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Marueen A. Kirby v. USAA Insurance Agency, Inc., et al.

Missoula, Montana insurance law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.



33-18-242. Independent cause of action -- burden of proof. (1) An insured or a third-party claimant has an independent cause of action against an insurer for actual damages caused by the insurer's violation of 33-18-201(1), (4), (5), (6), (9), or (13).... More...
   $1 (03-28-2024 - MT)

United States of America v. Christina Iannelli

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fraud Charges.


Sudbury Bookkeeper Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Fraud Charges



A former bookkeeper for a Lexington interior design firm was sentenced to two years in pri... More...
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United States of America v. Joseph Modile

Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with money laundering schemes.


California man sentenced for multimillion-dollar fraud and money laundering schemes



A 45-year-old Nigerian national has been ordered to federal prison for hi... More...
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United States of America v. Ledra A. Craig, also known as Volley

St. Louis, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a one count of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, one count of distribution of fentanyl,.




Ledra Craig was convicted by a jury of (1) one count of conspiracy to
distr... More...
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. AHMED ALAHMEDALABDALOKLAH

San Francisco, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with participating in a conspiracy that targeted U.S. military personnel and property in Iraq.




The panel affirmed in part and reversed in part the
conviction, after a jury t... More...
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United States of America v. Timothy Blackman

Syracuse, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Tax Fraud.




Timothy Blackman, age 53, of Daniel Island, South Carolina, was sentenced in federal court in Utica to 24 months in prison after previously pleading guilty to filing a false federal income tax return. United Sta... More...
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United States of America v. Eduard Gasparyan,

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with COVID Jobless Benefits Scam and for Stealing Title to Dozens of Cars.





A San Fernando Valley man was sentenced today to 210 months in federal prison for using stolen ident... More...
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United States of America v. Juan Martinez, Joseph Pascua

Savannah, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a conspiracy to steal aircraft design secrets.


Each defendant was convicted in 2023 jury trials



Two California men have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a co... More...
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United States of America v. Martiza Morales Hermoso

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being using COVID-19 funds to gamble and launder money.



A Miami woman was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for money laundering of nearly $2 million in fraudulent COVID-19 relief loans, after previously pleading guilty in ... More...
   $0 (02-07-2024 - FL)

Donald Powell v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company

Madison, Wisconsin employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on an E.R.I.S.C. failure to pay benefits.

Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company is a leading provider of financial protection, absence management and supplemental health benefits solutions, driven by technology and an integrated customer experience. We distribute these solutions through independe... More...
   $1 (02-01-2024 - WI)

Beverly Kies v. Chevrolet of Homewood, Inc.

Chicago, Illinois civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on an Americans with Disabilities Act violation theory.

The Congress found that—
(1) physical or mental disabilities in no way diminish a person’s right to fully participate in all aspects of society, yet many people with physical or mental disabilities have been precluded from doing so because ... More...
   $1 (01-25-2024 - IL)

State of Kansas v. KYLE TREVOR FLACK

Ottawa, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer presented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder and felony possession of a firearm.

In 2013, Andrew Stout and two friends, including Steven White, lived at Stout's
house in rural Franklin County. Flack, another friend of Stout's, occasionally spent time
there. Flack brought a shotgun with him everywhere, usua... More...
   $0 (01-19-2024 - KS)

United States of America v. RDx Bioscience Inc. (RDx)

Camden, New Jersey qui tam lawyers represented the Defendant accused for violating the False Claims Act.


Clinical laboratory RDx Bioscience Inc. (RDx), of Kenilworth, New Jersey, and its owner and Chief Executive Officer Eric Leykin, of Brooklyn, New York, have agreed to pay to the United States $10,315,023 to resolve False Claims Act allegations involving illegal kickbacks and medic... More...
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United States of America v. H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute Hospital Inc.

Tampa, Florida civil litigation lawyers represented the Defendant accused of violation the False Claims Act by charging for making improper claims submitted to federal healthcare programs for certain patient care items and services provided during research studies that were not eligible for reimbursement.

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute Hospital Inc. (Moffitt), a non-pr... More...
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United States of America v. Aylo Holdings S.A.R.L.

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant Indicted on Receiving Proceeds of Sex Trafficking



Deferred Prosecution Agreement Resolves Money Laundering Charge. Aylo Holdings S.A.R.L. (formerly MindGeek S.A.R.L.) (Aylo), parent company to Pornhub.com, was arraigned on a charge of engaging in unlawful monetary transactions involving se... More...
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United States of America v. Empire Roofing, Inc.

