Georgia Forfeiture Law
<h1> United States of America v. Kyle Waldron </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Savannah, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally obtaining COVID-19 pandemic relief funds.</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> Defendant ordered to repay more than $1.3 million </h2></center></i><br> <br> <br> A Coffee County man was sentenced to federal prison and ordered to pay more t... More...
$0 (04-12-2024 - GA)<h1> United States of America v. Travis Lee Martin </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Dublin, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a drug trafficking conspiracy.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b>Johnson County man sentenced to federal prison for lead role in drug trafficking conspiracy </h3></center></i><br> <br> A Johnson County man has been sentenced to more than 16 years... More...
$0 (02-23-2024 - GA)United States of America v. Jessica Diane Higginbotham aka Jessica Harriod aka Jessica Jones
Macon, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sending a threatening message to bomb their local headquarters the day before the U.S. Senators from Georgia were in town for campaign events.<br> <br> Jessica Diane Higginbotham aka Jessica Harriod aka Jessica Jones, 35, of Elberton, Georgia, was pleaded guilty to one count of communicating a bomb threat on May 16. <br> ... More...
$0 (08-02-2023 - GA)United States of America v. Davey Tree Experts Company and Wolf Tree, Inc.
Savannah, Georgia civil litigation lawyers represented Defendants accused of illegal labor practices reported by a whistleblower who was murdered for revealing the scheme.<br> <br> Davey Tree Expert Company, of Ohio, and its subsidiary, Wolf Tree, Inc., entered into a non-prosecution and settlement agreement with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Georgia and the U.S. Departm... More...
$0 (07-21-2023 - GA)United States of America v. Dr. Wallace Steven Anderson
Savannah, Georgia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with participating in a drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed massive amounts of addictive controlled substances from pain management and addiction clinics.<br> <br> Dr. Wallace Steven Anderson, 68, of Douglas, Ga., was sentenced to 60 months in prison after pleading guilty to Conspiracy to Unlawfully Distribute and Dispen... More...
$0 (10-27-2022 - GA)United States of America v. Darrell Thomas
Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud and to money laundering for masterminding a scheme to obtain 14 fraudulent loans totaling approximately $11.1 million from the Paycheck Protection Program ("PPPâ€). To date, a total of twenty-three individuals have been charged in connection with the fraudulent scheme. <... More...
$0 (05-20-2022 - GA)United States of America v. William Shannon Scott
Statesboro, Georgia criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with Sponsoring and Exhibiting an Animal in an Animal Fighting Venture.<br> <br> William Shannon Scott, 49, of Midville, Ga., was indicted for Sponsoring and Exhibiting an Animal in an Animal Fighting Venture. <br> <br> "William Shannon Scott's sentencing represents the final trip to court for three men who operated illega... More...
$0 (01-11-2022 - GA)United States of America v. Katrina Brown and Reginald Brown
<center><h2><font color="red"> Atlanta, GA- Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with <br> conspiracy to fraudulently obtain and divert to funds from a loan backed by the Small Business Administration and a grant from the City of Jacksonville charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> The 38-count indictment charged each Appellant with one <br> count of conspiracy to commit mail and ... More...
$0 (12-25-2021 - GA)United States of America v. Deangelo Lenard Johnson
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Atlanta, GA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a domestic violence by strangulation and assault charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In 1996, Congress prohibited anyone convicted of a misdemeanor that <br> involved domestic violence from possessing a firearm. See 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9). <br> Senator Frank Lautenberg, who sponsore... More...
$0 (11-21-2021 - GA)United States of America v. Mordechai Korf, et al.
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Atlanta, Georgia - Criminal defense lawyer represented Movants - Appellants with asserting attorney-client and work-product about privilege seized materials that are claimed to be privileged. Movants - Appellants were part of a criminal investigation into money laundering, conspiracy to money launder, and wire fraud </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Th... More...
$0 (11-07-2021 - GA)United States of America v. Eddie Lee Perry, Chad Ragin
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Atlanta, Georgia - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with conspiring to possess with intent to distribute in excess of five kilograms of cocaine and in excess of 280 grams of cocaine base. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In this consolidated appeal, Perry presents multiple challenges to his <br> convictions, while Ragin attacks his sentence... More...
$0 (11-07-2021 - GA)UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. US Stem Cell Clinic, LLC, et al.
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Atlanta, Georgia - Medical Malpractice lawyer represented defendant with being alleged that the stem cell procedure violates the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Since 2001 the FDA has regulated human cells, tissues, and cellular and <br> tissue-based products or "HCT/Ps,†which the FDA defines as "art... More...
