Pennsylvania False Pretense Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. William Freeman, IV </h2> </center>
Scranton, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of wire fraud and one count of making and subscribing a false tax return. William Freeman, IV, age 46, of Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, submitted at least 10 applications seeking pandemic stimulus funds through both the Economic Injury and Disaster Loan (EIDL) program, as well as the Paycheck Protection... More...
$ (04-13-2026 - PA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Matthew James Addy </h2> </center>
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with 13 counts of wire fraud, one count of bank fraud, and two counts of aggravated identity theft, arising from schemes through which the defendant defrauded investors out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Matthew James Addy, 47, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, held himself out as a wealthy and successful busin... More...
$ (04-13-2026 - PA)<h2> <center> United Sates of America v. George Moses </h2> </center>
Scranton, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud, mail fraud, and bank fraud. George Moses, age 45, of Wilkes-Barre, submitted applications for unemployment compensation, pandemic unemployment compensation, economic injury disaster loan, and paycheck protection program loan benefits falsely representing that he had qualifying income from the oper... More...
$ (04-02-2026 - PA)United States of America v. Justin Heimbach
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with six counts of mail fraud and four counts of wire fraud. Justin Heimbach, 34, of Bath, Pennsylvania, operated a construction company called TeamKJ Construction, and engaged in a scheme that caused fraudulent PUA applications to be filed in the names of individuals allegedly no longer employed by TeamKJ as ... More...
$ (03-03-2026 - PA)United States of America v. Geoffrey Magistrate
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with money laundering. The Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation (“IRS-CI”) Global Illicit Financial Team (“GIFT”) identified David Metcalf announced that Geoffrey Magistrate, 61, a current resident of Limassol, Cyprus, and a prior resident of Pennsylvania, as a corporate service provider ... More...
$ (02-23-2026 - PA)United States of America v. Carlos Sacanell
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with insider trading. Carlos Sacanell, 59, of Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, was charged by indictment in October 2024. In September of last year, he pleaded guilty to one count of securities fraud (insider trading) and one count of making a false statement to a federal agency. As detailed in court filings and... More...
$ (02-23-2026 - PA)United States of America v. Arturo Perez Ramirez
Scranton, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making a false statement in application for a passport and aggravated identity theft. Arturo Perez Ramirez, age 26, of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, was ordered to be removed from the United States in 2019, after he failed to appear for immigration proceedings. In 2020, Perez Ramirez purchased the identity ... More...
$ (02-03-2026 - PA)<H2> United States of America v. Edward Arthur Owens Jr.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making a threat to injure a local public official and making false statements to government agents. On May 20, 2025, Edward Arthur Owens Jr., 30, knowingly and willfully transmitted via a social media messaging app the following threat to injure a local public official: “We’re coming for you [emoji of ... More...
$ (01-12-2026 - PA)<H2> United States of America v. Mary Blakley and Fred Bakley
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and conspiracy to violate the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and to defraud the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Mary Blakley, 76, and Fred Blakley, 61, both of Lake Havasu City, Arizona and their business associate, Janmarie Lanzo, 66, also of Lake Havasu City. ... More...
$ (12-29-2025 - PA)<H2> United States of America v. Jose Mejia-Sarmiento
Johnstown, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry of a removed alien, fraudulent use of a Social Security number, and aggravated identity theft, Jose Mejia-Sarmiento, 67.was found in the Western District of Pennsylvania after having been deported and removed from the United States three times prior between 1996 and 2016, including after a f... More...
$ (12-13-2025 - PA)Chhean Jones v. United States of America, et al.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania pro se Plaintiff sued on constitutional rights violations.<br> <br> Jones, was indicted on federal criminal charges, and he brought a Bivens action against the United States, the Department of Justice ("DOJâ€), 12 unnamed federal agents, and "the Government's Attorney,†for alleged constitutional violations arising from the grand jury proceedings. He alleged t... More...
$0 (10-10-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Dennis W. McNamara </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Making False Statements to FBI </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Former Columbus, Ohio, Lawyer Sentenced for Making False Statements to FBI</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <... More...
