Mississippi Consumer Fraud Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Thedore M. Dibiase, Jr., a/k/a Ted Dibiase, Jr., and Teddy Dibiase </h2> </center>
Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy, wire fraud, theft involving programs receiving federal funds, and money laundering. Ex-wrstler Teddy Dibiase was accused welfare fraud conspiracy, wire fraud, theft and money laundering after he accepted nearly $3 million in federal funds designed to help poor residents and spent the money on luxury... More...
$ (03-21-2026 - MS)<H2> United States of America v. Jaivon Davon Taylor, Jadin Winfield, Dennis James Swint, and Nicolas Beltre
Jackson, Mississippi, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. Jaivon Davon Taylor, Jadin Winfield, Dennis James Swint, and Nicolas Beltre, all residents of New York state, conspired with each other to use false passports in a scheme to fraudulently obtain money from banks in the Jackson, Mississippi area. Th... More...
$ (12-23-2025 - MS)<H2> United States of America v. Docterance Atkins
Oxford, Mississippi, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud and money laundering. An investigation was begun after the IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) received a tip Docterance Atkins, age 32, had committed COVID-19 Fraud. IRS-CI conducted a thorough investigation unveiling Atkins’ scheme. In essence, Atkins recruited unsophisticated individuals in the commun... More...
$ (12-16-2025 - MS)<H2> United States of America v. Jaivon Davon Taylor, Jadin Winfield, Dennis James Swint, and Nicolas BeltreTaylor
Jackson, Mississippi, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with identity theft and bank fraud conspiracy scheme. Jaivon Davon Taylor, Jadin Winfield, Dennis James Swint, and Nicolas Beltre, all residents of New York state, conspired with each other to use false passports in a scheme to fraudulently obtain money from banks in the Jackson, Mississippi area. These defendants... More...
$ (12-25-2025 - MS)<H2> United States of America v. Docterance Atkins
Aberdeen, Mississippi, one count of Wire Fraud, and a separate count of Money Laundering. The investigation began after IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) received a tip Docterance Atkins, 32, had committed COVID-19 Fraud. IRS-CI conducted a thorough investigation unveiling Atkins’ scheme. In essence, Atkins recruited unsophisticated individuals in the community, and convinced them to fraud... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - MS)<H2> United States of America v. Rudolph M. Warnock, Jr. and Cleveland Anderson
Jackson, Mississippi, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with with conspiring to commit bribery. Rudolph M. Warnock, Jr. of Birmingham, Alabama, and Cleveland Anderson of Canton, Mississippi were convicted of multiple felony charges following an eight-day trial. Counts 1 and 2 of the indictment charged Warnock and Anderson with conspiring to commit bribery. Warnock ... More...
$ (12-15-2025 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Paul Anthony Robinson, Sarah Elizabeth Calderon, Joshanique Elouise Bailey, David L. Jones, Jr., Anna Waldei </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, aggravated identity theft </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Four Defendants Sentenced in Federal Court for Roles in Automobile Dealership Fraud Conspiracy</h2></center></b></b></center></></font/color="red"></b></cen... More...
$0 (07-11-2025 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Gabriel Waters </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Oxford, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with committing wire fraud and money laundering </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Ohio Man Sentenced for Large-Scale Multi-National Business Email Compromise Scams</h2></center></b></b></center></b><br> <br> An Ohio man was sentenced to over fou... More...
$0 (06-11-2025 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Mario Martinez Smiley </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Shreveport, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Wire Fraud </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud in Connection with Theft of Vehicle from Local Dealership</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> ... More...
$0 (05-21-2025 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Mario Martinez Smiley </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Wire Fraud </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud in Connection with Theft of Vehicle from Local Dealership</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Texas man pleaded guilty today to wire fra... More...
$0 (05-21-2025 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Nooruddin Bhai Nasruddin </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Oxford, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Large-Scale Phone Scams </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Illegal Alien Sentenced for Large-Scale Phone Scams</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Nooruddin Bhai Nasruddin, 52, was involved in a wire fraud conspiracy where ... More...
$0 (03-10-2025 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Joaquin Lineares-Rodriguez </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Aberdeen, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Passport Fraud and Illegal Reentry </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Mexican National Sentenced for Passport Fraud and Illegal Reentry</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Joaquin Lineares-Rodriguez, a Mexican national, pleaded gu... More...
$0 (01-29-2025 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Travious Quinshad Jackson </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, Miss criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to commit wire fraud, mail fraud and health care fraud; money laundering; aggravated identity theft; mail fraud; and contempt of court. He was also ordered to pay $1,917,231.26 in restitution to the victims in the case. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center><... More...
