Georgia False Pretense Law
<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Allen Brown </h1></center></h1>
Augusta, GA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud conspiracy<br> <br> On September 25, 2025, a Richmond County man who operated a “ghost†tax preparation business in Augusta, Georgia, has been sentenced to federal prison and ordered to pay restitution for defrauding the IRS.<br> <br> Allen Brown, 41, of Augusta, Georgia, was sentenced to 46 months in... More...
$0 (09-25-2025 - GA)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Delta Airlines, Inc. </h1></center></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Misuse of Pandemic-Relief Funds </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Delta Airlines Pays $8.1 Million To Settle Lawsuit Alleging Misuse of Pandemic-Relief Funds</h2></center></b></b>< <br> <br> Delta Airlines, Inc. (“Deltaâ€) paid $8.1 mi... More...
$0 (07-16-2025 - GA)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Dantavious Jackson </h1></center></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Augusta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with executing a mail fraud scheme </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Union City “Ghost Preparer†Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Seeking Over $4 Million in COVID-19 Employment Tax Credits</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color=... More...
$0 (07-07-2025 - GA)<h2> <center> Curtrina Martin and Toi Cliatt v. United States of America, et al. </h2> </center>
Atlanta, Georgia personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on civil rights violation theories under 42 U.S.C. 1983.<br> <br> On October 18, 2017, the FBI raided the wrong house in suburban At-<br> lanta. Officers meant to execute search and arrest warrants at a sus-<br> pected gang hideout at 3741 Landau Lane but instead stormed 3756<br> Denville Trace, a quiet family home occupied by peti... More...
$0 (06-13-2025 - GA)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Allen Brown </h1></center></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Augusta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Wire Fraud </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Augusta “Ghost Preparer†Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud Conspiracy</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A man who operated a “ghost†tax preparation business ... More...
$0 (05-27-2025 - GA)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Allen Brown </h1></center></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Augusta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Filing False Tax Returns for Clients </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Augusta “Ghost Preparer†Pleads Guilty to Preparing and Filing False Tax Returns for Clients</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A man who o... More...
$0 (05-27-2025 - GA)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Kim Brown </h1></center></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Augusta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Preparing and Filing False Tax Returns </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Augusta “Ghost Preparer†Pleads Guilty to Preparing and Filing False Tax Returns for Clients</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A woman... More...
$0 (05-27-2025 - GA)<h1><center> United States of America v. Milan Patel </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Options Trading Scheme </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Five Defendants Sentenced in Options Trading Scheme</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Milan Patel has been sentenced to prison in connection with a years-long market ... More...
$0 (01-24-2025 - GA)<h1><center> United States of America v. Calah Williams </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with stealing Economic Injury Disaster Loan (“EIDLâ€), Paycheck Protection Program (“PPPâ€), and unemployment insurance </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Florida Woman Sentenced to Prison for Pandemic-Related Fraud</h2></cen... More...
$0 (12-17-2024 - GA)<h2> <center> State of Georgia v. Hiram Abernathy </h2> <center>
<h2><br> Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with "aggravated battery, aggravated assault, armed robbery, kidnapping with bodily injury, false imprisonment, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, and possession of marijuana.<br> </h2><br> ... More...
$0 (11-13-2024 - GA)<h1><center> United States of America v. Mitchell C. Simpson </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Used-Car Dealer Sentenced to Federal Prison for $3 Million Fraud Scheme</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Mitchell C. Simpson, who stole $3 million from companies that pr... More...
$0 (11-12-2024 - GA)<h2> <center> Project Veritas v. Cable New Network, Inc. </h2> <center>
<h2><br> Atlanta, Georgia personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a defamation theory.<br> </h2><br> On February 11, 2021, Twitter1 suspended from its platform<br> Project Veritas (“Veritasâ€)—an investigative journalistic<br> organization most well-known for its undercover reporting.<br> Veritas’s suspension made headlines. On February 15, Ana<br> Ca... More...
$0 (11-07-2024 - GA)<h2> <center> State of Georgia v. Leilani Simon </h2> </center> </h2. </center>
<h2><br> Savannah, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.<br> </h2><br> Leilani Simon was accused of killing her 20-month-old toddler son Quinton Simon on October 5, 2022, and was indicted on 19 charges, including malice murder, felony murder, concealing the death of another and making false statements in the death of her son.<br> <br> The child's body was ... More...
$0 (10-26-2024 - GA)<h1><center> United States of America v. Micky Lee Wagner, aka “Clifton Leigh Wagner Martin,†“Mickey Lee Wagner,†“Leigh Wagner,†“Michy Wagner,†“Lee Wagner,†and “Dr. Leigh†</h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Defrauding Factoring Companies </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Man Sentenced for Multimillion-Dollar Scheme to Defraud Factoring Companies</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Micky Lee Wagner, also known as “Clifton ... More...
