North Carolina False Claims Act Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Roberto Almeida-Santos </h2> </center>
Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud and misuse of visas and other documents, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1546. Roberto Almeida-Santos, age 57, an illegal alien born in Mecisco confessed to knowingly making materially false statements under penalty of perjury on his application to obtain a U-Visa when he submitted it to U.S. Citizenship an... More...
$ (09-23-2026 - NC)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Danielle Melissa Staten </h2> </center>
Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aiding and assisting in preparation of false tax returns. Danielle Melissa Staten, 40, engaged in a scheme to prepare and file false and fraudulent federal income tax returns (Forms 1040) for others from 2018 to 2023, resulting in approximately $1.5 million in fake tax losses. Staten owned and operated Preci... More...
$ (09-23-2026 - NC)<H2> <CENTER> United States of America v. Cameron Curry </h2> </center>
Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interstate communication with intent to extort, and causing an act to be done and aiding and abetting the same in violation for 18 U.S.C. 875(d) and 2. 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> Cameron Curry, 27, w... More...
$ (08-14-2026 - 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. Jessica Latoya Staten </h2> </center>
Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns. 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> Jessica Latoya Staten, 41, engaged in a scheme to prepare and file hundreds of false and fraudulent federal inco... More...
$ (07-03-2026 - NC)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Nejlai Mitchell, et al. </h2> </center>
Wilmington, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to defraud the United States and with adding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns. Nejlai Mitchell owned and operated a tax return preparation business out of Lumberton, North Carolina, and Hope Mills, North Carolina. From approximately April 2022 through May 2023, Mitchell and... More...
$ (06-26-2026 - 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 ex rel. GHGH2, Inc. v. Vsoft Technologies Corporation </h2> </center>
Charlotte, North Carolina civil litigation lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on behalf of the United States on a qui tam 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> GNGH2 Inc. sued Vsoft Corporation claiming that it misrepresented that it was a small business with less than 3... More...
$ (05-08-2026 - NC)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Denis Joesph Bouchard </h2> </center>
Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with false claim of citizenship in order to vote. 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> Denis Bouchard, 70, falsely claimed to be a United States citizen when he voted, including registering to vote in the 2024 presid... More...
$ (06-04-2026 - NC)<h2> <center> State of North Carolina v. John Phillip McPherson III </h2> </center>
Whiteville, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged obtaining property by false pretenses and three counts of attempted obtaining property by false pretenses. Reported by Kent Morlan John Phillip McPherson III, 41, owned and operated North State Armory on South Madison Street in Whiteville. He is accused of seling counterfeit weapons and accessories.... More...
$ (05-17-2026 - 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. Tracey Hernandez </h2> </center>
Greensboro, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aiding and assisting the filing of a false tax return. Aents with the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation Division (“IRS-CI”) began investigating Tracey Hernandez, 39, for preparing and filing IRS false income tax returns for her clients. Hernandez acted as a “ghost preparer,” meani... 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> State of North Carolina v. Corey Thomas Powell
Greensboro, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with first degree murder. A.I. Google: North Carolina first-degree murder is the most serious homicide charge (a Class A felony), defined under G.S. § 14-17(a) as any killing that is willful, deliberate, and premeditated. A conviction results in a mandatory sentence of either life imprisonment without the po... More...
$ (12-11-2025 - NC)<H2> United States of America v. Christian Sturdivant
Charlotte, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization. Christian Sturdivant, of Mint Hill, allegedly planned to use knives and hammers to execute a deadly New Year’s Eve attack at a grocery store and a fast food restaurant in support of the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) has been arrest... More...
$ (01-02-2026 - NC)<H2> United States of America v. Christian Wolfe Daniels
Greensboro, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represent the Defendant charged with threatening the President and communicating threats using a means of interstate communication. The criminal complaint against Christian Wolfe DANIELS alleges two counts of making threats against the President on November 13 and 14, 2025, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 871(a), and on... More...
$ (12-18-2025 - 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)<H2> United States of America v. Christian Wolfe Daniels
Greensboro, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with threatening the President and communicating threats using a means of interstate communication. Christian Wolfe Daniels was charged with two counts of making threats against the President on November 13 and 14, 2025, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 871(a), and one count of transmittin... More...
$ (12-12-2025 - NC)State of North Carolina v. Dillon Thomas Bates and Sierra Star Fortner
Louisburg, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with sex crimes involving minors.<br> <br> Dillon Thomas Bates was charged with three counts of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor after a search of a home in Franklin County.<br> <br> Sierra Star Fortner was charged with 10 counts of first degree sexual exploitation of a minor, two counts of statutory... More...