$0 (01-16-2025 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Laron Evans </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, Miss criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Health Care Fraud, Money Laundering, Identity Theft, and Contempt of Court </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Vicksburg Man Sentenced to 32 Years in Federal Prison for Health Care Fraud, Money Laundering, Identity Theft, and Contempt of Court </... More...
$0 (01-16-2025 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Anthony Charles Cvitanovich; Mary Mahoney’s Old French House restaurant </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to misbrand seafood </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Mary Mahoney's Old French House and Manager Sentenced for Conspiracy and Misbranding of Seafood</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Mississippi corporatio... More...
$0 (11-18-2024 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Robert Earl Givens, Jr. </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with embezzlement, fraud, felony bad check, uttering a forgery, and possession of stolen property </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Carrollton Man Sentenced to over 15 Years in Prison for Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud</h2></center></b></b> <... More...
$0 (09-03-2024 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Misty Burgess </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Oxford, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with submitting a fraudulent unemployment benefits application to the Mississippi Department of Employment Security (MDES) </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> North Mississippi Woman Sentenced in Unemployment Benefits Fraud Case </h2></center>... More...
$0 (09-05-2024 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Herman Nash </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Oxford, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with COVID loan fraud </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Caledonia man sentenced for COVID loan fraud</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Herman Nash, 63, from Caledonia, applied for three separate loans and received a total o... More...
$0 (08-29-2024 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Robert Leon Deming, III </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Gulfport, Mississippighz criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a Schedule I controlled substance. </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Biloxi City Councilman Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Drug Conspiracy Involving Vape Shops</h2></center>... More...
$0 (08-13-2024 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Herman Nash </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Oxford, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with COVID loan fraud </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Caledonia man sentenced for COVID loan fraud</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Herman Nash, 63, applied for three separate loans and received a total of $800,000. Nash... More...
$0 (07-29-2024 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Ronald Gardner </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft </font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i><br> </b> Jackson Man Sentenced to 61 Months in Federal Prison for Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft </h2></center>... More...
$0 (05-01-2024 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Anthony Craig Myrick </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Jackson, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> Jackson Man Sentenced to 26 Months in Federal Prison for Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft </h3></center></i><br> <br> A Jac... More...
$0 (03-12-2024 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Allen Posey </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Oxford, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with racketeering conspiracy.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> </h3></center></i><br> <br> A Mississippi man was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for racketeering (RICO) conspiracy, including murder, related to his participation in the Sim... More...
$0 (02-01-2024 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Lynisha Robinson </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Oxford, Mississippi Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant a Leland Tax Return Preparer Sentenced for False Claims</b></h3></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> <b><h2><center><i> Northern District of Mississippi </h2></center></i></b><br> <br> Felicia C. Adams, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, and Gabriel "Ga... More...
$0 (05-22-2013 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Jonathan Davis </h1>
<b><h2><center><i> Oxford, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant a Simon City Royals gang member sentenced for racketeering conspiracy. </h2></center></i></b><br> <br> A Chattanooga, Tennessee man has been sentenced to more than 30 years in prison for a racketeering (RICO) conspiracy involving him and other members of the Simon City Royals gang. <br> <br> On Thursday aftern... More...
$0 (01-06-2024 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Norman Beckwood </h1>
<b><h2><center><i> Oxford, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant Sentenced in Covid Relief Fraud. </h2></center></i></b><br> <br> <br> A Memphis, Tennessee man was sentenced today to 62 months imprisonment following his conviction for his role in a scheme to defraud the Small Business Administration ("SBAâ€) by submitting fraudulent loan applications to the SBA for ove... More...
$0 (01-06-2024 - MS)United States of America v. Allen Posey, et al.
Oxford, Mississippi criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to distribute drugs, murder, kidnapping, and assault.<br> <br> "The Simon City Royals terrorized Mississippi prisons and communities for far too long,†said Acting Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri of the Justice Department's Criminal Division. "These convict... More...
$0 (10-19-2023 - MS)United States of America v. Wesley Murray, Sr.
Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud in connection with his submission of a false COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) application.<br> <br> Wesley Murray, Sr., 54, submitted to the United States Small Business Association ("SBAâ€) a false EIDL application containing material misrepresentations. In reliance on his certifica... More...
$0 (10-16-2023 - MS)United States of America v. Evoke Neuroscience, Inc. and David Hagedorn
Gulfport, Mississippi civil litigation lawyers represented Defendant accused of violating the False Claims Act.<br> <br> Dr. Hagedorn, a psychologist, co-founded Evoke as a startup in approximately 2009. Evoke sold its "eVox†device primarily to general practitioner physicians. The device involves a 20-60 minute in-office application of a helmet with electrodes that purports to test certain ... More...
