Oregon Bank Robbery Law
<H2> United States of America v. Michael Malekzadeh
Eugene, Oregon, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged or his role in a vast fraud conspiracy that cost customers more than $65 million in unfulfilled orders and defrauded financial institutions out of more than $15 million. Michael Malekzadeh, 42, a Eugene was found guilt. “This million-dollar fraud was fueled by the defendant’s insatiable greed and wreaked havoc on ... More...
$ (01-08-2026 - OR)<h1> United States of America v. Jose Manuel Lopez, Juan Carlos Conchas </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Medford, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Conspiracy to Commit Armed Robbery While Posing as DEA Agents </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Texas Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Roles in Conspiracy to Commit Armed Robbery While Posing as DEA Agents</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> ... More...
$0 (08-15-2025 - OR)<h1> United States of America v. Clinton Wells </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Bank Fraud and Identity Theft </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Portland Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Bank Fraud and Identity Theft</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Between March 2019 and April 2022, Clinton Wells kn... More...
$0 (02-28-2025 - OR)<h1> United States of America v. Javier Antonio Banuelas Urueta </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Role in Debt Consolidation Scheme </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Washington State Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Role in Debt Consolidation Scheme </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Vancouver, Washington man was ... More...
$0 (12-17-2024 - OR)<h1> United States of America v. Michael David Anastasia </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Identity Theft and Evading Tax Debt Payments </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Redmond Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Identity Theft and Evading Tax Debt Payments</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Redmond, Oregon man... More...
$0 (12-23-2024 - OR)State of Oregon v. Blake Edward Humphers
<h2><br> Oregon City, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with "first-degree robbery, ORS 164.415; unlawful use of a weapon, ORS 166.220; first-degree theft, ORS 164.055; and felon in possession of a firearm, ORS 166.270.<br> </h2>... More...
$0 (11-27-2024 - OR)<h1> United States of America v. Clifford Court Uptegrove </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with committing at least ten bank robberies, including five while armed </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Serial Bank Robber Sentenced to Federal Prison </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Washington State man who admitted t... More...
$0 (09-19-2024 - OR)<h1> United States of America v. Amigos Mexican Cuisine & Cantina LLC </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Southern Oregon Restaurant Sentenced in Federal Court for Stealing Covid Relief Program Funds</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> On a 13-month period beginning in April 2020, Amigos Mexica... More...
$0 (08-16-2024 - OR)<h1> United States of America v. Mary Phoenix Nguyen </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Local Fraud Ring </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Portland Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Role in Local Fraud Ring</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> In April 2022, special agents from Homeland Security Investigatio... More...
$0 (08-14-2024 - OR)<h1> United States of America v. Cody Joel Stewart </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with scheme to steal large quantities of mail and use victims' personal and financial documents and information to fraudulently obtain apartment leases, open bank accounts without authorization, and acquire other goods and services. </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center>... More...
$0 (07-10-2024 - OR)<h1> United States of America v. Keandre Dshawn LaMarcus Brown </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Murder Committed Amid Violent Robbery Spree.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> Portland Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison for Murder Committed Amid Violent Robbery Spree </h3></center></i><br> <br> A Portland man was sentenced to 30 y... More...
$0 (03-12-2024 - OR)<h1> United States of America v. Michael James DeFrees </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fraudulently Obtaining Covid-Relief Funds, Laundering Proceeds.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> </h3></center></i><br> <br> A real estate developer and part-time resident of Vancouver, Washington, was sentenced to federal prison for fraudulen... More...
$0 (02-11-2024 - OR)ANTHONY JESS COLDIRON RANGEL v. THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder.<br> <br> Appellant's first-degree felony murder charge was predicated on alternative factual theories. The State alleged the murder occurred either while Appellant was in the commission of robbery with a dangerous weapon or while in the commission of distribution of a controlled dangerous ... More...
$0 (02-05-2024 - OR)United States of America v. Eugene Michael Brown
Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.<br> <br> According to court documents, as part of an ongoing federal racketeering investigation of the Hoover Criminal Gang, law enforcement obtained photos online of Brown, a convicted felon, posing with other known Hoover members. <br> <br> On the evening spanning May 21 and 22, 2022, ... More...
$0 (09-11-2023 - OR)United States of America v. Theodore Johnson
Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with bank fraud.<br> <br> In February 2017, Theodore Johnson, 62, a Portland resident, incorporated and began serving as the director of operations for Ten Penny International Housing Foundation, an Oregon-based non-profit organization. After Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act in Marc... More...
$0 (07-06-2023 - OR)United States of America v. Robert J. Jesenik, Andrew N. MacRitchie and Brian K. Rise
Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit fraud.<br> <br> Robert J. Jesenik, 63, former chief executive officer of Aequitas and resident of Lake Oswego, Oregon; Andrew N. MacRitchie, 59, formerly of Palm Harbor, Florida; and Brian K. Rice, 56, of Portland were found guilty of conspiring with one another to commit mail and wire fraud and 28 ind... More...
