North Carolina Consumer Fraud Law
<H2> <center> United States of Oklahoma v. Deangelo Shamond Toomer </h2> </central>
Greensboro, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interference with commerce by robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1951 and bandishing a firearm during and relation to a crime of violence in violation of 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(1)(A)(a). On January 8, 2025, at approximately 12:28 a.m., Deangelo Shamond Toomer, aged 41, entered the Speedway Gas Station located at ... More...
$ (09-10-2026 - NC)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Adedayo Fateru, Lisa Farrow, William Atwater, and Victoria Stone </h2> <center>
Greensboro, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1956(h). Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation and the United States Postal Inspection Services (“USPIS”) investigated Adedayo Fateru, a Nigerian citizen and U.S. Permanent Resident, Lisa Farrow, William Atwater, and Victoria S... More...
$ (08-13-2026 - NC)<h2> <center> United State of America v. LS Cable and System USA, Inc. </h2> </center>
Raleigh, North Carolina Department of Justice lawyer represented the United States which sued the Defendant on a False Claims Act 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> LS Cable & System USA, Inc. knowingly misrepresented the number of its employees and affiliated personnel and unlawfully sou... More...
$ (07-21-2026 - NC)<h2> <center> United States of America v. James Shuford Price, III </h2> </center>
Wilmington, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with paying illegal kickbacks for referrals to his California-based lab and filing a false federal tax return. 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> James Shuford Price, III, 59, owned and operated Golden Star Lab... More...
$ (06-26-2026 - NC)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Erica McMillian </H2> </center>
New Bern, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud. Erica McMillian, a Robeson County woman, submitted a fraudulent EIDL loan application for a fictitious business located in Robeson County. To obtain the $150,000 loan, McMillian made false representations concerning the number of employees and gross revenues of the business.... More...
$ (04-10-2026 - NC)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Saheed Sunday Owolabi </h2> </center>
Wilmington, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Saheed Sunday Owolabi, a Nigerian national, pretended to be a woman to build online relationships with men in the United States, a scheme known as a romance scam. He and his co-conspirators used these fake relationships to cheat victims into sending mo... More...
$ (03-31-2026 - NC)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Roderick Michael Bates </h2> </center>
Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted wire and identity fraud. Roderick Michael Bates, 55, used stolen identities with fake driver’s licenses to secure financing for farm machinery and equipment from a local Sampson County business. Using these identities, he fraudulently purchased high-value items totaling more than $65,000, includi... More...
$ (03-25-2026 - NC)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Andre Whitehurst </h2> </center>
Charlotte, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft of mail by a postal employee and conspiracy to commit bank fraud. From April 2022 to September 2024, Andre Whitehurst, 34, of Charlotte, conspired with Rashad Lowery, Aaron Grice, and others to execute a bank fraud scheme involving stolen mail. Whitehurst used his position as a U.S. Postal Service cl... More...
$ (03-24-2026 - NC)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Ricky McMillian, Erica McMillian, Dwayne McMillian and Darian McMillian </h2> </center>
Wilmington, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. A Robeson County Deputy Sheriff Ricky McMillian, his wife, and two adult sons engaged in a scheme to defraud the Small Business Administration’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and by submitting false loan applications which r... More...
$ (03-14-2026 - NC)United States of America v. Eugene Christopher Acuff
Statesville, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with mail fraud. Gene Christopher Acuff, 62, was employed as a senior manager by Company A, a large retailer with stores throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico. As part of his duties, Acuff was responsible for reviewing property tax assessments on Company A’s stores and retaining real estate appra... More...
$ (02-14-2026 - NC)U.S. ex rel. Downs v. Insect Shield LLC, et al.
Charlotte, North Carolina, qui tam lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a False Claims Act violation theory. The United States filed its complaint-in-intervention in December 2023 alleging that Insect Shield LLC, located in North Carolina, and the Estate of Richard Lane, a co-founder and co-owner of Insect Shield, a subcontractor to multiple defense contractors who manufacture Army unif... More...
