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United States of America v. Jessica Lynn Larson
St. Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making a false statement. While working as a nurse at FMC Rochester, Jessica Lynn Larson, age 38, had a compromising sexual relationship with an inmate. Larson and the inmate exchanged sexually explicit love letters in which they professed their love for one another and discussed various sexual acts. In April 20... More...
$ (01-27-2026 - MN)<H2> United States of America v. Abdinajib Hassan Yussuf, et al.
Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. In the Autism fraud scheme, Abdinajib Hassan Yussuf, age 27, has been charged by federal information with one count of wire fraud. As set forth in the information, Yussuf and others devised and carried out a scheme to defraud the Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention benefit, a... More...
$ (12-28-2025 - MN)Brey Mafi v. Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc., et al.
Minneapolis, Minnesota, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a real property fraud claim.<br> <br> Fraud law refers to the legal regulations that define and punish deceptive activities used to gain an unfair or unlawful advantage, often resulting in financial loss to another person or entity<br> . It applies to both civil and criminal contexts, punishing fraudulent acts and providi... More...
$0 (10-24-2025 - MN)United States of America v. Charles Randall Sorensen
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with tax evasion and fraud.<br> <br> Sorensen, a successful pilot for 37 years, retired from Delta Air Lines in 2016<br> at the mandatory retirement age of 65. His history of tax evasion extends back to at<br> least 2010, when he and his then-wife accumulated tax debts because Sorensen<br> under-withheld contributions... More...
$0 (08-27-2025 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Tyree Jones </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Portland, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Pandemic Fraud</font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> New Hampshire Man Sentenced to Two Years for Pandemic Fraud Conspiracy</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Plymouth, New Hampshire man was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Portlan... More...
$0 (05-13-2025 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Andrew Shenkosky </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant Indicted on Wire Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Michigan Man Indicted on Wire Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft Charges</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Michigan man has been indicted on... More...
$0 (02-20-2025 - MN)Stephen Sawyer, et al. v. Trustees(s) of the Patricia A. Boland Trust Aggrement Dated Jun 4, 2012
Hastings, Minnesota civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in a real property dispute.<br> <br> The Sawyers and the Boland Trustees dispute ownership of an 8.5' by 117' strip of land on the east side of the Boland Trustees' property and the west side of the Sawyers' property (the Adverse Possession Parcel).<br> <br> In 1966, the Boland family acquired property on Lake Marion (the Bolan... More...
$0 (01-06-2025 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Kristi Margaret Berge </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Edina Financial Adviser Sentenced to Over Two Years in Prison for Stealing $2.1 Million from Clients </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> An Edina financial adviser has been... More...
$0 (12-05-2024 - mn)<h1> United States of America v. Kristi Margaret Berge </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Saint Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Stealing $2.1 Million from Clients </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Edina Financial Adviser Sentenced to Over Two Years in Prison for Stealing $2.1 Million from Clients</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> An Edina financ... More...
$0 (12-05-2024 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Harold Bennie Kaeding </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Saint Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with COVID Relief Fraud, Aggravated Identity Theft, and Money Laundering </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Eden Prairie Man Sentenced to Over Seven Years in Prison for COVID Relief Fraud, Aggravated Identity Theft, and Money Laundering</h2><... More...
$0 (11-19-2024 - MN)Randy Hook v. Brenda Hook
<h2><br> Marshall, Minnesota personal injury lawyers represented the parties in a fraud and conversion of firearms.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> In December 2020, respondent Brenda Hook, the surviving wife of Roger Hook, initiated a probate proceeding in Lyon County District Court and was appointed as the personal representative of Roger's[1] estate.<br> <br> In October 2021, in the probate pr... More...
$0 (03-13-2024 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Dodzi Kwame Kordorwu </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Saint Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with B$2.3M Romance Fraud Scheme </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Brooklyn Park Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for $2.3M Romance Fraud Scheme</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Brooklyn Park man has been sentenced to... More...
$0 (10-29-2024 - MN)State of Minnesota v. GoodLeap, LLC
<h2><br> Minneapolis, Minnesota consumer fraud lawyers represented the Defendants.<br> </h2><br> <br> The State of Minnesota ("the Stateâ€), filed this case in Hennepin County District Court against four Defendants that market loans to residential consumers for the purchase and installation of solar panels on their homes. Generally, the State alleges that the Defendants violated Minnesota con... More...
$0 (10-22-2024 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Charles Randall Sorensen </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with filing false tax returns, failing to file tax returns, and making false claims </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Commercial Airline Pilot Sentenced to Over Three Years in Prison for Tax Evasion</h2></center></b></b> </h2></ce... More...