$0 (05-17-2023 - OR)State of Oregon v. Billy Lee Oatney, Jr.
Hillsboro, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with first-degree murder.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Hillsboro_OR_State.jpg" alt="Washington County Courthouse - Hillsboro, Oregon"><br> <P><br> Washington County Courthouse - Hillsboro, Oregon</a><br> <P><br> <a font="red" href="http... More...
$0 (02-08-2023 - OR)United States of America v. James Millegan
Portland, Oregon criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with tax evasion.<br> <br> James Millegan, age 65, owned and operated J.W. Millegan, Inc., a small, commission-based investment advisory business that served clients in the Portland and Salem, Oregon metropolitan areas. From 1996 to 2016, the investment firm was Millegan's only significant source of income.<br> <br> Over a seven-ye... More...
$0 (11-14-2022 - OR)United States of America v. Justin Allen Cunningham
Portland, Oregon criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343, which provides: <br> <br> Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, transmits or causes to be transmitted by means of wire, radio, or tel... More...
$0 (10-14-2022 - OR)United States of America v. Michael Malekzadeh
Eugene, Oregon criminal law lawyer represented defendant charged with wire fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, and money laundering.<br> <br> The former owner and chief financial officer of Zadeh Kicks LLC, a now-defunct Oregon corporation that sold limited edition and collectible sneakers online perpetrating a fraud scheme that allegedly cost customers more than $70 million in unfulfilled ord... More...
$0 (08-03-2022 - OR)United States of America v. Delvin Mills
Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with bank fraud and identity theft scheme targeting female victims in the Portland Metropolitan Area.<br> <br> Delvin Mills, 30, was a member of the Felony Lane Gang, an interstate criminal organization based in Florida that traveled to locations throughout the U.S. to commit vehicle break-in and fraud sprees. The organization ... More...
$0 (07-14-2022 - OR)United States of America v. Lori E. Deveny
Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with perpetrating a scheme to defraud her clients and use the proceeds to pay for personal expenses.<br> <br> Lori E. Deveny, 56, pleaded guilty to mail, bank, and wire fraud; aggravated identity theft; money laundering; and filing a false tax return.<br> <br> According to court documents, between April 2011 and May 2019, Deven... More...
$0 (06-27-2022 - OR)United States of America v. Thomas Gerard Mautone
Eugene, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with wire fraud.<br> <br> Thomas Gerard Mautone, 43, formerly of Newark, New Jersey, was one of five individuals who together perpetrated a monthslong scheme to convince an elderly man to invest $1 million in a fraudulent high-yield international investment scheme. In July 2015, one of Mautone's co-defendants, Jared Mack, 46, of... More...
$0 (05-13-2022 - OR)United States of America v. Alireza Zamanizadeh, aka Ali Zamani
Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with using a residential property he did not own as collateral for obtaining a bank loan worth more than $316,000.<br> <br> <br> On or about February 17, 2017, Alireza Zamanizadeh, aka Ali Zamani, 63, filed a quitclaim deed in Deschutes County, transferring a residential property in Bend, Oregon to his business for one dollar w... More...
$0 (05-10-2022 - OR)United States of America v. Dustin Lee Henderson
Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with robbing a local public house at gunpoint and making off with five cartons of cigarettes.<br> <br> Dustin Lee Henderson, 40, was found guilty of interfering with commerce with threats or violence; possessing a firearm in furtherance of, and using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to, a crime of violence; and il... More...
$0 (04-28-2022 - Or)United States of America v. Malik Fard Muhammad
Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with unlawful possession of a destructive device.<br> <br> Malik Fard Muhammad, age 25, traveled to Portland with his girlfriend from their home in Indianapolis to violently engage in area riots. On September 5, 2020, during a large civil disturbance in east Portland, demonstrators threw dangerous objects at police, including c... More...
$0 (03-28-2022 - OR)United States of America v. Latanya Jenkins
Portland, Oregon criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud.<br> <br> Latanya Jenkins, 51, was charged with:<br> <br> 18:1349 Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud<br> (1) <br> 18:1344 BANK FRAUD<br> (2-8) <br> 18:1028A Aggravated Identity Theft<br> (9-15) <br> 18:1028A Aggravated Identity Theft<br> (16) <br> 18:1028A Aggravated Identity Theft<br... More...
$0 (02-01-2022 - OR)United States of America v. Andrew Aaron Lloyd
Eugene Oregon, criminal defense attorney represented Andrew Aaron Lloyd charged with <br> fraud by submitting false CARES Act loan applications.<br> <br> Andrew Aaron Lloyd, 51, of Lebanon, Oregon, was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison and five years' supervised release. Lloyd was also ordered to pay more than $4 million in restitution and forfeit 25 properties and more than 15,000 shares o... More...
