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,center> United States of America v. Tracy Jones

Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Section 8 housing fraud. Reported by Kent Morlan Starting in April 2017 Tracy Jones served as Senior Vice President over the Housing Choice Voucher Program at the Atlanta Housing Authority, overseeing one of the largest Section 8 programs in the country. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development fund

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State of Oklahoma v. Timothy Sean Elliott

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with: Count # 1. Count as Filed: CHSA, CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE, in violation of 21 O.S. 843.5 (E) Date of Offense: 08/20/2015 ELLIOTT, TIMOTHY SEAN Disposed: ACQUITTED, 05/08/2026. Jury Trial Count as Disposed: CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE(CHSA) Violation of 21 O.S. 843.5 (E) Count # 2. Count as Filed: CHSA, CHILD SEXUAL A

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United States of America v. Olena Oblamska

Portland, Oregon, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with engaging in a Ponzi scheme. Reported By Kent Morlan Olena Oblamska, 42, Ukrainian national and her co-conspirators advertised Forsage as a decentralized matrix project based on network marketing and “smart contracts,” which are self-executing c

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United States of America v. Donald Do

San Francisco, California, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act by trafficking and false labeling logger head turtles in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 and aiding and abetting the violation of the Act. Reported by By Kent Morlan Donald Do, of Daly City, California an

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United States of America v. Sydney Johnson and Brandon Marion

San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with illegally importing 27 protected parrots and parakeets in a modified spare tire in the trunk of a car. Reported by Kent Morlan Sydney Johnson, age 27, of Santee and Brandon Marion, age 38, of Temecula tried to sneak 11 orange-fronted parakeets (Eupsittula canicularis) and 16 white-fronted Amazon parrots

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United States of America v. Elnar Zarbailov

Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with health care fraud and money laundering. Reported by Kent Morlan Elnar Zarbailov, 42, of Staten Island, New York, and dual citizen of the United States and Azerbaijan, was a fixer and money launderer for the foreign-based Organization that spearheaded the largest health care fraud case ever prosecuted by the D

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United States of America v. Hao Qiu

Lexington, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with international parental kidnapping. Reported by Kent Morlan Hao Qiu, age 39, a citizen of China, has three children with a United States citizen who resided in Fayette County. Qiu and the children’s mother negotiated an agreement, through their attorneys in a custody case, for Qiu to drive the children on a

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United States of America v. Dakota A. Smith

Memphis, Tennessee criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with attempt and conspiracy to commit mail Fraud. Reported by Kent Morlan Dakota Smith, age 35, and his co-conspirator defrauded investors by misrepresenting to them that PEG owned small, profitable companies in e-commerce and aviation. Smith solicited investments based on promises that the investors would obtain o

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United States of America v. Waleed Shamim, Sameer Shamim, and Shareef Beig

Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with international narcotics trafficking using the dark web. By Kent Morlan Waleed Shamim, 33, Sameer Shamim, 41, and Shareef Beig, 52, were indicted for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and conspiracy to import controlled substances. “Postal Inspectors, federal prosecutors, and our law enforcem

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State of Oklahoma v. B.A.M.M.

Pawhuska, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer Reported by Kent Morlan represented the Defendant charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. 21 O.S. Section 652, which provides: A. Every person who intentionally and wrongfully shoots another with or discharges any kind of firearm, with intent to k

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United States of America v. Edgar Sanchez-Solis

Plattsburgh, Nwe York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit alien smuggling. Reported by Kent Morlan Edgar Sanchez-Solis, 24, was a leader in an alien smuggling organization (ASO) while he was living illegally in Kansas City, Missouri. The ASO smuggled hundreds of aliens into the United States. Once the aliens were inside the U.S., the ASO emplo

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State of Oklahoma v. Michael Gawf

Claremore, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with abuse of caretaker and child neglect. By Kent Morlan

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State of Oklahoma v. Lori Ann Murphy

Claremore, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child neglect, and cruelty to animals. By Kent Morlan

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United States of America v. Poul Thorsen

Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and money laundering charges after his extradition from Germany. By Kent Morlan “Poul Thorsen allegedly stole more than $1 million in federal grant money by submitting fabricated invoices and diverting funds to

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United States of America v. Jesse Williams Laws

Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged wityh a convicted sex offender with possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM). By Kent Morlan Jesse William Laws, 46, of Leavenworth was indicted on one count of possession of child pornography. , Jesse William Laws, 46, of Leavenworth was accused of knowingly viewing or accessing CSAM in November 2025

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Nicole Zirkel v. John T. Maguire

Norman, Oklahoma, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued as the parent and next friend of C.Z., a minor, on an auto negligence theory. By Kent Morlan The Plaintiff claimed that the Defendant failed to exercise due care in the operation of his automobile and caused an accident that injured her child.

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United States of America v. Deniss Zolotarjovs

Cincinnati, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charge with money laundering and mail fraud. By Kent Morlan Deniss Zolotarjovs, 35, was accused of conspiring to commit both money laundering and wire fraud in one of the most notorious ransomware groups in the world, known as Karakurt, TommyLeaks and SchoolBoys Ransomware. Ransomware is a type of cybercrime that typicall

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United States of America v. Kasey Lynn Skaggs

Knoxville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with interstate travel for the purpose of engaging in sexual contact with a minor and tampering with a victim to destroy evidence. By Kent Morlan Kasey Lynn Skaggs, 27, of Jacksonville, Florida, was indicted on two counts in the indictment charging her with one count of interstate travel for the purpose of engagi

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State of Oklahoma v. Glenn Fiifi Coussey Garbrath

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree rape and possession of child pornography. By Kent Morlan

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State of Texas v. Bernardo Gomez

El Paso, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual abuse of a child. By Kent Morlan Bernardo Gomez accused of sexually abusing a minor. In March 2020, a victim, who was 11 at the time, told their mother that Gomez had sexually abused them over multiple years, from when the victim was in kindergarten and continuing through fifth grade.

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United States of America v. Avis Delynn Jones

Marshall, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and felony possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. By Kent Morlan On March 17, 2023, a search warrant was executed at Avis Delyn Jones’ University Avenue residence in Marshall resulting in the discovery of 440.7 grams of methamphetamine co

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State of North Carolina v. Dylan Warbritton

Jacksonville, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represents the defendant charged with communicating threats and cyberstalking. Dylan Warbritton, age 23, accused of sending threatening text messages to the victim, including messages that threatened physical harm. * * * North Carolina, stalking is defined as willfully following, harassing, or intimidating another person on more than

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State of Oklahoma v. Gabiel Mercado

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: Count # 1. Count as Filed: CHGEN, CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE, in violation of 21 O.S. 843.5E Date of Offense: 09/01/2023 Mercado, Gabriel Disposed: CONVICTION, 04/27/2026. Nolo Contendere Plea Count as Disposed: CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE(CHGEN) Violation of 21 O.S. 843.5E Count # 2. Count as Filed: SEXB, SEXUAL BATTER

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United States of America v. Tianrui Liang

Omaha, Nebraska, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with illegally documenting Air Force planes located at Offutt Air Force Base in Bellevue, Nebraska. Tianrui Liang, 21, of China, drove to New York after being confronted by the FBI in Nebraska. The FBI obtained an arrest warrant for Liang who was subsequently arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York

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United States of America v. Abdisatar Ahmed Hassan

Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to provide material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization. Abdisatar Ahmed Hassan, 23, of Minneapolis, MN,began consuming information from and about ISIS and other State Department designated foreign terrorist organizations in at least 2024. For example, Hassan obtain

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