New York Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Bhavesh Ranchhodbhai Lathiya </h2> </center>
New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with international listed chemical distribution with intent to manufacture fentanyl in violation of 21 U.S.C. 959(a) and smuggling goods into the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. 545. Reported by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent... More...
$ (09-02-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Christine Hunsicker </2h> </center>
New York City, New York criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with manipulative and deceptive devices (fraud in the purchase and sale of securities) in violation of in violation of 15:78J. Between 2019 and 2025, Christine Hunsicker, a well-known entrepreneur and businessperson in the fashion-tech industry, orchestrated a massive fraud scheme in which she duped investors in... More...
$ (09-02-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Derek Wachob </h2> </center>
New York, New York criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Digested 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> Derek Wachob, age 55, from Sapulpa, Oklahoma, portrayed himself as a billionaire and an accomplished CEO. He was lying. From at least in or about October 2022 throug... More...
$ (07-27-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United Sates of America v. David Gentile </h2> </center>
Brooklyn, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engaging in a multi-year scheme to defraud more than 10,000 investors by misrepresenting the performance of three GPB Capital private equity funds and the source of funds used to make monthly distribution payments to investors. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=2872... More...
$ (06-21-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> Kim Sue Brown v. State of New York </h2> </center>
Albany, New York, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking to recover damages for having been repeated raped while incarcerated. Reported by Kent Morlan Kim Sue Brown sued the State of New York seeking damages under the Asult Survivors Act seeking damages for alleged rape and sexual assault inflicted upon her while she was incarcerated at Albion Correctional Facility betwee... More...
$ (05-21-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Cornelius Shannon and Arturo Hernandez </h2> </center>
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with with violating the TAKE IT DOWN Act. Reported by Kent Morlan Cornelius Shannon and Arturo Hernandez with violations of the TAKE IT DOWN Act, which was enacted one year ago and prohibits the nonconsensual publication of AI-generated digital forgeries (deepfake) pornography. Shannon and Hernandez allegedly post... More...
$ (05-22-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Bronx resident Lu Jianwang aka Harry Lu <h2> <center>
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to act as an agent of China and obstruction of justice. Reported by Kent Morlan Lu Jianwang, aka "Harry Lu," age 64, of Brooklyn, New York, used a police station in New York City to target PRC dissidents in furtherance of the Chinese government’s political agenda. May today’s verdict send a me... More...
$ (05-14-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Alan Christhofer , Michael Mejia-Nunez and Ennait Alexis Sirett-Padilla </h2> </center>
Central Islip, New York, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with Hobbs Act armed robbery. By Kent Morlan Alan Christhofer Cedeno-Ferrer, age 27,, Michael Mejia-Nunez, age 29, and Ennait Alexis Sirett-Padilla, age 24, are accused working with others, to hijack a delivery truck that was parked outside of the Apple Store at the Americana Manhasset mall, as two workers w... More...
$ (05-08-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Nicole Daedone </h2> <center>
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to fore labor. Nicole Daedone, the founder and former Chief Executive Officer of OneTaste, Inc. (OneTaste), a sexual wellness education company founded in San Francisco, California, was accused of engaing in a conspiracy to force labor. “This case exposed a decade-long scheme in which the defend... More...
$ (03-31-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Asif Merchant, a/k/a “Asif Raza Merchant” </h2> </center>
New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to commit an act of terrorism transcending national boundaries and murder for hire. Asif Merchant was a trained operative of the Iranian government’s global terrorist force, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Merchant admitted at trial that the IRGC sent him to the United States to arr... More...
$ (03-07-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Sherry Xue Li
Central Islip, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to defraud the United States. Sherry Xue Li was accused of money laundering conspiracy and conspiracy to defraud the United States by obstructing the Federal Election Commission’s (FEC) administration of campaign finance laws. Li orchestrated a nearly ... More...
$ (03-02-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Andrew Warner and Kishore Vangipuram
New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit securities and wire fraud. The Government alleges that Andrew Warner and Kishore Vangipuram, inflated Mobileum’s key financial metrics in advance of the company’s 2022 sale to an investment firm at an enterprise value of $915 million. Mobileum declared bankruptcy in 2024, after the ... More...
$ (02-17-2026 - NY)<H2> United States of America et al. ex rel Kevin G. Murphy, New York-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital
New York, New York commercial litigation lawyer represented the plaintiff on a qui tam claim. NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN HUDSON VALLEY HOSPITAL (“NYPHV”), which, prior to 2015, was known as Hudson Valley Hospital Center (“Hudson Valley”). The settlement resolves allegations that NYPHV improperly paid millions of dollars to a Westchester-based oncology practice (the “Oncology Practice”... More...
