Kentucky False Pretense Law
<h2> <center> Verity Investigations, LLC v. Segepo-FSM, Inc. </h2> </center>
Lexington, Kentucky, commercial litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a qui tam (whistleblower) claim. Segepo-FSM, Inc. was accused of falsely certifying it was eligible to apply for and receive forgiveness of its $503,900 second-draw PPP loan. Segepo-FSM, Inc. stated that it had fewer than 300 employees in its application. At the time of its loan and forgiveness applications, Segepo... More...
$ (03-26-2026 - KY)United States of America v. Natasha Harris-Johnson
Paducah, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with false claims and wire fraud. Natasha Harris-Johnson, 52, of Paducah, filed eight tax returns for the 2018 and 2019 tax years on behalf of trusts she created, altogether demanding nearly $30 million in tax refunds she was not entitled to. Harris-Johnson also filed a fraudulent application with the Small Business A... More...
$ (02-06-2026 - KY)<H2> United States of America v. Larry Walden
Lexington, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering, by committing crop insurance fraud. Larry Walden, age 69, owned and rented farmland in Barren County, on which he grew burley tobacco, among other crops. He maintained insurance coverage over his tobacco crop from at least 2014 to 2023. For Crop Years 2014 through 2019, Wa... More...
$ (12-22-2025 - ky)United States of America x rel. Robert C. O'Laughlin, M.D. v. Radiation Therapy Services, P.S.C., dba Ashland Bellefonte Cancer Center, et al.
Ashland, Kentucky civil litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a qui tam claim.<br> <br> Dr. Robert O'Laughlin brought this qui tam action on behalf of the United States under the False Claims Act. He claimed that his former employers, providers of radiation and chemotherapy services, fraudulently billed Medicare and other federal programs. He alleged that they falsely represented that th... More...
$0 (08-25-2025 - KY)<h1> United States of America v. Malcolm Culmer </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Covington, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and money laundering. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Michigan Man Pleads Guilty to COVID-19 Fraud</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> A Michigan man, Malcolm Culmer, ... More...
$0 (08-15-2025 - KY)<h1> United States of America v. Marvin Upton </h1></h1>
</h2></center> <font color="red"><b><h2><center> Paducah, KY criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with 3 counts of bank fraud and 3 counts of filing false tax returns </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Crofton Pastor Sentenced to Over Two Years in Federal Prison for Fraud and Tax Offenses</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b>... More...
$0 (03-20-2025 - KY)<h1> United States of America v. Vonnie McDaniels </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Lexington, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fraudulently Obtaining COVID Relief Loans and COVID Relief Rental Assistance </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Lexington Man Sentenced for Fraudulently Obtaining COVID Relief Loans and COVID Relief Rental Assistance</h2></center></b></b> ... More...
$0 (01-27-2025 - KY)<h1> United States of America v. Kenneth Dodd </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> London, KY criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of methamphetamine and the possession of a firearm by a convicted felon </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Laurel County Man Sentenced for Methamphetamine Trafficking and Possession of Firearm by a Convicted Felon</h2></center></b></b> ... More...
$0 (11-22-2024 - KY)<h1> United States of America v. Stephanie Collins </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Lexington, KY criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Healthcare Fraud </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Eastern Kentucky Pharamacist Sentenced for Healthcare Fraud</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Corbin, Ky., woman and former pharmacist, Stephanie Collins, 57, has b... More...
$0 (10-23-2024 - KY)<h1> United States of America v. Neal Harris </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Lexington, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fraudulently Obtaining COVID Relief Loans </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Lexington Couple Sentenced for Fraudulently Obtaining COVID Relief Loans</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Lexington man, Neal Harris, 57, w... More...
$0 (07-08-2024 - KY)<h1> United States of America v. Kenneth Ray Grubb and Landon Wagers </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Lexington, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Kidnapping </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Clay County Men Sentenced for Kidnapping</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Two Manchester, Ky., men, Kenneth Ray Grubb, 33, and Landon Wagers, 19, were sentenced for kidna... More...
$0 (06-18-2024 - KY)<h1> United States of America v. Eric L. Nantell </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> <br> Lexington, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Violating Civil Rights of an Inmate and Obstruction of Justice </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Kentucky State Prison Sergeant Sentenced for Violating Civil Rights of an Inmate and Obstruction of Justice</h2></center></b></... More...
$0 (06-11-2024 - KY)<h1> United States of America v. Darlene McCoy </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Louisville, KY criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with CARES Act Fraud </font </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i><br> </b> Louisville Woman Sentenced to Over 1 Year in Federal Prison for CARES Act Fraud </h2></center><br> <br> Darlene McCoy, 67, was sentenced to 1 year and 2 months in prison, followed by a 3-yea... More...
$0 (05-17-2024 - KY)<h1> United States of America v. Arturo Hernandez-Pozos </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Lexington, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Wire Fraud and Identity Theft .</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> Mexican National Sentenced for Wire Fraud and Identity Theft </h2></center><br> <br> A Mexican National who resides in Danville, Ky., Arturo Hernandez-Pozos, 54, was sentenced on... More...