$0 (10-23-2025 - NC)Patrick Alston v. AY Logistics, Inc., et al.
Charlotte, North Carolina pro se Plaintiff unsuccessfully attempted to presented himself without the help of a lawyer on prosecuring claims brought pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42<br> U.S.C. §§ 2000e to 2000e-17, and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C.<br> §§ 621 to 634.* ... More...
$0 (09-22-2025 - NC)United States of America v. Charles Page
Greenville, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with use of a<br> communication facility to facilitate a felony, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 843(b), (d).<br> <br> Under 21 U.S.C. § 843(b), it is a federal crime to knowingly or intentionally use any communication facility to commit, cause, or facilitate the commission of a drug-related felony.<br> <br> ... More...
$0 (09-22-2025 - NC)Tessa Needham, et al. v. Merck & Company, Inc., et al.
Charlotte, North Carolina, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued vaccine related injuries.<br> <br> compensation program for vaccine-related injuries. Generally, a person claiming<br> injury from certain vaccines must first pursue this statutory remedy before suing a vaccine<br> manufacturer. 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-11(a)(2)(A). To do so, a claimant must file a petition in<br> th... More...
$0 (09-12-2025 - NC)United States of America v. Mekhi Marquise Hooi
Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with commission of a Hobbs Act robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). ... More...
$0 (09-03-2025 - NC)Malcolm Wiener v. AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company
Charlotte, North Carolina insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith beach of insurance contract theory.<br> <br> Malcolm Wiener purchased $16 million in permanent life insurance 1 from AXA<br> Equitable Life Insurance in the 1980s. All was uneventful until 2013, when Wiener failed<br> to pay premiums on time and his policy lapsed. 2 Seeking to reinstate his policy, he<... More...
$0 (09-03-2025 - NC)United States of America v. Keith Delpree Mahatha
Greensboro, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant seeking a sentence reduction under the First Step Act, Pub. L. No. 115-391, 132 Stat. 5194 (2018).<br> <br> In 2007, Mahatha pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine base,<br> in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A), and was sentenced to a below-Guidelines<br> term of 161 months' impriso... More...
$0 (08-22-2025 - NC)Joe Manis v. U.S. Department of Agriculature, et al.
Greensboro, North Carolina civil litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking injunctive relief from Department of Agriculture ("USDAâ€) proceedings charging him with violating the Horse Protection Act ("HPAâ€). <br> <br> Tennessee Walking Horses are known for their distinctive, smooth gaits. These<br> horses are entered into horse shows and competitions featuring their gaits. Th... More...
$0 (08-22-2025 - NC)United States of America v. Ricky Fitzgerald Artis
Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interference with commerce by Robbery.<br> <br> On October 10, 2018, Artis and his partner-in-crime, a man named Currie, were<br> indicted by a grand jury in the Eastern District of North Carolina for attempted Hobbs Act<br> robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C § 1951 (Count One),1 and using a firearm in connec... 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)United States of America v. Duane Letroy Berry
Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with knowingly conveying false information or hoaxes in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1038(a). Specifically, Berry was accused of planting a fake bomb outside the Guardian Building in Detroit, where many corporate employees for the Bank of America<br> work.<br> <br> This case involved two interconnected civil commitmen... More...
$0 (06-24-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Ricky Grover Aaron </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Wilmington, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession Of Child Sexual Abuse Material </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Recidivist Sex Offender Is Sentenced To Prison For Possession Of Child Sexual Abuse Material </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A recid... More...
$0 (05-08-2025 - 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)Ashley A. Stewart v. Daniel S. Brickman
Charlotte, North Carolina family law divorce lawyers represented the parties.<br> <br> Plaintiff and Defendant were married on 4 April 2012 and are parents of two minor children. Plaintiff and Defendant separated on 8 May 2021. Both parties reside in Mecklenburg County.<br> <br> Plaintiff filed an action for divorce from bed and board, child custody, child support, and sought attorney's fees on 31... More...
$0 (04-20-2025 - 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. DynPro, Inc. </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with False Claims Act Liability Related to Improper Paycheck Protection Program Loan </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Raleigh Company To Pay More Than $2 Million To Resolve False Claims Act Liability Related to Improper Paycheck Protectio... More...
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