Idaho False Pretense Law
<H2> <CENTER> State of Idaho v. Doanld Alan Hawkins </h2> </center>
Pocatello, Idaho, criminal defense lawyer will be representing the Defendant charged with false reports of explosives in public or private places.<br> <br> Donald Alan Hawkins, 58, was arrested by Pocatello police on a felony charge of false reports of explosives in public or private places.... More...
$0 (10-19-2025 - id)<h2> <center> State of Idaho v. Lawrence Scott Andrus </h2> <center>
<h2><br> Twin Falls, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with misdemeanor driving under the influence (DUI).<br> </h2><br> <br> In 2014, officers were dispatched to a bridge based on a report that Andrus intended to end his own life. Andrus was placed in protective custody and transported to a hospital. At the hospital, Andrus stated he was not suicidal and admitted to ... More...
$0 (11-08-2024 - ID)<h1><center> United States of America v. Brett Deuter; Deuter Construction, LLC; Enlighten, LLC </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with COVID-19 Relief Fraud Allegations </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Two Businesses and Their Owner Consent to an $850,000 Judgment to Resolve COVID-19 Relief Fraud Allegations</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Brett Deuter and... More...
$0 (10-01-2024 - ID)<h1><center> United States of America v. Ernesto Garza </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Extorting H-2A Agricultural Workers and Tax Fraud </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Farm Foreman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Extorting H-2A Agricultural Workers and Tax Fraud</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Ernest... More...
$0 (09-23-2024 - ID)<h1><center> United States of America v. Rembrandt Carlos Kemp </h1></center>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Great Falls, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Shooting and Killing Another Man.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> </h3></center></i><br> <br> <br> After a 2 ½ day trial in September 2023, a jury found Rembrandt Carlos Kemp, 33, of Fridley, Minnesota, guilty of conspiracy to distribu... More...
$0 (01-31-2024 - ID)<h2><center> United States of America v. Khadijah X. Chapman </h2></center>
Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraudulently obtaining and misusing a $338,958 Paycheck Protection Program loan that the Small Business Administration (SBA) guaranteed under the Coronavirus Relief Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.<br> <br> Khadijah X. Chapman, 59, of Atlanta, worked with co-conspirators to falsify financial information and submit... More...
$0 (11-16-2023 - ID)<h2><center> United States of America v. Keveny Rosier </h2></center>
Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aiding and assisting in the preparation and prsentation of a false and fraudulent tax return, statement or other document.<br> <br> Keveny Rosier, 45, operated a tax preparation business in Boise, Idaho and prepared tax returns for clients for the 2016 and 2017 tax years. On returns he prepared, Rosier routinely falsely i... More...
$0 (09-11-2023 - ID)<h2><center> United States of America v. Rachel Peay-Goodman </h2></center>
Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with unlawfully prescribing controlled substances and submitting false claims to Medicare while working for AmeriHealth in Pocatello.<br> <br> Rachel Peay-Goodman, a nurse practitioner in eastern Idaho, wrote prescriptions for dangerous combinations of drugs to at least one patient, including simultaneous prescriptions for oxycodo... More...
$0 (06-13-2023 - ID)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Merrill Hanny, Roger Burke and Robert Sollis </h2> </center>
Boise, Idaho civil litigation lawyers represented Defendants charged with violating the False Claims Act.<br> <br> <table><br> <h1> <br> <center> <br> <P> <br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Boise_ID_Fed.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - Boise, Idaho"><br> <P><br> Federal Courthouse - Boise, Idaho<br> <P> <br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/ida... More...
$0 (03-17-2023 - ID)<h2> <center> State of Idaho v. Christopher C. Tapp </h2> </center>
<br> Christopher C. Tapp appeals from his conviction for first degree murder and rape. Tapp argues that the district court erred by not suppressing the statements he made in a series of police interviews. In the alternative, he contends the sentences imposed are excessive.<br> <br>         I.<br> <br>         FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY<br> <br> �... More...