$0 (09-18-2024 - GA)<h1><center> United States of America v. Roderick Billingslea </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with obtaining a fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan and operating illegal trucking businesses. </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Georgia Trucker Sentenced for PPP Fraud</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Roderick... More...
$0 (08-15-2024 - GA)<h1><center> United States of America v. Alvin Demar; Joshua Carter; Jamal Plunkett </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Trafficking Firearms and Other Gun-Related Offenses </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Three Men Sentenced for Trafficking Firearms and Other Gun-Related Offenses</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Alvin Demar and Joshua Ca... More...
$0 (08-05-2024 - GA)<h1><center> United States of America v. Teresa Carter and Sharon Crowder </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Stealing Social Security Benefits </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Two Georgia Women Sentenced for Stealing Social Security Benefits</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Teresa Carter and Sharon Crowder have been sentenced f... More...
$0 (07-12-2024 - GA)<h1><center> United States of America v. Thomas Charles Bridges; Errol Michael Gilyot; LiJordan Alexander Lucas; Tranealius Lashun Abrams; Emerson Trevaun Striveson, Jr.; Ashir Davonte-Jovonta Hogue; Amartinez Carson </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Mobile, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with organized scheme to commit bank fraud </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Tacoma Company Pleads Guilty and Sentenced for False Declarations on Timber Imports</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Several defendants from Mobile we... More...
$0 (06-14-2024 - GA)<h1><center> United States of America v. James Lewallen Meeks; Jamey Michael Latty; Mark Anthony Powell </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Rome, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Trafficking Drugs and Firearms </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Three Men Sentenced for Trafficking Drugs and Firearms</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> James Lewallen Meeks, a Georgia Department of Corrections inmate, an... More...
$0 (05-30-2024 - GA)<h1><center> United States of America v. James Lewallen Meeks; Jamey Michael Latty; Mark Anthony Powell </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Trafficking Drugs and Firearms </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Three Men Sentenced for Trafficking Drugs and Firearms</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> James Lewallen Meeks, a Georgia Department of Corrections inmate, ... More...
$0 (05-30-2024 - GA)<h1><center> United States of America v. Justin Daniels </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Filing False Tax Returns.</font </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> Dog Broker Sentenced to Federal Prison for Filing False Tax Returns </h2></center><br> <br> Justin Daniels was sentenced for filing false tax returns in connection with his dog-brokeri... More...
$0 (04-25-2024 - GA)<h1><center> United States of America v. Shaquandra Woods </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Savannah, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with COVID-19 fraud scheme.</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> Florida attorney sentenced to federal prison for role in COVID-19 fraud scheme.</h2></center><br> <br> A Florida attorney has been sentenced to federal prison and ordered to pay restitution for ... More...
$0 (04-17-2024 - GA)<h2> <center> Angie McDaniel v. Nathan McDaniel </h2> </center>
Atlanta, Georgia personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on "malicious prosecution, false imprisonment, false-light invasion of privacy, damage to reputation and intentional infliction of emotional distress theories.... More...
$0 (03-13-2024 - GA)<h1><center> United States of America v. David Shemtov </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center><i> Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud .</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> California Man Sentenced for Cell Phone Trade-in Fraud Scheme </h2></center></i></font color="red"><br> <br> David Shemtov was sentenced after a jury convicted him of wire fraud based on a scheme ... More...
$0 (03-30-2024 - GA)<h1><center> United States of America v. David Shemtov </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center><i> Alanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Cell Phone Trade-in Fraud Scheme.</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> California Man Sentenced for Cell Phone Trade-in Fraud Scheme </h2></center></i></font color="red"><br> <br> David Shemtov was sentenced after a jury convicted him of wire frau... More...
$0 (03-27-2024 - GA)<h1><center> United States of America v. Matthew Allen Dickason </h1></center>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Stealing Millions from Clients.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> Disbarred Real Estate Attorney Sentenced to Federal Prison for Stealing Millions from Clients </h3></center></i><br> <br> Matthew Allen Dickason, a disbarred attorney who was pr... More...
$0 (03-04-2024 - GA)<h1><center> United States of America v. John J. Woods </h1></center>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Alanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a decade-long Ponzi scheme.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> </h3></center></i><br> <br> John J. Woods has been sentenced to nearly eight years in federal prison for operating a 13-year Ponzi scheme that victimized more than 400 investors and ... More...
$0 (02-08-2024 - GA)<h1><center> United States of America v. Juan Martinez, Joseph Pascua </h1></center>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Savannah, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a conspiracy to steal aircraft design secrets.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> Each defendant was convicted in 2023 jury trials </h3></center></i><br> <br> Two California men have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a co... More...