$ (02-14-2026 - NC)United States of America v. Isidro Arcenio Alvarado
Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with naturalization fraud. Alvarado confessed to having knowingly made materially false statements under oath and penalty of perjury on his naturalization application and during a naturalization interview with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS). He answered “No” to the following questions “Wer... More...
$ (02-14-2026 - NC)United States of America v. Jeraldine Agnes Geldner
Asheville, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Jeraldine Agnes Geldner, 73, worked as a contracted bookkeeper for three small businesses. As part of her duties, Geldner was responsible for handling the businesses’ accounts payable, payroll, and filing of tax returns. From 2019 through 2024, Geldner engaged in a scheme to defraud and embe... More...
$ (01-22-2026 - NC)<H2> United States of America v. Wynn A.D. Charlebois
Charlotte, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with orchestrating a Ponzi scheme that caused millions of dollars in losses. from 2015 to 2022, Charlebois used companies he owned and controlled, including WC Private, Wilcox Hybrid, Damon Investments, and others, to perpetrate a multi-million-dollar fraudulent investment scheme. Charlebois used his past emplo... More...
$ (01-14-2026 - NC)<H2> United States of America v. Yolanda Baker
Wilmington, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. Yolanda Baker, age 51, defauded the North Carolina Department of Commerce, Division of Employment Security (NCDES) by submitting false pandemic unemployment benefits (UI) applications intended for more than $365,000 in federal benefits. From in or about May 2020 to June 2021, Yolanda Baker carr... More...
$ (12-23-2025 - NC)United States of America v. Imani Jovianna Franco, a/k/a Chula, a/k/a Jo
Wilmington, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1594(c). <br> <br> ... More...
$0 (08-25-2025 - NC)Anwar A. Aalaam, Vessel; c/o Anwar A. Aalaam - Living Man v. Movement Mortgage, LLC, et al.
Statesville, North Carolina consumer credit law lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a wrongful foreclosure theory.<br> <br> ... More...
$0 (08-22-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Peggy Lee Cantrell </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Asheville, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with defrauding the Federal Emergency Management Administration </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Federal Indictment Charges Woman With Defrauding FEMA After Tropical Storm Helene</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b><... More...
$0 (08-08-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Darnell William King </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Wilmington, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Clayton Man with Gun Sentenced to Over Five Years in Prison for COVID-19 Fraud</h2></center> </h2></center></b></b></center></b> <br> <br> <center><br> <b><br> Sponsored By<br> MoreLaw Suites<br> ... More...
$0 (06-27-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Alicia England </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged withWire Fraud And Aggravated Identity Theft </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Tennessee Woman Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud And Aggravated Identity Theft In Scheme Involving Fraudulent Deed Transfers And Property Sales</h2></center></b></... More...
$0 (05-19-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Dontavis Romario Truesdale </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> <br> Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Bank Fraud </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Postal Worker Sentenced For Stealing $1.9 Million In Business Checks From Post Office In Bank Fraud Scheme</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Dontavis Romari... More...
$0 (05-20-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Bruce Howard Marko </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Multi-Million Dollar Bank Fraud Scheme </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Charlotte Man Sentenced To Prison For His Role In Multi-Million Dollar Bank Fraud Scheme</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Charlotte man wa... More...
$0 (04-30-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Kristin Turney </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Embezzlement </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> South Carolina Woman Sentenced For $1.7 Million Embezzlement Scheme</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> Kristin Turney, 54, of Catawba, South Carolina, was sentenced today to... More...
$0 (03-27-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Tyreek Rasheed Exum </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New Bern, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with $1 Million Covid Fraud Scheme </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Eastern NC Man Sentenced to Over Four Years for Role in $1 Million Covid Fraud Scheme</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> TYREEK RASHEED EXUM, 26, was ch... More...
$0 (03-07-2025 - NC)united States ex rel. Lisa Wheeler, et al. v. Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc., et al.
Asheville, North Carolina qui tam lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued in fraud theories.<br> <br> Congress enacted the False Claims Act in 1863 to provide a mechanism for the<br> government to redress fraud in government procurement during the Civil War. Congress<br> substantially strengthened the Act with the passage of the False Claims Act of 1986, and<br> further strengthened it with the ... More...