$0 (08-22-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. West End Services, Inc., Christopher Leon </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with liability allegations under the False Claims Act. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Allentown-Area Pharmacy and Its Owner Agree to Pay $825,000 to Resolve Allegations of False Claims Act Liability</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </... More...
$0 (08-08-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. West End Services, Inc., Christopher Leon </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Harrisburg, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Allegations of False Claims Act Liability </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Allentown-Area Pharmacy and Its Owner Agree to Pay $825,000 to Resolve Allegations of False Claims Act Liability</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/colo... More...
$0 (08-07-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Joseph Kaminski </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Scranton, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud, money laundering, and making false statements to the Small Business Administration </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Nanticoke Man Charged With Pandemic Fraud Offenses</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b><... More...
$0 (08-01-2025 - PA)United States of America v. Eye Consultants of Pennsylvania
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania civil litigation lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Qui Tam fraud.<br> <br> Between September 1, 2018, and April 7, 2025, ECOP submitted claims to Medicare Part B for E&M services on the same date of service for beneficiaries receiving bilateral eye injections in violation of the applicable Medicare rules and regulations.<br> <br> "The United States Attorney's ... More...
$0 (07-22-2025 - PA)United States of America v. Andy Ha
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failing to pay employment taxes and harboring individuals who were not legally authorized to be in the United States.<br> <br> Andy Ha was the president and owner of the Charleroi staffing agency Prosperity Services, Inc., where Ha employed individuals who were not legally authorized to be in the United States... More...
$0 (07-22-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. MD Munsur Ali </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Philadelphia, Philadelphia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Election Fraud </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Final Millbourne Borough Official Sentenced to Nearly Two Years in Prison for Election Fraud Offenses</h2></center></b></b></center></b><br> <center><br> <b><br> Sponsored By<br> MoreL... More...
$0 (06-26-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Carter Reese </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of wire fraud and one count of mail fraud </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Berks County Man Pleads Guilty to Art Fraud Scheme, Admits Selling Counterfeit Artworks to Customers</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><... More...
$0 (05-29-2025 - PA)Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Veronika Rodriguez
Lebanon, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making false reports to law enforcement authorities, and two counts of "interception, disclosure of use of wire, electronic, or oral communication.<br> <br> Veronica Rodriguez was accused of falsely reporting to police that fellow Air National Guard member Dr. Fahad Pervez raped her in January 2023, and that she ... More...
$0 (05-23-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. James Sessoms </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Defrauding the Government of More Than $1 Million in SNAP, Medicaid Benefits </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Philadelphia Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding the Government of More Than $1 Million in SNAP, Medicaid Benefits</h2></cent... More...
$0 (04-29-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Alan Kane </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Multiple Fraud Schemes </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Bucks County Attorney Sentenced to a Year and a Day in Prison in Connection With Multiple Fraud Schemes</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Alan Kane, 60, of ... More...
$0 (04-28-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. James Sessoms </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Defrauding the Government of More Than $1 Million in SNAP, Medicaid Benefits </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Philadelphia Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding the Government of More Than $1 Million in SNAP, Medicaid Benefits</h2></cent... More...
$0 (04-29-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Henry J. White, Jr, Patricia A. White </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, sta criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fraudulently Obtaining $1.2 Million In Unclaimed Property </font/color="red"></b></center></I></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Connecticut Brother And Sister Charged With Fraudulently Obtaining $1.2 Million In Unclaimed Property</h2></center></b></b> </h2></cen... More...
$0 (04-29-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Waylon Wilcox </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Harrisburg, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Filing False Income Tax Returns That Omitted More Than $13 Million In Income From Digital Artwork Sales </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> York County Man Pleads Guilty To Filing False Income Tax Returns That Omitted More Than $13 Mill... More...
