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United States of America v. Dr. Malik Muhammad, Ph.D.

Richmond, Virginia criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with defrauding Virginia Medicaid.

Defendant, Durham, North Carolina, clinical psychologist was indicted for defrauding Virginia Medicaid of at least $544,067.69 by creating false diagnoses and medical records for Medicaid recipients, mostly minors, and falsely representing to Medicaid that he was providing them me... More...
   $0 (02-04-2022 - VA)

United States of America v. Brenda J. Shaboski

Bangor, Maine criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged for maintaining a drug-involved premises and distributing fentanyl.

Brenda J. Shaboski, 65, of Bangor, pleaded guilty on July 19, 2021.

Shaboski owned 1702 Union Street in Bangor, a residence referred to locally as “the farm.” From June through December 2020, the location was used by Shaboski and others to... More...
   $0 (02-02-2022 - ME)

United States of America v. Randell Adsit

Syracuse, New York criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with possessing and distributing child pornography.

Randell Adsit, age 51, of Martinsburg, New York, was sentenced today to 180 months in prison for distributing and possessing child pornography. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Janeen DiGuiseppi, Special Agent in Charge of ... More...
   $0 (02-02-2022 - NY)

United States of America v. Luke Pierre, Jr.

Miami, Florida criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged for fraudulently obtaining over $400,000 from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), a program funded under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to provide small businesses with financial relief during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Pierre submitted a PPP loan application on behalf of his company, ... More...
   $0 (02-01-2022 - FL)

United States of America v. Raymond Ted Estes

Concord, New Hampshire criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with possession and distribution of child porn.

Raymond Ted Estes, 56, of Candia, was indicted for distributing and possessing child sexual abuse material.

According to court documents and statements made in court, on March 18, 2019, a Federal Bureau of Investigation undercover agent logged... More...
   $0 (01-31-2022 - NH)

United States of America v. Kevin Hartleroad

Fort Wayne, Indiana criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with attempting to produce child porn.

Kevin Hartleroad, 64, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, was convicted of attempted production of child pornography.

According to documents in this case, between February 2020 and April 2020, Hartleroad engaged in online conversations with an undercover law enforcement ... More...
   $0 (01-28-2022 - IN)

United States of America v. Danielle Bartley

Washington, District of Columbia criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud.

Danielle Bartley, age 26, pleaded guilty in October 2021, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud. In addition to the prison term, the Honorable Thomas F. Hogan today ordered her to pay restitution... More...
   $0 (01-26-2022 - DC)

United States of America v. Marcus Dewayne Smith

Newport News, Virginia criminal defense firearm felony charged lawyer represented defendant.

On or around July 2020, the Newport News Police Department was informed that Marcus Dewayne Smith, 39, was distributing narcotics from various hotels throughout the City of Newport News. In Smith’s hotel room, law enforcement discovered 82 prepackaged glassine packets individually stamped “FIR... More...
   $0 (01-25-2022 - VA)

United States of America v. Cortez Dayshon Duncantel

Alexandria, Louisiana criminal defense lawyers represented defendants charged with felony possession of firearms.

Cortez Dayshon Duncantel, 27, of Alexandria, Louisiana, was sentenced to 130 months (10 years, 10 months) in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, on firearms charges. The charges stem from an incident on June 4, 2019, when a Pineville Police Department officer s... More...
   $0 (01-25-2022 - LA)

United States of America v. Ruth Marie Phillips

Huntington, West Virginia criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with stealing federal funds.

Ruth Marie Phillips, also known as Marie Phillips, 69, worked at RVCDS from December 1986 until September 2020 and held various positions at the non-profit organization. Phillips served as Director of Business and Finance and was responsible for all financial operations, includin... More...
   $0 (01-25-2022 - WV)

United States of America v. M. M

Philadelphia, PA - Criminal defense lawyer represented
defendant with one count of unlawful distribution of fentanyl resulting in death charge.



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A. Factual History



In 2017, a man was found dead on the bathroom floor
of his grandpa... More...
   $0 (01-22-2022 - PA)

United States of America v. Tiffany Dawn Russell

Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with committing multiple fraud schemes and filing a false federal income tax return.

Tiffany Dawn Russell, age 43, was originally indicted in November 2020 for conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, access device fraud, and misuse of a social security number. According to the Indictment, Russell and he... More...
   $0 (01-20-2022 - NC)

United States of America v. Marcus Dewayne Smith

Newport News, Virginia criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with possessing a firearm while distributing narcotics.

in or around July 2020, the Newport News Police Department was informed that Marcus Dewayne Smith, 39, was distributing narcotics from various hotels throughout the City of Newport News. In Smith’s hotel room, law enforcement discovered 82 prepackaged gl... More...
   $0 (01-20-2022 - VA)

United States of America v. Parish Chemical Company Bret F. Randall v. R.W. Investments

Denver, CO – Property lawyers represented defendant and Objector - Appellant with a lien in the United States’ favor on the Property.



