New Mexico Health Care Fraud Law
<h2> <center> State of New Mexico v. Meta Platforms, Inc. </h2> </center>
Santa Fe, New Mexico: The Officer of the Attorney General of New Mexico sued Meta Payment Platforms, Inc. for wrongfully pushing content to underage users on Instagram and Facebook in violation of New Mexico's Unfair Practices Act. “Meta built products it knew would fuel addiction, deepen a youth mental health crisis, and expose children to sexual exploitation, then lied to parents and policy... More...
$ (08-08-2026 - NM)<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> Estate of Nichelie Nichols v. Gila Medical Center </h2> <center>
Silver City, New Mexico, personal injury lawyer represented the Estate of Nichelle Nichols on a medical malpractice theory. 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> The Family and Estates of Nichelle Nichols sued the Gila Medical Center in Silver City, New Medical claiming she died as a result of havin... More...
$13000000 (06-06-2026 - 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)Samaritan Ministries International, et al. v. Alice T. Kane
Albuquerque, New Mexico, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiffs claiming religious discrimination.<br> <br> The Affordable Care Act ("ACAâ€) contains an insurance mandate that requires applicable individuals to maintain minimum essential coverage. Samaritan Ministries International ("Samaritanâ€) is a nonprofit healthcare sharing ministry ("HCSMâ€) whose members are exempt f... More...
$0 (10-09-2025 - 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)<H2> Kenneth Stockton v. C.E. "Buddy" Stockton
Deming, New Mexico civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in a real estate conveyance dispute.<br> <br> Defendants C.E. "Buddy" Stockton, Charlene Shelley (Buddy's daughter), and Jerrell A. Shelley (Buddy's grandson and Charlene's son) conveyed to Jerrell all the assets of the Stockton Family Trust (the Trust), a trust created by Buddy and his wife Barbara Stockton, which named Buddy and... More...
$0 (07-16-2025 - 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)Ronald Howes v. New Mexico Department of Health
Albuquerque, New Mexico civil litigation lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a breach of contract claim.<br> <br> Dr. Ronald Howes is clinical psychologist who contracts with hospitals around the nation<br> through [a] placement firm, Ap.Contractor.com.†App. at 11. In turn, AP-Contractor.com<br> relies on another firm, Locumtenens,2 to provide "support and placement services†for the<... More...
$0 (01-29-2025 - NM)Dr. William Gardner, D.D.S. v. Charles Schumacher, DDS, et al.
Albuquerque, New Mexico civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who claimed his due process rights were violated by the State of New Mexico.<br> <br> <br> Dr. Gardner held a license to practice dentistry in the state of New Mexico.<br> The defendants were members of the New Mexico Board of Dental Health Care (the<br> Board).<br> <br> Delta Dental of Michigan, a provider of dental insurance, ... More...
$0 (12-23-2024 - NM)United States of America v. Aris Francis Rios-Flores
<h2><br> Las Cruces, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with reentry of a removed alien in in violation of 8 U.S.C. 1326(a) and (b).<br> </h2><br> Defendant pled guilty and was sentenced to 60 months in prison, which was above the sentencing guidelines.<br> <br> The parties are familiar with the facts, and we need not restate all of them<br> here. Briefly, Mr. Rio... More...
$0 (12-12-2024 - 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)State of New Mexico v. Matthew Rogers
Farming, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with burglary.<br> <br> <br> Defendant was charged with aggravated burglary (armed after entering), see NMSA 1978, § 30-16-4(B) (1963), and criminal damage to property, see NMSA 1978, § 30-15-1 (1963). Under the Mental Illness and Competency Code (the Code), NMSA 1978, §§ 31-9-1 to -2 (1967, as amended throug... More...
$0 (11-18-2024 - 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)<h1> United States of America v. Eric Watson </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> <br> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Assault </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> U.S. Attorney's Office Secures Sentencing in Tohatchi Assault Case</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> On the morning of December 9, 2022, Eric Watson, 23, an enrolled me... More...
$0 (09-05-2024 - NM)Thelonika McCollum v. Jason Shoberg
<h2><br> Law Cruces, New Mexico divorce lawyers represented the parties in a marriage dissolution action involving a custody dispute.<br> </h2><br> <br> {¶2} The parties underwent divorce and custody proceedings in the Third Judicial District Court beginning in 2016. In the course of those proceedings, Mother and Father agreed to a joint custody arrangement where they would exchange custody of th... More...
