Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1341. Richard Teplitsky, age 72, of Williamsville, New York, was the president of the Woodhill Capital Corporation. As president, he and other Woodhill personnel would solicit funds from investors within the Western District of New York and elsewhere, representing to investors th

Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with preparing false tax returns containing fictious children, fictitious solar expenses and fictitious business expenses, and related charges of wire fraud. Felix Cordoba, age 66, of East Elmhurst, Queens, New York, for the tax years 2020 and 2021, prepared false and fraudulent Forms 1040 and associated schedules an

Claremore, Oklahoma, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendants on defamation and libel theories. Janice Steidley, the former district attorney for District 12 (Craig, Mayes, and Rogers Counties, Oklahoma), and David Iski, a former assistant district attorney in District 12, sued John Singer, an investigator for the Claremore Police Department. Steidley was elec

Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit fraud to obtain money and property from victims, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343, and money laundering using financial transactions designed to make funds obtained fraudulent expendable, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1956. Paul Conneh, age 39, of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, participated in

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343 and money laundering, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1956. Roosevelt Tobias “Toby” Bailey, a Duluth, Georgia, engaged in a Ponzi scheme from approximately October 2018 through October 2022, Bailey allegedly operated two fraudulent investment schemes through his company, Borg

Denver, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343, and money laundering, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1957. From April 2020 until around August 2022, Joshua Lybolt applied for and received $4,950,000 in COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) from the Small Business Administration (SBA) and $41,667 in Paycheck Protec

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343. For approximately two years between 2023 and 2025, Tahnya Hyung Shafer, 48, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, stole from her employer using multiple fraudulent schemes, including inflating her paychecks and causing apparently legitimate payments to vendors to be sent to her

San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1344. money laundering in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1957, and identity theft, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1028. Hasan Korkmaz, the owner and operator of San Diego Logistics Group Inc., a Santee trucking company, admitted that he obtained names, dates of birth, social security

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States by making false statements in connection with health care matters, in violation of 18 U.S.C., 371, attempted to conspiracy to commit mail fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1349, and conspiracy to pay and receive health care kickbacks, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 371. Reported by:

Knoxville, Tennessee civil litigation lawyers represented the defendant accused of violating the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. 3729-3733. ARC Automovie, Inc allegedly knowingly made false statements in obtaining a loan under the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”), and also when seeking forgiveness of the loan, in violation of the False Claims Act (“FCA”). It is a manufacturer of auto

Knoxville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant accused of violation the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. 3729-3733. The False Claims Act (FCA, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729–3733), also known as "Lincoln's Law," is the United States government's primary civil anti-fraud statute. It makes it illegal to knowingly submit, or cause to be submitted, false or fraudulent claims for pa

Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 271, wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343, and money laundering, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1956. Trenikia Lashae Banks, age 42, submitted fraudulent applications for funds through the Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loan funds

San Antonio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with filing false tax returns. Natasha Sheree Banks-Brown, 45, owned and operated a tax preparation business named “Tasha’s Total Tax Service,” beginning in 2016. Banks-Brown filed individual tax returns on behalf of her clients which included false and fraudulent deductions and credits which significantly

Trenton, New Jersey criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1349. Raymond Wade, age 43, of Morrisville, Pennsylvania, and Dwayne Reddon, age 40, of Trenton, New Jersey, conspired to deposit stolen checks—including U.S. Department of Treasury checks—at various banks in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The conspi

Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with bank fraud. Mercedes Henry, was employed as a universal banker at Ameris Bank at multiple locations in the Atlanta area. On at least six occasions from September 2021 to November 2021, Henry allegedly used six Ameris customers’ bank account numbers and identifiers to link the customers’ Ameris accounts to accou

Cheyenne, Wyoming, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with orchestrating a massive, multiyear wire fraud and tax evasion scheme that defrauded her former employer of nearly $1.5 million. Laura Marie Means, 46, of Jackson, Wyoming, was hired in late 2015 as the bookkeeper for a prominent Jackson family business that owned several local lodging and hospitality properties.

Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aiding and assisting in preparation of false tax returns. Danielle Melissa Staten, 40, engaged in a scheme to prepare and file false and fraudulent federal income tax returns (Forms 1040) for others from 2018 to 2023, resulting in approximately $1.5 million in fake tax losses. Staten owned and operated Preci

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343, aggravated identity theft in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1028, and making false statements to a financial institution in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1014. Beginning in April 2020, Olabode Nurudeen Jimoh, 54, of Yukon, Oklahoma, submitted fraudulent applications for one EIDL a

Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant, Scott A. Spiro, charged with wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343. Between April 2020 and December 2021, Spiro, 64, devised and carried out a scheme to defraud the federal government and federally insured financial institutions by submitting fraudulent PPP and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) applications under

Boise, Idaho, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with Wire Fraud, Theft of Government Funds, False Statement of Citizenship in Order to Vote, Voting by Alien, False Statement in Application of Passport, Fraud in Connection with Identification Documents—Production, False Statement During Purchase of Firearm, and Unlawful Possession of Firearm. From at least March 2017 un

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer Jason Lamm represented the Defendant charged with Medicaid fraud. Rita Ntusa Anagho, 54, of San Tan Valley, Arizona, fraudulently billed Arizona’s Medicaid agency more than $69 million in less than one year for addiction treatment therapy. Anagho owned and operated Tus

Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft of government money in violation of 18 U.S.C. 641. James Lyon, 80, repeatedly lying about his military service, including falsely claiming he earned prestigious combat decorations and submitting fraudulent documents to the VA. This plea is one of many federal fraud cases pursued under the leadership of Pr

Pawhuska, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with embezzlement in violation of 21 O.S. 1451, which provides: A. Embezzlement is the fraudulent appropriation of property of any person or legal entity, legally obtained, to any use or purpose not intended or authorized by its owner, or the secretion of the property with the fraudulent intent to appropriate it to suc

Indianapolis, Indiana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Between January 2021 and December 2022, Jonathan Andrew Jones, age 31, of Lafayette, Indiana, defrauded the federal government by submitting fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) applications in his own name and in the names of others. In one instan

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. Reported by: Kent Morlan Keith Wakefield, age 52, of Chicago, worked as the head of fixed income trading for IFS Securities, Inc., a broker-dealer in Chicago. In 2019, Wakefield knowingly and fra