Fort Wayne, Indiana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with distributing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.

Shaine Shepherd, 28 years old, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, pleaded guilty to distributing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.

This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration with the assistance of the Fort Wayne Police Department. The... More...   $0 (05-25-2023 - IN)

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud by fraudulently trafficking in orders for durable medical equipment such as back, knee, and wrist braces.

From at least August 2019 through May 2021, Christopher Margai and his co-defendant, Matthew Taylor Witkowski, engaged in a scheme to defraud Medicare by illegal... More...   $0 (05-25-2023 - NY)

Greensboro, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Aaron Deon Good, Jr., age 25, of Raeford, North Carolina, having been previously convicted of a felony, did possess firearms, in violation Title 18 United Sates Code Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2). The charges stem from two separate incidents in August 2019 an... More...   $0 (05-24-2023 - NC)

San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendants charged with fraud and money laundering in connection with an alleged scheme to falsify applications for pandemic relief funds.

Leronce Suel and Ravae Smith owned Rockstar Dough LLC and Chicken Feed LLC, both of which operated a series of restaurants in the San Diego area. From March 2020 to June 2022, Suel and Smith ... More...   $0 (05-24-2023 - CA)

Richmond, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraud and identity theft charges in connection with stealing the identity of the owner of a Richmond auto shop, Lotsey & Hardy Tire Company.

According to court documents, around January 2022, Daniel Cruz, 30, obtained the owner’s personal information and used that information to take over the auto shop and it... More...   $0 (05-23-2023 - VA)

Alexandria, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit forced labor and transporting a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity. The defendant was also ordered to pay restitution of $979,800 to the victims.

Between June 2016 and May 2019, Darnell Fulton, 39, of Pineville, used violence, sexual abuse, withholding of food, degrad... More...   $0 (05-19-2023 - LA)

Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with medicaid fraud.

Bourret, through her company Agapi Behavior Consultants, billed Medicaid for services to treat Autism Spectrum Disorder that were either not rendered and/or a portion of the services billed to Medicaid were not provided.

Stamatina Bourret a/k/a Nina Bourret, 41, of Greenville, Sou... More...   $0 (05-17-2023 - SC)

Muskogee, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute meth.

On May 9, 2023, Charles Joseph Raz, age 42, of Dallas, Texas, pleaded guilty to Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine.

During the plea hearing, Raz admitted that on November 27, 2021, he was stopped by a Latimer County Sheriff’s Deputy for ... More...   $0 (05-16-2023 - OK)

Baltimore, Maryland criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with participation in a scheme that created an illegal licensing and employment shortcut for aspiring nurses have pled guilty to wire fraud conspiracy.

Krystal Lopez and Damian Lopez (both of Palm Beach County, Fla.); Francois Legagneur (of Nassau County, N.Y.), Reynoso Seide (of Union County, N.J.); and Yelva Sain... More...   $0 (05-16-2023 - FL)

Bismarck, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with soliciting and accepting bribes and kickbacks from a contractor providing construction services on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota, which is the home of the MHA Nation.

Randall Judge Phelan, 58, of Mandaree, North Dakota, was an elected representative on the Tribal Business Council – t... More...   $0 (05-16-2023 - ND)

Utica, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of a minor, committing a felony offense against a minor while being required to register as a sex offender, and receipt and possession of child pornography, following a 5-day trial in Utica.

Jerod Schaffer, age 40, of Potsdame, New York, was convicted in 2014 in Franklin County, New York, of att... More...   $0 (05-15-2023 - NY)

Muskogee, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with Aggravated Sexual Abuse in Indian Country, which is punishable by not less than thirty years imprisonment.

