Scranton, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud, mail fraud, and bank fraud. George Moses, age 45, of Wilkes-Barre, submitted applications for unemployment compensation, pandemic unemployment compensation, economic injury disaster loan, and paycheck protection program loan benefits falsely representing that he had qualifying income from the oper

JUDGE SHARON HOLMES: DEFENDANT PRESENT, IN CUSTODY AND REPRESENTED BY BRIAN MARTIN. STATE REPRESENTED BY ERIK GRAYLESS AND JERRY TRUSTER. COURT REPORTER LIZ JONES AND DEFENDANT SWORN IN OPEN COURT. DEFENDANT WAIVES RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL, AND NON-JURY TRIAL. DEFENDANT ENTERS A PLEA OF GUILTY. VICTIM STATEMENTS HEARD. COURT ACCEPTS PLEA AND FINDS DEFENDANT GUILTY. DEFENDANT SENTENCED TO: COUNT 1) A

Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to fore labor. Nicole Daedone, the founder and former Chief Executive Officer of OneTaste, Inc. (OneTaste), a sexual wellness education company founded in San Francisco, California, was accused of engaing in a conspiracy to force labor. “This case exposed a decade-long scheme in which the defend

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,

Augusta, Georgia, criminal Defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with engaging in a wire fraud conspiracy. Alexander Paul Travis, 35, of Augusta, Jason Salazar, 30, of Clovis, California, and Audricus Phagnasay, 25, of Fresno, California, for engaging in a nationwide scheme that enabled North Korean workers to access U.S.-based computer networks. The Defendants were contacted b

Washington, D.C. criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant wire fraud and identity theft. Oleksandr Didenko, 29, of Kyiv, Ukraine, fraudulently inflicted systemic and deliberate financial harm on U.S. companies and American citizens to benefit not only himself, but a hostile nation state,” said Assistant Director Roman Rozhavsky of the FBI’s Counterintelligence and Espionage Divisio

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

Fairfax, Virginia, commercial litigation lawyers represented the Defendant accused for violating the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) by illegally repossessing motor vehicles owned by members of the military. The Justice Department alleged that CarMax repossessed servicemember vehicles without obtaining court orders as required by federal law, as well as repossessed some vehicles even af

Spartanburg, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assaulting a postman. on Nov. 12, 2025, a mail carrier was delivering mail to Michael Gresham’s residence in Spartanburg. As the mail carrier approached Gresham’s home, the mail carrier observed Gresham, age 77, in the doorway with a firearm in his hand. Gresham opened a storm door and pointed the g

Tulsa, Oklahoma, insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory. In Oklahoma, bad faith breach of an insurance contract occurs when an insurer unreasonably denies, delays, or undervalues a legitimate claim, or fails to investigate it properly, violating their legal duty of good faith and fair dealing . Insured parties can sue for cont

New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit racketeering conspiracy and possession of a machine gun. Christian Lugo, a/k/a "Coco" on February 7, 2022, LUGO allowed and encouraged a co-conspirator who worked for him at Certified Auto to shoot at members of a rival tow truck company, which resulted in the death of Gloria Ortiz. In

Columbus, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with mail fraud. Christopher Upshaw, aka “Troub,” 26, of Columbus, and co-defendants Johnathon Swift, aka “JB,” aka “John Boy,” 34; Dontavis Williams, aka “Turk,” 41; and Donterious Sparks, 37, all of Columbus, were accused for engaging in mail fraud. “The defendants devised a scheme to illegally

New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with racketeering an murder. Jalen Teague, a/k/a "Bizzie," "Too Official," Cheleia Council Sanders, a/k/a "Mercedes," and Megan Sternast, a/k/a Megal - E Village" with racketeering conspiracy, murder and conspiracy to distribute Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid (“GHB”), resulting in death. “As alleged, Jal

Terre Haute, Indiana, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theory. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) guarantees most U.S. workers a federal minimum wage (currently $7.25 per hour) and overtime pay of at least time-and-a-half for hours worked over 40 in a workweek. It also sets standards for child labor, prohibits certain employers f

Clarksburg, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer John Pizzo represented the Defendant charged with employing illegal aliens and tax fraud. Hetzon Maroquin Reyes, also known as “Hector,” age 41, was the owenr and operator of A&M Homes, LLC in Morgantown, West Virginia and hired and harbored illegal workers for his construction company. Reyes, a Guatemalan resident, in the United States on a

Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) wire and bank fraud. Rita Shaba, 40, and her co-conspirators caused fraudulent PPP applications to be submitted for several business entities. Those applications misrepresented payroll information for the business entities and falsely certified that PPP loan funds would be u

Baltimore, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer David Walsh -Little represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Beginning in May 2020, and continuing through at least May 2021, Duane Watts, 46, of Baltimore, Maryland, engaged in a conspiracy to defraud and obtain money through materially false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud involving unemployment insurance and wire faud regarding PPP loan. From March 2020 through May 2021, Victoria Kates, age 35, of New Britain, defrauded the CT-DOL of $217,056 by filing fraudulent unemployment applications with the CT-DOL on behalf of her family, acquaintances, and others. Kates prepared

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States and to obstruction of justice. Stephen Hochberg, age 77, of Marlborough, and Charles D. Katz agreed in as early as 2014 to cheat the IRS. They agreed that Hochberg, who served as the Director of Corporate Services at Katz’s accounting firm and as Chief Operating Offi

St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated identity theft, theft of a government property, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Brian K. Ditch, now 45, of Salem, Missouri, became solely responsible for his uncle’s care in 2008. At some point, instead of properly caring for his uncle, Ditch kept him locked away and subjected him to i

Santa Ana, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with mail fraud. Orange County Superior Court judge Israel Claustro, age 50, was charged with defrauding California’s workers’ compensation program. “Judge Claustro violated the law for his personal financial benefit,” said First Assistant United States Attorney Bill Essayli. “We will not hesitate to

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated DUI Alcohol and driving with license cancelled, suspended or revoked. DEFENDANT WAIVES RIGHTS TO PRELIMINARY HEARING, JURY TRIAL, AND NON-JURY TRIAL. DEFENDANT ENTERS A PLEA OF GUILTY. COURT ACCEPTS PLEA AND SENTENCES DEFENDANT TO: COUNT 1) AMENDED TO MISDEMEANOR DUI: COURT WITHHOLDS A FINDING OF GUILT

Columbia, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of firearms. In 2021, workers at a local FedEx hub found three suspicious packages with a strong odor of marijuana. All three were addressed to the same person at an address in Swansea, South Carolina with return addresses of the recipient’s same name and address. Law enforcement e

Alexandria, Virginia employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theory. The Plaintiffs, Current and former battalion chiefs for the City of Alexandria Fire Department, sued the City seeking payment of unpaid overtime wages under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 201–19, requires employers to pay

Wilmington, Delaware, commercial litigation lawyers represented the Defendant accused of improperly obtaining a Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loan from the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) for which it was not eligible. PPP was an emergency loan program established by Congress in March 2020 under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act and adm