Massachusetts Interference With Economic Relation Law
<H2> United States of America v. Ajinomoto Cambrooke, Inc.
Boston, Massachusetts, commercial litigation lawyers represented the Defendant accused of violating the False Claims Act by obtaining a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan for which it was not eligible. Congress enacted the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) on March 29, 2020, to provide emergency financial assistance to the millions of Americans who were sufferi... More...
$ (12-24-2025 - MA)Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Jheremy N. Sanchez
Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with carrying a firearm without a license, G. L. c. 269, § 10 (a.); carrying a loaded firearm without a license, G. L. c. 269, § 10 (n); and discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a building, G. L. c. 269, § 12E.<br> <br> * * *<br> <br> Legal issue Was the evidence sufficient to support the conviction for ... More...
$0 (06-20-2025 - MA)<H2> United States of America v. Derk Aut
Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with embezzlement by a bank employe and aggravated identity theft.<br> <br> * * *<br> <br> 18 U.S.C. § 656 is a federal law that criminalizes embezzlement, misapplication of funds, or theft by individuals connected with banks, including officers, directors, agents, or employees. It applies to a variety of financial ... More...
$0 (06-18-2025 - ma)L.M. v. Town of Middleborough, Massachusetts et al.
Boston, Massachusetts civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in a First Amendment Constitutional law case.<br> <br> <a href="https://www.oyez.org/cases/1968/21" target="_new">Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District</a>, 393 U.S. 503 (1969), famously upheld the First Amendment right of public-school students to wear black armbands at school in protest of the country's i... More...
$0 (05-27-2025 - MA)Antonio F. Pennetti v. Elijah T. Beauregard, et al.
Boston, Massachusetts consumer lawyer lawyer represented the Defendant accused of breaching a residential lease by failing to pay rent.<br> <br> This case stemmed from a no-fault residential summary process action brought in the Housing Court. After trial, the judge found that the tenants, Elijah Beauregard and Jennifer Cochran, owed the landlord, Antonio Pennetti, unpaid rent. The tenants, howeve... More...
$0 (01-24-2025 - MA)<h1> United States of America v. Dariusz Pietron </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Tax and Mail Fraud </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Owner of Construction Companies Sentenced to Prison for Tax and Mail Fraud </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Hopkinton man was charge for defrauding the Internal... More...
$0 (01-13-2025 - MA)<h1> United States of America v. Jesse Lelievre </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Theft of Pandemic Relief Funds </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Businessman Sentenced for Theft of Pandemic Relief Funds</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Massachusetts businessman was sentenced today for misappropr... More...
$0 (01-08-2025 - MA)<h1> United States of America v. Jesse Lelievre </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Theft of Pandemic Relief Funds </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Businessman Sentenced for Theft of Pandemic Relief Funds</h2></center></b></b><br> <br> <br> Jesse Lelievre, 42, of North Andover, pleaded guilty to theft of government pro... More...
$0 (01-08-2025 - MA)<h1> United States of America v. Robert Platt, Jr. </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fraudulently Obtaining COVID-Relief Funds </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Boston Man Sentenced for Fraudulently Obtaining COVID-Relief Funds </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> A Boston man was sentenced in federal court... More...
$0 (12-19-2024 - MA)<h1> United States of America v. Robert Platt Jr. </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraudulently obtaining pandemic-related relief funds from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Boston Man Sentenced for Frequently Obtaining COVID-Relief Funds</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></... More...
$0 (12-19-2024 - MA)<h1> United States of America v. Rafael Davila, a/k/a “Robbin Hood†</h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Leader of Catalytic Converter Theft Crew </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Leader of Catalytic Converter Theft Crew Sentenced to Decade in Prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> The leader of a regional organized th... More...
$0 (10-02-2024 - MA)<h1> United States of America v. Chantelle Boyd </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiring to Defraud the Government </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Maryland Woman Sentenced for Conspiring to Defraud the Government</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Chantelle Boyd, 53, of Woodsboro, Md., was ple... More...
$0 (10-03-2024 - MA)<h1> United States of America v. Hector Garcia </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> <br> Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fraud Involving Small Business Administration Disaster Funds </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Florida Man Sentenced for Fraud Involving Small Business Administration Disaster Funds</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <... More...
$0 (07-25-2024 - MA)<h1> United States of America v. Alfredo Aldeco </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Armed Robbery </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Holyoke Man Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison for Armed Robbery </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Holyoke man was sentenced today in federal court in Springfield in c... More...
$0 (05-30-2024 - MA)<h1> United States of America v. Vanessa Nixon </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fabricating Millions in Business Income </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> <b> </b> Businesswoman Sentenced to Prison for Fabricating Millions in Business Income to Obtain Pandemic Relief</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <b... More...
