Minnesota Fraudulent Conveyance Law

<H2> United States of America v. Abdimajid Mohamed Nur

Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. At trial, Abdimajid Mohamed Nur, age 24, and his co-defendants stole more than $47 million in program funds by claiming to serve 18 million meals to kids at more than 30 food distribution sites. The scheme originated out of Empire Cuisine & Market, a small storefront halal market in Shakopee. Empire... More...

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<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...

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Brey Mafi v. Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc., et al.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a real property fraud claim. 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 . It applies to both civil and criminal contexts, punishing fraudulent acts and providi... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Sahra Nur </h1></h1>

<h2><center> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Feeding Our Future $250 Million Fraud Scheme </font/color="red"></center> <center> Minneapolis Woman Sentenced to 51 Months in Prison for Role in Feeding Our Future $250 Million Fraud SchemeScheme</h2></center> Sahra Nur of... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Tyree Jones </h1></h1>

<h2><center> Portland, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Pandemic Fraud</font/color="red"></center><center> New Hampshire Man Sentenced to Two Years for Pandemic Fraud Conspiracy</h2></center> </h2></center> A Plymouth, New Hampshire man was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Portlan... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Andrew Shenkosky </h1>

<h2><center> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant Indicted on Wire Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft </font/color="red"></center><center> Michigan Man Indicted on Wire Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft Charges</h2></center> </h2></center> A Michigan man has been indicted on... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Charles Randall Sorensen </h1>

<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 </center><center> Former Commercial Airline Pilot Sentenced to Over Three Years in Prison for Tax Evasion</h2></center> </h2></ce... More...

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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. 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...

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<h1> United States of America v. Mikhail Robin Wicker </h1>

<h2><center> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with 'Stolen Valor' and Benefits Fraud.</h2></center><h2><center> Clay County Man Charged with 'Stolen Valor' and Benefits Fraud </h2></center> A Dilworth, Minnesota man has been charged in a scheme to defraud... More...

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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. 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...

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United States of America v. Jason Dodd Bullard

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engaging in a Ponzi scheme to defraud investors. Between 2014 and 2021, Jason Dodd Bullard, 59, and others working at his direction solicited funds from individuals, entities, and trusts purportedly to invest in a foreign currency investment program. In reality, Bullard was operating a Ponzi scheme. The funds... More...

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United States of America v. Charles Howard Jorenby

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with health care fraud. 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...

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United States of America v. Charles Howard Jorenby

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with health care fraud. 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...

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United States of America v. Tequisha Solomon

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud. 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). As p... More...

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United States of America v. Denis Vladmirovich Molla

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with r filing fraudulent insurance claims for a staged arson. On September 23, 2020, Denis Vladmirovich Molla, 30, falsely reported to law enforcement that someone had lit his camper on fire and that three unknown males were near his home when he heard an explosion. Molla also reported that his garage door was v... More...

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United States of America v. Mohamed Ali Hussein and Lul Bashir Ali

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged for their roles in the $250 million fraud scheme that exploited a federally-funded child nutrition program during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mohamed Ali Hussein, ate 53, and Lul Bashir Ali, age 57, both of Faribault, admitted that between June 2020 and January 2022, they knowingly and willfully conspired with othe... More...

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United States of America v. Kawsar Jama, et al.

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charge with engaging in a fraudulent scheme that exploited a federally-funded child nutrition program during the COVID-19 pandemic. <table> <h1> <center> <img width="200" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Minneapolis_MN.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - Minneapolis, Minnesota"> <P... More...

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United States of America v. Russell Jason Rahm

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud in connection to a $300 million nationwide telemarketing fraud scheme that targeted elderly and vulnerable victims. From 2000 through February 2020, Russell Jason Rahm, 52, participated in a telemarketing fraud scheme involving fraudulent magazine subscription sales. Rahm was the ... More...

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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: 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...

