States of America v. Kejuan Pharrell Carter

Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing drugs.

Carter sold approximately 320 grams of methamphetamine to an undercover officer in
2022. He was charged with three counts of distributing methamphetamine and, pursuant to a
plea agreement, pleaded guilty to one count. His advisory Sentencing Guidelines range was 108
to ... More...
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United States of America v. Anurag Dass

Hosuton, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with
aiding and abetting the receipt of a $7,710 healthcare kickback and one count of money laundering .


Anurag Dass pleaded guilty of aiding and abetting the receipt of a
$7,710 healthcare kickback and one count of money laundering and was sentenced to 24 months of imprisonment, two years of supervise... More...
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United States of America v. Daniel Kemp, Sr.

Defendant Daniel N. Kemp, Sr., was charged with nine counts of sexually abusing his adopted children. Pursuant to an agreement with the government, he pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated sexual abuse, and the remaining charges were dismissed. The district court sentenced Kemp to life imprisonment – a term within the Sentencing Guidelines range adopted by the court – and to a lifetime... More...   $0 (12-26-2023 - VA)

United States of America v. Alif Adil

A federal jury convicted Alif Jan Adil of abusive sexual contact, in violation of 18
U.S.C. § 2244(a)(3); coercion or enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity, in
violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b); and possession of child pornography, in violation of 18
U.S.C. § 2252(a)(4)(A), (b)(2). The district court sentenced Adil to a total of 150 months’
imprisonment. On app... More...
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United States of America v. Jalon Amari Britt

Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition and possession with intent to distribute marijuana.

Evidence presented in Court revealed that on March 30, 2022, deputies with the Richland County Sheriff’s Department were conducting surveillance on Britt at Jalon Amari Britt's apartment to ser... More...
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United States of America v. David Izsak

Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with scheming to defraud multiple financial institutions out of $4 million.

DAVID IZSAK, 48, of Chicago, was a licensed real estate professional and the sole proprietor of Skokie, Ill.-based Premier Assets Inc. and Premier Properties Enterprises, Inc. From 2005 to 2018, Izsak engaged in a scheme to defraud financ... More...
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United States of America v. Rodell Patterson

Albany, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engaging in the firearms business without a license.

Rodell Patterson, age 51, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, admitted to mailing eight packages containing a total of 10 firearms from Baton Rouge to the Capital Region in 2021 and 2022. Two of those firearms were recovered in June 2022 in the Troy, New York, apart... More...
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United States of America v. Denim Lee Blount

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Carry, Use, Brandish, and Discharge a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence and car jacking.

Denim Lee Blount, age 21, was accused of participating in a May 13, 2021, robbery in Haikey Creek Park in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma that left two men dead. Blount also admitted to attempting t... More...
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United States of America v. Earl Ingarfield

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with orchestrating multiple “pump and dump” stock fraud schemes designed to target retail investors and manipulate trading in penny stock shares, including a scheme to manipulate the shares of Suburban Minerals Corporation (“SUBB”) from which INGARFIELD made more than $1.4 million.

From at least 201... More...
   $0 (12-18-2023 - NY)

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