Florida Conspiracy Law
<h2> <CENTER> United States of America v. Angelo Martino </h2> </center>
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring with Blackcat/ALPHV (BlackCat) actors to extort multiple victims, as well as conspiring with other former cybersecurity professionals to attack additional victims in 2023. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> ... More...
$ (07-13-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Kenia Marrero and Joan Navarro Bruguet </h2> </center>
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: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Kenia Marrero, 46, of Miami, paid Joan Navarro... More...
$ (06-12-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Roody Metelus </h2> </center>
Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with preparing and submitting false tax forms to support more than 200 fraudulent loan applications under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). By Kent Morlan Roody Metelus, 47, of Westlake, owned and operated JRS Tax Services, LLC, in Dania Beach. From app... More...
$ (05-11-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Erasme Catalino Paulino Rodriguez, Joseito Diaz De Oleo, and Ober Alexander Villavicencio Jimenez
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to import more than 5 kilograms of cocaine into the United States 21 USC 963. By Kent Morlan Erasme Catalino Paulino Rodriguez, 35; Joseito Diaz De Oleo, 48; and Ober Alexander Villavicencio Jimenez, 36, all from the Dominican Republic, were aboard the M/V Best Bet, a 65-foot sport-fishing vessel, whe... More...
$ (05-10-2026 - fl)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Joel Rufus French </h2> </center>
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... More...
$ (05-09-2026 - FL)<h2> <central> United States of America v. Joseph Elegele, Jr. </h2> </central>
Orlando, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering. Between August 2017 and June 2023, Joseph Elegele, Jr. (41, Orlando) was part of a fraud scheme that laundered funds that had been fraudulently obtained from various businesses throughout the United States and in the Bahamas. Elegele’s role in the scheme was to establish bu... More...
$ (04-20-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jean Joseph and Janalies Camille Bingham </H2> </center>
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Jean Joseph, also known as “Jon,” 55, of Boca Raton, and Camille Bingham, also known as Janalie Camille Joseph, 44, also of Boca Raton were accused of orchestrating a years-long real estate investment fraud scheme that raised more than $50 million from inves... More...
$ (04-01-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Irazmar Carbajal De Jesus </h2> </center>
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with agreeing to use an unlicensed money services business to circumvent U.S. sanctions relating to Venezuela by transferring approximately $100,000 from the Dominican Republic. Irazmar Carbajal De Jesus, 60, agreed to transfer approximately $99,500 delivered in cash in the Dominican Republic to a specified bank account ... More...
$ (03-27-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Christopher Harwood </n2> <center>
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with health care fraud and conspiracy to commit mail fraud. Christopher Harwood, 43, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, admitted that he owned and operated a telemedicine company called TelevisitMD. Harwood and his co-conspirators targeted Medicare patients through aggressive telemarketing campaigns, inducing them to ... More...
$ (03-27-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Victor Waldeck Oliveira Iglesias </h2> <center>
Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute firearms outside the United States and smuggling. Victor Waldeck Oliveira Iglesias, 31, conspired with co-defendant Alvaro Teixeira, 50, to smuggle eight sets of HK firearm parts to Brazil. The co-defendants planned to conceal the illegal gun parts inside shipments that were otherwise legally ... More...
$ (03-20-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Tomás Niembro Concha </h2> </center>
Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Powers Act and Wire Fraud. Tomás Niembro Concha, 64, of Miami, Florida, conspired with others to siphon money from Nodus Bank, ultimately leading to the bank’s failure in 2023. Niembro and his co-conspirators concealed from other Nodus Bank board members and execut... More...
$ (03-21-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Joff Stenn Wroy Philossaint </h2> </center>
Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with defrauding COVID-19 relief programs of millions of dollars and concealing his criminal conduct during the naturalization process. Between April 2020 and May 2021, Joff Stenn Wroy Philossaint, 25, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, fraudulently obtained COVID-19 relief funds through companies he owned or controlled and by p... More...
$ (03-19-2026 - FL)<h2> </center> United States of America v. Patrick and Charles Boyd </h2> </center>
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with: 18 U.S.C. § 371 CONSPIRACY TO INTRODUCE ADULTERATED AND MISBRANDED DRUGS (1) 21 U.S.C. § 331(a) and 333(a)(2) INTRODUCTION OF A MISBRANDED DRUG INTO INTERSTATE COMMERCE (2-3) 18 U.S.C. § 670 CONSPIRACY TO TRAFFIC IN MEDICAL PRODUCTS WITH FALSE DOCUMENTATION (4) 18 U.S.C. § 1349 CONSPIRACY TO COM... More...