$0 (09-26-2024 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Donald Duane Armstrong, Jr. </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with an illegal firearm straw purchasing conspiracy </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Cass County Felon Sentenced to Prison for Straw Purchasing</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A convicted felon has been sentenced to 2... More...
$0 (09-19-2024 - MN)Paul Hansmeier v. Tobies Enterprises
<h2><br> Pine City, Minnesota civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> In March 2022, Hansmeier initiated a civil action alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101-12213 (2018 &Supp. IV 2022), and the Minnesota Human Rights Act, Minn. Stat. §§ 363A.01-.50 (2022 &Supp. 2023) against Tobies and U.S. Attorney General Merrick Ga... More...
$0 (09-16-2024 - MN)United States of America v. Abdiaziz Shafii Farah, et al.
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged for their roles in a $250 millin fraud scheme.<br> <br> The convicted defendants devised and carried out a $40 million fraud scheme to defraud the Federal Child Nutrition Program. The convicted defendants obtained, misappropriated, and laundered millions of dollars in program funds that were intended as reimbursemen... More...
$0 (06-07-2024 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Mikhail Robin Wicker </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with 'Stolen Valor' and Benefits Fraud.</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center><i></b> Clay County Man Charged with 'Stolen Valor' and Benefits Fraud </h2></center></i></font color="red"><br> <br> A Dilworth, Minnesota man has been charged in a scheme to defraud... More...
$0 (04-03-2024 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Ladarius Jaleel Snipes </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Saint Paul, Minnesota Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant Sentenced to Prison for a Violent Hobbs Act Robbery and Firearms Violations</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> <b><h2><center><i></b>District of Minnesota </h2></center></i><br> <br> A Mississippi man has been sentenced to 155 months in prison followed by five years of... More...
$0 (01-05-2024 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Barbara Kaye Rechtzigel </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Minneapolis, Minnesota Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant charged for Embezzling From Minnwest Bank</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> A 48-year-old woman from the southwestern Minnesota community of Belview was sentenced for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the customers of Minnwest Bank, in Marshall, Minnesota... More...
$0 (01-16-2013 - MN)United States of America v. Gayle Joyce Ferngren
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with multiple schemes that defrauded individuals throughout the United States.<br> <br> from 2017 through April 2022, Gayle Joyce Ferngren, 70, and others participated in a scheme to launder proceeds that were fraudulently obtained from victims throughout the United States, including the proceeds of romance fraud sca... More...
$0 (12-07-2023 - MN)United States of America v. Solomon Eghosa Wilfred
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with romance fraud scheme that targeted elderly victims.<br> <br> From at least in or about June 2020 through in or about March 2021, Solomon Eghosa Wilfred, 43, and other scheme participants knowingly and intentionally participated in and facilitated an online romance fraud scheme that targeted primarily elderly vict... More...
$0 (11-17-2023 - MN)United States of America v. Charles Howard Jorenby
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with health care fraud.<br> <br> Charles Howard Jorenby, 57, was a licensed psychologist and owner of Life Dynamics, Inc., a counseling center located in Prior Lake. From at least January 2013 through February 2020, Jorenby orchestrated a scheme to defraud the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC), which is resp... More...
$0 (09-29-2023 - MN)United States of America v. Charles Howard Jorenby
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with health care fraud. <br> <br> Charles Howard Jorenby, 57, was a licensed psychologist and owner of Life Dynamics, Inc., a counseling center located in Prior Lake. From at least January 2013 through February 2020, Jorenby orchestrated a scheme to defraud the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC), which is re... More...
$0 (09-29-2023 - MN)United States of America v. Tequisha Solomon
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud.<br> <br> From June 2020 through January 2022, Tequisha Solomon, 40, executed a scheme to fraudulently obtain pandemic assistance money from various states, including Minnesota's Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) and California's Employment Development Department (EDD).<br> <br> As p... More...
$0 (08-17-2023 - MN)United States of America v. Mai Houa Xiong
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud.<br> <br> Mai Houa Xiong, 47, of Fresno, California, was employed as a financial manager for a Minneapolis-based property management company that provided financial services to homeowners' associations (HOAs) throughout the Twin Cities metro area. Xiong's duties included bookkeeping, and as manager she ha... More...
$0 (07-27-2023 - MN)Tracy Stricbel and Andrew Striebel v. American Family Mutual Insurance Company, S.I.
Minneapolis, Minnesota insurance law lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendant on a bad faith breach of contract theory.<br> <br> Minnesota has a statute that specifically addresses bad faith breach of insurance contracts. The statute, Minn. Stat. § 604.18, provides that an insurer who acts in bad faith in handling an insurance claim may be liable to the insured for actual damages, plus ... More...
