Iowa Consumer Credit Law
<H2> Debora Fisk v. Athene Annuity and Life Company
Des Moines, Iowa, consumer law lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a unfair and deceptive practices act theory . 15 U.S. Code § 45, Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Act, declares that unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in commerce are unlawful and gives the FTC power to prevent them, covering antitrust violations and consumer protection, al... More...
$ (01-08-2026 - IA)In re the Marriage of Michelle L. Rasmussen and Scott M. Rasussen
Harlan, Iowa family law lawyers represented the Petitioner and Respondent in a divorce.<br> <br> In February 2023, Michelle petitioned for divorce from Scott. She used some of the money left over from her 401(k) withdrawal to retain an attorney and establish a new residence for herself. By the dissolution trial in December, Michelle only had $10,000 left in a savings account from the 401(k) money.... More...
$0 (06-04-2025 - IA)MIMG CLXXII Retreat on 6th, LLC v. Mackenzie Miller and Parties in Possession
Cedar Rapids, Iowa consumer law lawyer represented the Defendant in a breach of residential lease vacation action.<br> <br> " This case asks us to decide whether Congress enacted a nationwide permanent thirty-day pre-eviction notice requirement for many of our nation's rental units as a part of temporary COVID-19-related legislation. The legislation applies to all "covered dwelling[s]." 15 U.S.C. ... More...
$0 (01-24-2025 - IA)<h1>United S0ta0tes of America v. Angela Celina Hernandez </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Check Fraud </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Waterloo Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison in Check Fraud Scheme</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Waterloo woman who stole nearly $250,000 from three financial institutions... More...
$0 (12-03-2024 - IA)In re the Marriage of Elena Mae Bell and Barrett Andrew Bell
<h2><br> Dubuque, Iowa divorce lawyers represented husband and wife.<br> </h2><br> <br> Elena Bell petitioned to dissolve her three-year marriage with Barrett Bell in January 2022. And after a dissolution trial-in which Barrett had an attorney and Elena represented herself-the district court issued a decree dissolving their marriage in February 2023. Both parties appeal, challenging the property d... More...
$0 (09-04-2024 - IA)James Andres v. The Cooper Companies, Inc., et al.
<h2><br> Davenport, Iowa personal injury product liability lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> <br> "CooperCompanies is a global, consumer-centric medical device company that supports how people want to live, at every stage of life. By listening closely to the healthcare providers and patients, we fulfill the needs of today while focusing on the opportunities of tomorrow through innova... More...
$1 (09-27-2024 - IA)In re the Marriage of Elena Mae Bell and Barrett Andrew Bell
<h2><br> Dubuque, Iowa divorce lawyers represented husband and wife in a family law case.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> Elena Bell petitioned to dissolve her three-year marriage with Barrett Bell in January 2022. And after a dissolution trial-in which Barrett had an attorney and Elena represented herself-the district court issued a decree dissolving their marriage in February 2023. Both parties appeal, ... More...
$0 (09-04-2024 - IA)State of Iowa v. Gregory Michael Davis
<h2><br> Cedar Rapids, Iowa murder in the second degree criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> Gregory Daivs was charged with murder in the second degree for stabbing Carrie Davis to death.<br> <br> <br> In September 2017, Greg and Carrie were living together in Marion, Iowa, at a 14th Street address. They used methamphetamine together on a regular basis. On Septembe... More...
$0 (09-04-2024 - IA)<h1> United States of America v. Mindy L. Chapman </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Theft of Federal Funds </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Dewitt Woman Sentenced to 20 Months in Federal Prison for Theft of Federal Funds</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Mindy L. Chapman, 56, is the former director of ... More...
$0 (06-26-2024 - IA)<h1> United States of America v. Teresa Mae Chiappone aka Teresa Mae Combs, Teresa Mae Hughes, and Teresa Mae King </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Wire Fraud </font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i><br> </b> Cedar Falls Office Manager Sentenced to Federal Prison for Wire Fraud </h2></center><br> <br> A Cedar Falls office manager who stole approximately $250,000 in a two-year period was sente... More...
$0 (05-06-2024 - IA)<h1> United States of America v. Randolph Forrest </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud</font </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> Cascade Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Rolling Back Odometers </h2></center><br> <br> A man who was responsible for forty-seven cars that had lower, false odometers was sentenced to federal pr... More...