$ (12-22-2025 - ny)<H2> United States of America v. Wei Qiang Lin
Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with falsely labeling live turtles, snakes, and lizards as toys prior to exporting them in delivery boxes destined to Hong Kong. between August 2023 and November 2024, Lin exported to Hong Kong approximately 222 parcels containing around 850 turtles, but he labeled the boxes as containing “plastic animal toys,” a... More...
$ (12-24-2025 - NY)United States of America v. Linda Sun
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendant charged with being an agent of China. United States of America v. Linda Sun is a federal criminal case against Linda Sun, a former high-ranking aide to New York Governors Cuomo and Hochul, who is accused of secretly acting as an unregistered agent for China's government, accepting millions in bribes, and facilitating visa fra... More...
$ (12-22-2025 - NY)<H2> United States of America v. Roderick Gunn, aka Zappa
New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with f conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act obbery (Count One), attempt to commit Hobbs Act robbery (Count Three), and conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 100 kilograms or more of marijuana (Count Eight).... More...
$ (12-22-2025 - NY)<H2> United States of America v. Steven Holtz, Israel Pellot, and Alton Scott
New York, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States and aiding and assisting in the preparation and filing of false federal tax returns. HOLTZ is the owner and chief executive officer of The Holtz Group and was the leader of the fraudulent scheme in which tax preparers at The Holtz Group, including HOLTZ, PELLOT, and SCOTT... More...
$ (12-18-2025 - NY)<H2> The United States of America, et al. v. Marymount Manhattan College
New York City, New York commercial litigation lawyer represented the Defendant accused of violating the False Claims Act by falsely certifying that it was eligible for a Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loan. The PPP, administered by the SBA, was created to assist small businesses nationwide adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations such as MMC were ... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - NY)<H2> United States of America v. Robert Brooke
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of Hobbs Act extortion. A federal jury in Brooklyn convicted Robert Brooke of one count of Hobbs Act extortion. From at least November 2019 to January 2020, the defendant violently extorted the owners of a demolition company of thousands of dollars, purportedly to satisfy a disputed debt. The verdict... More...
$ (12-12-2025 - NY)<H2> State of New York v. Giuseppe Canzani
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Giuseppe Canzani fatally shoot 51-year-old Anna Torres shortly after she opened the door to her Ozone Park home in May 2022. The victim was a tarot card reader and Canzani believed she was a witch who had put a curse on him. District Attorney Katz said: “The defendant shot Anna Torres in broad daylig... More...
$ (12-12-2025 - NY)Muñoz Materano v. Javier Tomas United States
New York City, New York, civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on an 8th Amendment civil rights deliberate indifference theory. Muñoz Materano v. United States refers to ongoing immigration cases, notably involving Javier Tomas Muñoz Materano, challenging detention/deportation, but it's often confused with the major Supreme Court case Department of State v. Muñoz (2024), wh... More...
$ (12-09-2025 - NY)<H2> Kiran Vuppala v. Lims Kitchen NYC, Inc., d/b/a Lim's Kitchen
New York, New York civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on an Americans With Disabilities Act violation. I Overview Do You Have an ADA Violation Case? | Weisberg Cummings Violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) include discrimination against individuals with disabilities in areas like employment, public accommodations, and government services, as well as fail... More...
$1 (12-03-2025 - NY)<H2> Perl Felberbaum v. Yaakov Felberaum
White Plains, New York, family law lawyers represented the parties in a Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act dispute. AI Overview The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (UCCJA) and its successor, the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA), are state laws that determine which state's court has the authority to make or modify child custody decisions when a famil... More...
$ (12-03-2025 - NY)<H2> Hilario Rojas Ortega v. Healthy Choice Markets IV, LLC, et al.
White Plains, New York, employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Labor Standards Act theory.... More...
$1 (12-03-2025 - NY)<H2> Thomas Cole v. Foxmar, Inc., d/b/a Education and Training Resources
Burlington, Vermont employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on Vermont Occupational Safety and Health Act ("VOSHAâ€), 21 V.S.A. §§ 201–232, and the Vermont Earned Sick Time Act ("VESTAâ€), 21 V.S.A. §§ 481–<br> 487. ... More...
$0 (11-21-2025 - NY)United States of America v. Adam Gomez
Syracuse, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of firearm with obliterated serial number.<br> <br> AI Overview<br> <br> Possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number is illegal under federal and state laws, though some federal challenges are ongoing.<br> <br> Generally, the law prohibits knowingly possessing, receiving, or transporting a f... More...
$0 (11-21-2025 - NY)Amy Moore, et al. v. Howard Rubin </center
Brooklyn, New York, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on Racketeering (RICO) Act violation theories.<br> <br> Howard Rubin, a successful bond trader, recruited women from around the country to travel to New York and engage in sadomasochism with him in exchange for money. Rubin employed assistants, whom he paid up to $15,000 per month, to lure women with promi... More...
