Kansas City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with using a firearm to rob a CVS pharmacy. Reported by: Kent Morlan Ta’Rod Glenel Perkins, 28, entered a CVS in Kansas City, Mo., on February 13, 2025, wearing a mask, a black coat, blue jeans, and

Louisivlle, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343. Reported by: Kent Morlan Stacy Allen Taylor, 59, of Shepherdsville, conspired with others in an international wire fraud scheme to defrau

Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Pay and Receive Healthcare Kickbacks in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371, Healthcare fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1347; and Conspiracy to Launder Money. Reported by: Kent Morlan Tronown T

Cookeville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud. Reported by: Kent Morlan Thomas K. Weir, 65, of Celina, Tennessee, the majority owner of Oakley Pharmacy,

Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1349, health care fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1347, and aggravated identity theft in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1028.

Cookesville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute and dispense controlled substances. Reported by Kent Morlan Thomas K. Weir, 65, of Celina, Tennessee, the majority owner of Oakley Pharmacy, doing business as Dale Hollow Ph

Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with: Conspiracy to Unlawfully Distribute and Dispense Controlled Substances Unlawfully Distributing and Dispensing Controlled Substances and Aiding and Abetting Tonya Crowder, 49, Missouri City; Marlene Durham, 55, Humble; and Demetrius Onuaguluchi, 34, Houston; with distribution of a controlled substance and con

Knoxville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Reported by Kent Morlan Barbara A Smith 75, of Powell, Tennessee, was paid for formularies signed by the clinic’s providers. Woods and Smith then began to alte

Camden, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawfully distributing oxycodone. Reported by Kent Morlan Charles Suh, 63, was a pharmacist at a pharmacy in Voorhees, New Jersey. On 15 occasions between June and November 2021, Suh illegally dispens

Cedar Rapids, Iowan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with tampered with an assisted living resident’s prescription pain medication. By Kent Morlan Eric Leo Newsom, age 34, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, diverted narcotics from his current and former patients. One of his former patients was elderly, had c

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,

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

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with: Count # 1. Count as Filed: FORG, POSSESSION OF FORGED INSTRUMENTS, in violation of 21 O.S. 1579 J.Z.M. Date of Offense: 10/14/2025 Disposed: CONVICTION, 03/30/2026. Guilty Plea Count as Disposed: POSSESSION OF FORGED INSTRUMENTS(FORG) Violation of 21 O.S. 1579, which provides: A. Every person who has i

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer Kent Hudson represented the Defendant charged with possession of a controlled drug - meth, in violation of 63 O.S. 2-402(B)(C), which provides: A. No person shall use tincture of opium, tincture of opium camphorated, or any derivative thereof, by the hypodermic method, either

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with operating an unlicensed transmitting business. Jimmy Fu, 64, of West Hills, California, operated an unlicensed money transmitting business and had $689,697.09 in various accounts as a result. Since in or around November 2022, law enforcement began investigating two online pharmacies believed to be operati

Montgomery, Alabama, commercial litigation lawyer represented the Defendant in a False Claims Act violation case. Robert L. Crites, age 67, and others associated with Extraordinary Scripts participated in an illegal kickback scheme in which they identified and referred patients across the country to Cloverland Pharmacy in Montgomery, Alabama. Crites primarily recruited beneficiaries of TRICARE,

Little Rock, Arkansas, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with dozens of pharmacy burglaries and stolen controlled substances worth millions of dollars. On November 8, 2023, a federal grand jury indicted Antoinen Dion Hampton, AGE 39, and Reginald Tremayne Jackson, AGE 35,, along with 16 other defendants, and on July 2, 2024, the indictment was superseded to add an add

Knoxville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Tiffany Haney, 43, Anne Warren, 45, and Tina Roper, 40, all of Knoxville, were accused of engaging in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1349. The jury also convicted Haney and Warren of committing specific acts of wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C

Hattiesburg, Mississippi, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with willful failure to collect or pay over taxes and filing false statements. Duke Kimbrell Rodgers, age 68, conducted a business under the name Rodgers Family Pharmacy. From 2013 to 2020, Rodgers withheld over $1,500,828.73 from his employees’ pay for trust fund taxes. However, he failed to remit those fun

St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with mail fraud. Marshall Lampkin, 36, carried out his scheme by first using Kohl’s Cash to purchase merchandise in a Kohl’s store, generally for more than $1,000. He would then immediately use the same Kohl’s Cash to order merchandise online, knowing that the in-person transaction had not yet registered. Lamp

Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. Dr. Michael Taba, 61, of McKinney, Texas, accepted bribes paid by pharmacy owners to prescribe medically unnecessary compound creams to injured federal workers. Taba’s co-defendants owned and operated three pharmacies located in Fort Worth and Arlington, Texas. Over the course of the scheme, the pharmacy owne

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer Courtney Scharater represented the Defendant charged with:first-degree burglary, resisting an officer, possession of drug paraphernalia, and obstructing an officer. .21 O.S. 1431 provides: Every person who breaks into and enters the dwelling house of another, in which there is at the time some human being, with intent to commit some crime therein, eit

Austin, Texas, qui tam lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a False Claims Act fraud claim. Dr. Mark Malone, Advanced Pain Care, and related entities have agreed to pay the United States and the State of Texas $13,625,000 to resolve allegations they submitted false claims for urine drug testing to federal and state healthcare programs. The United States will receive $13,590,544.88 and Texas will

Newark, N.J. criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fraudulent Billing Practices and Kickbacks

An Orange County, California resident entered into settlement agreements with the United States resolving allegations that he violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks in exchange for the referral of certain prescriptions, Acting U.S. Attorney and Special Attorne