Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with violating the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act.

Michael Earl Yellow, 56, of Goulding, Utah was indicted for violating the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, and for possessing a firearm after being convicted of a felony offense.

According to court documents, Yellow pleaded guilty to the unauth... More...   $0 (06-09-2022 - UT)

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with making false statements to a financial institution.

Aleta Necole Thomas, 43, admitted in her plea agreement that she submitted false statements and reports to Cross River Bank when she applied for a Paycheck Protection Program loan — guaranteed by the Small Business Administration under the federal CARES Act —... More...   $0 (06-08-2022 - OK)

Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering.

Sheldon Shaun Hibbert, 43, most recently of Orlando, Florida, participated in a scheme where scammers called elderly victims and falsely stated they had won a lottery. To receive their “winnings,” the victims were told they must first submit money for taxes and fees. Hib... More...   $0 (06-08-2022 - AZ)

Tallahassee, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with bank fraud.

Jennifer Woods, 46, of Panama City, Florida, and Jeffrey Cannon, 48, of Orlando, Florida, were sentenced on March 9, 2022, and today, respectively, after previously pleading guilty to charges relating to a bank fraud conspiracy. Woods was sentenced to a total of twenty-four months in prison for Con... More...   $0 (06-07-2022 - FL)

Denver, Colorado criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with for fraudulently obtaining funds intended to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Between April 5, 2020 and June 10, 2020, Daniel Stonebarger, age 50, of Highlands Ranch, submitted numerous fraudulent applications for Economic Injury Disaster Loans and Grants (EIDLs and EIDGs), and Paycheck Protect... More...   $0 (05-27-2022 - CO)

Medford, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with long criminal history, including multiple convictions for strangulation and assault, was sentenced to federal prison for illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.

In the early morning hours of March 30, 2019, two officers from the Medford Police Department observed a white compact car stopping in the mi... More...   $0 (05-27-2022 - OR)

San Diego, Califonria criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with attempting to smuggle hydroxychloroquine into the United States to sell in his coronavirus “treatment kits.”

DR. Jennings Ryan Staley, M.D., age 44, pleaded guilty to one count of importation contrary to law, admitting that he worked with a Chinese supplier to try to smuggle into the United States a barr... More...   $0 (05-27-2022 - ca)

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with drug trafficking.

John Armas, age 44, of Hillsboro operated a methamphetamine distribution cell as part of a larger drug trafficking network led by Victor Alvarez Farfan, 50, of Oregon City, Oregon. Armas would receive pounds of methamphetamine at his residence from Farfan or associates of Farfan and, in turn, tra... More...   $0 (05-26-2022 - OR)

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with carjacking and felony possession of a firearm.

U.S. District Judge Billy Roy Wilson sentenced Dwight Vernon Leleux to 144 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release. The defendant was further ordered to pay the victim $3, 229.09 in restitution for medical costs, to be paid jointly and se... More...   $0 (05-26-2022 - OK)

Rapid City, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Dai’Sean Dupree Battles, age 30, from Waterloo, Iowa, and his girlfriend were involved in an altercation with another individual at a home in Waterloo. That individual left the residence with two others and Battles and his girlfriend followed in their vehicle. As they... More...   $0 (05-25-2022 - IA)

Las Vegas, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and fentanyl, a deadly synthetic opioid.

Jesse Arevalo, aka “Kay,” 31, pleaded guilty in February 2022 to one count of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and cocaine.

“Our office is committed to working alongside the DEA and our local, state, and federal law enforcemen... More...   $0 (05-25-2022 - NV)

New York, New York criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with Ponzi-like securities fraud.

U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: “Ruless Pierre violated the trust of his closest friends and fellow community members. Pierre’s brazen lies caused many of his victims not only financial losses, but long-lasting emotional damage as well. This sentence achieves some measure ... More...   $0 (05-24-2022 - NY)

Marysville, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with felony assault and endangering children.


{¶2} Shortly after 8:00 a.m. on the morning of February 13, 2021, the Union County Sheriffs Office received a 911 call reporting gunshots at an apartment complex on Meadows Drive in Marysville. The caller reported that a short, slender Black male dressed in a blue shi... More...   $0 (05-23-2022 - OH)

Abingdon, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with false representation of a medcaid matter in violation of 42 U.S.C. 1320.