$0 (04-26-2024 - IA)<h1> United States of America v. Montrel Hamond </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i>Little, Ark criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> On October 3, 2023, Montrel Hammond, 31, of North Little Rock, Arkansas, pleaded guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Judge Moody did not assess the defendant a fine... More...
$0 (03-01-2024 - IA)<h1> United States of America v. Heather Leigh Migliore </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of wire fraud..</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> <b><h3><center><i></b>Stole More Than $200,000 from Employer Over Six YearsStole More Than $200,000 from Employer Over Six Years </h3></center></i><br> <br> A Waukon woman who embezzled over $200,000 ... More...
$0 (02-06-2024 - IA)United States of America v. Debra S. Leisinger
Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bankruptcy fraud.<br> <br> Leisinger admitted that, on December 8, 2022, she filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa, by means of sworn court filings. When a debtor files a petition seeking protection from creditors under the bankruptcy laws, a "bankruptcy... More...
$0 (12-22-2023 - IA)United States of America v. Maegen Catherine Fortin
Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with bank fraud.<br> <br> Maegen Catherine Fortin, age 40, from Otsego, Minnesota, pleaded guilty to one count of financial institution fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft.<br> <br> Information from Fortin's plea and sentencing showed that between March 2020 and September 2021, Fortin engaged in fraudulent conduc... More...
$0 (08-07-2023 - IA)United States of America v. Aaron Christopher Lindsey
Des Monies, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with making false statements to a financial institution in conjunction with obtaining a loan and possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a felony.<br> <br> In early September 2021, Aaron Christopher Lindsey, 34, purchased a 2018 Dodge Durango GT from an Ames car dealership using the fictious identity "Kevin Grantâ�... More...
$0 (08-01-2023 - IA)United States of America v. Thomas Sieren
Des Moines, Iowa criminal law lawyer represented defendant charged with tax and bank fraud.<br> <br> Thomas Sieren, age 59, is charged in a 24-count indictment returned on July 19, 2022. According to court documents, Sieren was the Vice President of TCS Fabricating, Inc., a local fabrication company. TCS Fabricating, Inc. was required by law to withhold taxes from employee wages and to pay the wit... More...
$0 (08-08-2022 - IA)In re the Marriage of Sheryl A. Wilson and James D. Wilson
Grundy Center, Iowa family law lawyer represented Petitioner seeking a divorce.<br> <br> <br> Sheryl and James Wilson married in 1982.1 The marriage lasted thirty-one years. Sheryl worked as a nurse's aide but agreed to give up her job when she became pregnant with the first of two children. Approximately nine years into the marriage, she opened a video store and ran it for about six years. Later,... More...
$0 (04-08-2022 - IA)United States of America v. Ronald Golberg
Sioux City, Iowa criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with fraud.<br> <br> An Arnolds Park man who defrauded a Florida innkeeper while on supervised release on bank fraud and wire charges was sentenced on February 1, 2022, to three years in federal prison. Ronald Goldberg, age 63, from Arnold's Park, Iowa, received the prison term after a three-day hearing in federal court in S... More...
$0 (02-03-2022 - IA)Shannon Duncan v. Ford Motor Credit
Doc<br> Duncan v. Ford Motor Credit, Repossessors, Inc., 919 N.W.2d 768(Table) (Iowa App. 2018)<br> format_size<br> <br> 919 N.W.2d 768 (Table)<br> <br> Shannon DUNCAN, Plaintiff-Appellant,<br> v.<br> FORD MOTOR CREDIT, REPOSSESSORS, INC. and Bruce Shores, Defendants-Appellees.<br> <br> No. 17-1122<br> <br> Court of Appeals of Iowa.<br> <br> Filed June 20, 2018<br> <br> Dennis G. Larson of Larson ... More...
$0 (06-20-2018 - IA)Torpin Tokpa v. Discover Financial Services, Inc.
Des Moines, Iowa consumer law lawyer represented Plaintiff, Torpin Tokpa, who sued Discover Financial Services, Inc. on a Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 violation theory.... More...
