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United States ex rel. Pennetti v. Interface Rehab, et al.

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with violation of False Claims Act by causing the submission of claims to Medicare for rehabilitation therapy services that were not reasonable or necessary.

During the relevant time period, Medicare reimbursed skilled nursing facilities at a daily rate that reflected the skilled therapy and nursing needs of qua

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United States of America v. Nedeltcho Vladimirov

Charleston, West Virgnia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiring to commit money laundering and three counts of money laundering.

Nedeltcho Vladimirov, 53, a native of Bulgaria, was convicted by a jury after a three day trial

Evidence at trial revealed that Vladimirov operated a fraudulent fencing operation - a scheme in which stolen goods were acqu

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United States of America v. Paige James

Hartford, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Paige James, a/k/a "Ishaya James," age 28, who was charged with for participating in an extensive commercial larceny spree.

This case stemned from “Operation American Steal,” a long-term multi-agency investigation into numerous “grab and go” thefts from various retail fashion stores in Connecticut and nearby sta

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United States of America v. Colin Moore

Athens, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with illegally operating an unlicensed money transmitting business targeting elderly victims.

Colin Moore, 24, of Athens, was sentenced to serve 18 months in federal prison to be followed by three years of supervised release, $65,450 in restitution and a $95,000 fine by U.S. District Judge C. Ashley Royal on Thursday,

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United States of America v. Anthony Nguyen, aka JoJo Nguyen and Jackie Lee

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with trafficking in endangered and invasive fish in violation of the Lacey Act.

Anthony Nguyen, aka JoJo Nguyen and Jackie Lee, 49, of Pittsburgh, entered guilty pleas before U.S. District Judge Nora B. Fischer to counts one and two of the indictment returned against him on Nov. 13, 2020, alleging that he traff

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United States of America v. Susan K. Harris and William S. Harris

Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States and other financial crimes committed in connection with the operation of Ayudando Guardians, Inc., a non-profit corporation that previously provided guardianship, conservatorship and financial management to hundreds of people with special needs.

Susan Harris was se

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Thomas R. House v. FCA US, LLC

San Diego, California civil litigation lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a fraud theory claiming $109,000 in damages.

This case was filed in the uperior Court of California, County of San Diego, 37-02016-00020422-CU-BC-CTL, and was removed to federal court by Defendant.

FCA, is dedicated to improving the driving experience in North America and around the world.

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United States of America v. Jennings Ryan Staley

San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with mail fraud, importation contrary to law and aggravated identity theft.

Jennings Ryan Staley, a physician who attempted to profit from the pandemic by marketing a “miracle cure” for COVID-19, pleaded guilty in federal court, admitting that he tried to smuggle hydroxychloroquine into the United States to se

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United States of America v. Joel Jerome Tucker

Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with engaging in two separate fraud schemes related to millions of dollars in false payday loan debt and for tax evasion totaling more than $8 million.

“After raking in millions of dollars from the victims of his fraud scheme, the defendant lied repeatedly and used every trick in the book to hide his ill-gotten

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United States of America v. Ge Songtao

Jacksonville, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States.

A Chinese national was indicted for conspiring to submit false export information through the federal government’s Automated Export System and to export maritime raiding craft and engines to China fraudulently, and attempting to export that equipment fraudulently in

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United States of America v. Steven Michael Braithwaite and Nebraska Railcar Cleaning Services LLC (NRCS)

Omaha, Nebraska criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants, Steven Michael Braithwaite and Nebraska Railcar Cleaning Services LLC charged with conspiracy, violation of safety standards causing death, resource conservation and recovery act knowing endangerment, and falsification of records.

Nebraska Railcar Cleaning Services LLC (NRCS), its president and owner, Steven Michael Braithw

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United States of America v. Dennis Alexander Barahoma

Jacksonville, Florida conspiracy to commit wire fraud charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Dennis Alexander Barahona, age 38, from Chelsea, Massachusetts with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit tax fraud.

Barahona had pleaded guilty on March 29, 2021. Barahona’s co-defendant, Gregorio Jose Fuentes-Zelaya, was sentenced on May 10, 2021, to 33 month

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United States of America v. Aaron E. Merritt

Cheyenne, Wyoming trespassing charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Aaron E. Merritt, age 37 of Madison, Maine was charged with trespassing on the Old Faithful thermal area in Yellowstone National Park (YNP).