$ (03-16-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Pedro Antonio Laureano Quesada </h2> </center>
Orlando, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit robbery with a firearm, attempted robbery with a firearm, and attempted felony murder.... More...
$ (03-10-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Willan Pupo, Joel Castillo, William Castillo, Miriam Pupo, and Jessica Forpomes </h2> </center>
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering. Willan Pupo, 38, was sentenced to 132 months in federal prison; Joel Castillo, 39, to 58 months; William Castillo, 42, was sentenced to 55 months in federal prison; Miriam Pupo, 36, to 37 months; and Jessica Forpomes, 40, to 36 months. Each defendant previously pleaded guilty to... More...
$ (03-11-2026 - FL)United States of America v. Javier Hernandez
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with encouraging aliens to enter the United States, conspiracy to traffic in certain motor vehicles with tampered identification number, and to altering motor vehicle identification number, money laundering, and transportation of stolen vessels... More...
$ (02-21-2026 - FL)United States of America v. Joel Rufus French
Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged for his role in a yearslong scheme to bilk Medicare and the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) out of nearly $200 million by selling patient information and sham doctors’ orders for orthotic braces that patients did not want or need. “This defendant’s conduct was egr... More...
$ (02-03-2026 - FL)United States of America v. Sean J. Alterman
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and conspiracy to offer and pay health care kickbacks. Sean Alterman, 38, of Lake Worth, owned and operated two laboratories, Live Beyond Medical MGMT, LLC and Dynix Diagnostics LLC, through which he purchased doctors’ orders for expensive genetic testing from patient recruiter... More...
$ (01-20-2026 - FL)<H2> United States of America v. Michael Kochen and Sandra Herek
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with Medicare Fraud. Michael Kochen, 42, and Sandro Herek, 56, targeted Medicare Advantage beneficiaries through deceptive telemarketing practices, pressuring elderly individuals to accept medical equipment they did not need — and in some cases, did not want. Over the course of the scheme, more than $17 million was pa... More...
$ (01-09-2026 - FL)<H2> United States of America v. Ryan Clifford Goldberg and Kevin Martin
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiring to obstruct, delay or affect commerce through extortion in connection with ransomware attacks occurring in 2023. Ryan Goldberg, 40, of Georgia, Kevin Martin, 36, of Texas, and another co-conspirator successfully deployed the ransomware known as ALPHV BlackCat between April 2023 and December 2023 agains... More...
$ (12-20-2025 - FL)<H2> United States of America v. Bienvenido Leo Rodriguez, et al.
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with conspiring to traffic large quantities of cocaine in and around Miami-Dade County and elsewhere in the Southern District of Florida. The eight-count superseding indictment charges the following defendants—each a resident of Miami unless otherwise indicated—with drug trafficking conspiracy and related offenses: B... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - FL)<H2> United States of America v. Tyler Corbin, Edward Noel, Alfredo Santana), and Omar Singateth
Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with international conspiracy to traffic in firearms. Tyler Corbin (25, Tampa), Edward Noel (26, Canada), Alfredo Santana (32, Miami), Omar Singateth (24, Canada), and Arif Jhuman (39, Canada) with conspiracy to traffic firearms, trafficking in firearms, and dealing firearms with a license. The indictment also charges Cor... More...
$ (12-11-2025 - FL)<H2> United States of America v. Boris Arencibia and Jose Armando Rivera Garcia
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Defendants charged with schemes involving the sale of diverted and misbranded pharmaceutical drugs, including medications used to treat HIV and cancer. Boris Arencibia, 52, and Jose Armando Rivera Garcia, 45, both of Miami, purchased high-priced prescriptions medications from illicit street sources—including patien... More...
$ (12-11-2025 - FL)<H2> United States of America v. Wilfredo Robles
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act ("MDLEA.â€<br> <br> In 2022, the United States Coast Guard stopped the<br> appellants' go-fast vessel within the waters of the Dominican<br> Republic's EEZ. The vessel displayed no indicia of nationality.<br> The appellants refused to answer questions, and, therefore, no one<br> cl... More...