$0 (07-20-2001 - ID)<h2> <center> State of Idaho v. Christopher Tapp </h2> </center>
Idaho Falls, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with first-degree murder, rape, and use of a deadly weapon in the commission of a felony.<br> <br> Christopher Tapp, age 20, was accused of raping and stabbing Angie Dodge, age 18, to death in her apartment on June 13, 1996. Her body was found when she failed to show up for work.<br> <br> The city’s police department i... More...
$0 (12-31-1998 - ID)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Nicholas Jones </h2> </center>
Boise, Idaho criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud and falsification of records.<br> <br> Nicholas Jones, age 36, from Boise, was a small business owner who applied for and received $753,600 in COVID-19 relief funds, primarily from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program. Despite certifying that the funds would only be ... More...
$194564 (10-19-2022 - ID)<h2> <center> State of Idaho v. Brian Leigh Dripps, Sr. </h2> </center>
Idaho Falls, Idaho first-degree murder charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Brian Leigh Dripps, Sr., age 55, who was charged with killing and raping an 18-year-old woman in 1996, a crime for which another man was wrongfully convicted and incarcerated for 20 years.<br> <br> The mother of Angie Dodge sought to have investigators take another look at the evidence, including DNA, evid... More...
$0 (06-09-2021 - ID)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Edward Fisher </h2> </center>
Boise, Idaho bank fraud criminal defense lawyer represented defendant, Edward Fisher, age 57, of Stamford, Connecticut, was sentenced to 42 months in federal prison for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. <br> <br> According to court records, on April 22, 2020, Fisher visited a Wells Fargo in Boise, a federally insured financial institution. Fisher filled out a withdrawal slip for $3,500 and... More...
$0 (12-09-2020 - ID)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Jamie Gillette </h2> </center>
Coeur d'Alene, ID - Wire fraud charge criminal defense lawyer represented Jamie Gillette, age 53, who was charged with r wire fraud and making and subscribing a false tax return.<br> <br> According to court records, from in or about 2011 through in or about 2015, Gillette devised a scheme to defraud, and to misappropriate without authority money and property belonging to her employer, Bendable Bri... More...
$0 (11-18-2020 - ID)<center> <h2> United States of America v. David Hansen </h2> </center>
Boise, ID - The United States of America charged David Hansen with wire fraud.<br> <br> David Hansen, 48, of Idaho Falls, pleaded guilty to wire fraud. Pursuant to a written plea agreement filed with the court, Hansen pleaded guilty to count 16 of the superseding indictment. <br> <br> According to court records, Hansen was the Chief Executive Officer and a 90-percent partner in Yellowstone Partner... More...
$0 (12-29-2019 - ID)<center> <h2> Robert Martin v. City of Boise </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="200" src="https://ecf.idd.uscourts.gov/graphics/seal.gif"><br> </center><br> “The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich<br> and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg<br> in the streets, and to steal their bread.”<br> — Anatole France, The Red Lily<br> We consider whether the Eighth Amendment’s<br> prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment bars a city fr... More...
$0 (09-04-2018 - ID)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Jamie Gillette </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/id/locations/cda.jpg"><br> </center><br> Coeur d'Alene, ID - Employee Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement and False Tax Return<br> Jamie Gillette Embezzled from Bendable Bright Light, Inc.<br> <br> Jamie Gillette, 53, of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and making and subscribing a false tax return, U.S. Attorney Ba... More...
$0 (10-19-2019 - ID)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Randall Alan Franz <P> <img width="300" src="http://www.mtd.uscourts.gov/sites/mtd/files/slides/Missouri.jpg"> <P> Montana District Federal Courthouse - Missoula, Montana </h2> </center>
Missoula, MT - Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Concealing Assets During His Bankruptcy<br> <br> Randall Alan Franz, a 59-year-old resident of Sandpoint, Idaho, was sentenced on Thursday to 8 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $205,084.79 in restitution after pleading guilty to concealing assets in bankruptcy. Chief U.S. District Judge Dana Christ... More...
