Connecticut False Pretense Law

United States of America v. Marc Anthony Alexander

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempt and conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud. In 2022, a business known as “Traveling Graces, LLC” was registered with the State of Connecticut with Melanie Ham as its registered agent and “Dr. Marc Anthony Alexander,” formerly of Milford, Connecticut, as its manager. Between July 2023 ... More...

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<H2> United States of America v. Victoria Kates

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... More...

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<H2> United States of America v. Analia Montzoures

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with paid her employees in cash, did not report their wages to the state or federal government, did not file required IRS forms related to her employees, did not issue W-2 forms, did not withhold employee taxes as required, and did not pay federal employment taxes and withholding. Mountzoures operated Mountzour... More...

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<H2> United States of America v. Vincenzo Minutolo

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraudulently obtaining COVID-19 relief funds. Nn March 2020, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which provided emergency financial assistance to Americans suffering the economic effects caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. One source of relief provided by the CARES A... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Genco Lab, Llc, Paul Conroy, Tricia Conroy, Charles Orefice </h1></h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with False Claims Act Allegations </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Connecticut Lab, its Owners and Officers, to Pay More Than $1.2 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></cent... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Armand Ntchana </h1></h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violating the federal and state False Claims Acts </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> APRN and Medical Practice to Pay Over $600k and Cease Connecticut Medicaid Participation to Settle False Claims Act Allegations</h2></center></b></b></cente... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. James Blose </h1></h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New Haven, CT criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with $7.4 Million Embezzlement Scheme </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Bank General Counsel Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison for $7.4 Million Embezzlement Scheme</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> Marc H. Silverman, Acting United States A... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Naimetulla Ahmed Syed, M.D. </h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with False Claims Act and Controlled Substances Act Allegations </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> New Haven Psychiatrist to Pay More Than $450K to Settle False Claims Act and Controlled Substances Act Allegations</h2></center></b></b> </h... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Naimetulla Ahmed Syed, MD. </h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with False Claims Act and Controlled Substances Act Allegations </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> New Haven Psychiatrist to Pay More Than $450K to Settle False Claims Act and Controlled Substances Act Allegations </h2></center></b></b> <... More...

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Michael Robinson, et al. v. V.D.

<h2><br> New London, Connecticut personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on defamation, invastion of privacy by false light, statutory and common-law vexatious litigation, and intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress.<br> <br> The civil action filed by the plaintiffs, Michael Robinson and Mary Robinson, seeks compensatory damages and injunctive relief for defam... More...

$0 (11-26-2024 - CT)
<h1> United States of America v. Mark Legowski </h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Filing False Tax Returns </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Farmington Accountant Sentenced to Prison for Filing False Tax Returns</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> MARK LEGOWSKI, 60, of Farmington, was with filing false... More...

$0 (11-25-2024 - CT)
<h1> United States of America v. Stanislav Romanyuk </h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Scheme to Export Dual-Use High Precision Jig Grinder to Russia </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Ukrainian National Involved in Scheme to Export Dual-Use High Precision Jig Grinder to Russia Sentenced to Prison</h2></center></b></b> ... More...

$0 (11-13-2024 - CT)
<h1> United States of America v. Kevin Biebel </h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New Haven, CT criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Tax Fraud </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Connecticut Resident Sentenced to Prison for Tax Fraud</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announ... More...

$0 (09-27-2024 - CT)
<h1> United States of America v. Lyell Champagne, Jr. </h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fraud and Tax Offenses </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Missouri Man Sentenced to 3 Years in Federal Prison for Fraud and Tax Offenses</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Between approximately March 2021 and April 20... More...

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Tamara Dorfman v. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company </center

<h2><br> Hartford, Connecticut insurance law lawyers represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> <br> In 2014, the plaintiff sustained serious bodily injuries when her motor vehicle collided with a vehicle operated by Joscelyn M. Smith, who failed to stop his vehicle at a stop sign. At the time of the collision, the plaintiff had a motor vehicle insurance policy with the defendant, which contained a ... More...

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United States of America v. Alex Bradley

<font color="red"><h2><br> New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Plaintiff who was charged with maliciously vonveying false information about explosives. <br> </font </color="red"></h2><br> ... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. JOHN MATAVA </h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center><i> New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fraudulently Obtaining COVID-19 Relief Funds.</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> Coventry Man Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for Fraudulently Obtaining COVID-19 Relief Funds </h2></center></i></font color="red"><br> <br> Vanessa Roberts A... More...