The Property is an approximately two-acre site in Vineyard, Utah that was
formerly owned and operated by the Parish Chemical Company and an affiliated
company (collectively “Parish... More...
   $0 (01-20-2022 - CO)

United States of America v. Mary Kathryn Marr

Tampa, Florida criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with money laundering and bank fraud.


Mary Kathryn Marr (42, Miami) was charged with engaging in a conspiracy to commit money laundering.

According to court documents, Marr was the leader of a large, international fraud and money laundering ring that operated out of the United States and abroad. Marr con... More...
   $0 (01-20-2022 - FL)

United States of America v. Jeremy Christoph Rolle

Miami, Florida criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with AIDING AND ABETTING CERTAIN ALIENS TO ENTER THE UNITED STATES

A federal district judge in Fort Lauderdale has sentenced Jeremy Christoph Rolle, 27, of the Bahamas, to 60 months in prison for trying to smuggle into the United States a migrant previously removed from the country following aggravated felony convictio... More...
   $0 (01-20-2022 - FL)

United States of America v. Jamare Mason

Miami, Florida criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with conspiracy to obtain and redirect benefits of veterans and social Security Adminstration beneficiaries to accounts to co-conspirators

A 27-year-old Georgia man who redirected the benefits of veterans and Social Security Administration beneficiaries to accounts that his co-conspirators set up and controlled has bee... More...
   $0 (01-20-2022 - FL)

United States of America v. Richard Alvarado

Syracuse, New York criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with distributing and possessing child porn.

Richard Alvarado, age 28, of Oswego, New York, was indicted for distributing and possessing child pornography.

Alvarado admitted that he actively traded child pornography images and videos using a social media messaging application on his phone, and that on Febr... More...
   $0 (01-19-2022 - NY)

United States of America v. Johnson W. Eustache

Orlando, Florida criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with FRAUD BY WIRE, RADIO, OR TELEVISION


Johnson W. Eustache was indicted for wire fraud and aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns.

Eustache had pleaded guilty on August 3, 2021.

According to court documents, beginning in March 2020 and continuing through April 2021, Eu... More...
   $0 (01-18-2022 - FL)

United States of America v. Michael Adam Lindsey

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with assault with a dangerous weapon during a domestic violence incident involving a child.

Michael Adam Lindsey, 37, of Sand Springs, pleaded guilty in September 2021. Lindsey admitted in his plea agreement that on April 29, 2018, he intended to cause bodily harm when he shot a firearm toward a neighbor as she stood ... More...
   $0 (01-18-2022 - OK)

United States of America v. Karen Duhon

Lafayette, Louisiana criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with mail fraud.

Karen Duhon, 67, of Berwick, Louisiana was indicted in December 2018 and she pleaded guilty on August 12, 2021 to one count of mail fraud. Duhon worked as the bookkeeper at Capital Management Consultants, Inc. (CMCI), a family-owned company located in Morgan City, Louisiana from October 1973 unti... More...
   $0 (01-16-2022 - LA)

United States of America v. Robert Turchin

San Francisco, CA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with three counts of fraud involving identification documents; and one count of conspiracy to violate the prohibitions on bribery concerning a program receiving federal funds and the prohibitions on fraud involving identification documents charges.



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   $0 (01-15-2022 - CA)

United States of America v. Jeffrey Olsen

Pasadena, California - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with an illegally prescribing opioids charge.



The panel (1) amended its opinion filed April 23, 2021,
reversing the district court’s judgment dismissing with
prejudice an indictment charging Jeffrey Olsen on 34 counts
related to the unlawful d... More...
   $0 (01-15-2022 - CA)

United States of America v.Jeffrey Olsen

San Francisco - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with an illegally prescribing opioids charge.



The panel (1) amended its opinion filed April 23, 2021,
reversing the district court’s judgment dismissing with
prejudice an indictment charging Jeffrey Olsen on 34 counts
related to the unlawful distribut... More...
   $0 (01-14-2022 - CA)

United States of America v. Sean Cutting United States of America v. Brian Melland United States of America v. David Lonich

San Francisco - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendants with fraudulent schemes concerning bank loans and real estate charges.



The panel affirmed Sean Cutting’s, Brian Melland’s, and
David Lonich’s convictions, but vacated their sentences and
remanded for resentencing, in a complex case arising from
f... More...
   $0 (01-14-2022 - CA)

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