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United States of America v. Denis Vladmirovich Molla

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud after filing fraudulent insurance claims for a staged arson. on September 23, 2020, Denis Vladmirovich Molla, 30, falsely reported to law enforcement that someone had lit his camper on fire and that three unknown males were near his home when he heard an explosion. Molla also reported that his garage... More...

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United States of America v. Denis Valdmirovich Molla

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with wire fraud. On September 23, 2020, Denis Vladmirovich Molla, 29, falsely reported to law enforcement that someone had lit his camper on fire. Molla reported that his garage door was vandalized with spray painted graffiti stating, "Biden 2020,â€ "BLM,â€ and an Antifa symbol, and that his camper was ... More...

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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. 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...

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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. 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...

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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. 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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United States of America v. Sonny Vang Xiong and Davis Her

St. Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to steal mail. Sonny Vang Xiong, 32, of Maplewood, and Davis Her, 36, of St. Paul, each pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit theft of mail. Her also pleaded guilty to one count of felon in possession of a firearm. The defendants were sentenced to 36 and 78 months in prison, respectivel... More...

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State of Minnesota v. Remona Lysa Brown

Worthington, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant who was charged with multiple Medicaid fraud felony charges relating to billings by Caring & Compassionate Healthcare Agency (CCHA), a home care nursing agency that also had a location in Lansing, Michigan. From 2012 to 2015, CCHA defrauded Minnesota's Medicaid program by: Billing for registered nurse and li... More...

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United States of America v. Jannice Kristina Laur, Vasean Berioisova Ricks, Jared Trhomas Michelizzi, James Anthony Sierra, Daniel Mathias, Lloyd Joseph Loftis, Corolos Kentrell Smith, Irma Beatrice timmerman, Ronald Ollo Coleman, John Michael Blalock, Sharon Denise McEwen

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyers represented defendants charged with telemarketing fraud. Jannice Kristina Laur, Vasean Berioisova Ricks, Jared Trhomas Michelizzi, James Anthony Sierra, Daniel Mathias, Lloyd Joseph Loftis, Corolos Kentrell Smith, Irma Beatrice timmerman, Ronald Ollo Coleman, John Michael Blalock, Sharon Denise McEwen were charged with participating in a fra... More...

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United States of America v. Andrew Albert Comeaux

Minneapolis, Minnesota felony firearm possession criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Andrew Albert Comeaux, age 38, who was charged with once count of felony in possession of a firearm. According to COMEAUX's guilty plea and documents filed with the court, on June 15, 2020, multiple law enforcement agencies executed a search warrant at COMEAUX's residence. During the search, la... More...

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United States of America v. Stacey Leigh Persons, Patrecia Nichole Shinn, Leeann Garcia, Petra Jinette Laboy, and Angel Wilson

Minneapolis, MN mail fraud criminal defense lawyers represented defendants charged with conspiracy to commit $300 million telemarketing fraud scheme that targeted elderly and other vulnerable victims. STACEY LEIGH PERSONS pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud before Senior Judge David S. Doty in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota. According to her guil... More...

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United States of America v. Terry Lynn Christensen, Todd Allen Hughes and Jessica Marie Prince

Minneapolis, Minnesota telemarketing fraud charge criminal defense lawyers represented defendants charged with telemarketing fraud scheme. TERRY LYNN CHRISTENSEN, 73, TODD ALLEN HUGHES, 47, and JESSICA MARIE PRINCE, 40, were charged with roles in a $300 million telemarketing fraud scheme. According to his guilty plea and documents filed with the court, CHRISTENSEN worked as a ca... More...

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United States of America v. Seyed Sajjad Shahidian

Minneapolis, Minnesota conspiracy to defraud and commit offenses against the USA criminal defense lawyer represented Seyed Sajjad Shahidian. “Shahidian lied to U.S. suppliers, illegally transferred funds from Iran, used fraudulent passports and ids, and established a business whose entire purpose was to circumvent U.S. sanctions and to enable others to do the same,” said Assistant Att... More...

