Kansas False Pretense Law
<H2> <center> United States of America v. Joseph Campbell and John Duncan </h2> </center>
Kansas City, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with defrauding the Small Business Administration (SBA) by submitting false information on applications for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program. Joseph Campbell, 61, of Olathe and John Duncan, 65, of Topeka are both charged with one count of wire fraud conspirac... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - KS)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Quintin Flanagin </h2> </center>
Wichita, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged one count of wire fraud, one count of bank fraud, one count of false statements, and one count of money laundering. Quintin Flanagin, 45, of Colby, Kansas, was accused for defrauding clients of his accounting firm, who were also his relatives, of more than $400,000. As a certified public accountant (CPA), Flanagin us... More...
$ (12-10-2025 - KS)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Montressa Cunningham </h2> </center>
Topeka, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud and Wire Fraud and Money Laundering.<br> <br> A jury convicted Defendant Montressa Cunningham (“Cunninghamâ€) of sixteen offenses stemming from a fourteen-month fraudulent scheme. Cunningham and his wife Felicia purchased seven higher-end used cars, financing those purchases<br... More...
$0 (11-19-2025 - KS)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Barry Cummings </h1></center></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of mail fraud. abusing incentive rewards program </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Overland Park man sentenced for abusing incentive rewards program</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Kansas man was sentenced ... More...
$0 (04-11-2025 - KS)<h2> <center> Cathy L. Stroud v. Ozark National Life Insurance Co. and Stephen I. Guinn </h2> </center>
Wichita, Kansas insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> <br> Cathy L. Stroud sued Ozark National Life Insurance Company and its agent and manager Stephen Guinn for negligent misrepresentation and breach of fiduciary duty after her husband, Alan Stroud, converted his term life insurance policy to a whole life policy that reduced the death benefit provided to her as the sole beneficiary<... More...
$0 (03-01-2025 - KS)<h2> <center> Aaron Conard and Nicole Conard v. Neosho Drilling and Norman Houston </h2> <center>
Columbus, Kansas, civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in a dispute between homeowners Aaron and Nichole Conard and Norman Houston. The Conards hired Houston to drill two water wells. After he was unable to complete the work, the Conards prevailed in a lawsuit they filed against Houston asserting claims for quiet title, breach of contract, negligence, and fraudulent misrepresentation.... More...
$0 (02-20-2025 - KS)<h2> <center> Kolette Smith v. Brian Williams, Labetter County Medical Center, d/b/a Labette Health </h2> </center>
Wichita, Kansas employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> <br> This case stems from the termination of the independent contractor<br> relationship between Plaintiff-Appellant, Dr. Kolette Smith, and Defendants-<br> Appellees, Brian Williams and Labette County Medical Center (“Labette Healthâ€)<br> (collectively “Defendantsâ€). Dr. Smith appeals from the district co... More...
$0 (12-18-2024 - KS)<h2> <center> In the Matter of the Wrongful Conviction of Jason Mashaney </h2> </center>
Wichita, Kansas personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking damages from the State of Kansas as a result of being wrongfully convicted.<br> <br> <br> In 2004, a jury convicted Mashaney of aggravated criminal sodomy and aggravated indecent liberties with a child for his alleged conduct in 2003 with his then-five-year-old daughter, A.A. He was sentenced to 442 months in prison. A Court ... More...
$0 (10-25-2024 - KS)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Hophine Bwosinde </h2> </center>
<h2><br> Wichita, Kansas preparation and filing of false tax returns criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> Hophine Bwosinde, of Lenexa, operated Ambroseli Professional Services, a tax preparation business. From 2018 through 2022, Bwosinde prepared and filed false tax returns on behalf of his clients by either inflating legitimate business expenses or by claiming losses ... More...
$0 (10-22-2024 - KS)<h2> <center> State of Kansas v. Tony M. Payne </h2> </center<
<h2><br> Wichita, Kansas aggravated assult criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> Tony M. Payne appeals the revocation of his probation and imposition of his underlying sentence. We granted Payne's motion for summary disposition under Kansas Supreme Court Rule 7.041A (2024 Kan. S.Ct. R. at 48). Finding no error, we affirm.<br> <br> In 2018, Payne pleade... More...