Government prosecutors alleged that beginning in 2003 and continuing until 2010, Bryan Udale Jones, age 63, of Stilwell, Oklahoma, engaged in sexual acts with a child who had not yet attained the age of 12... More...   $0 (05-12-2023 - OK)

West Palm Beach, Florida consumer law lawyer represent Plaintiff who sued defendant on a Telephone Consumer Protection Act violation theory under 47 U.S.C. 227, which provides, in part:

(b) Restrictions on use of automated telephone equipment
(1) ProhibitionsIt shall be unlawful for any person within the United States, or any person outside the United States if the recipient is withi... More...   $1 (05-09-2023 - FL)

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with multiple counts of extortion and cyberstalking a Utah victim and her family.

Jordy Julian Alvarez, 28, a Texas resident, repeatedly harassed and intimidated the female victim to provide an explicit video or he would release to the public compromising photos and videos of the victim already in his possession. ... More...   $0 (05-09-2023 - UT)

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charge with fraud involving the theft of over $1.4 million in computer equipment.

Tod Erickson, 60, of Londonderry, N.H., served as the information technology manager at a telecommunications company that, until February 2019, had an office located in Chelmsford, Mass. As information technology manager, Erikson was respons... More...   $0 (05-05-2023 - MA)

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with securities fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy.

From in or about 2013 and in or about 2019, James Jeremy Barbera was the founder and CEO of Nanobeak, a privately held nanotechnology company that represented to investors that the company had developed a breathalyzer sensor technology that could detect cancer a... More...   $0 (05-05-2023 - NY)

Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud.

Connie Jo Clampitt, age 52, admitted that she and her co-conspirators accessed private patient information – including names, dates of birth, and insurance subscriber numbers – through various clinics where one defendant worked as a contract lab technician.

They th... More...   $0 (05-04-2023 - TX)

Tallahassee, Florida criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant charged with one count each of wire fraud conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy, and making false statements in connection to COVID-19 pandemic relief.

“The theft of any amount of taxpayer funds is inexcusable but stealing over $4.8 million dollars from honest, hardworking Americans truly in need of pandemic relief is... More...   $0 (05-03-2023 - FL)

Greensboro, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with computer fraud.

Robert Matthew Brittan, of Lexington, was previously employed by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the MDNC as a court management analyst wherein he managed and configured computer products operated by the court’s employees. BRITTAIN resigned from this position in April 2022 afte... More...   $0 (05-03-2023 - NC)

Norfolk, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute Fentanyl mixed with Xylazine, opening two drug-involved premises, possession with intent to distribute Fentanyl mixed with Xylazine, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and being a convicted felon in possession of firearms.

on or about Febr... More...   $0 (05-03-2023 - VA)

Monroe, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with money laundering.

Defendant sentenced to 120 months imprisonment, with credit for time served; upon release from imprisonment, supervised release for a period of 3 years; $100 Special Assessment; $1,114,742.00 Restitution

Michael Ansezell Tolliver, 57, of Monroe, submitted nine fraudulent PPP and EIDL Pr... More...   $0 (05-02-2023 - LA)

Florence, South Carolina criminal Defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud related to unemployment insurance benefits.

Mohammad Ribhi Farraj, age 43, from Florence, South Carolina, and Marvet Masoud, age 34, from Homestead, Florida, engaged in a scheme with others to fraudulently obtain unemployment insurance benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic. ... More...   $0 (05-01-2023 - SC)

San Jose, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiring to defraud Apple, Inc., of millions of dollars and for related tax crimes.

Dhirendra Prasad, age 55, from Mountain House in San Joaquin County, was charged by Information with one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1349 (Count One); two counts of co... More...   $0 (04-29-2023 - CA)

West Palm Beach, Florida criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with distribution of crystal meth.

Rudy Salinas, 31, of Rancho Bucamanca, California was charged with distributing crystal meth. Judge Middlebrooks previously sentenced Salinas’s co-conspirators to the following federal prison sentences:

Alexander McKay, 37, of West Palm Beach, Fla. – eight... More...   $0 (04-28-2023 - FL)

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with obstructing, delaying and affective commerce by robbery and/or forfeiture in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1951.... More...   $0 (04-28-2023 - OK)