On July 7, 2020, while wearing a raccoon skin hat and waiving an American flag, Merritt ran out on the thermal area and up to the geyser of Old Faithful more than on

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David Lynn Boyd v. The State of Texas

Fort Worth, Texas - Criminal defense attorney represented David Lynn Boyd with an Aggravated Sexual Assault charge.



On the night of April 21, 2017, the nine-year-old complainant J.F. was sleeping
on a loveseat in her grandmother’s duplex. J.F.’s mother A.B. was asleep with her
husband on an air mattress nearby. Bo

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United States of America v. Avanos Medical, Inc.

Dallas, Texas: The United States of America accused Avanos Medical, Inc. of fraudulently misbranding of MicroCool surgical gowns sold to the government.

A criminal information filed by Plaintiff charged Avanos with one count of introducing misbranded surgical gowns into interstate commerce with the intent to defraud and mislead. According to court filings, Avanos falsely labeled the gown

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United States of America v. AAR Airlift Group Inc.

East St. Louis, IL: AAR Corp., located in Wood Dale, Illinois, and its subsidiary, AAR Airlift Group Inc. (Airlift), located in Melbourne, Florida, accused of attempting to defraud the United States of America by knowingly failing to maintain U.S. Transportation aircraft.

The allegations involve helicopters that Airlift owned and maintained for use in transporting Department of Defense (D

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United States of America v. Jeffrey Alan Vance

Dallas, Texas unauthorized removal of artifacts from tribal land charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Jeffrey Alan Vance, 37, was charged for violating the Archeological Resource Protection Act (ARPA), a federal law that prohibits the unauthorized removal of artifacts from tribal land.

According to plea papers, Mr. Vance admits he and a coconspirator, 33-year-old Dax Whe

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United States of America v. Dr. George Osei-Bonsu, M.D., Palladium Primary Care, P.A., and Premiere Health Care Plus, P.A.

Greensboro, North Carolina Medicaid and Medicare fraud charge fraud accusation lawyer represented Defendants, Dr. George Osei-Bonsu, M.D., Palladium Primary Care, P.A., and Premiere Health Care Plus, P.A.

Defendants Dr. George Osei-Bonsu, M.D., Palladium Primary Care, P.A., and Premiere Health Care Plus, P.A., of Greensboro and High Point, submitted false claims to Medicaid and Medicare.

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In re The State of Texas Ex Rel. Brian W. Wice

Houston, Texas - Criminal defense attorney represented Brian W. Wice with a Mandamus petition.



At the heart of this petition lies a dispute between the State and Ken Paxton
about where the underlying criminal cases should be tried. The State prefers that
they be tried in Harris County. Paxton prefers that they be trie

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James Daniel Green v. The State of Texas

Houston, Texas- Criminal defense attorney represented James Daniel Green with a Murder charge.



The decedent, Jason Currie (“Currie”), went missing on June 25, 2016. A few
days before his disappearance, Currie accidently pocket-dialed Colton Manning’s
(“Manning”) cell phone. Appellant James Daniel Green (“

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United States of America v. King Sheung Chan

Bridgeport, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged for attempting to illegally export glass eels.

King Sheung Chang, also known as “Nelson,” 30, a permanent resident of Hong Kong of the People’s Republic of China, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty in Bridgeport federal court to one count of attempted smuggling of glass eels from the United

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United States of America v. Malik Abdul McCaully and Tamesha Lashelle Brown

Savannah, Georgia criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with conspiracy to steal pandemic unemployment funds.

Malik Abdul McCaully, 43, of Tampa, Fla., and Tamesha Lashelle Brown, 41, of Dade City, Fla., were sentenced to 60 months in prison after pleading guilty to Informations charging each of them with conspiring to commit various offenses, including mail fraud, wire

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United States of America v. Kuna-Gi Lowe

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with attempted robbery in Indian Country.

Kuna-Gi Lowe was charged with attempted robbery in Indian Country and assault with a dangerous weapon in Indian Country.

After being released from prison on felony charges, the defendant took a bus to Tulsa and began drinking heavily over the next several days. Lowe was

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United States of America v. Theodore Bennett

San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant accused of mail theft and possession of stolen mail.

Theodore Bennett pleaded guilty in December 2020, admitting that on four different occasions in the summer of 2020, he pried open at least 94 post office boxes with a flathead screwdriver and prybar at post offices in San Diego and Imperial Counties. According to his p

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United States of America v. Jordan Everett Stevens

Yakima, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with murder in Indian County.

Jordan Everett Stevens, an Indian, of First Degree Murder in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1111, 1153 and Discharging a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(iii).

According to court documents and evidence presented at tri

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