$0 (06-28-2024 - MA)<h1> United States of America v. Patrick Joseph </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy and Bank and Wire Fraud Scheme Related to COVID-19 Pandemic Relief Program </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Stoughton Man Sentenced to Over 11 Years for Role in Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy and Bank a... More...
$0 (06-21-2024 - MA)<h1> United States of America v. Ferris Brooks </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Submitting Multiple Fraudulent Claims for Pandemic Relief </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Plymouth Man Sentenced for Submitting Multiple Fraudulent Claims for Pandemic Relief</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> From... More...
$0 (06-03-2024 - MA)<h1> United States of America v. Daniel Olivar </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a COVID Fraud Scheme.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> </h2></center></i><br> <br> Daniel Olivar, 44, was sentenced to six months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release with the first six months to be served in h... More...
$0 (01-30-2024 - MA)Jeff Hartley v. Keolis Commuter Services, LLC.
Boston, Massachusetts personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on a Federal Employer's Liability Act (FELA) theory.<br> <br> Keolis Commuter Services operates the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's 14 commuter rail lines serving the Greater Boston region and Rhode Island.<br> <br> "The Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA), codified at 45 U.S.C. §§... More...
$1 (11-30-2023 - MA)United States of America v. Edwin Acevdeo
Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with r conspiring to use stolen identities to fraudulently obtain disaster loan funds from the Small Business Administration (SBA) and to launder the funds. <br> <br> Edwin Acevedo, 37, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of wire fraud. Acevedo was arrested and charged along with c... More...
$0 (08-17-2023 - MA)United States of America v. Todd Coleman
Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with accepting bribes from an Afghan company in exchange for helping it deceive the U.S. military into awarding at least 10 contracts at inflated values.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Atlanta_GA_FED.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - Atlanta,... More...
$0 (02-10-2023 - MA)United States of America v. George Kritopoulos
Boston, Massachusetts criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged for engaging in a decade-long mortgage fraud scheme involving at least two dozen loan transactions, totaling $6.5 million, that resulted in more than $3.8 million in losses to lenders.<br> <br> George Kritopoulos, 50, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Patti B. Saris to four years in prison to be followed by two years ... More...
$0 (10-21-2022 - MA)United States of America v. Eric Meiggs and Declan Harrington
Boston, Massachusetts United States Attorney's Office criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit computer fraud and abuse, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.<br> <br> Eric Meiggs, age 24, from Brockton, and Declan Harrington, age 22, from Beverly, targeted executives of cryptocurrency companies and others who likely had significant amounts of cryptocurrency ... More...
$0 (10-19-2022 - MA)<H2> John Doe v. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boston, Massachusetts civil litigation lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a Title IX violation theory.<br> <br> A writer is free to assume a nom<br> de plume. That is why Mark Twain and Bob Dylan are better known<br> than Samuel Clemens and Robert Zimmerman. But, as a rule,<br> litigants in federal court must publicly reveal their true names.<br> In this appeal, we tackle a questi... More...
$0 (09-16-2022 - MA)United States of America v. James Joseph Cohen
Boston, Massachusetts criminal law lawyer represented defendant charged with engaging in scheme to obtain Paycheck Protection Program funds made available under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act by submitting false applications.<br> <br> James Joseph Cohen, 59, pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud. <br> <br> Between April 2020 and September 2021, Cohen submitted s... More...
$0 (07-28-2022 - MA)United States of America v. Michael Vangpa
Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with the armed robbery of three convenience stores in Lowell and Tewksbury on Dec. 24, 2020.<br> <br> Michael Vangpa, 33, pleaded guilty to one count of interfering with commerce by robbery and one count of using a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin scheduled sentencing ... More...
$0 (07-21-2022 - MA)United States of America v. William Cordor
Worcester, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with involvement in fraud schemes affecting the United States Small Business Administration (SBA) Loan and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) Programs in Massachusetts and Nevada.<br> <br> William Cordor, 27, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman to 33 months in prison and three years of supe... More...
$0 (06-17-2022 - MA)United States of America v. Giorgio “George†Fiorenza
Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with defraud an elderly relative of her interest in a three-family home and a separate scheme to defraud the Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance. <br> <br> Between August and September 2017, Giorgio "George†Fiorenza, 51, defrauded an elderly relative into signing a deed conveying her interest in a pr... More...
