North Carolina Immigration 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. William Stanley and Heather Morrow </h2> </center>
Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with assaulting, reisting, opposing, imeding, intimidating and interfering with persons performing official duties in violation of 18 111. 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> On November 16, 2025, Heather Morr... 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)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. 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)<h1> United States of America v. Francisco Villa-Garcia aka Francisco Villa-Dominguez, Andres Busto, and Jesus Pineda Dominguez </h1></h1>
Florence, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with importation of more than 8 kilograms of fentanyl from Mexico to South Carolina.<br> <br> Francisco Villa-Garcia, also known as Francisco Villa-Dominguez, Andres Busto, and Jesus Pineda Dominguez, 68, a Mexican national illegally residing in the United States, has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison... More...
$0 (09-26-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Qwmaine Raekwon Knott, Andre Khan, Terrance Hargrove, Keith Bagle, Shamar Evans </h1></h1>
Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with possession with intent <br> to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl. <br> <br> U.S. Attorney Ellis Boyle, along with federal and local law enforcement, announced that five individuals have been charged in separate federal cases as part of a coordinated enforcement operation. In addition to the federal charg... More...
$0 (09-19-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Walter Betancourth </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Raleigh, NC criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violating state fishing laws. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> ICE Captures Illegal Alien Who Cape Hatteras Park Rangers Cited for Poaching Fish</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i"></b></center></i><br> <cent... More...
$0 (09-12-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Zachery Micah Rice </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Asheville, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with trafficking methamphetamine </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Methamphetamine Distributor Is Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <center><h2><br>... More...
$0 (08-21-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Juve Markie Lequan McAlpin </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Asheville, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Firearm Possession </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Convicted Felon On Federal Supervision Is Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison For Firearm Possession</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center... More...
$0 (08-20-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Johnathan Trent Thomas </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making threats of violence against federal law enforcement officers </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Linwood, N.C. Man Charged and Arrested For Threatening To Kill Federal Agents Appears In Court</h2></center></b></b> </h2></cente... More...
$0 (05-19-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Steven Tyler Philbeck, Naquan Damerius Blakeney, Justin Lloyd Coleman, Kiren Nashawn Heath, Daquan Devonte Jeter, Norris Lashane Myers, Nathaniel Desean Nicholes, Jose Guadalupe Cervantes Nava, Remedios Arroyo Beltran, Erik Antonio Lopez-Hernandez, Darwin Gonzalez Navarijo </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Firearms Offenses And Immigration-Related Violations </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Operation Take Back America Leads To Criminal Charges Against Multiple Defendants For Firearms Offenses And Immigration-Related Violations</h2></... More...
$0 (04-29-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Emmanuel Martimiano Leon-Soto </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Greensboro, NC criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Conspiracy </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> High-Ranking Sinaloa Cartel Member Arrested After Being Charged in Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Conspiracy</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><b... More...
$0 (04-22-2025 - NC)United States of America v. Kendale Tyrone Strange
New Bern, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possessing a firearm by a felon.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/northcarolina/news/newbern" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For New Bern</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><br> </table><br> </center><br> On February 27, 2020, the Fayetteville Police Department... More...
$0 (12-28-2022 - NC)United States of America v. Jarred Javon Ford
Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.<br> <br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/northcarolina/news/raleigh/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Raleigh</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><br> </table><br> </center><br> Jarred Javon Ford was a convicted felon and got into ... More...
$0 (01-04-2023 - NC)United States of America v. Capone Ridley
Raleigh, North Carolina criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute powder and crack cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of that drug crime. <br> <br> On May 21, 2020, the Ahoskie Police Department received a call to Hill Street in Ahoskie regarding a domestic assault by defendant Capone Ridley. When officers arrived, the victim-calle... More...
$0 (11-15-2022 - NC)United States of America v. Kheungkham Vongphakdy
Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraudulently obtaining American citizenship.<br> <br> Kheungkham Vongphakdy, 47, of Charlotte, was a native and citizen of Laos, but on August 3, 2011, he became a naturalized U.S. Citizen. According to filed documents, evidence presented at trial, and witness testimony, Vongphakdy obtained his U.S. citizenship fr... More...
$0 (05-04-2022 - NC)United States of America v. Billy Efrain Penaranda
Wilmington, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with using a fraudulently obtained naturalization certificate. Moreover, Penaranda was civilly denaturalized as a U.S. citizen.<br> <br> According to court records, on June 20, 2019, Penaranda knowingly used a fraudulently obtained naturalization certificate to apply for a North Carolina driver's license. On August ... More...
