New Mexico Fraud Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Danial Adair, Daniel Nicolds, and Lary Micholds </h2> </center>
Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with fraudulently obtain and sell New Mexico elk hunting tags to out of state hunters and conceal the proceeds from the IRS. from approximately 2019 through 2022, Danial Adair, 44, Daniel Nicolds, 57, and his brother Lary Nicolds, 59, allegedly operated a scheme through Big Horn Outfitters in which they fraudu... More...
$ (06-08-2026 - NM)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Claudiu Pesteleu </h2> </center>
Las Cruces, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Claudiu Pesteleu, 44, a Romanian national illegally present in the United States, admitted that from May 2023 through June 2024, he participa... More...
$ (06-03-2026 - NM)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jose Ramirez </h2> </center>
Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with kidnapping. In 2018, just weeks after his release from prison for a felony firearm conviction stemming from a high-speed police chase, and while under court supervision and wearing a GPS ankle monitor, Jose Ramirez, 47, engineered a calculated and violent kidnapping-for-ransom scheme targeting his former emp... More...
$ (04-07-2026 - NM)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Claudiu Pesteleu </h2> </center>
Las Cruces, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyers Gabriel Perez and Jessica Martin represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Claudiu Pesteleu, age 44, a Romanian national illegally in the United States participated in a nationwide fraud scheme that used fake websites impersonating legitimate businesses to trick victims into wiring money for various consumer products... More...
$ (03-09-2026 - NM)United States of America v. Robert Haack
Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire and mail fraud. Robert Haack, 59, carried out a years long scheme to defraud collectors by selling counterfeit jewelry falsely represented as authentic works by renowned Hopi artist Charles Loloma. The evidence established that between approximately 2008 and 2015, Haack manufactured dozens of fake Lo... More...
$ (01-29-2026 - NM)<H2> United States of America v. Max Jaramillo
Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and embezzlement by an Officer of a Labor Organization. From 2014 through early 2024, Max Jaramillo, 58, served as treasurer of the National Postal Mail Handlers Union, Local 331, a position that carries fiduciary duties to safeguard union assets and to accurately disclose the union’s financial... More...
$ (01-07-2026 - NM)State of New Mexico v. April Hernandez </center.
Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with identity theft and fraud. April Hernandez was accused of identity theft and multiple counts of fraud after stealing three nurses’ identities and providing care for hospice patients without a license.... More...
$ (01-07-2026 - NM)United States of America v. Marc Candelaria
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud and bank robbery.<br> <br> In searching the car, a law-enforcement officers found a handwritten note that resembled the content of a piece of paper used in a recent bank robbery. The government used the handwritten note to prosecute the defendant for bank robbery. <br> <br> The car search was based ... More...
$0 (08-28-2025 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. John Lopez </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with $24 Million Ponzi Scheme </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Arizona Man Sentenced to 30 Years Imprisonment for $24 Million Ponzi Scheme</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> An... More...
$0 (08-11-2025 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Berg Companies, Inc. </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violating the False Claims Ac</font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Defense Contractor Berg Co. Agrees to Pay $3.3 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations for Bid Rigging on Defense Contracts</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </fon... More...
$0 (07-15-2025 - NM)M.E.S. v. Numale Medical Center, LLC, et al.
Albuquerque, New Mexico. personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on fraud, negligence, unconscionable conduct in violation of Unfair Practices Act, and unfair or deceptive conduct theories.<br> <br> Doe, age 66, claimed he received substandard care for erectile dysfunction which left him impotent unable to urinate. ... More...
$412000000 (05-07-2025 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. David Duren, a/k/a Dawud Hakiem Duren </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Concord, New Hampshire criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to steal from a nonprofit health care provider </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Massachusetts Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for 15 months for Stealing from a Nonprofit Working to Prevent Veteran Suicides</h2></center></b></b... More...
$0 (11-22-2024 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Stephanie Pratt </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Concord, New Hampshire criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Stealing Almost $500,000 from her Employer </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Keene Woman Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Almost $500,000 from her Employer</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A former Keene woma... More...
$0 (11-13-2024 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Delbert Tyler Trevino </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally possessing firearms and ammunition while under felony indictment </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> U.S. Attorney's Office Secures Sentencing of Las Cruces Man for Federal Firearms Offenses</h2></center></b></b> </h2></cent... More...
$0 (11-12-2024 - NM)United States of America, ex rel. and the Stae of New Mexico, et al. v. HCSC Insurance Services, et al.
<h2><br> Albuquerque, New Mexico False Claims Act qui tam lawyers represented the Plaintiffs.<br> </h2><br> <br> Medicaid managed care is an "alternative to traditional fee-for-service arrangements and is believed to manage care costs, quality of care, and utilization more effectively.†Complaint ¶ 38, at 14. MCOs contract with State Medicaid organizations, which pay MCOs a monthly, flatra... More...