$0 (10-12-2021 - GA)United States of America v. Mordechai Korf, et al.
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Atlanta, Georgia - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with money laundering, conspiracy to money launder, and wire fraud charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> The Northern District of Ohio was conducting a criminal investigation into <br> money laundering, conspiracy to money launder, and wire fraud. As it followed its <br> leads, it deci... More...
$0 (10-11-2021 - GA)United States of America v. EDDIE LEE PERRY, CHAD RAGIN
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Atlanta, Georgia - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with conspiring to possess with intent to distribute in excess of five kilograms of cocaine and in excess of 280 grams of cocaine base charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In early 2013, Drug Enforcement Administration and local law enforcement <br> agencies in southwest Georgia and M... More...
$0 (10-10-2021 - GA)United States of America v. US STEM CELL CLINIC, LLC, a Florida limited liability company, US STEM CELL, INC., a Florida profit corporation, KRISTIN C. COMELLA, individually
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Atlanta, Georgia - Medical Malpractice lawyer represented defendant with a charge alleging the stem cell procedure violates the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act (codified at 21 MaU.S.C. §§ 301 et seq.). </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Since 2001 the FDA has regulated human cells, tissues, and cellular and <br> tissue-based products or "HCT/P... More...
$0 (09-13-2021 - GA)United States of America v. Mordechai Korf, et al.
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Atlanta, Georgia - Money laundering, conspiracy to money launder, and wire fraud lawyer represented defendant with considering whether the use of a government filter team to review seized materials that are claimed to be privileged necessarily violates the privilege holder's rights claim. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> The Northern District of Ohio w... More...
$0 (09-08-2021 - GA)United States of America v. Marquet Mattox
Athens, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with filing fraudulent tax returns in the several trusts.<br> <br> Between 2016 and 2018, Marquet Mattox, of Lilburn, filed at least 30 fraudulent federal income tax returns in the name of at least 11 different trusts. Those returns falsely represented that the trusts had earned interest income and that federal income taxes had ... More...
$0 (08-18-2021 - GA)United States of America v. Benjamin Shinhoster, III, a/k/a "Benji"
Dublin, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with dog-fighting in Dodge County.<br> <br> Benjaman Shinhoster III, a/k/a "Benji,†41, of Louisville, Ga., was charged for Sponsoring and Exhibiting a Dog in an Animal Fighting Venture.<br> <br> "It is appalling that anyone could find 'entertainment' from forcing animals into bloody and often fatal fights,†said Act... More...
$0 (08-03-2021 - GA)United States of America v. Rayan Felton
Atlanta, GA - Defendant charged with criminal cryptocurrency scheme by grand jury.<br> <br> Ryan Felton has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges arising out of two different cryptocurrency-based investment schemes.<br> <br> “Initial coin offerings can be used to fund innovative and exciting projects that might not otherwise be able to come to life through traditional funding sources,... More...
$0 (09-12-2020 - GA)Metlife Life and Annuity Company v. Connecticut v. Uzo Akpele, J.E.A., et al.
Plaintiff MetLife Life and Annuity Co. of Connecticut (“MetLife”) initiated this interpleader action under Rule 22 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and sought to pay into the registry of the district court the proceeds of an insurance policy on the life of Dr. Ignatius Akpele, deceased. The defendants named by MetLife were Uzo Akpele (the widow of Dr. Akpele), J.E.A. (a minor child of D... More...
$0 (03-29-2018 - GA)United States of America v. Rigoberto Fernandez-Gonzalez, a/k/a Juan Garcia
Atlanta, GA - Defendant sentenced to Federal Prison for trafficking 59 pounds of “Ice”<br> <br> Rigoberto Fernandez-Gonzalez, a/k/a Juan Garcia, has been sentenced to 22 years in federal prison for possessing with the intent to distribute 59 pounds of methamphetamine, or “ice,” and for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense.<br> <br> “This defendant sought t... More...
$0 (06-28-2017 - GA)United States of America v. Antonio Sandridge and rodney Sandridge
Atlanta, GA - Physician and Owner of Atlanta Pain Clinic Sentenced for Illegally Prescribing Painkillers<br> <br> Nisar A. Piracha, the former primary physician and owner of Piracha Wellness Clinic in Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced to seven years and three months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute oxycodone, methadone, and alprazolam. While operating the clinic, Piracha illegally pres... More...
