Miami, Florida criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with sex trafficking of a minor in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1591.

In December 2017, Proby initiated a social media conversation with a 14-year-old girl. Proby asked about the minor’s sexual experience and said that he wanted to have sex with her. In late January 2018, the girl ran away from her foster home to meet wi... More...   $0 (12-20-2021 - FL)

Hammond, Indiana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to produce child pornography.

n Indiana man was sentenced today to 50 years in prison followed by 15 years of supervised release for using social media to produce child pornography.

Lorenzo Johnson, 33, of Hammond, was convicted on Aug. 16 by a federal jury of three counts of conspiring to prod... More...   $0 (12-20-2021 - IN)

Omaha, Nebraska criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with trafficking in counterfeit goods.

Paw Moo, age 29, of Omaha, Nebraska, was charged for trafficking in counterfeit goods in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2320(a)(1).

In February 2021, U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Anchorage, Alaska, seized a shipment of counterfeit designer purses destined for Moo’s resi... More...   $0 (12-19-2021 - NE)

Central Islip, New York criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud as part of a large-scale telemarketing scheme.

Ajay Sharma, a citizen of India, was engaging in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud as part of a large-scale telemarketing scheme.

Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and Thomas ... More...   $0 (12-17-2021 - NY)

Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with conspiracy to harbor illegal aliens; harboring illegal aliens; money laundering; tax evasion; and employment tax fraud.

Quanwei Shi, 31, of Clarksville, Tennessee, the majority owner of the New China Buffett & Grill (NCBG) in Clarksville, and co-owner Chongqiang Chen, 30, also of Clarksville, were arrested ... More...   $0 (12-16-2021 - TN)

Richmond, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy, fraud, identity theft, and failure to appear.

According to court documents, Troy McFarland, 27, conspired with another man to repeatedly commit credit card fraud at the expense of more than a dozen identity theft victims and multiple financial institutions. McFarland and his co-conspirator used cred... More...   $0 (12-16-2021 - VA)

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with mail fraud, wire fraud, making false statements, money laundering, and identity theft.

Julian Omidi, 53, of West Hollywood, and an Omidi-controlled Beverly Hills-based company, Surgery Center Management LLC (SCM), were found guilty of 28 counts of wire fraud and three counts of mail fraud. Omidi ... More...   $0 (12-16-2021 - CA)

Rock Island, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.

An Eldridge, Iowa, man, Marius Avant, 26, of the 0-100 block of Manor Drive, was for possessing a firearm as a felon.

Avant had pleaded guilty to the offense on August 12, 2021. The government presented evidence at his sentencing establishing that authorities arrested ... More...   $0 (12-16-2021 - IL)

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with video voyeurism in Indian country.

Byrd, 46, of Jenks, Oklahoma was charged with Attempted Receipt of Child Pornography;; : Sexual Exploitation of Children Forfeiture; Video Voyeurism in Indian Country; Obstruction of Justice by Corruptly Destroying Records, Documents, or Other Objects; and Attempted Sexual Expl... More...   $0 (12-16-2021 - OK)

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with drug trafficking and money laundering.

Joseph “Norte Joe” Gomez, the lead defendant in a large-scale 32 defendant federal indictment, was with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and conspiracy to launder money. All thirty-one members and associates of the Norteños street gang responsible for distri... More...   $0 (12-14-2021 - UT)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged for unlawfully distributing controlled drugs.

Terry Brown, a resident of Wexford, Pennsylvania owned and operated Cherry Way, a Suboxone clinic, located in Bridgeville PA, and Foster was a medical director at Cherry Way. Brown and Foster conspired together to create and submit unlawful prescriptions for Suboxo... More...   $0 (12-13-2021 - PA)

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with fraud.

A former National Football League (NFL) player was charged for fraudulently obtaining over $1.2 million through a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

According to court doc... More...   $0 (12-11-2021 - FL)

Miami, Florida criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit kidnapping and a firearm felony.

Serge Nkorian, age 60, kidnapped a man at gunpoint and tortured him inside a storage container with a blow torch.

At trial, Assistant U.S. Attorneys Robert F. Moore and Marc Chattah presented evidence that from late 2018 to early 2019, Serge Nkorina an... More...   $0 (12-11-2021 - FL)

Albany, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged for transporting and possessing child pornography.

Christopher Eberlein, age 55, of Albany, transportation of child pornography with forfeiture allegations in violation of
178 U.S.C. 2252A(a)(1).

Eberlein admitted that, for over a decade, he transported more than 2,000 child pornography files over the Int... More...   $0 (12-10-2021 - NY)

Montgomery, Alabama criminal defense lawyers represented defendants charged with felony possession of firearms in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1).

Darious Jamal Jackson, 25, and Aaron Taki Gage, 21, Gage broke into a vehicle outside a home in Prattville during the early morning hours of May 15, 2019. The homeowner confronted him, and Gage shot at the homeowner three times before fleeing... More...   $0 (12-10-2021 - AL)