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State of Florida v. Pylip Vionov and Anton Levkun

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant's charged with placing a credit card scanning device on a credit card point-of-sale machine. Reported by Kent Morlan Pylip Vionov, age 45, and Anton Levkun, age 41, from Ukraine “placed a skimming device on a credit card point-of-sale machine” at Sabor Tropical Supermarket in West Miami’s Alameda area.... More...

(05-27-2026 - FL)
United States of America v. Roody Metelus

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)
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)
State of Florida v. Rafael Jorge Gonzalez-Sintes

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with f shooting or throwing a deadly missile, culpable negligence, criminal mischief and disorderly conduct. By Kent Morlan Rafael Jorge Gonzalez-Sintes, age 61, accused of throwing furniture out of his high rise apartment endangering people below.... More...

(05-06-2026 - FL)
State of Florida v. Christopher Diez

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charge with enticement of a minor for sex and battery. Miami-Dade County Sheriff Lieutenant Chirstopher Diaz allegedly attempt to meet a minor in Delray Beach to have sex.... More...

(05-01-2026 - FL)
State of Florida v. Walter Afitt Garcia

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with felony littering and misdemeanor failing to obtain an environmental permit. Walter Afitt Garcia, 48, opened gate for a dump truck driver seeking to get rid of a load of landscaping debris at an "illegal dumping transfer station" at 13105 SW 199th Ave., in Miami-Dade county. The site contained enough construction de... More...

(05-01-2026 - FL)
United States of America v. Boise Cascade

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with Lacey Act Trafficking. The Boise Cascade Company (Boise Cascade) was accused of felony violation of the Lacey Act for its role in a timber trafficking scheme to evade countervailing and anti-dumping duties. “Boise Cascade either knew about or was willfully blind to the illegal importation of the plywood they w... More...

(04-30-2026 - FL)
State of Florida v. Yamilet Alfonso

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with grand larceny. Yamilet Alfonso, age 36, accused of being a porch pirate and stealing $2,200 in packages from one victim's porch.... More...

(04-29-2026 - FL)
State of Florida v. Lazaro Miranda-Alonso

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with engaging in a scheme to defraud Walmart. third-degree grand theft, and five counts of using a false or fraudulently obtained receipt in Florida to request a refunds. Lazaro Miranda-Alonso, age 26, was a homeless Walmart employee who was stealing from Walmart to pay for a motel in Miami-Dade County.... More...

(04-23-2026 - FL)
State of Florida v. Mauricio Jimenez

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. Jimenez, 48, of Hialeah, Florida, was a Home Depot Manager. He is accused providing discounts to “a core of accounts” and that the “high markdown activity” at his old store stopped once he left, and “took a dramatic upturn” at his new store once he arrived. Of the $55 million in gross sales th... More...

(04-23-2026 - FL)
State of Florida v. Lubby Navarro

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with third-degree grand theft. Former Miami-Dade School Board Vice Chair Lubby Navarro, age 51, was accused of using a school district credit card to run up about $100,000 in personal purchase. The state alleged that Navarro used the official card to buy food, groceries, appliances, vacations and more.... More...

(04-14-2026 - FL)
United States of America v. Jasen Butler

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud, forgery, and money laundering. Jasen Bulter, age 38, of Jupiter, the owner of Independent Marine Oil Services LLC, corrupted the competitive bidding process for military fuel contracts and submitted dozens of falsified documents such as wire transfer memos and invoices to multiple U.S. warships between A... More...

(04-10-2026 - FL)
State of Florida v. Gabriela Saldana

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with making threats on WhatsApp to kill or do bodily injury. Saldana “made a threat to kill or do bodily harm” in posts about “a scheduled event” in a WhatsApp group chat.... More...

(04-06-2026 - FL)
State of Florida v. Jaylyn Coleman

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with grand theft. Jaylyn Coleman, age 29, accused of stealing a gold chain valued at %more than$18,000. The defend attempted to sell the chain but was told it was fake by the jeweler.... More...

(04-02-2026 - FL)
United States of America v. Jean Joseph and Janalies Camille Bingham

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)
United States of America v. Irazmar Carbajal De Jesus

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)
United States of America v. Tomás Niembro Concha

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)
State of Florida v. Pedro Nelson Caniza

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with one count each of battery on a law enforcement officer and resisting an officer with violence. Pedro Nelson Caniza, 47, of North Miami Beach, became upset at the Miami Open and battered an office who was trying to remove him.... More...

(03-20-2026 - FL)
State of Florida v. Nelson Nunez and Jusiah Jones

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with rape. Nelson Nunez, 13, and Jusiah Jones, 12, accused of raping a 12-year-old girl. Nunez, Jones and Xavier Tyson, 15, were charged with sexual battery, kidnapping and false imprisonment. Nunez, Jones and Xavier Tyson, 15, were charged with sexual battery, kidnapping and false imprisonment. The Defendant w... More...

(03-20-2026 - FL)
United States of America v. Victor Waldeck Oliveira Iglesias

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)
United States of America v. Joff Stenn Wroy Philossaint

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)
United States of America v. Patrick and Charles Boyd

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)
State of Florida v. Maria Roda Blanco >/center>

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer will represent the Defendant charged with assault and battery and driving without a license. Maria Roda Blanco accused for slapping an employee of the daycare center where her child was being cared for. Roda-Blanco, who was born in Uruguay and doesn’t have a criminal record, faced a charge of battery on a school employee and a U.S. Immigration and Cu... More...

(03-16-2026 - FL)
State of Florida v. Sonia Infante-Perez

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with grand theft, organized fraud, cashing or depositing a worthless check and possessing a counterfeit payment instrument. Sonia Infante-Perez, age 55, of Hialeah, accused of bank fraud for passing counterfeit checks.... More...

(03-14-2026 - FL)
United States of America v. Willan Pupo, Joel Castillo, William Castillo, Miriam Pupo, and Jessica Forpomes

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)