$0 (08-20-2018 - ID)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Rick Guyon, a/k/a/ Richard Guyon, a/k/a Rick Garrison, a/ka/ Mark Thomas <P> <img width="300" src="http://www.fedbar.org/Image-Library/Chapters/Idaho-Chapter/CourthouseEDIT.aspx"> <P> District of Idaho Federal Courthouse - Boise, Idaho <P> <font color="red">Morelaw Internet Marketing</a> <br> <center><font color="red"><a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/recent.asp" target="_new"> National Find A Lawyer Directory</a> </font> <br> 888-354-4529 </h2> </center> </font>
Boise, ID - Investment Advisor Pleads Guilty to Investment Fraud<br> <br> Rick Guyon Defrauded Investors of $1.9 Million<br> <br> Rick Guyon, a/k/a, Richard Guyon, a/k/a Rick Garrison, a/k/a Mark Thomas, 59, pleaded guilty on June 27,2018 to one count of wire fraud, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Pursuant to a written plea agreement filed with the court, Guyon pleaded guilty to count five... More...
$0 (06-29-2018 - ID)<center> <h2> Animal Legal Defense Fund, et al. v. Lawrence G. Wasden <P> <img width="300" src="http://www.fedbar.org/Image-Library/Chapters/Idaho-Chapter/CourthouseEDIT.aspx"> <P> District of Idaho Federal Courthouse - Boise, Idaho </h2> </center>
Investigative journalism has long been a fixture in the American press, particularly with regard to food safety.1 In the early 1900s, Upton Sinclair highlighted conditions in the meat-packing industry in The Jungle, a novel based on his time working incognito in a packing plant.2 This case also originates in the agricultural sector�a secretly-filmed expos� of the operation of an Idaho da... More...
$0 (01-09-2018 - ID)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Dr. Rafael L. Beier <P> <img width="300" src="http://www.dci-engineers.com/sites/default/files/styles/project_image/public/projects/US%20Federal%20Courthouse%202_c.jpg?itok=wz_9CXE4"> <P> District of Idaho Federal Courthouse - Coeur D'Alene, Idaho </h2> </center>
Coeur d'Alene, ID - Doctor Sentenced to 16 Years for Distributing Drugs <br> <br> Dr. Rafael Beier, 63, of Kingston, Idaho, was sentenced on November 20, 2017 to 192 months in federal prison followed by ten years of supervised release for unlawfully distributing oxycodone and hydrocodone. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Dr. Beier to pay a $63,000 fine and to forfeit procee... More...
$0 (12-02-2017 - ID)<center> <h2> United States v. Washington Group International Inc. f/k/a/ Morrison Knudsen, Corporation, Contrack International, Inc.; and Misr Sons Development S.A.E. a/k/a Hassan Allam Sons, <P> <img width="300" src="http://www.fedbar.org/Image-Library/Chapters/Idaho-Chapter/CourthouseEDIT.aspx"> <P> Federal Courthouse - Boise, Idaho </h2> </center>
Boise, ID - Misr Sons Development S.A.E. Agrees to Pay $1.1 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations<br> <br> Misr Sons Development S.A.E. (Hassan Allam Sons, “HAS”), a construction company with its principal place of business in Cairo, Egypt, has agreed to pay $1.1 million to settle allegations that HAS submitted false claims in connection with U.S. Agency for International Development... More...
$0 (06-14-2017 - ID)Idaho Department of Health and Welfare v. Jane Doe
Jane Doe (“Doe”) appeals from the magistrate court’s judgment granting the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare’s (“IDHW”) petition to terminate her parental rights. Doe asserts that the magistrate court erred by: (1) terminating her parental rights notwithstanding its finding that her mental health issues made it impossible for her to comply with the case plan; and (2) considering e... More...