Dallas, Texas qui tam lawyer represented the relator claiming that Defendant violated the t Indicted on PPP False Claims Act.



Fort Worth, Texas-based commercial roofing contractor Empire Roofing, Inc. and its nationwide network of roofing and disposal companies agreed to pay $9 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by f... More...
   $9000000 (12-31-2023 - TX)

Bertha Hernandez v. The Wonderful Company, LLC and POM Wonderful, LLC

New York City, New York personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on product liability theories.

Defendants manufacture and sell POM Wonderful® 100% Pomegranate Juice drink (“the Product”) at mass market retailers and grocery stores throughout the United States. Doc. 24 (First Amended Class Action Complaint (“FAC”) ¶¶ 4, 22. Hernandez alleges that... More...
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United States of America v. Jimmie White, II

Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant claimed a violation of the speedy trial act.

Following our circuit’s binding precedent, we previously held in this case that
preindictment plea negotiations are “period[s] of delay resulting from other proceedings
concerning the defendant” that are automatically excludable under 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(1) of... More...
   $0 (12-28-2023 - OH)

United States of America v. Sirous Asgari

In 2012, federal agents learned that Iranian scientist Sirous
Asgari was working on cutting-edge metallurgy research at Case Western Reserve University in
Cleveland, Ohio. The government suspected that Asgari had lied on his visa application and had
transmitted scientific information to Iran in violation of American sanctions laws. Investigators
applied for a warrant to searc... More...
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United States of America v. Tamela Lee


Defendant Tamela M. Lee (“Defendant” or “Lee”) appeals from
the district court judgment convicting her on six counts after a plea of not guilty and sentencing
her to a total term of sixty months’ imprisonment. Counts One through Four concerned
conspiracy to commit honest services mail and wire fraud, honest services mail fraud, Hobbs Act
conspiracy, and Hobbs A... More...
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United States of America v. Kenneth Jackson


A. Pre-Trial Proceedings
1. Indictment and Guilty Pleas
In December 2015, Jackson, Palmer, Tervon’tae Taylor, D’Wan Dillard, Jr., and Calvin
Rembert were charged with multiple violations of 18 U.S.C. § 2119(2)—carjacking resulting in
serious bodily injury—and 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(ii)—using, carrying, or possessing a
firearm during a crime of violence. P... More...
   $0 (12-28-2023 - OH)

United States of America v. Roy Bradley, Sr.


Steven Ingersoll was an optometrist in Bay City, Michigan. (Bradley PSR at 5). He was
also the sole owner of Smart Schools Management (SSM) and Smart Schools, Inc. (SSI), two
entities created to operate public charter schools in Michigan. R. 393 (Tr. at 39, 50) (Page ID
#8472, 8483); R. 394 (Tr. at 11) (Page ID #8579); R. 396 (Tr. at 164–65) (Page ID #8903–04).
To run ... More...
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United States of America v Marc Anthony Hill; Bennie Charles Phillips, Jr.; Nelson Alexander Polk; John Edward Scott


II. Background
A. Wells Fargo Murder-Robbery and Subsequent Investigation
On August 29, 2016, Batiste, assisted by Hill and Polk, shot and killed
an armored car driver as he was delivering approximately $120,000 to a Wells
Fargo ATM. The following month, the Houston Police Department (HPD)
received an anonymous tip that Batiste had been involved in the Wells Fargo More...
   $0 (12-27-2023 - LA)

United States of America v. Daniel Kemp, Sr.

Defendant Daniel N. Kemp, Sr., was charged with nine counts of sexually abusing his adopted children. Pursuant to an agreement with the government, he pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated sexual abuse, and the remaining charges were dismissed. The district court sentenced Kemp to life imprisonment – a term within the Sentencing Guidelines range adopted by the court – and to a lifetime... More...   $0 (12-26-2023 - VA)

State of Washington v. Christopher Burbank, Matthew Collins and Timothy Rankine

Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Christopher Burbank, Matthew Collins and Timothy Rankine who were charged with murder for killing Manuel “Manny” Ellis, who was killed by the Tacoma police officers.

The Pierce County Medical Examiner ruled that Ellis, a black man, was murdered.

2.1 Plaintiff Monet Carter-Mixon: Monet Carter-Mixon (“Ms. Carter-Mixon”)... More...
   $0 (12-21-2023 - WA)

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