$0 (03-29-2024 - CT)
<h1> United States of America v. JACOB DEUTSCH and ARON DEUTSCH </h1>

<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Hartford, Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Mortgage Fraud Scheme Involving Hartford Apartment Buildings</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> Two New York men were sentenced in Hartford for engaging in a wide-ranging mortgage fraud scheme involving 24 mortgage loans on numerous multifamily housing proper... More...

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United States of America v. Erin Sullivan

New Haven, Connecticu criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud and tax offenses stemming from an embezzlement scheme.<br> <br> Erin Sullivan, age 53, of Cheshire, Connecticut, was employed as the office manager for a family-owned construction business, identified in court documents in "Company A,” based in Orange. Beginning at least as early as 2016, Sullivan ma... More...

$0 (10-31-2023 - CT)
United States of America v. John Bilda

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with misuse of funds.<br> <br> John Bilda, 59, former City of Norwich representative on the Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Corporation ("CMEEC”) Board of Directors, was indicted for misusing CMEEC funds.<br> <br> CMEEC is a cooperative public corporation that permits municipal electric utilities in Connecticu... More...

$0 (05-18-2023 - CT)
United States of America v. Joshua Bentz

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with illegally traficking firearms from South Carolina to Connecticut.<br> <br> In 2020, ATF and Hartford Police recovered multiple firearms that had been purchased in South Carolina. In July 2020, one of the firearms was found in the possession of a convicted felon. In September and October 2020, additional firearms we... More...

$0 (04-28-2023 - CT)
United States of America v. Olga Aucapina, a/k/a Olga Aucapina Paredes

New Have, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States.<br> <br> <br> <br> From approximately May 2013 to April 2017, OLGA AUCAPINA, also known as Olga Aucapina Paredes, 53, a citizen of Ecuador residing in Woodbridge, and several other Ecuadoran nationals participated in a scheme to illegally obtain tax refunds from the IRS. In o... More...

$0 (03-31-2023 - CT)
Hayden Shields, ex rel. United States of America v. Vien Clinics of America, Inc., et al.

New Haven, Connecticut qui tam lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on False Claims Act violation theories.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/New_Haven_CT_FED.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - New Haven, Connecticut"><br> <P><br> Federal Courthouse - New Haven, Connecticut<br> <P><br> <a font="red" href=... More...

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James A. Harnage v. Rikel Lightner, et al.

New Haven, Connecticut civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on a prisoner civil rights violation theory under 42 U.S.C. 1983.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/New_Haven_CT_FED.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - New Haven, Connecticut"><br> <P><br> Federal Courthouse - New Haven, Connecticut... More...

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United States and State of Connecticut ex rel. Lugli v. Community Mental Health Affiliates, Inc.

New Haven, Connecticut civil litigation lawyer represented Defendant charged with violating the False Claims Act.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/connecticut/news/newhaven/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For New Haven</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><br> </table><br> COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH AFFILIATES, INC. ("CMHA”), has ent... More...

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<H2> Sirley Amancio v. Jeffery Deperry and Town of Old Saybrook </H2>

New Haven, Connecticut civil rights lawyer represented Defendant was sued for false arrest and violating the Connecticu Trust Act.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/connecticut/news/newhaven/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For New Haven</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><br> </table><br> </center><br> Sirley Amancio sued Captian Jeffery DePe... More...

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Sean Adams v. Commissioners of Corrections

This petition for habeas corpus arises from the state's failure to correct the false and misleading testimony of one of its key witnesses in the trial of the petitioner, Sean Adams, who, following that trial, was convicted of murder and other offenses, and sentenced to 100 years in prison. The respondent, the commissioner of correction, appeals from the judgment of the Appellate Court, which rever... More...

$0 (07-23-2013 - CT)
Sean Adams v. Commissioner of Corrections

<br> The petitioner, Sean Adams, appeals from the judgment of the habeas court<br> <br>         [17 A.3d 480]<br> <br> denying his amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus. On appeal, the petitioner claims that the court improperly concluded that he failed to prove that the state withheld impeachment evidence in violation of Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 87, 83 S.Ct. ... More...

$0 (05-03-2011 - CT)
State of Connecticut v. Sean Adams

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with murder.<br> <br> At 2 a.m. on December 14, 1996, 23-year-old Jason Smith was fatally shot and two others—19-year-old Marvin Ogman and 22-year-old Andre Clark—were wounded when four men opened fire with semi-automatic weapons in New Haven, Connecticut.<br> <br> Police said the three victims were members ... More...