$0 (09-06-2024 - KS)<h1><center> STATE OF KANSAS v. BECKY ANNE WILSON </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, KS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with appealing, arguing the probations for the two lower-level felonies could not be revoked because she had completed their shorter statutory terms. She also challenged the order to pay interest </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2... More...
$0 (07-26-2024 - KS)<h2><center> United States of America v. Feng Tao </h2></center>
<h2><br> Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with making a materially false statement in a matter within the jurisdiction of the executive branch, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001(a)(2).<br> </h2><br> <br> This case began as an espionage investigation. A visiting scholar at KU was angry with Tao over an authorship dispute and threatened to report him a... More...
$0 (07-16-2024 - KS)<h1><center> STATE OF KANSAS v. CHRISTOPHER SHAWN ADAMS </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with <br> <br> (1) aggravated battery <br> <br> (2) misdemeanor domestic battery <br> <br> (3) misdemeanor battery <br> </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> The Ellis County District Court rul... More...
$0 (04-19-2024 - KS)<h1><center> United States of America v. Steven R. Henson </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyers <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/atty.asp?f=Beau&l=Brindley&i=104264&z=60604" target="_new">Beau B. Brindley</a>; <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/atty.asp?f=Blair&l=Westover&i=128595&z=60604" target="_new">Blair T. Westover</a>, <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/atty.asp?f=Edward&l=McDavid&i=146816&z=60... More...
$0 (05-24-2024 - KS)<h1><center> STATE OF KANSAS v. CHRISTOPHER SHAWN ADAMS </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with perjury </font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i><br> </b> </h2></center><br> <br> We now turn to the district court's decision permitting Lang to assert her privilege <br> against self-incrimination and explain why the ruling properly serves the cons... More...
$0 (04-19-2024 - KS)<h1><center> STATE OF KANSAS v. CHRISTOPHER SHAWN ADAMS </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with perjury </font </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> <br> In the circumstances of this case, the district court properly permitted a witness to assert her constitutional privilege against self-incrimination to avoid testifying at the defendant's criminal trial ... More...
$0 (04-19-2024 - KS)<h1><center> STATE OF KANSAS v. CHRISTOPHER SHAWN ADAMS</h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented a witness with perjury based on his or her preliminary hearing testimony in a criminal case .</font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> </h2></center><br> <br> Given the issue on appeal, we may quickly sketch the underlying criminal charges <br> against Defendant Christopher Shawn ... More...
$0 (04-19-2024 - KS)<h1><center> JASON TODD ROSS v. STATE OF KANSAS </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with three counts of aggravated kidnapping, three counts of aggravated robbery, one count of aggravated burglary, and <br> two counts of aggravated battery. </font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> <br> <br> </h2></center><br> <br> <br> A jury convict... More...
$0 (04-19-2024 - KS)<h1><center> STATE OF KANSAS v. CHRISTOPHER SHAWN ADAMS </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: <br> (1) aggravated battery; (2) misdemeanor domestic battery of Lang; and (3) misdemeanor battery of the man who stepped into their altercation.</font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> <br> <br> </h2></center><br> <br> Given the issue on appeal,... More...
$0 (04-19-2024 - KS)<h2> <center> Brave Law Firm, LLC v. Truck Accident Lawyers Group, Inc. </h2> </center>
Wichita, Kansas intellectual property lawyer represented Plaintiff which sued defendant on a trademark infringement (Lanham Act) violation theory.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/wichita_ks_fed.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - Wichita, Kansas"><br> <P><br> Federal Courthouse - Wichita, Kansas</a><br> <P><br> <a f... More...
$0 (03-21-2023 - KS)<h2><center> State of Kansas v. Lori Mayfield </h2></center>
Ellsworth, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with mistreatment of a dependent adult.<br> <br> <br> A jury sitting in Ellsworth County District Court convicted Defendant Lori Mayfield of one count of mistreatment of a dependent adult for using money belonging to her daughter Jessica for her own benefit by means of "false pretenses." Although the evidence showed that Mayfi... More...
