Ocala, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with receiving stolen government property.

The Veterans Affairs (“VA”) Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (“DIC”) program furnishes a monthly benefit paid to eligible survivors of deceased military service members. If the surviving spouse remarries, however, they are no longer eligible to receive DIC benefits.... More...   $0 (04-27-2023 - FL)

Pensacola, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

Brian G. Kolfage, ate 42, of Miaamar Beach Florida, was accused of filing of his 2019 federal income taxes, along with a guilty plea to conspiracy to commit wire fraud charges filed by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York for defrauding dono... More...   $0 (04-26-2023 - FL)

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with participating in a scheme to steal millions of dollars’ worth of cryptocurrency and trick U.S. banks into refunding the millions used to purchase that cryptocurrency, in part by using personal identifying information stolen from other people.

From at least in or about 2020 through at least in or about Ma... More...   $0 (04-26-2023 - NY)

New York, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with international money laundering.

Robert Wise of Pelham, New York, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to commit international money laundering, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison. Wise also agreed to forfeit more than $3.7 million and to be satisfied by a payment of $210,441. Sentencin... More...   $0 (04-25-2023 - NY)

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with massive trip and fall fraud scheme.

George Constantine, Marc Elefant and orthopedic surgeon Andrew Dowd participated in a massive trip-and-fall fraud scheme between 2013 and 2018.

“George Constantine, Andrew Dowd, and Marc Elefant abused their professional licenses and degrees and exploited so... More...   $0 (04-25-2023 - NY)

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with defrauding private insurance companies and the Tricare health care program for U.S. military service members by fraudulently submitting nearly $120 million in claims related to the 1-800-GET-THIN Lap-Band surgery business.

A federal jury in December 2021 found Doctor Julian Omidi, age 54, of West Hollywood,... More...   $0 (04-21-2023 - CA)

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with health care fraud.

Matthew Taylor Witkowski engaged in a conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud by fraudulently trafficking in orders for durable medical equipment such as back, knee an elbow braces.

From at least August 2019 through the date of his arrest in July 2022, WITKOWSKI and his co-defendan... More...   $0 (04-20-2023 - NY)

Covington, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

Donaldson was employed as an administrative manager for the Public Works Department, from 2005 until 2022, and had access to credit card information for the department. Her plea agreement explains that starting in February 2020 and continuing until February 2022, Donal... More...   $0 (04-17-2023 - KY)

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

James Zhong was accused of committing wire fraud in September 2012 when he unlawfully obtained approximaely 50,000 Bitcoin from the Silk Road dark web internet marketplace.

U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: “Back in 2012, James Zhong committed wire fraud by stealing 50,000 Bitcoin f... More...   $0 (04-14-2023 - NY)

Little Rock, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with twenty-two counts of, including conspiracy, wire fraud, mail fraud, violating the anti-kickback statute ying to the FBI, falsifying records, and aggravated identity theft.

Joe David May, a/k/a Jay May was accused for conspiracy, wire fraud, mail fraud, violating the anti-kickback statute, lying to the FBI, f... More...   $0 (04-13-2023 - AR)

Richmond, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with armed robbery.

Ricardo Horne, 41, and his co-defendants Michael Brown, 40, and Rashanda Booker, 38, both also from Richmond, robbed a Family Dollar on April 17, 2022 and a Dollar General on April 28, 2022.

On April 17, 2022, Horne and Brown forcefully grabbed a Family Dollar employee as he sought to emp... More...   $0 (04-13-2023 - VA)

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer lawyer represented Defendant charged for his participation in a scheme to obtain large insurance settlements and lawsuit recoveries from fraudulent trip-and-fall accidents.

Adrian Alexander, a New York litigation funder, among others, was involved in an extensive fraud scheme through which fraud scheme participants defrauded businesses and ... More...   $0 (04-13-2023 - NY)

Syracuse, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, distributing and possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl, and using and carrying a firearm while drug-trafficking.