$0 (11-20-2025 - FL)United States of America v. Michael Garcia-Linares
West Palm Beach, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Commit Financial Institution Theft.<br> ... More...
$0 (10-30-2025 - FL)United States of America v. Tania Cesar
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud and 5 counts of health care fraud.<br> <br> When reviewing the substantive reasonableness of a prison sentence, courts consider the totality of the circumstances under a defrential abuse-of-discretion standard. Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51 (2007). The party... More...
$0 (10-30-2025 - FL)United States of America v. Clonet Junior Charmant
Tallahassee, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempt and conspiracy to commit fail fraud and bank fraud.<br> <br> harmant was sentenced to 26 months of imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release for his involvement in a fraud conspiracy. When Charmant began his supervised release term in October 2023, he had to comply with certain conditions, including: (... More...
$0 (10-30-2025 - FL)<h1> United States of America v. SGO Corporation Limited </h1></h1>
Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Philippine Bribery and Money Laundering.<br> <br> <br> A federal grand jury in Miami returned a superseding indictment today charging a multinational company that provides voting machine and election services for participating in a scheme to pay and launder more than $1 million in bribes to a Philippine government offic... More...
$0 (10-16-2025 - FL)United States of America v. Jorge Salermo
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud.<br> <br> ... More...
$0 (10-21-2025 - FL)United States of America v. Oswaldo Gonzalez
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine.<br> <br> Oswaldo Gonzalez appeals his conviction for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine while on board a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, 46 U.S.C. §§ 70503(a)(1), 70506(b)<br> <br> (a) Prohibitions.-While on boar... More...
$0 (10-21-2025 - FL)United States of America v. James Marabal
Orlando, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. <br> <br> ... More...
$0 (10-20-2025 - FL)United States of America v. Ramon Santiago
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged under the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act ("MDLEAâ€) for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine aboard a vessel subject to United States jurisdiction.... More...
$0 (10-10-2025 - FL)United States of America v. Jose Rogelio Nieto-Molina
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant seeking sentence reduction.<br> <br> In 2017, Nieto-Molina was charged, along with several oth<br> ers, with conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of a mix<br> ture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine with <br> a reason to believe that it would be imported into the United States, <br> 21 U.S.C. §§... More...
$0 (10-09-2025 - FL)<h1> United States of America v. David Cornejo Fernandez </h1></h1>
Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Defrauding Spanish-Speaking US Consumers <br> <br> A Peruvian national was sentenced yesterday to 80 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $3,000,000 in restitution for his participation in transnational fraud schemes that victimized vulnerable consumers in the U.S.<br> <br> According to court documents, David Co... More...
$0 (09-30-2025 - FL)<h1> United States of America v. Tochuwku Albert Nnebocha </h1></h1>
Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with operating a transnational inheritance fraud scheme.<br> <br> Tochuwku Albert Nnebocha, 43, of Nigeria was extradited from the Republic of Poland and faces federal charges of engaging in a transnational criminal organization that operated an inheritance fraud scheme that cheated many American seniors out of their savings.... More...
$0 (09-30-2025 - FL)United States of America v. Alexander McKay
West Palm Beach, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs.... More...
$0 (09-29-2025 - FL)United States of America v. Juan De Leon Berroa
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess controlled substance aboard a vessel (cocaine).... More...
$0 (09-29-2025 - FL)<h1> United States of America v. Juan Francisco Ramirez </h1></h1>
Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Multimillion-Dollar Wire Fraud Conspiracy<br> <br> The chairman of the board of Nodus International Bank (Nodus), a Puerto Rican international banking entity, pleaded guilty on Sept. 22 for his role in leading a scheme to fraudulently obtain more than $13.6 million from Nodus, which ultimately led to the bank's failure ... More...
$0 (09-24-2025 - FL)United States of America v. Leonel Bismark Oreno-Rivas
Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana while on board a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.<br> <br> Moreno-Rivas asserted that the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over his case be-<br> cause: (1) Congress exceeded its authority under the Felonies Clause of the Co... More...
$0 (09-19-2025 - FL)United States of America v. Carlos Reynaldo Almonte Almonte
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine while on board a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.<br> <br> ... More...
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