$0 (11-22-2025 - NY)Robert Januchowski v. Fay Servicing, L.L.C.
Buffalo, New York, consumer law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act violation claim.<br> <br> Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) violations include abusive, deceptive, and unfair debt collection tactics such as harassment, repeated calls, and threats of illegal action. Other violations include making false statements about the debt's amount or legal sta... More...
$1 (10-21-2025 - NY)New York State Firearms Association, et al. v. Steven G. James, et al.
Buffalo, New York, civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking an injunction.<br> <br> The New York State Firearms Association ("NYSFAâ€), George Borrello, David DiPietro, William Ortman, and Aaron Dorr filed a motion seeking a preliminarily enjoin the enforcement of provisions of New York's Concealed Carry Improvement Act ("CCIAâ€) that require an ammunition seller to (1) con... More...
$0 (10-21-2025 - NY)Mercy Castillo v. El San Juan City Island on 5th Ave. L.L.C., et al.
New York, New York, employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theory.<br> <br> ... More...
$0 (10-10-2025 - NY)<h1> United States of America v. Elijah Roy a/k/a “Eli Spice†and “Swervo,†</h1></h1>
Brooklyn NY criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Mass Shooting in Crown Heights <br> <br> A complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Elijah Roy, also known as "Eli Spice†and "Swervo,†with crimes related to the August 17, 2025 shooting at Taste of the City Lounge in Brooklyn, New York, in which three individuals were murdered and an ... More...
$0 (10-01-2025 - NY)Selena Staley, et al. v. Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, et al.
New York, New York, employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued ona orker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act and breach of contract theories.<br> <br> A class action lawsuit filed in August 2022 on behalf of former employees of the Four Seasons Hotel in midtown Manhattan, alleging violations of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act and breach of ... More...
$0 (10-01-2025 - NY)Ramon Fontenez v. Helen of Troy, L.P.
New York, New York civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued ona Americans with Disabilities Act violation theory.... More...
$0 (10-01-2025 - NY)Habacue Apolinar Beltran v. Imamura, Inc. d/b/a Yakitori Sun-Chan
New York, New York, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theory.... More...
$0 (10-01-2025 - NY)<h1> United States of America v. Michael Palleschi </h1></h1>
New York, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Accounting Fraud <br> <br> United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, announced that MICHAEL PALLESCHI, the former chairman and Chief Executive Officer of FTE Networks, Inc. ("FTEâ€), was sentenced today to 12 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon for leading a ye... More...
$0 (09-25-2025 - NY)George Santos v. James C. Kimmel, et al.
New York City, New York, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a copyright violation theory.<br> <br> In a copyright action, the affirmative defense of fair use "excuses what<br> might otherwise be considered infringing behavior, allowing courts to avoid<br> rigid application of the Copyright Act when it would stifle the very creativity the4<br> Act is meant to promote.â€... More...
$0 (09-19-2025 - NY)Zachary , et al. v. Suffolk County, New York, et al.
Central Islip, New York civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff challenging the Constitutionally of New York gun law.<br> <br> <br> Zachary Giambalvo, John Mougios, Shane<br> Mashkow, Kevin McLaughlin, Michael McGregor, Frank Melloni, and<br> Renaissance Firearms Instruction, Inc. ("RFIâ€) raise facial Second Amendment<br> challenges to various provisions of the firearm licensing regime... More...
$0 (09-12-2025 - NY)Joanne Sudakow, et al. v. CleanChoice Energy, Inc.
New York City, New York consumer law lawyer represented the Plaintiff in a arbitration law dispute.<br> <br> Joanne Sudakow contracted to purchase electricity from CleanChoice Energy, Inc. About three weeks afterwards,<br> CleanChoice sent a package containing a form with new dispute-resolution terms, including an arbitration provision, which Sudakow did not sign. Two years later, Sudakow sued Cle... More...
$0 (08-29-2025 - NY)In re: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse, New York
Syracuse, New York bankruptcy lawyers represented the Petitioner seeking bankruptcy protection.<br> <br> The Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse and its insurers have agreed to a multi-million dollar settlement with over 400 survivors of sexual abuse by clergy and other church employees<br> <br> The settlement, finalized in August 2025 after a five-year bankruptcy case, provides for a total compens... More...
$0 (08-30-2025 - NY)Karina Sigalovskaya v. Special Agent Abigail Braden, et al.
Brooklyn, New York personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation claim.<br> <br> Karina Sigalovskaya brought claims of false arrest, malicious prosecution, abuse of process, and the denial of a fair trial against Abigail Braden, Luann Walter, Megan Buckley, and Robert Mancene (collectively, "Defendantsâ€), four special agents of the Homeland Security Investigat... More...
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