Billings, Montana wire fraud criminal defense lawyer represented defendant, Matthew Jason Welch, who was charged with illegally obtaining $35,000 from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), a federal loan program created to help businesses struggling during the coronavirus pandemic.

The indictment against Welch is the first PPP fraud case to be charged in Montana. The PPP program was cre... More...   $0 (12-19-2020 - MT)

Fresno, California real estate development fraud criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Sherman Smith, who was charged with wire fraud.

U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd said, “Mr. Smith is a con-man and a thief.”

“Smith’s actions in this case went far beyond ‘misappropriation,’” said U.S. Attorney Scott. “In asking for church donations to support his scheme, he targeted... More...   $0 (12-19-2020 - CA)

The Department of Justice’s U.S. Trustee Program (USTP announced today that it has entered into national agreements with three mortgage servicers to address past mortgage servicing deficiencies impacting homeowners in bankruptcy. The agreements with Nationstar Mortgage, LLC (Nationstar), U.S. Bank National Association (U.S. Bank), and PNC Bank, NA (PNC) address noncompliance with the Bankruptcy C... More...   $0 (12-08-2020 - DC)

Honolulu, Hawaii obstruction of justice criminal defense lawyers represented defendants, Louis Kealoha and Katherine Kealoha.

Former Honolulu Police Chief Louis Kealoha and his wife, former Honolulu prosecutor Katherine Kealoha, were sentenced in federal court this week to 84 months and 156 months in prison, respectively, for a range of criminal conduct, including framing their relative w... More...   $0 (12-03-2020 - HI)

Scranton, Pennsylvania bank fraud criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.

Dory L. Sater, age 46, of Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, was charged with bank fraud and aggravated identity theft offenses.


In August 2017, Sater forged a mortgage satisfaction piece and filed the instrument with the Luzerne County Recorder of... More...   $0 (11-13-2020 - PA)

Denver, Colorado bank fraud charge criminal defense lawyer represented Michael Scott Leslie, age 57, who was charged with bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.

According to the stipulated facts contained in Leslie’s plea agreement, Leslie owned, operated, or otherwise had an interest in several business entities, some of which were operated out of Colorado. These entities were involv... More...   $0 (11-10-2020 - CO)

Newark, New Jersey criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with tax fraud.

Between 2015 and 2016, Kenneth Crawford Jr. and his co-conspirators promoted and sold a “mortgage recovery” tax fraud scheme in which they obtained fraudulent refunds from the IRS for their clients. Crawford promoted the scheme to individuals who were facing foreclosure or behind on their mortgage pay... More...   $0 (11-03-2020 - NJ)

Honolulu, Hawaii wire fraud criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged in connection with a fraudulent mortgage relief scheme.

Anthony T. Williams, 49, of Pineville, Louisiana was charged with wire fraud and mail fraud in connection with a fraudulent mortgage relief scheme. A federal jury convicted Williams on March 3, 2020 of 32 counts of wire fraud and mail fraud after a four... More...   $0 (10-29-2020 - HI)

San Diego, California mortgage fraud criminal defense lawyer represented Guild Mortgage Company, which was charged by the United States of America with violating the False Claims Act and the common law by knowingly breaching material program requirements when it originated and underwrote mortgages insured by the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Federal Housing Administration (F... More...   $0 (10-24-2020 - DC)

New Haven, Connecticut fraud charge criminal defense lawyer represented Leon C. Vaccarelli, who wsa charged by the United States of America with wire fraud and money laundering.

According to court documents and the evidence presented during his trial last year, Vaccarelli was a registered representative of The Investment Center (“TIC”), a brokerage company, and was an investment adviser a... More...   $0 (10-21-2020 - CT)

Salt Lake City, Utah wire fraud and money laundering crime criminal defense lawyer represented defendant.

Christopher D. Hales, 39, of Lehi was charged with wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy in connection with a financial fraud scheme he and other co-conspirators devised while Hales was in a halfway house serving a sentence for another federal fraud case. The scheme r... More...   $0 (10-18-2020 - UT)

Central Islip, New York criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with wire fraud.

Joseph Falcone, age 60, who formerly operated a wine and liquor distribution business known as 3G’S VINO LLC, was with wire fraud in connection with his scheme to defraud investors.

“Falcone’s victims were reeled in by his “Shark Tank” pitch, but with sentence, the defendant became sq... More...   $0 (10-12-2020 - NY)

Pocatello, Idaho bribery crime criminal defense lawyer represented defendant.

Robert Bailey, 63, of Centreville, Virginia, was charged with paying a bribe to a public official.

According to court records, in 2001, Bailey purchased L-1, a construction management and operations company located in Chantilly, Virginia. In 2008, Bailey became a business acquaintance of an FBI employee... More...   $0 (10-10-2020 - ID)

Chicago, Illinois wire fraud criminal lawyer represented Anne Aroste, age 42, who was charged by the United States of America with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

ANNE AROSTE worked as a claims specialist at the SSA’s field office in Aurora. Aroste was responsible for processing applications for Social Security benefits via the agency’s electronic records system. From 2013 to ... More...   $0 (10-07-2020 - IL)

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering.

Christopher D. Hales, 39, of Lehi, was charged with wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy in connection with a financial fraud scheme he and other co-conspirators devised while Hales was in a halfway house serving a sentence for another federal fraud ... More...   $0 (09-30-2020 - OK)

Houston, TX - Criminal Defense Lawyer - Defendant charged with embezzlement.

A former Harris County judge has admitted to embezzling funds received during her re-election campaigns.

Alexandra Smoots-Thomas, 44, Houston, was the presiding judge for the 164th District Court for the State of Texas and had jurisdiction over Texas civil cases located within Harris County. She first ra... More...   $0 (09-25-2020 - TX)

Appellant Golden State Warriors, LLC (GSW) challenges the trial
court’s judgment confirming an arbitration award. The arbitration concerned
the meaning of the word “terminates” in section 6.4 of the agreement
governing the basketball team’s use of the Oracle Arena in Oakland,
California (the License Agreement). On appeal, GSW argues that “allowing
[the] contract to expire by it... More...   $0 (08-21-2020 - CA)