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United States of America v. Tomás Niembro Concha

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1349 and conspiracy to violation the international emergency powers act in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1956. Tomás Niembro Concha, 64, a Spanish and Venezuelan national, the former chief executive officer of Nodus International Bank (Nodus Bank), a Puerto Rican int

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United States of America v. Scott A. Spiro

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

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State of Oklahoma v. Cory Johnathan Waters

Marietta, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with feloniously pointing a firearm and threatening an act of violence. Under Oklahoma Statutes Title 21, Section 1289.16, feloniously pointing a firearm is a Class B4 felony offense that occurs when a person willfully and without lawful cause points a gun or other deadly weapon at another person. Under Oklahoma Sta

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State of Oklahoma v. Lonnie Lee Baker

Newkirk, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: 1. TRAFFICKING IN ILLEGAL DRUGS (METH) AFC 2+ (FEL) Under Oklahoma Statutes §63-2-415, a second violation for trafficking methamphetamine (20 grams or more) is a felony punishable by not less than four (4) years nor more than life in prison.Key Penalties & Sentencing DetailsParole Eligibility: For a second

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State of Oklahoma v. Elbert W. Kennemer

Stigler, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with domestic assault and batter reduced from domestic assault and battery by strangulation and threatening to perform an act of violence.. In Oklahoma, domestic assault and battery is prosecuted as domestic abuse under Title 21, Section 644 of the Oklahoma Statutes, carrying penalties ranging from misdemeanors to serio

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State of Oklahoma v. Renee Anne Carpenter

Vinita, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with first degree murder. Oklahoma's first-degree murder law (Title 21, Section 701.7 of the Oklahoma Statutes) defines the crime as unlawfully causing the death of another human being either with malice aforethought or during the commission of certain dangerous felonies. Definition and TheoriesA person commits firs

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State of Oklahoma v. John Curtis Teafatiller

Hugo, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with domestic assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and domestic assault and batter in the presence of a minor. Oklahoma's domestic assault with a dangerous weapon law (governed under Oklahoma Statutes Title 21, Section 644) makes it a felony to commit assault, battery, or assault and battery against a family member,

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State of Oklahoma v. Robin James Hayes

Tahlequah, Oklahoma pro se defendant represented charged with falsley personate another to create liability, driving with license suspended cancelled or revoked, operating a motor vehicle with expired, improper tag or detail and making an unsafe lane change without a lawyer. In Oklahoma, falsely personating another to create liability is a felony crime under Oklahoma Statutes Title 21, Section

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State of Oklahoma v. Baylee Wayne Baber

Sapulpa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault and battery on a police officer in violation of 21 O.S. 648,, threatening an act of violence in violation of 21 O.S. 1378, and resisting an officer in violation of 21 O.S. 268. In Oklahoma, a simple assault against a police officer is a misdemeanor, while an actual battery or assault and battery is a Class

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State of Oklahoma v. Tonya Lynne Guffey

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

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State of Oklahoma v. Christina Nycole McCauley

Pawhuska, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with cruelty to animals in violation of 21 O.S. 1685, which provides: Any person who shall willfully or maliciously torture, destroy or kill, or cruelly beat or injure, maim or mutilate any animal in subjugation or captivity, whether wild or tame, and whether belonging to the person or to another, or deprive any such a

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United States of America v. Heuser Health

Louisville, Kentucky civil litigation lawyers represented the Defendant accused of defrauding the United States. Reported by Kent Morlan Heuser Health, a Louisville-based provider of at-home wound care servicesviolated the False Claims Act by overbilling Medicare and TRICARE for costl

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State of Oklahoma v. Lawrence C. Stadler

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first degree rape in violation of 21 O.S. 1114. Reported by: Kent Morlan Appellant contends that the fact the victim was unconscious at the time of the attack due to intoxication does not satisfy the element

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State of Oklahoma v. Kevin Lee Highsaw

