Forfeiture Law
 
United States of America v. David Hu

New York, New York criminal defense lawyers represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit investment adviser fraud, securities fraud and wire fraud.

David Hu, former managing partner and chief investment officer of the Manhattan-based investment advisory firm International Investment Group (“IIG”), "...shirked his fiduciary responsibilities and defrauded IIG funds and inves... More...
   $0 (04-11-2022 - NY)

United States of America v. Loyd Tomlinson, Sr.

Tampa, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with defrauding a federally insured financial institution out of more than $20 million.

Loyd Tomlinson, age 79, from St. Petersburg, Florida and his son, Loyd Tomlinson II, owned and operated LTA International Global Services LLC (“LTA”), a distribution company. In or around 2015, LTA began to have severe financial p... More...
   $0 (04-08-2022 - FL)

United States of America v. Thomas Daniels

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with carjacking.

On February 14, 2020, Thomas Daniels showed up at a tow yard in Homestead, Florida, and attempted to break into a car parked just outside the yard. When he could not get in, Daniels approached the owners of the car who were inside the yard. Daniels pointed a gun at them, demanding that they hand over t... More...
   $0 (04-08-2022 - FL)

United States of America v. Michael Feinberg and Betsy Feinberg

Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with fraud.

Michael Feinberg, age 73, and Betsy Feinberg, age 80, both from Tucson, operated Catharon Software Corporation as husband and wife. The Feinbergs claimed to have produced revolutionary software called VDelta that would generate enormous returns for investors and philanthropists. For almost 15 years, the coup... More...
   $0 (04-08-2022 - AZ)

United States of America v. Lola Shalewa Barbara Kasali

Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with bank fraud and making false statements.

Lola Shalewa Barbara Kasali, 24, of Houston, submitted two fraudulent loan applications to two different lenders on behalf of her companies, Lola’s Level and Charm Hair Extensions. Through these loan applications, Kasali sought over $3.8 million in PPP loan funds. Kasali fal... More...
   $0 (04-07-2022 - TX)

United States of America v. Lawrence Ray

New York, New York criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant charged with;

18:1951.F INTERFERENCE WITH COMMERCE BY THREAT OR VIOLENCE (EXTORTION CONSPIRACY)
(1)
18:1962-7480.F RACKETEERING CONSPIRACY
(1s)
18:1962-7480.F RACKETEERING CONSPIRACY
(1ss)
18:1951.F INTERFERENCE WITH COMMERCE BY THREAT OR VIOLENCE (EXTORTION)
(2)
18:1951.F INTERFE... More...
   $0 (04-06-2022 - NY)

United States of America v. ESI Energy, LLC

Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant charged with violating 16 U.S.C. §§703, 707(a), bu Taking, killing, or possessing migratory birds unlawfully.

ESI Energy, LLC was accused of causing the deaths of 150 eagles at its wind farms in eight states.

§703. Taking, killing, or possessing migratory birds unlawful

Unless and except as permitted by... More...
   $0 (04-06-2022 - WY)

United States of America v. Henry Douglas Hitchcock

Dayton, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented defendant, who had a history of sex offenses, who was charged with possession of child pornography.

Henry Doublas Hitchcock, age 61, of Covington, Ohio, possessed at least 220,000 images and videos depicting child pornography, which he had collected over a span of 20 years.


The defendant morphed images of pre-pubescent childre... More...
   $0 (04-06-2022 - OH)

United States of America v. Xiaoqing Zheng

Albany, New York criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit economic espionage, etc.

Xiaoqing Zheng, age 59, of Niskayuna, New York was employed at GE Power & Water in Schenectady, New York, as an engineer specializing in sealing technology. He worked at GE from 2008 until the summer of 2018. The trial evidence demonstrated that Zheng and others in C... More...
   $0 (04-01-2022 - NY)

United States of America v. Michael Hans Oloa

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with assaulting a federal officer.

Michael Hans Oloa, age 35, of Lawton, Oklahoma was charged for assaulting federal law enforcement officers by shooting at the officers in a Lawton casino parking lot, and for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.

On June 15, 2021, a federal grand jury ret... More...
   $0 (03-30-2022 - OK)

United States of America v. Nick L. Medeiros and Bobby D. Greaves

Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with conspiracy, fraud and making false statements.

A federal grand jury indicted Nick L. Medeiros, age 49, and Bobby D. Greaves, age 62, Greaves on June 13, 2018, charging the two men with conspiracy, major fraud against the United States, and two counts of false statements. The indictment also included forfe... More...
   $0 (03-29-2022 - NM)

United States of America v. Paul Henri Marie Harleman

Honolulu, Hawaii criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with wire fraud and money laundering.