$0 (05-19-2022 - MA)Union of Concerned Scientists v. Environmental Protection Agency
<center><h3><font color="red"><h2><font color="red"> Boston, MA - Federal Advisory Committee Act lawyer represented Plaintiffs, Appellants with arguing that a directive issued by the EPA that prohibits EPA grant recipients -- who are mostly employed by universities and other nonprofit institutions -- from sitting on the EPA's twenty-two scientific advisory committees. </h3></font></b></i></center>... More...
$0 (01-22-2022 - MA)United States of America v. José Reyes-Valdivia United States of America v. Jeffri Dávila-Reyes
<center><h3><font color="red"><h2><font color="red"> Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendants with two counts of trafficking cocaine in violation of the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act charges. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> These consolidated appeals arise <br> from the U.S. Coast Guard's interdiction of a small speed boat in <br> the western Caribbean Sea and the ... More...
$0 (01-22-2022 - MA)United States of America v. Carlos Reyes, Jr.
<center><h3><font color="red"><h2><font color="red"> Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, and one count of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine charges. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> <center><b><h3>I. Background<p><br>... More...
$0 (01-21-2022 - MA)United States of America v. Jean Carlos Torres-Correa
<center><h3><font color="red"><h2><font color="red"> Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with interfering with commerce by threats or violence, and using, carrying, or possessing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence charges. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> At approximately 4:00 a.m. on January 13, 2017, three <br> masked assailants -- later i... More...
$0 (01-21-2022 - MA)United States of America v. Saieed Jean Texeira-Nieves
<center><h3><font color="red"><h2><font color="red"> Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with appealing the district court's denial of his motion for compassionate release. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> We briefly rehearse the relevant facts and travel of the <br> case. In 2018, Puerto Rico police arrested the defendant during <br> a traffic stop. He was dri... More...
$0 (01-21-2022 - MA)UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. DANTE RODRÃGUEZ-RIVERA; JAVIER EFRAÃN SIVERIO-ECHEVARRÃA; GEORGE D. ALCÃNTARA-CARDI; MARTHA NIEVES; JAVIER ANTONIO AGUIRRE-ESTRADA; CARLOS MALDONADO-LÓPEZ
<center><h2><font color="red"> Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with health care fraud and conspiracy to commit health care fraud, and aggravated identity theft chargee. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> The relevant portion of the indictment at issue <br> identifies the events and conduct alleged to give rise to a crime <br> as follows. <br> Medicare covers a benefi... More...
$0 (12-29-2021 - MA)United States of America v. Gregory Owens
<center><h2><font color="red"> Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with interstate domestic violence and; discharge of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence in violation charges. Owens challenges the sufficiency of evidence supporting his convictions, the reasonableness of his sentence, and the district court's denial of <br> his pretrial motions seekin... More...
$0 (12-29-2021 - MA)United States of America v. Aletsys Calderón-Lozano
<center><h2><font color="red"> Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a conspiracy to launder monetary instruments charge. He now challenges the procedural and substantive reasonableness of his sentence</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Between February 25 and 26, 2016, Calderón-Lozano and an <br> undercover Homeland Security Investigations ("HSIâ€) agent arra... More...
$0 (12-27-2021 - MA)United States of America v. Dr. Charles Lieber
Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant charged with filing a false tax return, etc.<br> <br> The former Chair of Harvard University's Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department was convicted by a federal jury today in connection with lying to federal authorities about his affiliation with People's Republic of China's Thousand Talents Program and the Wuhan University o... More...
$0 (12-21-2021 - MA)United States of America v. Mohan Prashad and David Besaw
Worcester, Massachusetts civil litigation lawyer represented Defendant charged with sexually harassing female tenants.<br> <br> The Justice Department secured a settlement resolving allegations that Worcester, Massachusetts, landlord Mohan Prashad and his maintenance worker, David Besaw, violated the Fair Housing Act by sexually harassing female tenants. The settlement also resolves claims against... More...
$0 (11-23-2021 - MA)KEVIN C. ROBINSON v. TOWN OF MARSHFIELD; ROCCO LONGO, individually; MICHAEL A. MARESCO, in his official capacity; and JOHN E. HALL, in his official capacity and individually.
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Boston, MA - Employment lawer lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants claiming that he was discriminated against by his employer because of his age. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> <br> Robinson retired from his position as Fire Chief in March <br> of 2015 when he was sixty years old after having worked with the <br> Department since 1978.2 He... More...
$0 (11-23-2021 - MA)United States of America v. HÉCTOR GARCÃA-CARTAGENA, a/k/a/ Arana
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with possessing drugs with intent to distribute and domestic abuse charge.se </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Let's start with the basics. To recommend sentences for <br> supervised release violators, the United States Sentencing <br> Guidelines rank new crimes with letter grades (A, B, and C). ... More...
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