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with First Degree Rape and Sodomy in violation of 21 O.S. 1114.] Mr. Highsaw had turned seventeen years old just ten days before the victim was raped on February 1, 1983 The legislature's clear intent in changing the definition of "child" in 1982 was to give persons 16 and 17 years of age adult status if they are cha

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Marissa Harvick and Davin Gummere v. The City of Owasso

Tulsa, Oklahoma personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a Governmental Tort Claim Act theory. Reported by: Kent Morlan Plaintiff claimed that he was injured and/or damaged in motor-vehicle collision that occurred on December 7, 2024, in Owasso, Oklaho

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State of Oklahoma v. George Wesley Gilchrist, Jr.

Ponca City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with animal cruelty. ¶3 The State's evidence at preliminary hearing showed Gilchrist deprived thirteen (13) dogs of food, water and adequate shelter while they were confined near a grove of trees on his rural Grant County property. Two of the dogs were chained separately to small metal shelters; the other eleven wer

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State of Oklahoma v. Isaac Ogburn

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with kidnapping, attempt to perform an act of violence, assault with intent to commit a felony, destroying evidence and impersonating an officer. Reported by: Kent Morlan Issac Ogburn, age 26, of Sand Springs, and

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Shawna Zito-Hannan v. Electric Boat Corporation

New London, Connecticut workers' compensation lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking compensation for the death of her deceased husband. Shawna Zito-Hannan, the surviving spouse of the deceased employee, Michael Joseph Hannan (decedent), who was employed by the defendant, Electric Boat Corporation and sought benefits pursuant to the Workers' Compensation Act (act), General Statutes § 31-275

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United States of America v. Jose Rivera

Providence, Rhode Island criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with buying or transporting sharp instruments for use in an animal fighting venture in Violation of 7 U.S.C. § 2156(d) and 18 U.S.C. § 49(a). On April 13, 2026, Jose Rivera, 70, admitted the he violated the Animal Welfare Act for is involvement in the 2022 cockfighting operation. Rivera admitted that he travele

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United States of America v. The Villages Health System LLC (TVH)

Tampa, Florida insurance defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with violation of the False Claims Act. The Villages Health System LLC knowingly submitted false diagnosis codes to increase their payments from the Medicare Advantage program and increase their profits. From 2020 through 2024, TVH violated the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 2729-3733, by knowingly submitting false

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United States of America v. Alexander Mamonov

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy Violate the Export Control Reform Act in violation of 50 U.S.C. 5819, conspiracy to commit smuggling act in violation of 18 U.S.C. 371, submitting false or misleading export information in violation of 13 U.S.C. 305, and conspiracy to commit money laundering in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1956. Alexander Mamonov

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State of Oklahoma v. Justin David Morris

Pawhuska, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer Steve Venturi represented the Defendant charged with ASSAULT AND BATTERY (REDUCED/AMENDED FROM ASSAULT AND BATTERY (REDUCED/AMENDED FROM DOMESTIC ABUSE - ASSAULT AND BATTERY) ). Reported by: More...   $ (04-08-0007 - OK)

United States of America v. Georgina Bribiesca Chavez

San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with participating in a years-long scheme to smuggle exotic reptiles into and out of the United States in violation of the Lacey Act Trafficking, 16 U.S.C. 3372(a)(1) and 16 U.S.C. 3373(d)(1)(B). Reported by K

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State of Oklahoma v. Kelly Wayne Renfro

Claremore, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with trafficking in ilelgal drugs (fentanyl) in violation of 63 O.S. 2-415(B), which provides: A. The provisions of the Trafficking in Illegal Drugs Act shall apply to persons convicted of violations with respect to the following substances: 1. Marijuana; 2. Cocaine or coca leaves; 3. Heroin; 4. Amphetamin

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State of Oklahoma v. A.A.A.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer Michael French represented the Defendant charged with attempting to perform an act of violence in violaiton of 21 O.S. 1378.A, assault and battery in violaiton of 21 O.S. 1378.B.

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