North Carolina False Imprisonment Law
<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. Timarcus Lavonnte Britt </h2> </center>
Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interference with commerce by robbery; and aiding and abetting, brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. Three individuals including Timarcus Lavonnte Britt, 29, Jaliek Grant, and a juvenile, engaged in a spree of five attempted armed robberies on July 11, 2023, between 1 and 4 a.... More...
$ (04-24-2026 - 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)United States of America v. Muwsay Ibn Ibrahim Tulu
Wilmington, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing fentanyl and cocaine while armed and with the intent to distribute the drugs, and felon in possession of a firearm. On July 13, 2023, military police found Muwsay Ibn Ibrahim Tulu, of Fayetteville, passed out behind the wheel of a running vehicle in the middle of the road on Fort Bragg with dru... More...
$ (01-23-2026 - 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 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. Willie Lee Moore
Greensboro, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft of government property in connection with a scheme to steal money from a COVID-19 support program. Willie Lee More, a Montgomery County, North Carolina, Jamie Ewings, and Navonne Moore were associated with a not-for-profit community organization called Brutonville Concerned Citizens (“BCC”). BC... More...
$ (12-01-2025 - 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)<h1> United States of America v. Robert John May, III </h1></h1>
Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with five counts of distributing child sexual abuse material.*<br> <br> Robert John May, III, 38, of West Columbia, has pleaded guilty to five counts of distributing child sexual abuse material.*<br> <br> "The conduct May pleaded guilty to represents some of the most depraved and exploitative conduct we investigate,... More...
$0 (09-30-2025 - 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)United States of America v. Enerva W. Trotman, a/k/a Charles Carlos Clark
Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant seeking compassionate release under 18 U.S.C.<br> § 3582(c)(1)(A).<br> <br> (c) Modification of an Imposed Term of Imprisonment.—The court may not modify a term of imprisonment once it has been imposed except that—<br> (1) in any case—<br> (A) the court, upon motion of the Director of the Bureau of P... More...
$0 (08-22-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Antonie Elbert Eaddy </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possess with the intent to distribute a quantity of crack cocaine, 5 kilograms of cocaine, 400 grams of fentanyl, and a quantity of marijuana. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Arizona Man Sentenced for Drug Conspiracy in South Carolina</h... More...
$0 (08-21-2025 - NC)United States of America v. David Craig Milam
Wilmington, North Carolina, criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1).<br> <br> David Milam, the leader of the Aryan Kings, a White supremacist group, pleaded guilty on August 13, 2019, to possession of a firearm by a felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). Then, on January 15, 2020, he plead... More...
$0 (08-13-2025 - 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.Johnny Juwan Clark </h1></h1
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with "jugging†robbery of an ATM technician </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Houston Man Sentenced to 120 months in Federal Prison for "Jugging†Robbery of ATM Technician </h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center... More...
$0 (07-29-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. </h1></h1
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with "jugging†robbery of an ATM technician </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Houston Man Sentenced to 120 months in Federal Prison for "Jugging†Robbery of ATM Technician </h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center... More...
$0 (07-29-2025 - NC)United States of America v. Edin Anael Solis_Rodriguez
Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of possessing a firearm as an illegal alien. See 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5).<br> <br> Solis-Rodriguez grew up in Honduras. Having unlawfully entered the United States, he was deported in 2018. He then reentered—again unlawfully.<br> <br> In August 2020, Solis-Rodriguez entered a Charlotte, Nort... More...
$0 (07-23-2025 - 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)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)United States of America v. Dashawn Leonard Garrett, a/k/a Dutch
Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug and firearm felonies.<br> <br> In early 2021, North Carolina law enforcement began using two confidential informants ("CI-1†and "CI-2,†or collectively, "the CIsâ€) to investigate suspected methamphetamine dealing. CI-1 alerted law enforcement that someone named Gregg McDuffie, also known ... More...
$0 (06-13-2025 - 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. Paul Shealy </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Receiving, Sending Child Sexual Abuse Materials </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Rock Hill Cop Convicted at Trial of Receiving, Sending Child Sexual Abuse Materials </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A fede... More...
$0 (05-08-2025 - 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)<h1> United States of America v. Tyler Samuel Godfrey </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distributing Child Pornography </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Brunswick County Man Sentenced to Over 15 Years for Distributing Child Pornography</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Brunswick County man was sentenc... More...
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