$0 (04-15-2021 - IA)United States of America v. Rachel Manna
Des Moines, Iowa computer hacking charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Rachel Manna, age 33, of West Des Moines, was acquainted with Danielle Taff, who was employed as a contractor paralegal by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Iowa. Taff was assigned to the office's Civil Division, where she worked exclusively on matters related to civil forfeiture and was ... More...
$0 (02-06-2021 - IA)United States of America v. Danielle Taff
Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with computer fraud.<br> <br> A former contractor with the U.S. Department of Justice was charged with unlawfully using her government computer to access government records and providing sensitive, non-public information to another individual.<br> <br> Danielle Taff, 37, of Ankeny, Iowa, who was employed as a contractor paraleg... More...
$0 (11-07-2020 - IA)United States of America v. Brenda Jensen
Sioux City, Iowa embezzlement criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with stealing $1.5 million from her employer.<br> <br> Brenda Jensen, age 53, from Denison, Iowa, was with embezzlement stealing nearly $1.5 million over several years her credit union employer.<br> <br> In a plea agreement, Jensen admitted that from at least May 2012 to March 2018, she embezzled money from Consumer Credit... More...
$0 (10-28-2020 - IA)United States of America v. Gregory Michael Press
Des Moines, Iowa wire fraud criminal defense lawyer represented Gregory Michael Press, age 46.<br> <br> <br> The defendant pleaded guilty to wire fraud in July of 2019. According to court documents, while Press was employed as the director of operations at L&C Billing Services Inc. in West Des Moines, he stole money from the company over a number of years. Press accessed the company payroll and is... More...
$0 (10-16-2020 - IA)United States of America v. Tevona Reair Tiller
<center><br> <img width="400" src="https://www.iasp.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/AnnexBuilding3.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Council Bluffs, IA - The United States of America charged Tevona Reair Tiller, age 23, with attempted armed robbery of a bank.<br> <br> On the morning of January 25, 2019, two individuals, with their faces partially covered, entered the outer doors of the Cobalt Credit U... More...
$0 (06-28-2020 - IA)United States of America v. Theodore Eric Watson
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.iasd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/DSM_Courthouse_0.jpg"><br> </center><br> Des Moines, IA - Des Moines Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding United Way of Central Iowa and Embezzling from a Labor Union<br> <br> Theodore Eric Watson, age 54, of Des Moines, Iowa, appeared before United States Magistrate Judge Celeste F. Bremer and entered guilty pleas to ... More...
$0 (04-18-2019 - IA)Judith Wurster v. The Plastics Group, Inc.
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/fieldable-panel-panes/image-panes/images/2017/04/26/annex_building.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> James Wurster (“Mr. Wurster”) suffered fatal burns when a gas can<br> manufactured by Appellee The Plastics Group, Inc. (“TPG”) exploded as he was<br> burning garbage on his farm in Iowa. His wife, Judith Wurster (“... More...
$0 (02-26-2019 - IA)United States of America, ex rel. Stephanie Strubbe, et al. v. Crawford County Memorial Hospital and Bill Bruce
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/ephox_images/CedarRapids_3314823070993319616_1360864279914.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Stephanie A. Strubbe, Carmen Trader, and Richard Christie sued Crawford<br> County Memorial Hospital (CCMH) as relators in a qui tam action for violations of<br> the False Claims Act. 31 U.S.C. § 3729(a). They also sued CCMH and its Chief<br> Exe... More...
$0 (02-12-2019 - IA)United States of America v. Alauna Gaye Morris
<center><br> <img widith="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/siouxcity_new.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Alauna Gaye Morris conditionally pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute<br> methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A), and 846. The<br> district court sentenced her to 120 months’ imprisonment. 1 She appeals the denial of<br> 1The Honorable Leonard T. Strand,... More...
$0 (02-09-2019 - IA)United States of America v. Carl Jeffrey Campbell
<center><br> <img width="400" src="http://www.iasd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/DSM_Courthouse_0.jpg"><br> </center><br> Des Moines, IA - Orient Man Sentenced for Federal Crop Insurance Fraud<br> <br> Carl Jeffrey Campbell, age 71, of Orient, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to three years of supervised release, with four months of home confinement... More...