$0 (03-14-2022 - NC)United States of America v. Leonid Teyf
New Bern, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with bribing a public official, visa fraud and false statements in relation to foreign financial interests. <br> <br> Leonid Teyf, 59, a Russian national formerly residing in Raleigh, North Carolina, was sentenced today to 5 years in prison for bribery of a public official, visa fraud, and false statements in relation... More...
$0 (07-13-2021 - NC)United States of America v. Lawrence Keith Limon
Asheville, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with distribution of child porn.<br> <br> Lawrence Keith Limon, 52, of Murphy, N.C. to 72 months in prison for distribution of child pornography, announced William T. Stetzer, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Limon was also ordered to serve a lifetime of supervised release and to register as a ... More...
$0 (05-14-2021 - NC)United States of America v. Michael Scott Hoover
Statesville, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, who was charged with production child pornography.<br> <br> Michael Scott Hoover, 50, of Wilkesboro, N.C., was charged with two counts of production and one count of possession of child pornography. <br> <br> Ronnie Martinez, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Inve... More...
$0 (04-24-2021 - nc)United States of America v. Ebenezer Yeboah Asane, et al.
Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented defendant marriage fraud charges.<br> <br> Ebenezer Yeboah Asane (“Asane”) 37, of Fayetteville, North Carolina; James Earnest Ekow Arthur, 32, of El Paso, Texas; Ernest Atta Gyasi, 43, of Bronx, New York; Samuel Manu Agyapong (“Agyapong”), 33, of Fayetteville, North Carolina; Barbara Oppong, 41, of Bronx, New York; William Steven ... More...
$0 (10-04-2020 - NC)United States of America v. Evelyn P. Mack
Charlotte, NC - The United States of America charged Evelyn P. Mack with conspiracy to harbor aliens.<br> <br> Evelyn P. Mack, the owner and principal of a Charlotte-area private school, was sentenced to 18 months in prison on charges of conspiracy to harbor aliens. U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr. also ordered Mack, 65, of Charlotte, to serve one year under court supervision upon completio... More...
$0 (11-14-2019 - NC)United States of America v. Johnathan Cody Alexander
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/highsm/25700/25711v.jpg"><br> </center><br> Ashville, NC - Johnathan Cody Alexander, 31, of Asheville, was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for enticement of a minor. In addition to the prison term imposed, U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn Jr. also ordered Alexander to serve a lifetime of supervised release and to register... More...
$0 (10-14-2019 - NC)United States of America v. Adolfo Figueroa-Almanza
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.ncmp.uscourts.gov/sites/ncmp/files/styles/gallery_slider_full/public/WinstonSalemOffice.jpg?itok=xUfFM-3e"><br> </center><br> Charlotte, NC - Twice-Removed Mexican National Is Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Trafficking Methamphetamine<br> <br> Another Defendant Is Sentenced to Two Years for Illegal Possession of a Firearm by an Alien and Productio... More...
$0 (09-14-2019 - NC)United States of America v. Carlin Woods
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.ncmp.uscourts.gov/sites/ncmp/files/styles/gallery_slider_full/public/WinstonSalemOffice.jpg?itok=xUfFM-3e"><br> </center><br> Charlotte, NC - Telemarketer Sentenced to Prison in Connection with $10 Million International Fraudulent Sweepstakes Scheme<br> <br> A telemarketer was sentenced to 63 months in prison followed by three years of supervised relea... More...
$0 (08-21-2019 - NC)<H2> United States of America v. Donald Dodt
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/highsm/25700/25711v.jpg"><br> </center><br> Mecklenburg, NC - Phone Provider Found Guilty for Role in $11 Million International Telemarketing Scheme<br> <br> An Ohio man was found guilty today for his role in an $7 million telemarketing scheme that defrauded primarily elderly victims in the United States from call centers in Costa R... More...
$0 (05-28-2019 - NC)United States of America v. Denslo Allen Paige
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/nc-e/locations/raleigh.jpg"><br> </center><br> New Bern, NC - Former North Carolina Board of Elections Election Official Sentenced to Prison for Aiding and Abetting Voting by an Alien in the 2016 General Election<br> <br> DENSLO ALLEN PAIGE, age 66, of Wake County, North Carolina, was sentenced by United States District Court J... More...
$0 (02-13-2019 - NC)United States of America v. Ismael Azua-Rinconada
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/nc-e/locations/raleigh.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> After Ismael Azua-Rinconada (“Azua”) was indicted for illegally entering the United States in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a), he filed two motions to suppress all statements and all other evidence obtained by law enforcement officers during their encounter with him prior... More...