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United States of America v. Shari Ann Natysin

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.mnd.uscourts.gov/Courthouses/images/Mpls-02.jpg"> </center> Minneapolis, MN - Former Bookkeeper For Anoka Flooring Company Sentenced To 46 Months In Prison For $630,000 Embezzlement Scheme SHARI ANN NATYSIN, a/k/a Shari Ann Johnson, 33, was sentenced to 46 months in prison and ordered to pay full restitution for embezzling more than $6... More...

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United States of America v. Igor Vorotinov

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.mnd.uscourts.gov/Courthouses/images/Mpls-02.jpg"> </center> Minneapolis, MN - Moldovan National Sentenced To 41 Months In Prison For Faking His Death For $2 Million Insurance Payout IGOR VOROTINOV, 55, was sentenced to 41 months in prison for faking his death in order to collect a $2 million life insurance payment. Accor... More...

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United States of America v. Jeffrey J. Detloff, Lori Detloff and Detloff Marketing and Asset Management

<Center> <img width="300" src="http://www.mnd.uscourts.gov/Courthouses/images/StPaul-02.jpg"> </center> St. Paul, MN - Minnesota Couple Pleads Guilty for Long-Running Fraud Scheme Real Estate Company Pleads Guilty to Fraud Conspiracy Detloff Marketing and Asset Management Inc. (Detloff Marketing), a real estate company based in Hopkins, Minnesota; its owner, Jeffery J... More...

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United States of America v. Barry Ron Skog

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.mnd.uscourts.gov/Courthouses/images/Mpls-02.jpg"> </center) </center> Minneapolis, MN - Twin Cities Coin Dealer Sentenced To 30 Months In Prison For Counterfeit Coin Fraud Scheme Barry Ron Skov, 68, was sentned to 30 months in prison for perpetrating a counterfeit coin fraud scheme. SKOG, who pleaded guilty on February 21, 2019, wa... More...

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United States of America v. John L. Steele

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.mnd.uscourts.gov/Courthouses/images/Mpls-02.jpg"> </center) </center> Minneapolis, MN - Florida Attorney Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison for Multi-Million Dollar Pornography Film Copyright Fraud Scheme A Florida attorney was sentenced to 60 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for his role in a multi-millio... More...

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United States of America v. Paul R. Hansmeier

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.mnd.uscourts.gov/Courthouses/images/Mpls-02.jpg"> </center) </center> Minneapolis, MN - Minnesota Attorney Sentenced To 168 Months In Prison For Multi-Million Dollar Pornography Film Copyright Fraud Scheme Paul R. Hansmeier, 37, to 168 months in prison for orchestrating a multi-million dollar fraud scheme to obtain payments from ex... More...

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United States of America v. Igor Vorotinov

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.mnd.uscourts.gov/Courthouses/images/Mpls-02.jpg"> </center) Minneapolis, MN - Moldovan National Pleaded Guilty To Faking His Death For $2 Million Insurance Payout IGOR VOROTINOV, 54, for faking his death in order to collect a $2 million life insurance payment. VOROTINOV pleaded guilty earlier today before Judge Patrick J. Schiltz in U.... More...

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United States of America v. Kenneth Mwase

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.mnd.uscourts.gov/Courthouses/images/Mpls-02.jpg"> </center> Minneapolis, MN - Minnesota Tax Return Preparer Sentenced to More Than 10 Years in Prison for Leading a Multimillion Dollar IRS Fraud Scheme and Failing to Appear at Sentencing Defendant Fled to South Africa After his Conviction A Minneapolis based tax return preparer was ... More...

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United States of America v. Ryan Randall Gilbertson

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.mnd.uscourts.gov/Courthouses/images/Mpls-02.jpg"> </center> Minneapolis, MN - Former Oil Company President Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison For Stock Manipulation Scheme United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of RYAN RANDALL GILBERTSON, 42, founder of Dakota Plains Holdings, Inc., to 144 months in feder... More...

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