Paul Henri Marie Harleman, age 35, was working as a contract bookkeeper, he devised two fraud schemes to obtain money from three of his clients. In the first scheme, from July 2018 to May 2020, Harleman formed a limited liability company with a name nearly identical to the name of ... More...
   $0 (03-29-2022 - NI)

United States of America v. David John Nava

San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiring to defraud shareholders of publicly traded companies, transmitting millions of dollars through an unlicensed money transmitting business, and falsifying multiple years of federal tax returns.

David John Nava of La Jolla was sentenced in federal court today to 12 months for his role in multiple fel... More...
   $0 (03-28-2022 - CA)

United States of America v. Jorge Aponte Figueroa

Mimai, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with with carjacking resulting in death and one count of discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.

In May 2017, Aponte Figueroa, age 25, of Miami, along with two co-conspirators, carjacked, at gunpoint, an Uber driver who was sleeping in his minivan. The evidence at trial showed that, after driving th... More...
   $0 (03-25-2022 - FL)

United States of America v. James Darian Pierre

Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute and dispense controlled drugs.

James Pierre, 52, a doctor, of Houston, unlawfully prescribed controlled substances from June 2015 through July 2016 to individuals posing as patients at West Parker Medical Clinic (West Parker), a pill-mill clinic located in Houston.

Trial evidence s... More...
   $0 (03-25-2022 - TX)

United States of America v. John William Thomas Flechs

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with attempted coercion and enticement of a minor in violation for 18 U.S.C. 2422.


“John Flechs attempted to groom a child for sexual abuse via social media, but instead, was messaging an undercover officer with the Rogers County Sheriff’s Office,” said U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. “Law Enforcement’s onli... More...
   $0 (03-25-2022 - OK)

United States of America v. Mark Alan Zager

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and health care fraud in violation of 18:U.S.C.§1349.

Mark Alan Zager, 72, of Miami, conspired with Dennis Nobbe, a now-deceased chiropractor and owner of Dynamic Medical Services, located in Hialeah, Florida, to defraud Medicare, individual patients, and a financial services company... More...
   $0 (03-24-2022 - FL)

United States of America v. Keowsha Golden

Greenville, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute oxycodone.

Keowsha Golden, age 36, from Greenville, South Carolina obtained prescription paper and then forged physician information to write prescriptions for 30 milligram oxycodone tablets. The prescriptions were passed at various pharmacies in the upstate of South Carolina an... More...
   $0 (03-23-2022 - SC)

United States of America v. Thomas Anthony Pearce

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with coercion or enticement of a minor child, etc.

From Feb. 3, 2021, through Feb. 8, 2021. Thomas Anthony Pearce, age 54, met his victim online, coerced her into sexual activity, provided her with marijuana, and took sexually explicit photographs of the teenager. He was also found to possess additional child pornograph... More...
   $0 (03-23-2022 - OK)

United States of America v. William Richard (Rick) Carter, Jr.

Montgomery, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with for his role in a scheme to defraud the Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE).

Athens City Schools administrator, William Richard (“Rick”) Carter, Jr., 46, conspired with other school officials to fraudulently enroll students in public virtual schools and then falsely reported those students to the... More...
   $0 (03-23-2022 - AL)

United States of America v. Elliot Sterling

Baton Rouge, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with wire fraud, financial aid fraud, and engaging in monetary transactions involving property derived from specified unlawful activity.

As the evidence at trial demonstrated, with respect to the Department of Education wire fraud and financial aid fraud counts, Mr. Elliot Sterling, age 33, of Baton Rouge, Louis... More...
   $0 (03-22-2022 - LA)

United States of America v. Te’Ron Reid

South Bend, Indiana criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute over 50 grams of meth.

In September 2020, Te’Ron Reid, 41 years old, of South Bend, Indiana, was on home detention for a different sentence when law enforcement searched his residence. In Reid’s home, officers found over 100 grams of methamphetamine, a drug ledger, and ... More...
   $0 (03-18-2022 - IN)

United States of America v. Frazon Davis

Monroe, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with production of child porn.

Fazon Davis, age 25, of Winnsboro, Louisiana, was indicted by a federal grand jury and pleaded guilty to the production of child pornography on November 22, 2021. According to information presented in court at the hearing, on March 25, 2019, a 16-year-old female went to a medical center... More...
   $0 (03-16-2022 - LA)

United Stats of America v. Gilberto Morales

El Paso, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to possess and distribute drugs and felony firearm possession.

Gilberto Morales, age 57, was charged with one count of conspiracy to possess 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana; one count of possession of 100 kilograms or more of marijuana; one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm; one coun... More...
   $0 (03-14-2022 - TX)

United States of America v. Teang Liu

Washington, DC: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with fraud conspiracy.

Eeang Liu, age 36, pleaded guilty in February 2021, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud m. In addition to the prison term, the Honorable Emmet G. Sullivan ordered Liu to pay $577,780 in restitution and $57,780 in a forfeiture mon... More...
   $0 (03-14-2022 - DC)

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