$0 (03-12-2021 - KS)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Michael Capps </h2> </center>
Wichita, Kansas criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with multiple counts of false statements to a bank to obtain PPP loans.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/kansas/news/wichita/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Wichita</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><br> </table><br> </center><br> Michael Capps, 44, of Wichita, was accused... More...
$0 (12-23-2022 - KS)<h2> <center> State of Kansas v. Meradro Garza, Jr. </H2> </CENTER>
On June 24, 2007, an 8-yearold girl known as M.G. told her mother that her father 37-year-old Merardo Garza, Jr., molestered her the night before at the family's home in Wichita.<br> <br> Garza and his wife, Amy, have four children, including the child victim, M.G. <br> Garza also has two stepdaughters, X.S., who was 13 years old, and A.C., who was 11 <br> years old. They lived with Garza. The inc... More...
$0 (01-07-2008 - KS)<h2> <center> State of Kansas v. Merardo Garza, Jr. </h2> </center>
1.A district court is justified in denying a defendant's request for new counsel if there is a reasonable basis for believing the attorney-client relationship has not deteriorated to a point that appointed counsel could not give effective aid in the presentation of the client's defense.<br> <br> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2. K.S.A. 60-401(b) defines relevant evidence as "evidence having any t... More...
$0 (06-30-2010 - KS)<h2> <center> Federal Trade Commission v. Superior Products International II, Inc. and Joseph E. Pritchett </h2> </center>
Kansas City, Kansas civil litigation lawyers represented Defendants accused of deceptive trade practices involving the marketing of Super Them and sunshield roof and wall coatings that wrongfully claimed to provide energy savings and claims of related R-values.<br> <br> Defendants claim that their Super Therm and Sunshield products provide significant energy savings for consumers when applied to a... More...
$0 (11-18-2022 - KS)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Shawn Lynn Parcells </h2> </center>
Topeka, Kansas criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with <br> Performing autopsies using false credentials.<br> <br> According to court documents, between May 2016 and May 2019, the defendant used NAS to obtain fees from more than 350 clients for a total amount of $1,166,000. In many cases, the defendant failed to provide an authentic completed report.<br> <br> <br> <br> ... More...
$0 (09-19-2022 - KS)<h2><center> STATE OF KANSAS v. TY R. ZEINER </h2></center>
<center><h2><font color="red"> Topeka, KS – Criminal Defense lawyer represented defendant with a driving while under the influence (DUI) charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Ty Zeiner was convicted of driving while under the influence (DUI) <br> after he was found by Deputy Starkey asleep in the driver's seat of his SUV and parked <br> alongside a gravel road. Because the district... More...
$0 (09-09-2022 - KS)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Timothy Dale Warren </h2> </center>
Wichita, Kansas criminal lawyer represented Defendant indicted by a federal grand jury in Wichita indicted a Kansas man on multiple charges for alleged crimes related to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which is a federal law providing financial relief to businesses suffering economic losses because of the COVIID-19 pandemic. Under the CARES Act, the Small Business ... More...
$0 (08-19-2022 - KS)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Bruce L. Hay </h2> </center>
Kansas City, Kansas criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with defrauding the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) out of disability benefits.<br> <br> Bruce Hay, 53, of Greeley, a U.S. Army veteran and former Osawatomie resident, fraudulently misrepresented and exaggerated the extent of symptoms related to a purported conversion disorder diagnosis to receive VA disability ben... More...
$0 (08-11-2022 - KS)United States ex rel. Rowe v. Dodge City Community College, et al.
Wichita, Kansas civil litigation lawyers represented Defendants accused of violating the False Claims Act.<br> <br> Universal Helicopters Inc. (UHI), a private helicopter flight instructor training company, and Dodge City Community College (DC3), which operates campuses in Dodge City, Kansas, and Chandler, Arizona, have agreed to pay $7.5 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False... More...
$0 (08-16-2022 - KS)<h2><center> United States of America v. Isabel Xorxe Tay </h2></center>
Wichita, Kansas criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with one count of possession of a false social security card/number.<br> <br> According to court documents, Isabel Xorxe Tay, 35, is accused of using the name and security number of another person to apply for and obtain employment at a company in Dodge City, Kansas, under the guise of being a United States citizen.<br> <br> The Bu... More...