$0 (03-29-2017 - GA)United States of America v. Lavunte Collins
Craigslist Seller Sentenced for Five Armed Robberies<br> <br> ATLANTA - Lavunte Collins has been sentenced on five counts of armed robbery and one count of brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence in connection with his robbery of a string of victims that he lured through Craigslist. <br> <br> “This case highlights the dangers of meeting strangers for commercial transactio... More...
$0 (08-08-2016 - GA)Carleton Frazier v. Captain R.F. Jordan
In this habeas proceeding Frazier and other petitioners raise a single question: May a municipal court constitutionally impose a sentence requiring an indigent defendant to pay a fine forthwith or serve a specified number of days in jail? The district court granted the writ on the ground that the sentence discriminates against defendants unable to pay their fines because of their indigency. The st... More...
$0 (04-03-1972 - GA)United State of America v. Paul Anderson
ATLANTA, GA - Paul Anderson has been sentenced to six years and eight months in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud Northwest and Delta Air Lines of more than $36 million. Anderson and his co-defendant Michael Yedor submitted false invoices to both airlines, for work that was not performed but was billed for by a company allegedly owned by Yedor.<br> <br> "The defendant's lucrative and lon... More...
$0 (02-24-2015 - GA)United States of America v. Michael Yedor
ATLANTA – Michael Yedor has been sentenced to ten years in prison for his role in orchestrating a scheme to defraud Northwest and Delta Air Lines of more than $36 million.<br> <br> "The scope and magnitude of this fraudulent scheme is astounding,†said United States Attorney Sally Quillian Yates. "The millions of dollars the defendants stole hurt the honest operations of an important... More...
$0 (01-09-2015 - GA)United States of America v. Loretta Smith
DUBLIN, GA – LORETTA SMITH, 41, of Glenwood, Georgia, was sentenced in last week by Senior U. S. District Court Judge Dudley H. Bowen to serve 5 years in prison for defrauding the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs ("VAâ€) through fraudulent worker's compensation claims. <br> <br> According to the evidence presented during the guilty plea and sentencing hearings, SMITH, while employ... More...
$0 (08-26-2014 - GA)United States of America v. Craig A. Howell
Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced today that Craig A. Howell, 53, of Sylvester, Georgia, was sentenced to serve 12 months in federal prison for making false statements to a federally insured financial institution. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable W. Louis Sands, United States District Court Judge, in Albany, Georgia.<br> ... More...
$0 (07-21-2014 - GA)United States of America v. Michelle Rodriguez, Thomas J. Cole and Fredrick W. Simons
<br><br>A former employee at the Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany (MCLB-Albany) and two local businessmen were sentenced today for their roles in a bribery scheme related to the award of contracts for machine products that resulted in approximately $907,000 in fraudulent overcharges to the U.S. Marines, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department's Crimina... More...
$0 (06-06-2013 - GA)Stacey Kent v. Jeffrey Kent
Appellant challenges a divorce decree and the trial court's post-decree order denying his motion for a copy of the trial transcript. We hold that the trial court erred in denying the transcript motion, and we should not resolve the challenges to the divorce decree without the transcript. Accordingly, we reverse the transcript order and remand the case.<br><br>1. On July 15, 2009, Stacey Kent ("Wif... More...
$0 (10-03-2011 - GA)Royal v. Blackwell
In January 2009, appellee Fred B. Blackwell, the trustee of a testamentary trust that is a beneficiary of the last will and testament of the late Edgar Hollis of Coweta County, filed this action in which he sought an accounting, the removal of appellant Mayo H. Royal, Jr., as executor of the estate, and damages resulting from Royal's purported breach of his fiduciary duty.1 Following the executor'... More...
$0 (07-05-2011 - GA)World Harvest Church, Inc. v. Guideone Mutual Insurance Company
This is an insurance case raising some questions of Georgia law.<br><br>Without issuing a written reservation of rights, an insurer assumed the defense of a lawsuit for almost eleven months but stopped defending near the end of the discovery period because it decided that there was no coverage. At that point the policy holder hired its own attorneys to defend the lawsuit. About one month after the... More...
$0 (10-30-2009 - GA)<a href="http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/ops/200015783op2.pdf" target="_snew">Albert Adefemi v. John Ashcroft, et al.</a>
Albert Adefemi, a citizen of Nigeria, petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals, challenging its determination that the Immigration and Naturalization Service ("INS") presented sufficient evidence to demonstrate that he could be deported on the basis of a firearms offense.<P>After entering the United States in 1977 without inspection, Adefemi became a lawful tempor... More...
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