$0 (07-17-2023 - MN)Dexon Computer, Inc. v. Travelers Property Casualty Co. of America
Minneapolis, Minnesota insurance law lawyers represented Plaintiff, which sued Defendant on a bad faith breach of insurane contract claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in damages as a direct result of Defendant's wrongful denial of its claim.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="200" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Minneapolis_MN.jpg" alt="Fede... More...
$0 (02-16-2023 - MN)State of Minnesota v. James Lamar Davis
<br> A jury heard evidence that James Davis is a member of a Minneapolis street gang and that he, accompanied by two of his gang allies, confronted and shot two men affiliated with a rival gang. The jury found Davis guilty of two counts of attempted intentional second-degree murder for the benefit of a gang. Davis argues on appeal that we should overturn his conviction on four grounds: (1) the dis... More...
$0 (05-31-2016 - MN)United States of America v. Larry Wallace Lindberg
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with failing to pay payroll taxes.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/minnesota/news/minneapolis/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Minneapolis</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><br> </table><br> <br> Larry Wallace Lindberg, 68, was a pharmacist and the CEO of Midwest Me... More...
$0 (12-14-2022 - MN)United States of America v. Rhonda Jean Moulder
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1341, which provides:<br> <br> Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, or to sell, dispose of, loan, exchange, alter, give away, distri... More...
$0 (10-14-2022 - MN)United States ex rel. Simpson v. Bayer Corp.
Minneapolis, Minnesota qui tam lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on False Claims Act violations.<br> <br> Bayer Corporation, an Indiana corporation and manufacturer of pharmaceutical products, and its related entities, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc., Bayer HealthCare LLC and Bayer AG (collectively "Bayerâ€), agreed to pay $40 million to resolve alleged violations of the... More...
$0 (09-06-2022 - MN)United States of America v. Kyle William Brenizer
St. Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with fraud, money laundering, and aggravated identity theft.<br> <br> Kyle William Brenizer, 33, was the owner and manager of True-Cut Construction LLC ("True-Cutâ€), a contracting and construction company located in Brooklyn Park. In August 2018, True-Cut and Brenizer were ordered by the Minnesota Department of Labor a... More...
$0 (06-16-2022 - MN)Horizon Roofing, Inc. v. Best and Fast, Inc., et al.
Minneapolis, Minnesota intellectual property lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a trademark infringement theory under 15 U.S.C. 1114.<br> <br> <br> On April 11, 2022, the Court issued an Order requiring the Defendants Best and Fast Inc. and B.E.S.T. GDR, LLC (collectively "Defendantsâ€), to file a memorandum supporting their position that there is federal subject matter juris... More...
$0 (06-07-2022 - MN)United States of America v. Shoua Isabelle
St. Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with filing false federal income tax returns.<br> <br> During tax years 2017 through 2018, Shoua Isabelle Yang, 45, the owner and operator of Atwork Staffing Inc., a staffing agency that provided temporary workers for multiple business clients, caused the agency not to properly withhold, account for, and pay over accurate pa... More...
$0 (05-05-2022 - MN)State of Minnesota v. Scott W. Mooney
Olivia, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with murder-for-hire, first-degree conspiracy to commit arson and threats of violence.<br> <br> Scott W. Mooney, age 27, made threats of violence to a female victim, including having gang members murder her by physical violence or setting fire to her apartment in August 2021. He was angry with the woman for trying to get him ... More...
$0 (04-27-2022 - MN)United States of America v. Tou Thao, Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane
St. Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with depriving others of their rights under color of law.<br> <br> Former MPD Officers Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng were found to have deprived Mr. Floyd of his constitutional right to be free from an officer's unreasonable force when each willfully failed to intervene to stop former MPD Officer Derek Chauvin's use of ... More...
$0 (02-25-2022 - MN)United States of America v. Wesley David Richards
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with aiding and abetting passing a treasury check bearing a false endorsement or signature.<br> <br> Wesley David Richards, 46, admitted to participating in a fraud scheme that involved depositing counterfeit, stolen, or otherwise illegitimate checks into fraudulent bank accounts and then making cash withdrawals and debit... More...
$0 (02-21-2022 - MN)United States of America v. Montez Terriel Lee
St. Paul, Minnesota criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with arson resulting in death.<br> <br> On May 28, 2020, Montez Terriel Lee, 26, along with others, broke into the Max It Pawn Shop on East Lake Street in Minneapolis. Surveillance video footage showed Lee pouring a fire accelerant around the pawn shop and lighting the accelerant on fire. The fire destroyed the building. A... More...
$0 (01-14-2022 - MN)United States of America v. Robert Waldon John Anderson
St. Paul, Minnesota criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with conversion of Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) loan security.<br> <br> Robert Waldon John Anderson, 67, used false and fraudulent statements to obtain five Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) loans through a federal farm loan program administered by the Farm Service Agency (FSA) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture ... More...
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