$0 (04-11-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. MD Nurul Hasan, MD Munsur Ali, MD Rafikul Islam </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Election Fraud Offenses </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Two Millbourne Borough Officials and One Former Official Plead Guilty to Election Fraud Offenses</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> MD Nurul Hasan, 48, MD ... More...
$0 (04-01-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Funke Iyanda </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Theft of Pandemic Unemployment Benefits </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Nigerian National Charged with Theft of Pandemic Unemployment Benefits</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Nigerian national residing in Pitt... More...
$0 (03-19-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Delvin Hutchinson </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Scranton, PA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Straw Purchasing Firearms </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Stroudsburg Man Sentenced To 60 Months In Prison For Straw Purchasing Firearms </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> he United States Attorney's Office for the Middle Di... More...
$0 (02-03-2025 - PA)Bryan David Range v. Attorney General of the United States
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania constitutional law lawyer represented the Plaintiff in challenging the constitutionality of the federal "felon-in-possession" law—18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)—violates his Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.<br> <br> The material facts are undisputed. In 1995, Range pleaded guilty in the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County to one count of makin... More...
$0 (02-15-2023 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Scott Mason </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud, securities fraud, investment adviser fraud, and filing false tax returns, </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Gladwyne Investment Adviser Charged With Misappropriating More Than $17 Million From Clients Through Two Long-Ru... More...
$0 (01-17-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Laye Sekou Camara </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Immigration Fraud </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Liberian Rebel General Pleads Guilty to Immigration Fraud</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero, the Justice Depar... More...
$0 (01-17-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Brennan and Angela McNally </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Making False Statements on Residential Loan Application </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Brentwood Couple Sentenced for Making False Statements on Residential Loan Application</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Two ... More...
$0 (01-16-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Philip C. Pulley </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Election Fraud Offenses </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Montgomery County Man Sentenced for Election Fraud Offenses</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Ph... More...
$0 (01-09-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Philip C. Pulley </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Election Fraud Offenses </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Montgomery County Man Sentenced for Election Fraud Offenses </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that ... More...
$0 (01-09-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Jack Danaher Molloy </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Terrorism Offense and for Lying to FBI </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Upper St. Clair Man Who Traveled to Lebanon and Syria with Goal of Joining Hizballah Indicted on Terrorism Offense and for Lying to FBI</h2></center></b></b> ... More...
$0 (01-02-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Prasad Margabandhu </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Bankruptcy and Mail Fraud </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Pittsburgh Man Sentenced to Three Years of Prison and $100,000 Fine for Bankruptcy and Mail Fraud Conviction </h2></center></b><br> <br> From March 2019 to June 2022, Prasad ... More...
$0 (12-12-2024 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Giuseppina “Josephine†Leone </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with PPP and RRF Loan Fraud </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Montgomery County Restaurant Owner Sentenced to 21 Months' Imprisonment for PPP and RRF Loan Fraud</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Giuseppina "Jos... More...
$0 (10-22-2024 - PA)United States of America v. Giuseppina "Josephine" Leone
<h2><br> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania PPP and RRF loan fraud criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> Former Montgomery County Restaurant Owner Sentenced to 21 Months' Imprisonment for PPP and RRF Loan Fraud.<br> <P><br> Giuseppina "Josephine: Leone, age 62, of North Wales, Pennsylvania was charged by indictment on May 16, 2024, with three counts of wire fraud for making fal... More...
$0 (10-22-2024 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Electrostim Medical Services, Inc. (EMSI) and its Founder and Chairman Mario Garcia, Jr. </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Billing for Excessive and Unnecessary Supplies </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Electrostim Medical Services, Inc. and Mario Garcia, Jr. to Pay $20 Million to Resolve Allegations of Billing for Excessive and Unnecessary Supplies</... More...
$0 (09-27-2024 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Stanislav Bril, aka “Stan Bril†and “Slava Bril†</h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Running Ponzi Schemes, Money Laundering, and Stealing Over $6 Million in Federal Pandemic Relief Funds </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Bucks County Man Sentenced to Over 11 Years in Prison for Running Ponzi Schemes, Money Launderi... More...
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