$0 (01-06-2022 - OR)United States of America v. Bernard McEllen Welch
Portland, Oregon criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.<br> <br> Bernard McEllen Welch, 33, was indicted for illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.<br> <br> According to court documents, on May 21, 2020, a Salem Police officer pulled a car over for a traffic violation when Welch jumped from the vehicle's rear passenger door and ra... More...
$0 (01-09-2022 - OR)United States of America v. Royce Francis Speedis
Portland, Oregon criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with felony possession of a semi-automatic pistol and distributing methamphetamine.<br> <br> Royce Francis Speedis, 34, was sentenced to 77 months in federal prison and three years' supervised release.<br> <br> In early March 2019, Royce Francis Speedis, age 34 and co-defendant Lavella Ruth Thompson, 28, also of Pendleton, a... More...
$0 (12-01-2021 - OR)United States of America v. Eric Wade Lysne
Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with bank and wire fraud.<br> <br> In April 2020, Eric Wade Lysne, age 35, devised and perpetrated a scheme to defraud the Small Business Administration (SBA) and various financial institutions by fraudulently applying for and obtaining Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans using fals... More...
$0 (11-07-2021 - Or)United States of America v. Damian O. Barrett
Portland, OR: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with tax fraud.<br> <br> Damian O. Barrett, 40, was indicted for perpetrating a multi-year fraud scheme wherein he filed 745 false tax returns in 19 different states.<br> <br> "With tax filing season right around the corner, it is important that all Americans who choose to hire a tax preparation professional take the necessary pre... More...
$0 (10-04-2021 - OR)United States of America v. Dwayne Leroy Daan
Portland, OR: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with theft of mail.<br> <br> Dwayne Leroy Daan, 42, was indicted for stealing hundreds of pieces of residential mail throughout the Portland Metropolitan Area and using the personal identity of one local resident to purchase a luxury car.<br> <br> According to court documents, between February and May 2020, Daan stole more than 80... More...
$0 (09-28-2021 - OR)United States of America v. Jeremy Clawson
Portland, OR: Criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraudulently converting to his own personal use federal money intended to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.<br> <br> Jeremy Clawson, 32, was charged with theft of public money in violation of 18 U.S.C. 641.<br> <br> "Recent federal relief programs, like those authorized by the CARES Act, were designed to he... More...
$0 (09-16-2021 - OR)United States of America v. Kent Jensen
Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with tax evasion.<br> <br> Kent Jensen, 58, a former certified public accountant and former chief financial officer of a McMinnville, Oregon company was sentenced to federal prison today for evading $99,000 in personal income taxes.<br> <br> According to court documents, in 2014 and 2015, Jenson, who also previously worked as a... More...
$0 (07-29-2021 - OR)United States of America v. Kelly David Ankeny
Portland, Oregon Armed Career Criminal Act charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Kelly David Ankeny, Sr., 61.<br> <br> In October 2003, after being released from state prison, Ankeny took up residence in a house occupied by his 18-year-old son and his son's roommates. At the time, Ankeny had prior convictions for second degree robbery, felon in possession of a firearm, and drug tra... More...
$0 (07-09-2021 - OR)United States of America v. Jeremy Clawson
Portland, Oregon fraud charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Jeremy Clawson, 32, pleaded guilty to one count of theft of public money.<br> <br> Clawson took advantage of economic relief programs administered by the Small Business Administration (SBA) through Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), as authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relie... More...
$0 (06-09-2021 - OR)United States of America v. Susan Tranberg
Eugene, Oregon fraud charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Susan Tranberg, 62, of Eugene, Oregon, who was for defrauding her former employer, the Weyerhaeuser Company, out of more than $4.5 million.<br> <br> Beginning as early as June 2004 and continuing to January 2019, Tranberg defrauded Weyerhaeuser out of more than $4.5 million by submitting fraudulent invoices for payment to ... More...
$0 (04-19-2021 - OR)United States of America v. Marcus Raiford
Portland, Oregon bank fraud criminal defense lawyer represented Marcus Raiford, 22, who was charged with bank fraud for engaging in a scheme whereby he would recruit others, including minors, to deposit fraudulent checks into their personal bank accounts and withdraw cash.<br> According to court documents, beginning in August 2017 and continuing until at least September 2018, Raiford and others re... More...
$0 (03-31-2021 - OR)United States of America v. Anndrea D. Jacobs
Portland, Oregon criminal defense filing false tax return charge lawyer represented Anndrea D. Jacobs, age 49, the former office manager and bookkeeper for a La Grande, Oregon medical practice was charged with defrauding two separate employers and filing false tax returns.<br> <br> According to court documents, beginning on or about January 2011 and continuing until her termination in December 201... More...
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