$0 (04-16-2024 - KY)<h1> United States of America v. Cameron Hyatt </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center><i> Louisville, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a Bomb Hoax and Assaulting Federal Officers.</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> Louisville Man Sentenced to Over 1 Year in Federal Prison for Bomb Hoax and Assaulting Federal Officers </h2></center></i></font color="red"><br> <br> Cameron H... More...
$0 (04-05-2024 - KY)<h1> United States of America v. Ronald Raye Tyler </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center><i>Louisville, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sexually Abusing Women Under His Supervision and Covering Up His Misconduct. </font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center><i></b> Former Kentucky Probation and Parole Officer Sentenced for Sexually Abusing Women Under His Supervision and Covering Up His Misconduct<... More...
$0 (03-22-2024 - KY)<h1> United States of America v. Randall Dennis; James Benish; Jeffery Havens; Randy Nickell; Nathan Cantrell and Derek Mays </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Lexington, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Violating Civil Rights.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> Six Former Kentucky State Corrections Officers Sentenced for Violating the Civil Rights of an Inmate and Obstruction of Justice </h3></center></i><br> <br> Six former officers of the... More...
$0 (03-11-2024 - KY)<h1> United States of America v. Sandybell Fierro </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i>Lexington, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Wire Fraud and Money Laundering Related to COVID-19 Relief.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> On April 5, 2021, Sandybell Fierro, 23, submitted a materially false application to the Small Business Administration (SBA), to obtain an Economic Injury Disaster Loan... More...
$0 (01-30-2024 - KY)<h1> United States of America v. Jimmy Smith, Jr. </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Louisville, Kentucky Criminal Defense Lawyer charged with making hoax bomb threats.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> Louisville, KY – A local man was sentenced today to 2 years and 9 months in federal prison for a downtown Louisville bomb threat hoax. <br> <br> U.S. Attorney Michael A. Bennett of the Western District of Kentucky, Sp... More...
$0 (01-07-2024 - KY)<h1> United States of America v. Leon Sims </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Lexington, Kentucky Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant am Ohio Man Sentenced for Interstate Prostitution.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> <br> An Ohio man, Leon Sims, 41, was sentenced to 37 months in prison, by U.S. District Judge David Bunning, for a violation of the Mann Act, which is the engagement of interstate prosti... More...
$0 (01-06-2024 - KY)United States of America v. Charles Hopkins
Paducha, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violating the Lacey Act by illegally harvesting and sale of shovelnose sturgeon roe.<br> <br> The Lacey Act makes it unlawful for any person to transport and sell fish that were taken in violation of any law or regulation of any state. Kentucky regulates fishing for sturgeon and its eggs, which are marketed as caviar.... More...
$0 (12-01-2023 - KY)United States of America v. Charles Davis
Bowling Green, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud.<br> <br> Charles Davis, 57, was sentenced last week to 2 years and 3 months in prison, followed by a 3-year term of supervised release, for two counts of wire fraud. The charges were in in connection with his thefts while working as treasurer from two Russell County non-profit organizations, ArtWorks Com... More...
$0 (12-07-2023 - KY)Marcellina Cordes v. United Specialty Insurance Company, et al.
Paducah, Kentucky insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.<br> <br> "In Kentucky, as in many other states, an insurance company has a duty to act in good faith and fair dealing with its insureds. This duty is based on the concept of uberrimae fidei, which means "utmost good faith."<br> <br> What is uberrimae fidei?<br... More...
$0 (11-27-2023 - KY)Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Edwin Arnold Chandler
Just after 9:00 p.m. on September 28, 1993, Brenda Whitfield, a 25 year-old married mother of two young children, was owrking alone and nearing the end of her shift as a cashier at a Chevron Convenience Mart in Louisville was shot during a robbery of the store. <br> <br> The incident was recorded on the store's surveillance camera. While reviewing a videotape of the occurrence, a detectiv... More...
$0 (02-10-1995 - Ky)United States of America v. Air Methods Corporation
Lexington, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with failing to return known overpayments received from Medicare, Kentucky Medicaid, Tricare, and the Department of Veterans Affairs in violation of the False Claims Act.<br> <br> The United States alleged that Air Methods violated the False Claims Act, by improperly retaining overpayments for more than 100 flights that it ... More...
$1000000 (08-15-2023 - KY)Tina Hernandez v. Jefferson Capital Systems, LLC, et al.
Covington, Kentucky consumer credit lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on Fair Debt Collection Act violation theories.<br> <br> The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) is a federal law that protects consumers from abusive debt collection practices. The FDCPA applies to third-party debt collectors, which are companies that collect debts on behalf of other businesses or individu... More...
$0 (07-17-2023 - KY)United States of America v. Recovery Services, LLC
Lexington, Kentucky civil litigation lawyer represented Defendant accused of violating the False Claims Act, <br> <br> a federal law that prohibits causing the submission of false or fraudulent claims to the federal government.<br> <br> The United States alleged that Recovery Services, LLC, formerly known as Recovery Chestnut, billed Kentucky Medicaid for urine drug screens for patients who did ... More...
