Money Laundering Law
 
United States of America v. McCayla Myers

Charleston, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aiding and abetting theft of government money. Reported by Kent Morlan McCayla Myers, 27, of Cabin Creek, engaged in a scheme to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) of $83,332.00 in COVI

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United States of America v. Giovanni Antonio Garduno Garcia

Seattle, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with armed drug trafficking. Reported by Kent Morlan Giovanni Antonio Garduno Garcia, age 37, was arrested in May 2025 following a law enforcement investigation of trafficking narcotics to vulnerable peopl

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United States of America v. Danny Seibel

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud. Reported by Kent Morlan Danny Seibel, 55, of Lindsay, Oklahoma, was an executive at FNBL from in or around February 2007 until his termination in September 2024. As alleged, Seibel cause

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United States of America v. Claudiu Pesteleu

Las Cruces, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Reported by Kent Morlan Claudiu Pesteleu, 44, a Romanian national illegally present in the United States, admitted that from May 2023 through June 2024, he participa

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United States of America v. Jordan Trought

White Plainss, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and money laundering. Reported by Kent Morlan From at least 2015 through at least 2025, Jordan Trouoght and others engaged in a fraud scheme perpetrated against elderly victims (the “El

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United States of America v. Pedram Fejal

Brooklyn, New York criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with tipping investor with nonpublic information for them to used to make money on stocks. Reported by Kent Morlan The first indictment charges the following 16 defendants with two counts of conspiracy to comm

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United States of America v. Christopher J. Ashby, et al.

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

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United States of America v. Joseph Trahan

St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography. Reported by: Kent Morlan Joseph Trahan, age 62, admitted that in August of 2025, he was on supervised release and residing at a halfway house. After learning that Traha

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United States of America v. Octavia Renee Murphy

Springfield, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud. Reported by Kent Morlan Octavia Renee Murphy, 37, of the 700 block of Double Jack Street, conspired with others to defraud the SBA by submitting false applications for

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United States of America v. Joyce L. Smith

Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft of government funds. Reported by Kent Morlan Joynce L. Smith, age 51, was a United States Postal Service employee stole approximately $10,600 in cash payments from customers and issued herself approximately $3,700 in money orders. Smith also embezzled approximately $3,400 that customers paid for their post o

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United States of America v. Evangelos Lohaitis, et al.

Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with wire fraud. Reported by Kent Morlan Evangelos Lohaitis, a.k.a. “Bucky,” (36 – Saint-Eustache, Québec) Mitchell Burnett-Guarna, a.k.a. “Juice,” (39 – Dorval, Québec) Kyle Lesser, a.k.a. “Brock,” (34 – Notre-Dame-de-l’Île-Perrot, Québec) Luca Santalucia, a.k.a. “Rocco,” (27 – Mo

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State of Utah v. Kouri Richins

Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with aggravated murder. Reported by Kent Morlan Kouri Richins was accused of poisoning her husband to get his wealth and to get insurance money on a $100,000 life insurance policy she purchased. The prosecution asserted that Kouri killed Eric for his money because her business was failing. The called 911

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United States of America v. Ramon Heriberto Cerda Jr.

Del Rio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with defrauding the U.S. government. Reported by Kent Morlan Ramon Heriberto Cerda Jr., 41, of Eagle Pass, owned and operated a business known as El Eagle Mail. On multiple dates in February and March 2025, Cerda was observed at his residence during scheduled work hours despite his duties requiring him to be in the fie

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United States of America v. Cidia Marleny Lima Lopez, Ottoniel Castro Argueta, Veronica Maribel Lima Lopez, Ariz Obdulio Argueta, Pedro Cucul Gualna, and Carlos Enrique Ramos Caal

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with Conspiracy to Transport Aliens in the United States Illegally for Private Financial Gain and Human Trafficking and Money Laundering. Reported by Kent Morlan From October 2021 through April 2025, the ringleader, Cidia Marleny Lima Lopez (Cidia), conspired with the defendants and other individuals throughout the

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United States of America v. Hector Perez

Sacramento, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Reported By Kent Morlan Hector Perez, age 35, of Stockton, California, and his brother Flavio Perez, 30, of Stockton, carried out a fraudulent scheme targeting invoice factoring

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United States of America v. Basil Jacob Kyles

Jefferson City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the the Defendant charged with bank robbery, brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Reported by Kent Morlan Basil Jacob Kyles, 71, allegedly entered a bank in downtown Columbia, Mo., when he brandish

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United States of America v. Danny L. Nickelson Jr.

St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failing to pay 10 years of employment taxes totaling $774,081. Reported by Kent Morlan Danny L. Nickelson Jr., 54, a Jefferson County businessman, owned General Physiotherapy, a manufacturer and distributor of massage and percussion devices used in medic

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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. 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. Homer Allen Faison, III

Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking meth. By Kent Morlan Homer Faison didn’t just sell drugs; he built a pipeline of poison stretching across this country directly into the heart of the Eastern District of North Carolina. By flooding our neighborhoods with hundreds of pounds of dope, he greedily profited from addiction a

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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. Trevon Brooks and Deoyonte Moore

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyers represent Defendants charged with robbery with a firearm, possession of a firearm in commission of a felony, unlawful carry, and possession of a controlled dangerous substance without a prescription. By Kent Morlan Trevon Brooks and Deoyonte Moore accused of robbing two women and taking prescription drugs from them. According to officers, one of

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United States of America v. Christopher Flanagan

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud, falsification of records, and money laundering. By Kent Morlan Christopher Flanagan, 38, of Dennis, Mass. was indicted with eight counts of wire fraud, one count of money laundering, one count of falsification of records and three counts of filing false tax returns. Flanagan was previously char

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United States of America v. Felipe Almonte Polanco

Providence, Rhode Island, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud, theft of public money, false representation of a Social Security number, and aggravated identity theft related to an alleged scheme to fraudulently obtain Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits using the identities of deceased and other individuals. By Kent Morlan Investiga

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United States of America v. Donald Estes

Concord, New Hampshire, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with stealing $225,200 from an elderly disabled veteran. By Kent Morlan Donald Estes, 49, stole almost a quarter million dollars from an elderly disabled veteran to squander on things like a snowmobile and jewelry. “Every American owes a debt of gratitude to those who served our country, and this sentenc

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