$0 (06-02-2017 - ID)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Jonathan Peirsol <P> <img width="300" src="http://www.fedbar.org/Image-Library/Chapters/Idaho-Chapter/CourthouseEDIT.aspx"> </h2> </center>
Idaho Resident Sentenced to Prison for Filing False Tax Returns<br> <br> A Blackfoot, Idaho small business owner was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in prison for filing false tax returns, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael M. Gonzalez Jr. for the District of Idaho.<br> <br> Accor... More...
$0 (05-13-2017 - ID)United States of America v. Cortney S. Valentine and Nicolette P. Valentine
COEUR D'ALENE, ID - Utah Couple Sentenced for Bank Fraud and Bankruptcy Fraud<br> <br> Cortney S. Valentine, 40, and Nicolette P. Valentine, 37, husband and wife, both of Liberty, Utah, were sentenced Tuesday for bank fraud, false declaration under penalty of perjury and concealment of assets in connection with a bankruptcy case, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez announced. Senior U.S. Distric... More...
$0 (03-02-2017 - ID)<center> <h2> William Michael Nicholson and Joan Nicholason v. Coeur D'Alene Placer Mining Corporation and IFG Timber, L.L.C. </h2> <P> <img width="400" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Hydraulic_mining_in_Dutch_Flat,_California,_between_1857_and_1870.jpg/300px-Hydraulic_mining_in_Dutch_Flat,_California,_between_1857_and_1870.jpg"> </center>
EISMANN, Justice.<br> This is an appeal out of Shoshone County from a judgment: (a) denying recovery on an alleged oral promise to grant the Plaintiffs a right of first refusal with respect to a parcel of real property they were leasing, (b) denying recovery on an alleged oral promise to purchase the Plaintiffs’ buildings that were located on that property, and (c) finding that the Plaintiffs we... More...
$0 (02-24-2017 - ID)<center> <h2> United States of America v. William Douglas Brown </h2> <P> <img width="400" src="http://ransom-lawfirm.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/firearms.jpg"> </center>
COEUR D’ALENE, ID - Moscow Man Sentenced in Two Federal Cases<br> <br> William Douglas Brown, 72, of Moscow, Idaho, was sentenced to two years probation for unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition and making a false statement, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Brown pleaded guilty in both cases on August 23, 2016. <br> <br> According to the plea agreements, Brown aided co-defendant... More...
$0 (11-02-2016 - ID)United States of America v. Matt Eugene Ruck
COEUR D’ALENE, ID - Moscow Man Sentenced On Wire Fraud Charges<br> <br> Matt Eugene Ruck, 49, of Moscow, Idaho, was sentenced to 60 months in prison followed by 3 years supervised release for wire fraud and theft of government money, unlawful possession of firearms and making a false statement, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Ruck ... More...
$0 (11-02-2016 - ID)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Cortney S. Valentine </h2> <P> <img width="400" src="http://theeconomyng.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Fraud.jpg"> </center>
COEUR D’ALENE, ID - Utah Man Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud and Bankruptcy Fraud<br> <br> Cortney S. Valentine, 39, of Liberty, Utah, pleaded guilty to bank fraud and false declaration under penalty of perjury and concealment of assets in connection with a bankruptcy case.<br> <br> According to the plea agreement, Valentine defrauded U.S. Bank when he made material false statements which were relie... More...
$0 (11-02-2016 - ID)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Jeffery Anthony Arguello </h2> <P> <img width="400" src="http://ransom-lawfirm.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/firearms.jpg"> </center>
Boise, ID - Boise Man Sentenced to Eight Years in Federal Prison for Drug Charge and Illegal Gun Possession <br> <br> Jeffery Anthony Arguello, 47, of Boise, Idaho, was sentenced to 105 months for possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and unlawful possession of a firearm. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also sentenced Arguello to five years supervised release. ... More...
$0 (10-18-2016 - ID)United States of America v. Theodore Pena
Boise, ID - Meridian Man Sentenced to 12 Months in Prison for Oxycodone Distribution<br> <br> Theodore Pena, 66, of Meridian, Idaho, was sentenced to 12 months in prison and three years of supervised release for distributing oxycodone. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered that Pena forfeit $3,200 in drug proceeds. <br> <br> According to evidence presented at the entry of plea ... More...