$0 (11-28-2018 - IA)State of Iowa v. Roger Osborn
<br> Roger Osborn was convicted of twenty-six counts of possession of a visual <br> depiction of a minor engaging in a prohibited sexual act, in violation of Iowa Code <br> section 728.12(3) (2014). The district court ordered Osborn to serve an <br> indeterminate term of incarceration not to exceed six years. In this appeal, Osborn <br> challenges his convictions and sentences. In his first cla... More...
$0 (10-21-2018 - IA)Rigoberto Quiles v. Alan Martin Johnson
<center><br> <img width="400" src="http://www.iasd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/DSM_Courthouse_0.jpg"><br> </center><br> Rigoberto Quiles was severely injured when Alan Johnson fell asleep at the<br> wheel and drove his tractor-trailer off I-80 in Adair County, Iowa. At the time of the<br> accident, Quiles was a new employee of Swift Transportation Company of Arizona<br> (“Swift”), an inte... More...
$0 (10-18-2018 - IA)STATE OF IOWA vs. TRISHA MARIE GOLDENSOPH <table> <td>
The Iowa State University Police Department used a confidential informant <br> to make two controlled buys of methamphetamine. The State charged Trisha <br> Marie Goldensoph with crimes arising from these transactions. A jury found her <br> guilty of delivery of methamphetamine and possession of methamphetamine. See <br> Iowa Code §§ 124.401(1)(c)(6); 124.401(4); 124.413 (2015). Goldensoph m... More...
$0 (09-14-2018 - IA)State of Iowa v. Matthew Lee Murphy <table> <td>
The following facts can be gleaned from the evidence presented to the jury. <br> On February 20, 2016, eleven-year-old A.T. and her older sister, M.T., spent the <br> night at Murphy’s house. Murphy was a family friend of the girls’ parents after <br> being engaged to A.T.’s aunt, her mother’s sister. After his fiancé passed away <br> the families remained close. The girls referred to... More...
$0 (07-19-2018 - IA)United States of America v. Victor Van Cleave
Des Moines, IA - Former Des Moines Pharmacy Technician Sentenced for Illegally Tampering With Fentanyl<br> <br> On July 10, 2018, Victor Van Cleave, age 30, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to 30 months in prison for tampering with consumer products, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Van Cleave was ordered to serve three years of supervised re... More...
$0 (07-18-2018 - IA)STATE OF IOWA vs. KASHENNA NICHOLE TUCKER <table> <td>
In January 2014, Tucker lived in Ottumwa with W.E, who was born in <br> January 2011.1 Tucker met W.E.’s mother in Chicago, and Tucker agreed to <br> temporarily act as caretaker for W.E. Even though Tucker and W.E. were <br> unrelated, she referred to W.E. as her nephew. <br> In a series of interviews with investigators, Tucker said she left W.E. with <br> her friend Latisha Johnson for a f... More...
$0 (07-08-2018 - IA)United States of America v. Gervais (Ken) Ngombwa
The Rwandan Genocide is one of the darkest chapters in human history. Over<br> the span of 100 days, an estimated 800,000 people died. At least a million more were<br> displaced. During and shortly after the tragedy, the United States admitted a limited<br> number of refugees from Rwanda with priority given to those who were in the most<br> danger. Among those admitted were Gervais (“Ken”) Ngo... More...
$0 (06-22-2018 - IA)United States of America v. Frank Dontrell Washington, Jr.
This appeal raises, primarily, two issues of interpretation. Frank Washington<br> argues that the district court erred in its interpretation of the Speedy Trial Act and<br> crafted an unconstitutionally vague condition of supervised release. We agree with<br> the latter challenge, but disagree with the former assertion. We also disagree with<br> Washington’s only other claim on appeal—that his... More...
$0 (06-28-2018 - IA)SHANNON DUNCAN vs. FORD MOTOR CREDIT, REPOSSESSORS, INC. and BRUCE SHORES <table> <td>
On March 5, 2008, Duncan purchased a 2008 Ford Edge from Decorah <br> Auto Center, Inc., with financing through Ford Motor Credit (FMC). She made <br> payments from April 19, 2008, until August 19, 2010. Duncan received notice she <br> owed $1871.94, due by November 19, 2010. Duncan stated she paid this amount <br> in a timely fashion, but on November 19, 2010, Bruce Shores of Repossessors, <br... More...
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