$0 (08-22-2023 - MS)Christopher Kelly v. Head Mercantile Company, Inc. d/b/a Strategic Outsourcing Solutions and SOS Group
Gulfport, Mississippi consumer credit lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a Fair Debt Collection Act violation theory.<br> <br> "The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) is a federal law that protects consumers from abusive, deceptive, and unfair debt collection practices. The FDCPA applies to third-party debt collectors who are attempting to collect debts on behalf of another... More...
$0 (08-03-2023 - MS)United States of America v. Lakeith M. Faulkner
Oxford, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with defrauding the SBA of more than $11 million.<br> <br> Lakeith M. Faulkner, 31, of Holly Springs, was an employee of the SBA and used his position to assist borrowers in submitting over $11 Million worth of fraudulent loan applications for Economic Injury Disaster Loans ("EIDLâ€), which were intended to help small ... More...
$0 (05-25-2023 - MS)United States of America v. Elizabeth Stephens
Natchez, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with making false statements in federal tax returns.<br> <table><br> <h1> <br> <center> <br> <P> <br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Natchez_MS_Fed.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - Natchez, Mississippi"><br> <P><br> Federal Courthouse - Natchez, Mississippi<br> <P> <br> <a font="re... More...
$0 (03-13-2023 - MS)Patsy B. White v. William T. White d/b/a Royers Estates Inc.
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Jackson, MS - Real Estate lawyer represented Appellant with an appeal arising from a refusal to transfer title to real property. </h3></font></b></i></center></font></center><br> <br> 2. This appeal arises from a son's refusal to transfer title to real property to his mother<br> after agreeing to do so in return for her making payments on the... More...
$0 (07-20-2022 - MS)James E. Alexander Sr. v. Patsy Phillips Musgrove
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Jackson, MS - Real Estate lawyer represented Appellee with filing a<br> lawsuit seeking to have a tax deed declared void. </h3></font></b></i></center></font></center><br> <br> ¶1. This case involves real property in Lawrence County, Mississippi, that Patsy Joan<br> Phillips acquired in 1982 through a deed from Lib and Sue Vanderford. Lib Vand... More...
$0 (07-19-2022 - MS)United States of America v. Jabari Ogbanna Edwards and Antwann Richardson
Oxford, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with with fraud in connection with more than $2,000,000 in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) funds received by their defunct business North Atlantic Security.<br> <br> According to court documents, Jabari Ogbanna Edwards, 49, and Antwann Richardson, 37, of Columbus, Mississippi applie... More...
$0 (06-17-2022 - MS)United States of America v. Mitchell "Chad" Barrett
Hattiesburg, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to engage in monetary transactions with criminally derived property.<br> <br> Mitchell "Chad†Barrett, 55, now of Gulf Breeze, Florida, and formerly of Mississippi, participated in a scheme to defraud TRICARE and other health care benefit programs by distributing medically unnecessary compounded me... More...
$0 (04-26-2022 - MS)Angela Lambes v. Eric Lambes
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Jackson, MS - Divorce lawyer represented both parties with filing competing claims for divorce. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> <br> Eric and Angela were married on December 31, 2011.2 Two children were born of<br> the marriage: "Adam†was born in 2012, and "James†was born in 2014.3 The couple's<br> relationship was t... More...
$0 (02-23-2022 - MS)Bradley W. Smith v. Laurie H. Smith
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Jackson, MS - Divorce lawyers represented defendant and appellant with competing petitions for modification of custody and child support. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> Brad and Laurie were divorced in 2014. The chancery court's divorce judgment<br> incorporated an MDA entered between the parties, which granted Laurie sole physica... More...
$0 (02-08-2022 - MS)James E. Alexander Sr. v. Patsy Phillips Musgrove
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Jackson, MS - Real Property lawyer represented appellant with a case involving real property. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> We begin by addressing the history of this case, based upon the record2<br> and the<br> detailed history set forth in the chancery court's Judgment Upon Remand. In September<br> 1982, Lib Vanderford and his ... More...
$0 (02-08-2022 - MS)Kenneth Peyton Bryant v. Jennifer Hart Bryant
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Jackson, MS - Divorce lawyer represented defendant with appealing an order of his divorce. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> Jennifer and Kenneth were married from August 2, 2009, until their divorce (based<br> on irreconcilable differences) on March 30, 2016. Three children were born during their<br> marriage: the eldest child was b... More...
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