$0 (01-30-2019 - NC)Felipe Perez Perez v. Lee Francis Cissna
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.ncwd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/charlotte_courthouse.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> This case involves the application of 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(27)(J), a means for immigrant children to become lawful permanent residents of the United States if they meet the statutory special immigrant juvenile (“SIJ”) requirements. One of the requirements is a qu... More...
$0 (01-30-2019 - NC)UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. ISMAEL AZUA-RINCONADA
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$0 (01-28-2019 - NC)Tobarak Ulla Tofu v. Matthew G. Whitaker
<center><h2><br> <p style="border:3phttps://www.morelaw.com/morelawadmin/verdicts.php?action=edit&id=121426x; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding: 0em;"><br> <font color="red">Morelaw Internet Marketing</font><br> <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/recent.asp" target="_new"> National Find A Lawyer Directory</a><br> <br> </p><br> </h2><br> </center><br> Tobarak Tofu (“Tofu”),... More...
$0 (11-24-2018 - NC)United States of America v. Prempeh Ernest Agyemang
Raleigh, NC - Justice Department Secures the Denaturalization of Individual Convicted of Sexual Abuse by a Substitute Parent/Custodian<br> <br> On August 8, 2018, Chief Judge James C. Dever III of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina entered an order that revoked the naturalized U.S. citizenship of a child sex offender, restrained and enjoined him from claiming any ri... More...
$0 (08-14-2018 - NC)United States of America v. Milan Trisic
Charlotte, NC - Man Who Concealed Service in Military Unit Involved in Srebrenica Massacre Sentenced for Immigration Fraud<br> <br> A Bosnian Serb residing in North Carolina was sentenced to 18 months in prison for his criminal conviction of obtaining a Permanent Resident Card (I-551), commonly referred to as a “green card,” by making materially false claims and statements on his initial appli... More...
$0 (03-29-2018 - NC)Peggy Hill; Amy Walker v. Barry Goggins, d/b/a Cherokee Bear Zoo
Defendants Barry Coggins and Collette Coggins, doing business as the Cherokee Bear Zoo (collectively, “the Zoo”), keep, care for, and exhibit bears. In 2013, Plaintiffs Peggy Hill and Amy Walker (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) visited the Zoo, and observed four of the Zoo’s bears living in what Plaintiffs believed to be an inhumane setting. In response, Plaintiffs brought the instant suit a... More...
$0 (08-14-2017 - NC)United States of America v. Hemza Menade Lefsih
A jury convicted Hemza Menade Lefsih, an Algerian native who entered the United States through the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program, of immigration fraud. During Lefsih’s trial, the district court interjected numerous times, expressing skepticism of the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program and a negative impression of individuals who participate in the program. We find that this judicial interventio... More...
$0 (08-14-2017 - NC)United States of America v. Akin Sean El Precise Bey and George Lincoln Stanley IV
Raleigh, NC - Men Sentenced To Life For Kidnapping<br> <br> AKIN SEAN EL PRECISE BEY, 47, of Knightdale, North Carolina was sentenced to life imprisonment.<br> <br> On December 7, 2015 a federal jury convicted BEY of conspiracy to commit kidnapping and kidnapping and for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. A coconspirator GEORGE LINCOLN STANLEY IV, 47, of Durham, North Caroli... More...
$0 (09-27-2016 - NC)Untied States of America v. William Towner Akers
NEW BERN – United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today WILLIAM TOWNER AKERS of Raleigh, North Carolina, pled guilty before United States Magistrate Judge Robert B. Jones, Jr., to one count of manufacturing child pornography, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2251(a)and (d).<br> <br> According to the investigation, On January 5, 2014, a state ... More...
$0 (07-15-2015 - NC)United States of America v. William Towner Akers
New Bern, NC - Raleigh Man Previously Charged With The Manufacturing Of Child Pornography Pleads Guilty<br> <br> NEW BERN – United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today WILLIAM TOWNER AKERS of Raleigh, North Carolina, pled guilty before United States Magistrate Judge Robert B. Jones, Jr., to one count of manufacturing child pornography, in violation of Title 18, ... More...
$0 (07-15-2015 - NC)United States of America v. James Thomas Lifsey
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – A Clay County man was sentenced on Thursday, January 22, 2015, to serve 192 months in a federal prison for producing, possessing and distributing child pornography, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger also ordered James Thomas Lifsey, 59, of Warne, N.C. to... More...
$0 (01-23-2015 - NC)