$0 (12-31-1999 - CT)
United States of America v. David Kamal

New Haven, Connecticut criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with tax evasion.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/connecticut/news/newhaven/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For New Haven</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><br> </table><br> David Kamal, age 60, from Stafford, Connecticut, who formerly resided in Hebron, willfully evad... More...

$0 (12-07-2022 - CT)
United States of America v. Mark Pagani

New Haven, Connecticut criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraud and tax evasion.<br> <br> From 2013 to at least August 2015, Mark Pagani, age 61, from Bolton, Connecticut, conspired with another person ("K.S.”), who is now deceased, to defraud a victim investor of more than $1 million. K.S. arranged investment deals with the victim, including the purported acquisition o... More...

$0 (09-20-2022 - CT)
United States of America v. Jhanannie Singh, a/k/a "Jasmine"

New Haven, Connecticut criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States.<br> <br> Jhanannie Singh, age 52, a citizen of Guyana last residing in Queens, New York, pleaded guilty to a conspiracy offense relating to the theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars in U.S. Savings Bonds from an elderly woman who had purchased the bonds for her grandchildren and ... More...

$0 (08-19-2022 - CT)
United States of America v. Keyante Paul

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with tax fraud.<br> <br> Keyante Paul, age 33, from Florida, was indicted, traveling to Connecticut for part of the year to prepare returns for Connecticut clients. For the 2015 through 2018 tax years, Paul prepared numerous federal tax returns for clients that included false income "adjustments” that reduced taxpa... More...

$0 (06-17-2022 - CT)
United States of America v. Jason Metz

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with distributing heroin, fentanyl, cocaine and crack.<br> <br> In May 2020, the DEA New Haven Task Force and Waterbury Police Department began an investigation into a drug trafficking organization that was distributing large amounts of heroin, cocaine and crack in the Waterbury area, and was believed to be headed by Zach... More...

$0 (06-08-2022 - CT)
United States of America v. Career Training Specialists, L.L.C. d/b/a Stone Academy and Mark Scheinberg

New Haven, Connecticut civil litigation lawyer represented Defendant accused of violating the False Claims Act.<br> <br> Career Training Specialists, LLC, doing business as Stone Academy, and its owner, Mark Scheinberg, agreed to paid more than $1 million to resolve allegations that they violated the federal False Claims Act by concealing a series of money order payments made by Scheinberg to prev... More...

$0 (05-27-2022 - CT)
United States of America v. Career Training Specialists, LLC, d/b/a Stone Academy

New Haven, Connecticut qui tam lawyers represented the United United States, which sued Defendant on a False Claims Act Violation theory.<br> <br> CAREER TRAINING SPECIALISTS, LLC, doing business as STONE ACADEMY, and its owner, MARK SCHEINBERG, paid more than $1 million to resolve allegations that they violated the federal False Claims Act by concealing a series of money order payments made by Sc... More...

$0 (05-27-2022 - CT)
State of Connecticut v. Richard Dabate

Vernon, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with first-degree murder, witness tampering and providing false statements.<br> <br> Richard Dabate, age 40, was accused of killing his wife Connie Dabate on December 23, 2015.<br> <br> The State accused Debate for concoction an elaborate story that his wife was killed by a masked intruder. <br> <br> His alibi was undermined... More...

$0 (05-10-2022 - CT)
United States of America v. Matthew V. Blackwell

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with tax evasion and failure to pay over taxes.<br> <br> Matthew Blackwell, age 44, from Woodbridge, was the Vice President of Operations at a family-owned food company based in 0Orange. Between approximately 2012 and 2016, Blackwell embezzled $927,143 from the company by creating false purchase orders and invoices that... More...

$0 (04-01-2022 - CT)
United States of America v. Oniel Wilks

Hartford, Connecticut criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with drug possession, identity fraud and money laundering.<br> <br> Oniel Wilks, 42, a citizen of Jamaica, was charged with narcotics, identity fraud and money laundering offenses. <br> <br> In November 2018, members of the FBI's Bridgeport Safe Streets Task Force arrested several individuals, including Louie McDowell, ... More...

$0 (12-22-2021 - CT)
United States of America v. Tony Taun Pham

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charge with conspiracy to defraud the United States.<br> <br> Tony Tuan Pham, also known as "Anh Nguyen,” 52, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, was fraud for coaching federal inmates and prospective inmates, who would not otherwise require substance abuse treatment, how to lie to gain admission into a Federal Bureau of Prisons ("B... More...

$0 (12-10-2021 - CT)