$0 (08-30-2024 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Christopher Adam Jensen-Tanner </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Las Cruces, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Real Estate Trust Fund Fraud </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> U.S. Attorney Announces Sentencing in $1.2 Million Real Estate Trust Fund Fraud Case</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Christopher Adam Jensen-Tanner purc... More...
$0 (07-29-2024 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Marc Candelaria </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a Gambling-Fueled Crime Spree </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> U.S. Attorney Secures 26 Year Prison Sentence for Gambling-Fueled Crime Spree</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> On September 14, 2021, Marc Candelari... More...
$0 (07-18-2024 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Marc Candelaria </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a Gambling-Fueled Crime Spree </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> U.S. Attorney Secures 26 Year Prison Sentence for Gambling-Fueled Crime Spree</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> On September 14, 2021, Marc Candelaria,... More...
$0 (07-18-2024 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Jerome Phillips </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> <br> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Federal Firearm and Drug Trafficking Offenses </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Bloomfield Man Sentenced for Federal Firearm and Drug Trafficking Offenses </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> On April 7, 2023... More...
$0 (06-11-2024 - NM)Alicia Charlie v. Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care
Albuquerque, New Mexico personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendant on a negligence theory claiming to have been injured and/or damages as a direct result of the disclosure of personal information caused by a data breach.<br> <br> Plaintiffs filed this action in state court on June 4, 2021. Class Action Complaint, Doc. 2 ("Compl.â€) at 3. Defendant removed it to federal ... More...
$0 (07-18-2023 - NM)United States of America v. Marylynn Harry
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with Social Security Fraud.<br> <br> Marylynn Harry's father, Alfred Becenti, passed away in October of 1996. At the time of his death, Becenti was receiving Retirement Insurance Benefits payments from SSA. Following her father's death, Harry made herself the co-owner of the bank account the payments were deposited into... More...
$0 (06-09-2023 - NM)United States of America v. Debra Campbell
Denver, Colorado criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud and subscribing to a false tax return.<br> <br> From 2009 through April 2018, Debra Campbell, age 66, from Grand Junction, Colorado, owned and operated a company called A Better Alternative Management (ABAM), which was hired by homeowners' associations (HOAs) to manage their finances. Campbell had access to, and sig... More...
$0 (11-08-2022 - NM)United States of America v. Rick Benavidez
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with leading and organizing two auto loan fraud schemes involving a total intended loss of more than $1.5 million. <br> <br> Rick Benavidez, age 47, from Albuquerque, New Mexico pleaded guilty on April 29 to two counts of bank fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and one count of making fraudulent returns, state... More...
$0 (08-24-2022 - NM)Amanda Morales v. Supreme Maintenance Inc., Wade Hunt and Gloria Sanchez
Albuquerque, New Mexico pro se Plaintiff, without a lawyer, sued Defendants on discrimination, wrongful termination and retaliation theories.<br> <br> <br> This case arises from the alleged discrimination, wrongful termination, and retaliation against Plaintiff Amanda Morales by her employer, Defendant Supreme Maintenance Inc. Plaintiff was employed as a janitorial worker by Supreme Maintenance fr... More...
$0 (06-24-2022 - NM)United States of America v. Milton Boutte
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Boutte will remain on conditions of release pending sentencing.<br> <br> Milton Boutte, age 77, of Mariarty, New Mexico, and three other men were charged by indictment with exploiting the now defunct Big Crow Program Office at Kirtland Air ... More...
$0 (06-29-2022 - NM)United States of America v. Bruce Beckner
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud.<br> <br> Bruce Beckner, atge 59, was indicted on June 24, 2015, along with co-defendant Arthur Herlihy, 73, of Santa Fe, New Mexico. In 2007, Beckner recruited Herlihy to join him in developing a business plan and securing financing to renovate a truck stop in Deming, ... More...
$0 (04-08-2022 - NM)United States of America v. Nick L. Medeiros and Bobby D. Greaves
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with conspiracy, fraud and making false statements.<br> <br> A federal grand jury indicted Nick L. Medeiros, age 49, and Bobby D. Greaves, age 62, Greaves on June 13, 2018, charging the two men with conspiracy, major fraud against the United States, and two counts of false statements. The indictment also included forfe... More...
$0 (03-29-2022 - NM)United States of America v. Susan K. Harris and William S. Harris
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States and other financial crimes committed in connection with the operation of Ayudando Guardians, Inc., a non-profit corporation that previously provided guardianship, conservatorship and financial management to hundreds of people with special needs.<br> <br> Susan Harris was se... More...
$0 (07-19-2021 - NM)United States of America v. Jose Torrez
Albuquerque, New Mexico kidnapping conspiracy charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Jose Torrez, 48, of Albuquerque, who was charged with conspiracy to kidnap. <br> <br> Torrez, Chase Smothermon, 32, and Mariah Ferry, 22, along with other co-conspirators took part in a scheme to retaliate against two victims who they believed stole marijuana and money from Smothermon's home where h... More...