Maurice Owens, age 22, of Syracuse, New York, admitted that he sold fentanyl to a customer on December 2, 2020, and De... More...   $0 (04-11-2023 - NY)

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant charged with orchestrating a sprawling loan fraud scheme, including while he was on pretrial release, whereby he fraudulently sought at least $6.14 million and received $1.5 million in Government-guaranteed loans designed to provide relief to small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Manhattan restaurateur Be... More...   $0 (04-11-2023 - NY)

Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with frauds and swindles, bank fraud, and wire fraud.


In 2006, Shah and Agarwal founded a company called Outcome Health to sell electronic advertising on screens in doctor's office waiting rooms. The company grew rapidly. To fund expansion, the company obtained a $110 million loan in early 2016, followed by a $... More...   $0 (04-11-2023 - IL)

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with conspiracy to defraud the Government.

From 2010 to 2018, Lev Aslan Dermen, age 56, conspired with Jacob and Isaiah Kingston, their mother, Rachel Kingston, Jacob Kingston’s wife, Sally Kingston, and others, to fraudulently claim more than $1 billion in refundable renewable fuel tax credits. The IRS ultimat... More...   $0 (04-10-2023 - UT)

Anchorage, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with violating the Lacey ACt by smuggling protected marine corals frm the Philippines.

Veleriy V. Gorbounov, 45, of Morrison, Colorado was illegally importing and selling endangered corals.

In April, 2022, prosecutors charged Jerome Anthony Stringfield, 43, of Kissimmee, Florida; Albert B. Correira, 35, of We... More...   $0 (04-07-2023 - AK)

San Antonio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy and violating the computer fraud and abuse act related to the operation of a booter service.

As part of an ongoing initiative targeting computer attack “booter” services, the Justice Department today announced the court-authorized seizure of 13 internet domains associated with these DDoS-for-hire ... More...   $0 (04-06-2023 - TX)

Stilwell, Oklahoma criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with falsely personate another to creat liability in violation of 21 O.S. 1531, which provides:

Any person who falsely personates another, and in such assumed character:

1. Marries or pretends to marry, or to sustain the marriage relation toward another, with or without the connivance of such other person; or,More...   $0 (04-06-2023 - OK)

Hammond, Indiana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud and embezzlement against a bankruptcy estate.

Rajesh Kanuru, age 46, of Chicago, Illinois, was an attorney with a practice located in Chicago, Illinois. From March 2012 through August 2018, Kanuru devised a scheme to defraud clients who had filed for bankruptcy, the Bankruptcy Trustee and the U.S. Bankr... More...   $0 (04-05-2023 - IN)

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession of more than 500 images of child sexual abuse material on his electronic devices.

Christian Lee Birse, 24, pleaded guilty to distribution and receipt of child pornography.

In his plea agreement, Birse admitted to distributing and receiving child pornography via social media from Jan. 13, 2021, ... More...   $0 (04-04-2023 - OK)

Plattsburgh, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with alien smuggling and unlawful possession of a firearm.

Rey Felix-Rubio, age 32, a citizen of Mexico, who entered the United States unlawfully in 2021, and in February 2023, he traveled to the northern border in Chateauguay, New York, where he smuggled five Mexican nationals from Canada and into the United Stat... More...   $0 (03-31-2023 - NY)

Cincinnati, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented with Defendant charged with f possessing with the intent to distribute controlled substances, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense and illegally possessing firearms.

Ichen Ewing, age 39, distributed bulk amounts of narcotics from his residence on Betts Avenue in Cincinnati.

While executing a search ... More...   $0 (03-30-2023 - OH)

Seattle, Washington consumer law lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendants on Telephone Consumer Protection Act violation theories.

Defendants claimed to have identified “a real question” regarding the viability of plaintiffs' autodialer claims, and plaintiffs have not shown that they will be prejudiced if a stay is ordered. Wood v. McEwen, 644 F.2d 797, 802 (9th Cir. 1981).<... More...   $0 (03-28-2023 - WA)

San Diego, California criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with conspiring to smuggle and distribute pesticides and veterinary drugs not approved for use in the United States.

Otilio Rodriguez Toledo and Alicia Aispuro Hernandez, husband and wife from Thermal, California, acknowledged that since at least December of 2018, they had been engaged in smuggling pesticides a... More...   $0 (03-28-2023 - CA)