$0 (09-06-2016 - ID)United States of America v. Timmy Adam Allen
Pocatello, ID - Pocatello Man Sentenced for Social Security Fraud<br> <br> Timmy Adam Allen, 51, of Pocatello, Idaho, was sentenced to four months in prison for social security fraud. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Allen to pay restitution to the Social Security Administration. Allen pleaded guilty on January 28, 2016.<br> <br> According to the plea agreement, Allen admit... More...
$0 (06-24-2016 - ID)United States of America v. Benjamin A. Gunn and Melody Gunn
Pocatello, ID - Former Husband and Wife Plead Guilty to Bankruptcy Fraud<br> <br> Benjamin Gunn, 46, of Rock Springs, Wyoming, and Melody Gunn, 45, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, pleaded guilty to bankruptcy fraud. The Gunns were charged by information on January 28, 2016.<br> <br> According to the plea agreements, the Gunns filed for bankruptcy in May 2011, and<br> <br> falsely represented in the filed ... More...
$0 (01-29-2016 - ID)United States of America v. Timmy Adam Allen
Pocatello, ID - Pocatello Man Pleads Guilty to Social Security Fraud<br> <br> Timmy Adam Allen, 51, of Pocatello, Idaho, pleaded guilty to social security fraud. Allen was indicted by a federal grand jury in Pocatello on August 11, 2015.<br> <br> According to the plea agreement, Allen admitted that in February 2012, he applied for social security benefits for his son and requested to be the repre... More...
$0 (01-28-2016 - ID)United States of America v. Randy Gard Teall
COEUR D'ALENE, ID - Post Falls Banker Sentenced for Bank Fraud <br> <br> Randy Gard Teall, 67, of Post Falls, Idaho, was sentenced in United States District Court to 12 months and one day in prison followed by five years of supervised release for bank fraud. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge will determine the amount of restitution Teall will be ordered to pay. Teall pleaded guilty to t... More...
$0 (01-27-2016 - ID)United States of America v. Benjamin A. Gunn and Melody Gunn
Pocatello, ID - Former Husband and Wife Plead Guilty to Bankruptcy Fraud<br> <br> Benjamin Gunn, 46, of Rock Springs, Wyoming, and Melody Gunn, 45, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, pleaded guilty yesterday to bankruptcy fraud. The Gunns were charged by information on January 28, 2016.<br> <br> According to the plea agreements, the Gunns filed for bankruptcy in May 2011, and<br> <br> falsely represented in ... More...
$0 (01-29-2016 - ID)United States of America v. Elaine Martin
Boise, ID - Treasure Valley Contractor Pleads Guilty and is Resentenced <br> <br> Elaine Martin, 69, of Meridian, Idaho, the former president and majority stockholder of MarCon, Inc., pleaded guilty to one count of making and subscribing a false tax return before Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill. Following the entry of her plea, Judge Winmill sentenced her for the tax conviction, and res... More...
$0 (01-11-2016 - ID)State Of Idaho v. Stephen P. Rozajewski
A police officer was assisting probation officers with the search of a probationer’s residence, where Rozajewski had recently begun renting a bedroom from the probationer. The probationer, the probationer’s girlfriend, Rozajewski, and Rozajewski’s friend were present at the residence at the time of the search. Upon entering the residence, the officers found various items of paraphernalia a... More...
$0 (09-29-2015 - ID)State Of Idaho v. Charlynda Goggin
In September 2011, in response to a tip regarding suspicious activity, the Boise Police Department began investigating a warehouse in Boise leased by a man named Morgan Alley. The police conducted surveillance of the warehouse, observing who came and went, and seized trash discarded outside the warehouse on multiple occasions. Upon obtaining a warrant, Detective Joseph Andreoli searched the wareho... More...
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