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State of Rhode Island v. Nelson Carreiro

Providence, Rhode Island, criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with first-degree child molestation. Reported by Kent Morlan The sordid facts leading to this criminal appeal began in 2005, when the complainant was ten years old and in the fourth grade. At that time

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United States of America v. Kenia Marrero and Joan Navarro Bruguet

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants engaged in a conspiracy to obtain and sell Medicare beneficiary identifier numbers (BINs) of thousands of patients for use in Medicare fraud schemes. Reported by: Kent Morlan Kenia Marrero, 46, of Miami, paid Joan Navarro

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Missoula, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with deliberate homicide. Reported by: Kent Morlan

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United States of America v. Thvoughn Lynden Curry and Alexis Daneen Curry

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit health Care Fraud. Reported by: Kent Morlan Thvoughn Lynden Curry and Alexis Daneen Curry defrauded AHCCCS through “1 Family Clinic, LLC,” their purported outpatient behavioral h

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Estate of Nichelie Nichols v. Gila Medical Center

Silver City, New Mexico, personal injury lawyer represented the Estate of Nichelle Nichols on a medical malpractice theory. Reported by Kent Morlan The Family and Estates of Nichelle Nichols sued the Gila Medical Center in Silver City, New Medical claiming she died as a result of havin

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Robert P. Oristaglio, Jr. ex rel. United States of America v. Community Care Health Network LLC, doing business as Matrix Medical Network (Matrix), DPN USA, doing business as HealthFair (HealthFair), and Shahriah “James” Ekbatani

Beaumont, Texas, civil litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a qui tam action claiming that the Defendants violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by causing the submission of false or invalid diagnosis codes to the Medicare Advantage program. Reported by Kent Morlan The United`

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State of Oklahoma v. C.D.O.

Stillwater, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with domestic assault and batter by strangulation in violation of 21 O.S. 644, which provides: A. Assault shall be punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding ninety (90) days, or by a fine not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment. B. Assault and battery shal

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State of Oklahoma v. Clifford Lee Tyron

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with cruelty to animals in violation of 21 O.S. 1685, which provides: Any person who shall willfully or maliciously torture, destroy or kill, or cruelly beat or injure, maim or mutilate any animal in subjugation or captivity, whether wild or tame, and whether belonging to the person or to another, or deprive any such an

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State of Oklahoma v. Jacob Chairez

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

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United States of America v. Kenneth Iwamasa

Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute ketamine resulting in death and serious bodily injury. Reported by: Kent Morlan Kenneth Iwamasa, 61, of Toluca Lake, was a live-in personal assistant was sentenced today to

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State of Oklahoma v. Sylvester Pollard

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

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United States of America v. Violetta Mailyan

Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and attempted obstruction of criminal investigation of heath care cases. Reported by Kent Morlan Glendale Doctor Violetta Mailyan, age 45, was accused of submitting more than t$45 million in bogus claims to Medicare for Botox injections that were medically unnecessary or never provide and usin

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United States of America v. Eric Leo Newsom

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

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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. Joel Rufus French

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

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Nicole Zirkel v. John T. Maguire

Norman, Oklahoma, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued as the parent and next friend of C.Z., a minor, on an auto negligence theory. By Kent Morlan The Plaintiff claimed that the Defendant failed to exercise due care in the operation of his automobile and caused an accident that injured her child.

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United States of America v. Michael Shawn Boaz

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,

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United States of America v. Mira Stallings

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

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United States of America v. George Dilles

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with willful failure to collect and pay taxes. George Dilles, age 55, of Inverness, Illinois, was the president and part-owner of NG Enterprises, Inc., a company that provided elderly home personal care in the Milwaukee area and over time employed from 50 to 110 workers. Dilles was required to withhold federal incom

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United States of America v. Michael Shawn Boaz

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

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State of Oklahoma v. A.J.M. and T.H.F.

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

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State of Oklahoma v. T.P.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with DUI Alcolhol (Municipal Arrest) in violation of 47 O.S. 11-902(A)(2), 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 a motor vehicle within this state, whether upon public roads, highways, streets, turnpikes, othe

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United States of America v. Daniel Garcia Jr.

Camden, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. On June 23, 2024, Daniel Garcia, Jr., ate 28, of Maple Shade, Pennsylvania, and another individual rushed the minor victim to the hospital because the minor was not breathing, having seizures, dro

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United States of America v. Dr. Jonathan Wayne Morris

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

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United States of America v. Jeanett Valenzuela Ayub

San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to launder millions of dollars of health care fraud proceeds. Jeanett Valenzuela Ayub, age 51, of Chula Vista,m California, and her co-conspirators billed Medicare nearly $51 million for bogus prescriptions and were paid approximately $20 million, ultimately laundering at least $14 million dollars

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