Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess in distribut meth and felony possession of a firearm.

21:846 and 841(b)(1)(A)(viii): Drug Conspiracy; Forfeiture Allegation: 21:853, 18:924(d)(1), and 28:2461(c): Firearms and Drug Forfeiture
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21:841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C), and 18:2: Possession of Methamphetamine with In... More...   $0 (11-14-2023 - OK)

Albany, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engaging in a fraudulent scheme to obtain more than $800,000 in unemployment insurance benefits by abusing his position with the NYSDOL.

Wendell Giles, age 53, of Albany, admitted that he and another former NYSDOL employee, Carl J. DiVeglia III, abused their state computer systems access to create and approve... More...   $0 (11-09-2023 - NY)

Norfolk, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sending threatening messages online.

In April and May 2023, John Muccio, 39, sent numerous online threats to a debt collection company located in Norfolk. The company had sent letters and attempted to call Muccio about money he owed. In response, Muccio sent several different threatening messages via the c... More...   $0 (11-03-2023 - VA)

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud and money laundering.

Jill Nicole Ford, age 32, formerly of Edmond, Oklahoma, was Fraudulently obtained $252,143.35 through obtained through the Main Street Lending Program (MSLP), a lending facility established by the Federal Reserve Board and supported with funding authorized by the Coro... More...   $0 (11-03-2023 - OK)

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and transportation of stolen property.

In July, Sunday Daniel Ganyo, 37, was extradited from South Africa pursuant to a 2020 federal criminal complaint alleging his involvement in a cyber fraud scheme targeting a Tulsa company that almost succeeded in stealing nearly half a million dollars’ worth o... More...   $0 (11-02-2023 - OK)

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with tampering with witnesses who were slated to testify in federal court proceedings, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.

Derius Donovan Ledet, 33, and Ulysses Semion Washington, 35, were accused of tampering with witnesses that were likely to testify against them.

On March 23, 2022, Ledet, who was bei... More...   $0 (11-01-2023 - OK)

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

Devin Darel Fletcher, age 39, the former Chief Learning and Talent Officer for Tulsa Public Schools (TPS) pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. In total, Fletcher’s fraudulent actions caused a loss of at least $603,992.32 to TPS and the Foundation.

Acco... More...   $0 (11-01-2023 - OK)

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with COVID-19 relief fraud.

Arashio Harris, 49, of Miami-Dade County, Florida, had previously pleaded guilty to wire fraud in connection with his fraudulent applications for two Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans, two Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) and an EIDL advance.

Harris, along with being a ... More...   $0 (10-30-2023 - fL)

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition; Forfeiture Allegation: 18 USC 924(d) and 28 USC 2461(c): Firearms Forfeiture
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Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Receipt and Distribution of a Visual Depiction of a Minor Engaged in Sexually Explicit Conduct; Forfeiture Allegation: 18 USC 2253(a)(2) and (a)(3): Sexual Exploitation of Children Forfeiture (1) and Possession of a Visual Depiction of a Minor Engaged in Sexually Explicit Conduct; Forfeiture Allegation: 18 USC 2253(a)... More...   $0 (10-24-2023 - OK)

Monroe, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire and bankruptcy fraud.

Avery Antron Goins, 44, of Monroe, worked in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, in the auto brokerage and sales industry. According to information introduced in court, Goins registered two companies with the Louisiana Secretary of State, Avery’s Auto Brokerage in 2006 and 2nd Chance Auto... More...   $0 (10-24-2023 - LA)

Beaumont, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking.

On October 1, 2021, Justin Hall McSpadden. age 45, sold four ounces of methamphetamine for $1,200.00 to an individual at the Petro Truck Stop located at 5405 Walden Road in Beaumont. Later that same day, law enforcement conducted a traffic stop on McSpadden on Cardinal Drive in Beaumont. Dur... More...   $0 (10-24-2023 - TX)

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Minor in Indian Country.

Billy Scott McDonald, age 48, not only engaged in sexual acts with a toddler. He also photographed the sexual acts resulting in the producing and possessing child pornography. “Federal prosecutors and our law enforcement partners will do everything in ou... More...   $0 (10-24-2023 - OK)

on April 6, 2018, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Kerimov as a Specially Designated National (SDN) under IEEPA in connection with its finding that the actions of the Government of the Russian Federation in Ukraine constituted an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States. In imposing sancti... More...   $0 (10-23-2023 - NY)

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with running a fraudulent cryptocurrency and stock investment scheme.

From June 2020 through March 2022, Ryan James Crawford, aka “Brody,â€� 30, tricked victims into investing almost $1 million in his scheme by: falsely claiming to be a highly successful licensed stockbroker who had made tens of millions of dollars... More...   $0 (10-20-2023 - FL)

Missoula, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute controlled substances in violation of 21 U.S.C. 841A.

"21 U.S.C. 841 is a federal law that prohibits the manufacturing, distribution, or possession with intent to distribute controlled substances. Controlled substances are drugs that have been classified by the Drug Enfor... More...   $0 (10-20-2023 - MT)

San Diego, California criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with committing various crimes in connection with his operation of five California and Arizona-based illicit massage businesses that profited for years by selling commercial sex under the guise of offering therapeutic massage services.

Griffin’s three female co-defendants, Kyung Sook Hernandez, 59, Yu Hong... More...   $0 (10-16-2023 - CA)

Norfolk, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted coercion and enticement of a minor.

On May 25, Lieutenant Michael Andrew Widroff, 34, a Naval Officer previously assigned as the psychologist for the USS GERALD R. FORD (CVN-78) in Norfolk, initiated sexual conversation with who he believed to be a 14-year-old girl over Snapchat. He later expresse... More...   $0 (10-13-2023 - VA)

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with securities fraud.

Carl R. Ruderman, 82, former chairman of 1 Global Capital LLC (“1 Globalâ€�) pled guilty to a $250 million securities fraud scheme. Four of Ruderman’s co-conspirators have already pleaded guilty for their role in this fraud, including two lawyers who provided him with false legal cover to s... More...   $0 (10-13-2023 - FL)

Florence, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute over 400 grams of fentanyl.

In 2021, agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) began investigating a possible clandestine pill pressing operation out of Myrtle Beach after learning that multiple pill press machines were sent to Kelly Broskyâ€... More...   $0 (10-12-2023 - SC)

Lake Charles, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally possessing a firearm.

On August 6, 2022, deputies with the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a vehicle operated by Johntrel Joel Lewis, 34, of Lake Charles. Lewis continued traveling in his vehicle evading law enforcement, eventually abandoning the vehi... More...   $0 (10-12-2023 - LA)

Syracuse, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of wire fraud and three counts of transacting in criminally derived property for fraudulently obtaining two Paycheck Program (PPP) loans during the pandemic, receiving over $140,000 in loan proceeds, and spending those proceeds, among other things, in three separate transactions each exceeding $10,000.More...   $0 (10-11-2023 - NY)

Montgomery, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally possessing a firearm.

On June 15, 2022, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at Lausane’s residence in Montgomery. Inside the residence, officers found a handgun and shotgun. Lausane has a previous felony conviction and is prohibited from possessing a firearm. On June 7, 2023, Lau... More...   $0 (10-05-2023 - AL)

Del Rio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to transport illegal aliens in violation of 8 U.S.C. 1324(a)(1)(A)(v)(I) & (B)(i).

(a) Criminal penalties
(1)
(A) Any person who—
(i) knowing that a person is an alien, brings to or attempts to bring to the United States in any manner whatsoever such person at a place other than a desig... More...   $0 (10-05-2023 - TX)