Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with mail and wire fraud. Reported by Kent Morlan Christopher J. Ashby, age 52, and others participated in a nationwide scheme to defraud victims out of more than $30 million by inducing them to invest in N

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer Michael French represented the Defendant charged with actual physical control while intoxicated in violation of 47 11-902, which provides: A. It is unlawful and punishable as provided for in this section for any person to drive, operate, or be in actua

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm while in the commission of a felony, possession of a controlled substance, and acquiring proceeds from drug activity. 21 O.S. 1287 provides: A. Any person who, while committing or attempting to commit a felony, possesses a pistol, shotgun or rifle or any other offensive weapon in such commi

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer Robbi Barker represented the Defendant charged with feloniously pointing a firearm, carrying a firearm while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, and actual physical control of a vehicle while intoxicated. 21 O.S. 1289.16 provides: A. It shall be lawful to point a firea

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violation of a protective order -Subsequent Offense in violation of 22 O.S. 60.6: A. Except as otherwise provided by this section, any person who: 1. Has been served with an emergency temporary, ex parte or final protective order or foreign protective order and is in violation of such protective order, upon convic

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer Kent Morlan represented the Defendant charged with unsafe lane change and second offense DUI in violation of 47 O.S. 11-902, which provides: A. It is unlawful and punishable as provided for in this section for any person to drive, operate, or be in actual physical control of

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer Robbi Barker represented the Defendant charged with assault and battery on a medical technician or care provider in violation of 21 O.S. 750.4, which provides:: A. Every person who, without justifiable or excusable cause and with intent to do bodily harm, commits any assault, battery or assault and battery upon the person of a medical care provider who is

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

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

Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Second Degree murder. Reported by Kent Morlan Shaquille Taylor, age 32, was accused of gunning down 18-year-old Belmont University freshman in 2023. Jillian’s parents, Matthew and Jessica, gave powerful victim impact statements after the guilty plea. “There is no worse pain than a father who loses

Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with cyberstalking and interstate communications containing a threat to injure. Reported by Kent Morlan From May to June 2023, Gabryele “Gabby” Watson cyberstalked a married couple living in the Middle District of Tennessee, who had been trying to adopt a baby for eight years. She assumed the identity of a re

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

Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States Government, mail fraud, and money laundering. By Kent Morlan Joel Rufus French, age 47 of Armory, Mississippi, engaged in a conspiracy to defraud of the United States. French worked with overseas telemarketing call centers that pressured elderly Americans to provide thei

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

Paducah, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud and 13 counts of fraudulent prescriptions. By Kent Morlan While working as licensed pharmacists, Michael Shawn Boaz, 47, of Clinton, and his co-conspirator fraudulently billed health care benefit programs for customers at two pharmacies in Kentucky. From 2017 through 2021,

New Have, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with Intent to Distribute, Distribution of, and Dispensing of Controlled Substances. by Kent Morlan Law enforcement began investigating Michele Rene Muzyka, 61, of Cheshire, Connecticut, an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), after ph

Mobile, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine. Erina Sasha Parker, 39, pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to distribute bulk cocaine. Specifically, Parker admitted that in April and May 2024, she worked as a bulk cocaine courier for a massive drug-trafficking organization (“DTO”) in Mobile

Augusta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with health care and wire fraud. Mira Stallings, 41, of Thomson, Georgia, is a licensed behavioral therapist and owner of ABAscape LLC, a Thomson, Georgia, agency that provided behavioral therapy services to individuals with developmental disabilities. A parent of patients who received services from ABscape reported co

St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud conspiracy. Cymone McClellan, 33, of St. Louis, operated a nonprofit, Sister of Lavender Rose (S.O.L.R.), that submitted false and fraudulent meal reimbursement claims to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services from about January 2019 to June 2022. Terra Davis, now 44, was McClellan’s

Paducah, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Michael Shawn Boaz, 47, of Clinton, and his co-conspirator fraudulently billed health care benefit programs for customers at two pharmacies in Kentucky. From 2017 through 2021, they caused $2,185,739.52 in losses to health care benefit providers by submitting claims for fra

Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with failure to account for and pay over employment tax and failure to account for and pay over employment tax. Mari Alexander, 52, was the sole owner and president of a mental-health counseling center with multiple locations throughout Tennessee. Alexander controlled the counseling center’s financial affairs and

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer Marcus Wrightrepresented the Defendant charged with carrying a firearm while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, in violation of 21 O.S. 1989.9, which provides: It shall be unlawful for any person to carry or use shotguns, rifles or pistols in any circumstances while un

Florence, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interfering with the housing rights of his Black neighbors and using fire to commit a federal felony. On Nov. 24, 2023, Worden Evander Butler, 31, formerly of Conway, made a series of Facebook posts about his next-door neighbors, including that he would give “his racist neighbors . . . a good scare for

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm AFCF in violation of 21 O.S. 1283, which provides: A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, it shall be unlawful for any person convicted of any felony in any court of this state or of another state or of the United States to have in his or her possession or under his or her imm

St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with health care fraud, and illegal prescribing of controlled substances. Dr. Jonathan Wayne Morris, 46, was indicted with 15 counts of illegal prescribing of controlled substances and 23 counts of health care fraud. Dr. Morris has owned Columbia Urgent Care since at least 2019. From at least May 1, 2019, through Apr