$0 (07-15-2022 - KS)<h2><center> United States of America v. Blaine Schurle </h2></center>
Topeka, Kansas criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with one count of criminal conversion, one count of forgery of United States obligations or securities, and one count of false statement to a federally insured bank. <br> <br> According to court documents, Blaine Schurle, 26, of Barnes as operator of Double S Cattle Company, LLC is accused of allegedly selling approximately 400 head ... More...
$0 (07-21-2022 - KS)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Nana Baidoobonso-Iam </h2> </center>
Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with mail fraud and making false representations in a bankruptcy proceeding.<br> <br> In January 2018, Nana Baidoobonso – Iam, 69, engaged in a scheme in which he mailed an Involuntary Petition in Bankruptcy to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Kansas. The defendant signed the Involuntary Petition in Bankrupt... More...
$0 (06-17-2022 - KS)<h2><center> CATHERINE A. JORITZ v. UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS</h2></center>
<center><font color="red"><h2><fontcolor="red> Topeka, KS - Employment Law lawyer represented defendant with appealing her being wrongly terminated from her tenure track employment. </h2></font></b></i></font></center></center><br> <br> The University hired Joritz as an assistant professor in the Film and Media Studies <br> (FMS) Department in 2012. Her job as an assistant professor was a tenure t... More...
$0 (05-27-2022 - KS)<h2><center> STATE OF KANSAS v. CASS WAYNE MCDONALD</h2></center>
<center><font color="red"><h2><fontcolor="red> Topeka, KS - Criminal Defense lawyer represented defendant with <br> sexual assault allegations. </h2></font></b></i></font></center></center><br> <br> In September 2011, four-year-old P.S.E. and her father (Father) went to the <br> Topeka Police Department and reported that sometime during the previous few months <br> Cass Wayne McDonald had inserted... More...
$0 (05-26-2022 - KS)<h2><center> SCOTT BROWN v. CASEY ZIMMERMAN</h2></center>
<center><font color="red"><h2><fontcolor="red> Topeka, KS - Small Claims lawyer represented Appellant with appealing a small claims judgement. </h2></font></b></i></font></center></center><br> <br> Brown and his wife were looking for a cheap but reliable used car for their <br> daughter. They saw an advertisement by Double Z's Trailers, LLC in Hays for a 2002 <br> Oldsmobile Intrigue. Zimmerman is... More...
$0 (05-26-2022 - KS)<h2><center> United States of America v. Dawna Kellogg </h2> </center>
Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud and making false statements on federal tax returns.<br> <br> Dawna Kellogg, 61, of Williamsburg—while employed in the accounting department at the Johnson County District Court—stole at least $776,691.50 in cash from her employer between January 2010 and June 2017. Kellogg’s legal name wa... More...
$0 (04-21-2022 - KS)<h2><center> United States of America v. Feng Tao, a/k/a Franklin Tao </h2> </center>
Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant charged with wire fraud and making false statements.<br> <br> Feng Tao, a/k/a Franklin Tao, age 50, of Lawrence, Kansas worked as a full-time professor at KU. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, in 2018, Tao accepted a position with Fuzhou University in China that designated him as a Changjiang Scholar Di... More...
$0 (04-07-2022 - KS)<h2><center> YUDI HERNANDEZ (STEPHEN BRAVE) v. BRAD PISTOTNIK and BRIAN PISTOTNIK</h2></center>
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Topeka, Kansas - Personal Injury lawyer represented defendant with an appeal challenging a protective order. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> Yudi Hernandez was 17 years old when she was in a car accident that left her <br> severely injured. While she was in a coma, her father, Ernesto Hernandez, hired the <br> Affiliated Attorneys... More...
$0 (03-29-2022 - KS)<h2><center> United States of America v. Scott Tucker </h2></center>
Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with tax fraud.<br> <br> In November 2021, Scott Tucker, 59, of Leawood pleaded guilty to one count of filing a false or fraudulent tax return. According to court documents, Tucker owned a professional auto racing business called Level 5 Sports. On a 1040-tax return in 2010, Tucker reported that Level 5 had approximately $... More...
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