$0 (02-18-2025 - NC)United States ex rel. Ganesa Rosales, etc. v. Amedisys North Carolina, L.L.C., et al.
Wilmington, North Carolina false claims act lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a qui tam claim.<br> <br> The False Claims Act's first-to-file rule allows only one relator at a time to pursue<br> a False Claims Act claim related to a given fraud. Here, the district court dismissed the<br> case of Plaintiff-Relator, Ganesa Rosales, against Amedisys North Carolina, LLC, and two<br> other defendants... More...
$0 (02-18-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Taiji Group USA, Inc. </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Receiving An Improper Paycheck Protection Program Loan </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Conover Company Settles Allegations Related To Receiving An Improper Paycheck Protection Program Loan</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b... More...
$0 (02-13-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Cory Sean Heard </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Wilmington, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud, conspiracy to distribute and possession with the intent to distribute heroin, possession with the intent to distribute heroin, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b>... More...
$0 (02-14-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Nakedra Shannon, Desiray Carter </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Stolen Check Scheme </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> U.S. Postal Employee And Co-Conspirator Receive Prison Time For Stolen Check Scheme</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A U.S. Postal Service employee and a co-c... More...
$0 (02-07-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Kojo Owuso Dartey </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with false statements made to an agency of the United States, false declarations before the court, conspiracy, dealing in firearms without a license, delivering firearms without notice to the carrier, smuggling goods from the United States, and illegally exporting firearms without a ... More...
$0 (02-05-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Marc Weiss </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Stealing More Than $1.6 Million From Two Small Businesses </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Bookkeeper Sentenced To Prison For Stealing More Than $1.6 Million From Two Small Businesses</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> ... More...
$0 (02-03-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Antony Linton Stewart </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Jamaican Citizen Sentenced To Prison In Connection With Lottery Scheme </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A federal judge in Charlotte sen... More...
$0 (01-29-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Joe Lewis Jefferson </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with COVID Fraud </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Nashville Man Sentenced to Four Years for COVID Fraud</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Nashville man was indicted for orchestrating a scheme to fraudulently obtain eme... More...
$0 (01-16-2025 - NC)United States of America v. Jonathan Lynn Jenkins
Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit sex<br> trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion and of a minor, in violation of 18 U.S.C.<br> §§ 1591(a), (b)(2) and 1594(c) (Count One); sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion<br> of a minor and aiding and abetting, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1591(a), (b), and 2 (Coun... More...
$0 (09-19-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Quentin Allen Jackson </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with COVID-19 Fraud Scheme </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Harlem Globetrotter Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison in COVID-19 Fraud Scheme</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Quentin Allen Jackson, 58, was sentence... More...
$0 (12-13-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Gustavo Guzman </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> California Man Is Sentenced To Prison For $2 Million Investment Scheme</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Gustavo Guzman, 61, previously of Fullerton, California, was sentenced to 7... More...
$0 (12-02-2024 - NC)Dwaye Miller v. Redgoose, L.L.C. d/b/a Nerds to Go and Philip Carter
<h2><br> Raleigh, North Carolina employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on fraud, computer trespass, tortious interference with contract and UDTP theories.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> This case involved a twist on a familiar fact pattern in this Court involving a dispute between an employer and its former employee. Here, the company asked the employee-following his resignation-to assist with ... More...
$0 (11-26-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Medicaid Fraud, COVID-19 Fraud, And Money Laundering </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Federal Judge Sentences Charlotte Licensed Clinical Social Worker To 11+ Years In Prison For Medicaid Fraud, COVID-19 Fraud, And Money Laundering... More...
$0 (11-22-2024 - nc)<h1> United States of America v. Roger Trent Melchor </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Indian Trail Man On Supervised Release For Federal Conviction Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud For COVID-19 Scheme</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Roger Trent Melchor, 56... More...
$0 (11-14-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Brandon Scott Grimble </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with impersonating an elderly man to steal his federal benefits and commit fraud </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Fayetteville Man Who Stole Identity of Elderly Man Sentenced to More Than Seven Years</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center>... More...
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