North Carolina Fraudulent Conveyance Law
<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. 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 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. 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. 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)<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. Sarah Wilson, aka Sarah Cannoy
Greensboro, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank embezzlement. Sarah Wilson, aka Sarah Cannoy, age 28, pleaded guilty on August 4, 2025, to three counts of embezzlement by a bank employee. Wilson was a teller at the Pilot Mountain branch of First Citizens Bank when, from December 2023 through May 2024, she stole $150,450 in cash from her teller... More...
$ (01-05-2026 - 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)<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)<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. 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. 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. 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)<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. Arturo Barcenas Gonzalez </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Over $1 Million in Tax Evasion Scheme </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Cary Businessman Sentenced to Prison for Over $1 Million in Tax Evasion Scheme</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Arturo Barcenas Gonzalez, a Car... More...
$0 (12-08-2024 - 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)<h1> United States of America v. Arturo Barcenas Gonzalez </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Tax Evasion </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Cary Businessman Sentenced to Prison for Over $1 Million in Tax Evasion Scheme</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Arturo Barcenas Gonzalez, a Cary businessman, was sentence... More...
$0 (12-03-2024 - 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)United States of America v. Frank Lynold Mercado
<h2><br> Charlotte, North Carolina fraud charge criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> From July 2019 to December 2022, Frank Lynold Mercado, ate 27, of Charlotte, executed an investment fraud scheme in which he caused more than 100 investors to sustain nearly $700,000 in losses. Mercado induced the victims – many of whom were his friends, former co-workers, and ot... More...
$0 (10-23-2024 - NC)United States of America v. Anthony Lynch
<h2><br> Raleigh, North Carolina fraud charge criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> Anthony Lynch, age 35, from New Bern, pled guilty to one count of mail fraud for falsely claiming to be the landlord of properties in Craven, Pamlico and Onslow Counties with renters who were unable to pay rent due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Lynch submitted 25 applications to the North Ca... More...
$0 (10-23-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Colby Edward Joyner </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Role In $10 Million Telemedicine Fraud Scheme </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> North Carolina Physician Assistant Sentenced To Six Years In Prison For Role In $10 Million Telemedicine Fraud Scheme</h2></center></b></b> </h2></ce... More...
$0 (10-04-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Christon Jermaine Brewer </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Operating An Investment Scheme </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Monroe Man Is Sentenced To Prison For Operating An Investment Scheme</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> From 2018 to 2022, Christon Jermaine Brewer, ... More...
$0 (08-20-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Toni A. Smith; Dontae Antonio Murphy </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> <br> Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with National COVID-19 Fraud Scheme </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Over 20 Defendants Sentenced to Prison in Multi-Million Dollar National COVID-19 Fraud Scheme</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Two additional d... More...
$0 (08-21-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Christon Jermaine Brewer </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Operating An Investment Scheme </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Monroe Man Is Sentenced To Prison For Operating An Investment Scheme</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> Christon Jermaine Brewer, 39, of Monroe, N.C., wa... More...
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