Rakesh Reddy Kothuru, 49, pled guilty in January 2022 to one count of knowingly and willfully making false representations of material facts for payments under federal health care programs. The conviction means Kothuru is subject to mandat... More...   $0 (05-23-2022 - VA)

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with orchestrating an elaborate fraud scheme that cheated U.S. manufacturers of infant formula, eye-care products, and other FDA-regulated items out of more than $100 million.

Between 2013 and 2018, Johnny Grobman, 48, Raoul Doekhie, 53, and Sherida Nabi, 57, secured deep price discounts for infant formula and other ... More...   $0 (05-20-2022 - OK)

New York, New York criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with firearm felonies.


WHEREAS, on or about May 11, 2021, KEN ALEXANDER a/k/a “Ryu, ” (the “Defendant”), among others, was charged in two counts of a three-count Superseding Indictment, S4 21 Cr. 249 (SHS) (the “Indictment”), with conspiracy to commit firearms offenses, in violation of Title 18, Unit... More...   $0 (05-20-2022 - NY)

Greenville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyers represented defendants charged with multimillion-dollar health care fraud scheme.

Peter Bolos and his co-conspirators, Michael Palso, Andrew Assad, Scott Roix, Larry Smith, Mihir Taneja, Arun Kapoor and Maikel Bolos, as well as various companies owned or controlled by some of these individuals, deceived pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), suc... More...   $0 (05-20-2022 - FN)

Newark, New Jersey criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with health care fraud and engaging in a kickback scheme.

Pat Truglia, 54, of Parkland, Florida, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Kevin McNulty in Newark federal court to conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Judge McNulty imposed the sentence today in Newark federal court. Two co-defendants, Ni... More...   $0 (05-20-2022 - NJ)

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud and to money laundering for masterminding a scheme to obtain 14 fraudulent loans totaling approximately $11.1 million from the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”). To date, a total of twenty-three individuals have been charged in connection with the fraudulent scheme. More...   $0 (05-20-2022 - GA)

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with buying or selling of children and producing child porn.

Robert Dunn, a registered sex offender, developed a "master-slave" relationship with Tonya Bagley. The started texting in November 2019. Bagley and Dunn, both in their early forties, agreed that Bagley would photograph herself performing oral sex on a young b... More...   $0 (05-19-2022 - FL)

Medford, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with armed kidnapping of three adult victims, including a former dating partner, and illegally possessing a stolen firearm as a convicted felon.

George Gene Rose, 45, was sentenced to 300 months in federal prison and five years’ supervised release.

“Mr. Rose’s callous and terrifying kidnapping of his form... More...   $0 (05-19-2022 - OR)

Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with smuggling and threatening a federal officer.

John Milton Lee, agte 62, of Las Vegas, traveled from Arizona to Mexico on November 1, 2019, but Mexican authorities returned him to the port almost immediately. When Lee returned to the Lukeville Port of Entry, he refused to provide identification. At secondary inspecti... More...   $0 (05-18-2022 - AZ)

White Plains, New York criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with fraud and misbranding drugs introduced into interstate commerce.

Gabriel Letizia, Jr. pleaded guilty of defrauding customers of his consumer products testing company and causing misbranded drugs to be introduced into interstate commerce.

LETIZIA was the owner and executive director of AMA Laborator... More...   $0 (05-18-2022 - NY)

Shreveport, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.

On May 9, 2020, a trooper with the Louisiana State Police stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation and Lovoriss Montray Powell, age 39, of Shreveport, was identified as the driver and sole occupant. The trooper asked for permission to search the vehicle and Powell ga... More...   $0 (05-16-2022 - LA)

St. George, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with failing to file financial reports with the United States Treasury after bringing currency in excess of $10,000 back into the United States from China.

Nam Ma, age 39, of Washington, Utah failed to report with the United States Treasury after bringing currency in excess of $10,000 back into the United States from ... More...   $0 (05-16-2022 - UT)