$300000 (07-17-2023 - KY)Henry Jackson v. Professional Contract Services, Inc.
Louisville, Kentucky civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant claiming that he was discrimination at work because of his race.<br> <br> <br> Plaintiff Henry Jackson is an African American man currently employed by PCSI as a floor technician. DN 5, at PageID # 21. Jackson filed an amended complaint on August 4, 2022, claiming that PCSI discriminated against him on the basis of r... More...
$0 (06-07-2023 - KY)Stephen Mayes v. SIG Sauer, Inc.
Bowling Green, Kentucky personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a product liability theory.<br> <br> <br> On October 30, 2018, Stephen Mayes was shooting his new Sig Sauer P320 X Carry 9MM pistol, which was designed and manufactured by Defendant Sig Sauer, Inc. Mayes had the gun in a holster on his hip and was preparing to draw the gun when it discharged, shooting Mayes... More...
$0 (06-07-2023 - ky)United States ex rel. Perlstein v. Tabb Textiles Co., Inc., et al.
Lexington, Kentucky civil litigation lawyers represented Defendant accused of violating the False Claim Act for improperly billing Federal Prison Industries, Inc. for fabric that was sourced overseas, in violation of contract requirements.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Lexington_KY.jpg" alt="Federal Courthous... More...
$0 (02-10-2023 - KY)United States of America v. Kishor Vora, M.D.
Owensboro, Kentucky civil litigation lawyer represented Defendant accused of referring patients for genetic testing in exchange for kickbacks in violation of the False Claims Act.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/kentucky/news/louisville/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Louisville</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><br> </table><br> </cent... More...
$0 (01-06-2023 - KY)United States of America v. Douglas William Vance
Lexington, Kentucky criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with Conspiracy to commit wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. §1349, which provides:<br> <br> Any person who attempts or conspires to commit any offense under this chapter shall be subject to the same penalties as those prescribed for the offense, the commission of whic... More...
$0 (10-13-2022 - KY)United States of America v. Roy "Wayne" Jenkins
Louisville, Kentucky criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with defrauding an elderly victim out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in a bank fraud scheme.<br> <br> Roy "Wayne†Jenkins, 66, converted at least $285,336.93 of the victim's property to his personal use through fraudulent bank transactions between August 2013 and January 2018. Jenkins gained access to the elderly victim'... More...
$0 (09-08-2022 - KY)Tavion Miley v. Commonwealth of Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with first-degree manslaughter.<br> <br> <br> Tavion Miley has directly appealed from the judgment of the Jefferson Circuit Court finding him guilty of first-degree manslaughter and first-degree robbery, and sentencing him to 18 years' imprisonment. On appeal, Miley challenges the orders denying his motion to suppress state... More...
$0 (09-02-2022 - KY)United States of America v. Kimberly F. Jones
Louisville, Kentucky criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with embezzling funds from her employer and including false information on her tax returns.<br> <br> Kimberly F. Jones, 53, was employed as an office manager at Guardian Retention Systems, LLC in Bullitt County, Kentucky. As office manager, she handled accounts payable and receivable, petty cash, payroll, and taxes. She also had el... More...
$0 (08-30-2022 - KY)United States of America v. Kelly Goodlett
Louisville, Kentucky criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiring to falsify an affidavit to obtain a search warrant to search Breonna Taylor's home without probable cause, which resulted in Taylor's death, and to cover up the false warrant by lying to criminal investigators after Taylor was killed.<br> <br> Kelly Goodlett, age 35, acknowledged that she helped another LMPD detect... More...
$0 (08-23-2022 - KY)United States of America v. David Christopher Lewis
London, Kentucky criminal law lawyer represented defendant charged with wire fraud, for obtaining Paycheck Protection Program loans under false pretenses. <br> <br> AccorIn May 2020, David Christopher Lewis, age 49, submitted two fraudulent applications for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans on behalf of Bubba Fest, LLC and Elite Artists Agency, LLC. Both businesses related to a "c... More...
$0 (07-28-2022 - KY)Dr. Larry Cunningham v. David W. Blackwell, et al.
Lexington, Kentucky civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on a 1983 civil rights violation theory.<br> <br> The University of Kentucky investigated two dentistry<br> professors for entering false data about whether they, or their students, had performed services<br> for patients at a university clinic and whether they, or the clinic, should be paid for those<br> services.... More...
$0 (07-25-2022 - KY)United States of America v. Ronald R. Tyler
Louisville, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with engaging in unwanted sexual contact with individuals under his supervision and control.<br> <br> Ronald R. Tyler, 55, of Shepherdsville, Kentucky, has been charged with engaging in unwanted sexual contact with four individuals who were under his supervision and with making false statements during an interview with the ... More...
$0 (07-22-2022 - KY)United States of America v. Patrick C. Finney, M.D.
Paducah, Kentucky civil litigation lawyer represented Defendant accused of violating the False Claims Act knowingly causing the submission of false or fraudulent claims to Medicare, knowingly making, using, or causing to be made or used, false records and statements to obtain payment from Medicare, and conspiring to defraud Medicare by causing the submission and payment of false or fraudulent cla... More...
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