$0 (06-16-2021 - NM)State of New Mexico v. Eduardo Triste
<center><h2><font color="red"> Albuquerque, NM - Criminal defense attorney represented EDUARDO TRISTE with a fraud and securities fraud charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Defendant maintains that evidence of his prior no contest plea to fraud and <br> 2 resulting conditional discharge were improperly admitted by the district court in <br> 3 violation of Rule 11-404(B) NMRA and Rule 11... More...
$0 (05-23-2021 - NM)United States of America v. Andrew Graham
<center><br> <img width="400" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/AlbuquerqueFed.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Albuquerque, NM - The United States of America charged Andrew Graham with interstate communication of threats.<br> <br> Graham had originally sought help from the Department and the firm in recovering money taken from a trust fund, stolen by Paul Donisthorpe in the D... More...
$0 (08-10-2020 - NM)United States of America v. Ion Antonescu
<center><br> <img width="400" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/AlbuquerqueFed.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Albuquerque, NM - The United States of America charged Ion Antonescua with illegally using an access device to skim money from ATMs in New Mexico.<br> <br> Antonescu pleaded guilty to access device fraud on Jan. 13. Ghiocel pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit ac... More...
$0 (07-20-2020 - NM)United States of America v. Ernie Thomas Ortiz
<center><br> <img width="400" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/AlbuquerqueFed.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Albuquerque, NM - The United States of America charged Ernie Thomas Ortiz with bank fraud, aggravated identity theft and harboring a fugitive.<br> <br> Ernie Thomas Ortiz, 46, of Albuquerque, New Mexico was sentenced in federal court in Albuquerque to 25 months in pri... More...
$0 (05-30-2020 - NM)United States of America v. Thomas Laws
<center><br> <img width="400" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/AlbuquerqueFed.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Las Cruces, NM - The United States of America charged Thomas Laws with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.<br> <br> Thomas Laws, 62, of Silver City, New Mexico pleaded guilty to four counts of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft in a scheme to ... More...
$0 (04-09-2020 - NM)United States of America v. Cornelius Galloway
<center><h1><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding:<br> 0em;"><a href="http://www.callmorelaw.com/" target="_new">MoreLaw Receptionists</a></br><font Color="Red">VOIP Phone and Virtual Receptionist Services<br> Call 918-582-6422 Today<br> </font></h1><P></center> <br> <br> Albuquerque, NM - The United States of America charged Cornelius Galloway with conspiracy to... More...
$0 (03-20-2020 - NM)United States of America v. Adonis Baker, Inkosi Grandberry and Leotha Williams
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.nmd.uscourts.gov/sites/nmd/files/Albuquerque%20PVD.jpg"><br> </center><br> Albuquerque, NM - Three defendants plead guilty to federal charges in sex trafficking ring<br> <br> Three defendants pleaded guilty on Oct. 15 in federal court to charges of sex trafficking and coercion and enticement to engage in prostitution.<br> <br> Ad... More...
$0 (10-24-2019 - NM)United States of America v. Pawankumar Jain
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.nmd.uscourts.gov/sites/nmd/files/Albuquerque%20PVD.jpg"><br> </center><br> Las Cruces, NM - Former Dona Ana County Doctor Sentenced to 108 Months for Conviction on Unlawful Distribution of Prescription Painkillers and Health Care Fraud<br> <br> Pawankumar Jain, 66, a former physician, was sentenced in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 108 months in... More...
$0 (05-09-2019 - NM)STATE OF NEW MEXICO V. KARL CANDELARIA and STATE OF NEW MEXICO V. NORA CHEE
<center><a href="https://www.morelaw.com/add/attorney/" target="_new"><img width="600" src="https://www.morelaw.com/images/banners/subscription.gif" target="_new"></a></center><br> <br> Defendants Nora Chee and Karl Candelaria each appeal from separate <br> 3 judgments and sentences following a jury verdict finding them both guilty of fraud, <br> 4 forgery, and conspiracy to commit fraud, and Defe... More...
$0 (05-02-2019 - NM)United States of America v. Gaspar Leal
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.nmd.uscourts.gov/sites/nmd/files/Albuquerque%20PVD.jpg"><br> </center><br> Gaspar Leal appeals from the district court’s denial of his motion to dismiss the<br> indictment. In his motion, he argued that the drug conspiracy charged in this case is the<br> same conspiracy for which he was convicted in a previous case and that continued<br> 2<br> prosec... More...
$0 (04-22-2019 - NM)United States of America v. Mark Hopkins
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.nmd.uscourts.gov/sites/nmd/files/Albuquerque%20PVD.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Dr. Mark Hopkins filed a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate his 2010<br> conviction and sentence for tax evasion. Before his trial, the district court ordered him to<br> make monthly payments into the court’s registry to ensure he was complying with federal<br> tax ... More...
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