$0 (02-09-2024 - GA)<h1><center> United States of America v. Jalal Hajavi </h1></center>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Alanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with shipping heavy equipment to Iran in violation of U.S. sanctions</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> <br> Jalal Hajavi has been sentenced for conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulatio... More...
$0 (01-18-2024 - GA)<h1><center> United States of America v. Ronald Bell </h1></center>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Atlanta, Georgia Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant who extorted Georgia Tech</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> <b><h2><center><i>Northern District of Georgia </h2></center></i></b><br> <br> Ronald Bell has been sentenced to two years and nine months in prison for extorting Georgia Tech. Bell recruited a security guard to f... More...
$0 (07-27-2023 - GA)<h2><center> United States of America v. Shaquandra Woods </h2></center>
Savannah, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with participating in a scheme to illegally obtain funding from a federal COVID-19 small business relief program.<br> <br> Shaquandra Woods, 40, of Jacksonville, Fla., was convicted after a four-day trial in U.S. District Court on a charge of Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, said Jill E. Steinberg, U.S. Attorney for the S... More...
$0 (12-12-2023 - GA)<h2><center> United States of America v. Jess Kinmont and John P. Wenz, Jr. </h2></center>
Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with operating a timeshare resale scam business that affected more than 8,000 victims nationwide, many of them elderly.<br> <br> “The defendants monetized their clients’ trust to commit a multi-state fraud scheme that enabled them to steal millions of dollars from more than 8,000 victims, including many seni... More...
$0 (10-20-2023 - GA)<h2><center> State of Georgia v. Kenneth Chesebro </h2></center>
Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to filed false documents.<br> <br> Kenneth Chesebro, a former attorney for Donald Trump was charged under Georgia's racketeering laws for his involvement with others who were trying to change the outcome of the 2020 election for President in Georgia.<br> <br> "Georgia racketeering law, codified at O.C.G.A. ... More...
$0 (10-20-2023 - GA)<h2><center> United States of America v. DeAndre Cannon </h2></center>
Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States.<br> <br> A previously deported undocumented alien with a violent criminal history, and a former school paraprofessional who fatally abandoned a dog in a hot car while straw purchasing firearms, have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in trafficking guns later used ... More...
$0 (10-10-2023 - GA)<h2><center> United States of America v. Joseph Oluwafemi Kolawole Akoshile </h2></center>
Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with tax fraud scheme relating to false tax returns claiming fuel tax credits.<br> <br> Joseph Oluwafemi Kolawole Akoshile, age 57, of Mansfield, Texas, used multiple aliases to steal millions of dollars from American taxpayers by fraudulently using a tax credit designed to aid business owners, according to U.S. Attorney R... More...
$0 (09-22-2023 - GA)<h2><center> United States of America v. Lonnise Janelle Andrews </h2></center>
Macon, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making and subscrib ing to a false tax return, making false claims for tax credits, and making false claims for tax refunds.<br> <br> Lonnise Janelle Andrews, 43, of Macon, pleaded guilty to one count of making and subscribing a false return, one count of false claim for a tax credit and one count of false claim for a re... More...
$0 (09-12-2023 - GA)<h2><center> United States of America v. Maurice Lawson </h2></center>
Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with obtaining nearly a half a million dollars by submitting multiple fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (“PPPâ€) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (“EIDLâ€) applications.<br> <br> “Congress enacted the Paycheck Protection Program to provide emergency financial assistance to millions of American... More...
$0 (08-16-2023 - GA)<h2><center> United States of America v. Juan Martinez </h2></center>
Savannah, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to steal aircraft design and testing information in a plot to shorten the regulatory approval process for another company’s aircraft technology.<br> <br> Juan Martinez, 53, of Yorba Linda, California, was convicted after a five-day trial in U.S. District Court in Savannah on one count of Conspiracy to St... More...
$0 (08-30-2023 - GA)<h2> <center> State of Georgi v. Donald Trump, et al. </h2> </center>
Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyers are representing Defendants on multiple criminal counts.<br> <br> INTRODUCTION Defendant Donald JohnTrump lostthe United States presidential election held on November 3, 2020. One ofthe states he lost was Georgia. Trump andthe otherDefendants charged in this Indictment refused to accept thatTrump lost, and they knowingly and willfully joined a conspiracy ... More...
$0 (08-14-2023 - GA)<h2><center> Anthony Bernard Juniper v. Melvin C. Davis, et al. </h2></center>
Richmond, Virginia criminal defense lawyers represented Plaintiff convicted of capital murder.<br> <br> This habeas case returns to us after a remand for an evidentiary hearing. Petitioner Anthony Juniper argues that the Commonwealth of Virginia's[1] suppression of evidence and knowing presentation of false or misleading testimony were cumulatively material under Brady v. Maryland and Napue v. Ill... More...
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