$0 (01-09-2024 - 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)Pedro Amaro v. Corizon Health, Inc., et al.
<h2><br> Albuquerque, New Mexico 1983 civil rights violation lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> <br> In this prison civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Plaintiff-Appellant Pedro Amaro alleges he was denied appropriate dental care, in violation of the Eigth Amendment.<br> <br> Proceedings in this action were stayed while Mr. Amaro and several defendants named i... More...
$0 (08-19-2024 - 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. Caleb Elledge </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Felon Who Shot New Mexico State Police Officer Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Los Lunas man ... More...
$0 (07-09-2024 - 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)<h1> United States of America v. Dexter Whiskers </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Las Cruces, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sexual Abuse of a Minor.</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center><i></b> Mescalero Man Sentenced for Sexual Abuse of a Minor </h2></center></i></font color="red"><br> <br> Dexter Whiskers, 45, an enrolled member of the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, was empl... More...
$0 (04-05-2024 - NM)Elizabeth Sicre v. Milagros Trucking Company, et al.
Albuquerque, New Mexico personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on auto negligence theories.<br> <br> New Mexico is a "pure comparative negligence" state. This means you can still recover damages in a car-accident-related lawsuit, but your award will be reduced according to your share of negligence. For instance, suppose that the jury determines that your injuries... More...
$1 (02-21-2024 - nm)Joshua Tapia v. United States of America
Albuquerque, New Mexico personal injury car wreck lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a Federal Tort Claims Act auto negligence theory claiming to have suffered damages and/or injuries as a direct result of a federal government employee's failure to exercise due care in the operation of a motor vehicle.<br> <br> New Mexico Auto Negligence Law:<br> <br> "Pure Comparative Negl... More...
$1 (10-25-2023 - NM)Brianna Neal and Tyanna Stiles v. Stone Truck Line, Inc. and Arleen Sandoval
Albuquerque, New Mexico personal injury truck wreck lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on an auto negligence theory claiming to have suffered more than $12 million in damages and/or injuries.<br> <br> New Mexico Auto Negligence Law:<br> <br> "Pure Comparative Negligence:<br> <br> Unlike many other states, New Mexico follows a pure comparative negligence law. This means tha... More...
$1 (12-15-2023 - NM)Derrick Yazzie v. Seth Fezatte and Werner Enterprises, Inc.
Albuquerque, New Mexico personal injury Truck wreck lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on auto negligence theory claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in damages and/or injuries.<br> <br> New Mexico Auto Negligence Law:<br> <br> "Pure Comparative Negligence:<br> <br> Unlike many other states, New Mexico follows a pure comparative negligence law. This means that even... More...
$1 (12-13-2023 - NM)United States of America v. Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, Hujrah Wahhaj, Subhanah Wahhaj, and Lucas Morton
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, providing material support to terrorists and conspiracy to murder an officer or employee of the United States. <br> <br> In December 2017, Siraj Wahhaj unlawfully abducted his three-year-old son from his wife in Alabama. Leveille, and the defendants had ... More...
$0 (10-20-2023 - NM)Dennis Murphy, et al. v. Altec Industries, Inc. et al.
Albuquerque, New Mexico personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a product liability theory.<br> <br> This case was filed in the First Judicial District Court, D-101-CV-22-02361, and was removed to federal court by the Defendants.<br> <br> Dennis Murphy as Personal Representative of the Wrongful Death Estate of Mark Porter, deceased<br> estate of Mark Porter, dece... More...
$0 (10-10-2023 - NM)United States of America v. Jared Piepkorn
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with for selling wildlife taken in violation of state law, a Lacey Act violation.<br> <br> Jared Piepkorn, age 47, of Clovis, New Mexico, was charged with one misdemeanor violation of the Lacey Act occurring in January 2021 after he agreed to also plead guilty in State District Court to several wildlife related charg... More...
$0 (09-12-2023 - NM)State of New Mexico v. Lalo Anthony Castrillo
Las Cruces, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with intentional abuse of a child resulting in death.<br> <br> Lalo Anthony Castrillo was charged for causing the death of Faviola Rodriguez, 2, in September 2018. <br> <br> Castrillo was babysitting his girlfriends child at the time she allegedly suffered a brain injury as a result of blunt force trauma to her head.<br> ... More...
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