South Carolina Consumer Credit Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Joseph F. Wallace </h2> </center>
Spartanburg, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with credit card fraud. Digested 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> Joseph F. Wallace, 51, of Duncan, South Carolina, marketed himself as “a self-made serial entrepreneur leading multiple business entities and living ... More...
$ (07-21-2026 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Charles Antonio Clippard, Michael Joseph Knox, Gabriel Brunson, Sierra Fletcher </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Civil Rights Crimes Targeting Hispanics </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Four South Carolina Defendants Sentenced for Civil Rights Crimes Targeting Hispanics</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Three South Carolina m... More...
$0 (04-03-2025 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Julia Renae Mullinax </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Batesburg-Leesville Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Wire Fraud Conspiracy</h2></center></b></b><br> <br> Julia Renae Mullinax, 43, of Batesburg-Leesville, plead... More...
$0 (01-07-2025 - SC)Winston Tyler Hecely v. Fluor Corporation, et al.
<h2><br> Columbia, South Carolina personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on negligence theories.<br> </h2><br> The plaintiff, Specialist Winston Tyler Hencely, is a former soldier in the U.S. Army. In 2016, Hencely was stationed at Bagram Airfield, formerly the largest U.S. military base in Afghanistan, as part of Operation Freedom's Sentinel.<br> The defendant, Fluor Corporatio... More...
$0 (11-12-2024 - SC)Brian Daniel v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
<h2><br> Columbia, South Carolina Electonic Fund Transfer Act violation consumer law lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> <br> In the spring of 2007, Plaintiffs Paul Daniel and Margie Daniel refinanced their home located at 7821 Killdeer Way, Elk Grove, California, and entered into an Option Adjustable Rate Mortgage ("ARM") with World Savings Bank, which later became Wells Fargo Bank, N... More...
$1 (10-11-2024 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Dennis S. Lepka, Jr. </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> <br> Greenville, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/atty.asp?f=Beattie&l=Ashmore&i=54996&z=29601" target="_new">Beattie B. Ashmore</a> represented the Defendant charged with Fraudulent Real Estate Scheme </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Charlotte Man Sentenced to Federal Pr... More...
$0 (05-31-2024 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Dennis S. Lepka, Jr. </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Greenville, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/atty.asp?f=Beattie&l=Ashmore&i=54996&z=29601" target="_new">Beattie B. Ashmore</a>represented the Defendant charged with a Fraudulent Real Estate Scheme </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Charlotte Man Sentenced to Federal Prison... More...
$0 (05-31-2024 - SC)Kendra Haley v. Equifax Information Services, LLC
Florenece, South Carolina consumer credit lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a Fair Credit Reporting Act violation theory.<br> <br> "The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) is a federal law that regulates the collection, use, and disclosure of consumer credit information. The law was enacted in 1970 to protect consumers from inaccurate or unfair credit reporting practices.<b... More...
$1 (11-22-2023 - SC)Caitlyn Delgado v. Oasis Animal Hospital of South Carolina, Inc.
Greenville, South Carolina consumer law lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a Stored Communications Act violation.<br> <br> 18 U.S. Code § 2701 - Unlawful access to stored communications <br> <br> (a) Offense.—Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section whoever—<br> (1) intentionally accesses without authorization a facility through which an electronic comm... More...
$1 (06-02-2023 - SC)Tyler Amos v. Mountain Run Solutions, LLC and Western Surety Company
Greenville, South Carolina consumer credit lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued defendant on a Fair Debt Collection Act violation theory.<br> <br> ... More...
$1 (06-02-2023 - SC)United States of America v. Mohammad Ribhi Farraj and Marvet Masoud
Florence, South Carolina criminal Defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud related to unemployment insurance benefits.<br> <br> Mohammad Ribhi Farraj, age 43, from Florence, South Carolina, and Marvet Masoud, age 34, from Homestead, Florida, engaged in a scheme with others to fraudulently obtain unemployment insurance benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic. ... More...
$0 (05-01-2023 - SC)United States of America v. Scott A. Kohn
Columbia, South Carolina criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with being a ringleader of a nationwide Ponzi scheme that exploited military veterans in desperate financial straits and targeted elderly investors seeking a safe retirement investment.<br> <br> Scott A. Kohn, 68, of Newport, California, ran a corporation called Future Income Payments LLC (FIP), formerly known as Pensions, Ann... More...
$0 (08-18-2022 - SC)United States of America v. Quinae Shamyra Stephens
Florence, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud.<br> <br> Quinae Shamyra Stephens, 41, of Douglasville, Georgia, indicted on multiple charges relating to a multi-state identity theft and fraud ring she was running with her son.<br> <br> "Identity theft is a crime that impacts every American and can create lifelong victims. This of... More...
$0 (04-15-2022 - SC)United States of America v. Quinae Shamyra Stephens
Florence, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with identity theft and fraud.<br> <br> Quinae Shamyra Stephens, 41, of Douglasville, Georgia, was indicted for her involvement in a multi-state identity theft and fraud ring she was running with her son, she pleaded guilty to a wire and bank fraud conspiracy. <br> <br> "Identity theft is a crime that impacts every Amer... More...
$0 (04-13-2022 - SC)United States of America v. Quinae Shamyra Stephens
Florence, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with multi-state identity theft and fraud.<br> <br> Quinae Shamyra Stephens, 41, of Douglasville, Georgia, was indicted on multiple charges relating to a multi-state identity theft and fraud ring she was running with her son, who previously pled guilty to a wire and bank fraud conspiracy. <br> <br> "Identity theft is a ... More...
$0 (04-13-2022 - SC)United States of America v. Kevin B. Marsh
Columbia, SC: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.<br> <br> Kevin B. Marsh, 66, former SCANA Corporation (SCANA) Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors, charged with engaging in a conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.<br> <br> Marsh intentionally defrauded ratepayers while overseeing and managing SCANA's op... More...
$0 (10-14-2021 - SC)United States of America v. Marvette Thompson Easterling, Keylon Wright, and Joshua David Armato
Greenville, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with defrauding the federal government's Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).<br> <br> Marvette Thompson Easterling, 54, of Gaffney; Keylon Wright, 40, of Simpsonville; and Joshua David Armato, 37, of Georgia; admitted that they knowingly defrauded a program established to help homeowners at risk of mortgage loan de... More...
$0 (07-24-2021 - SC)R. Austin Trimnal v. Enhanced Recovery Company, LLC and T-Mobile USA, Inc.
Orangeburg, South Carolina consumer credit lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on a Fair Debt Collection Act violation theory under 15 U.S.C.1692.... More...
$1 (05-13-2021 - SC)United States of America v. William Tye Grisel
Columbia, SC - The United States of America charged William Tye Grisel with:<br> <br> William Tye Grisel, age 39, of Lexington, pleaded guilty in federal court to Wire Fraud after using his position and access to company networks and credit cards to embezzle approximately $1,050,000.00 from his employer, Big Red Box (BRB), a waste management call center located in Columbia.<br> <br> Facts presente... More...
$0 (11-12-2019 - SC)United States of America v. Nicole Halliette Holland
<center><br> <img width="300" Src="https://www.caddell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Caddell_columbia_courthouse3-1024x410.jpg"><br> </center><br> Columbia, SC - Former Fifth Circuit Director of Communications Pleads Guilty in Federal Court to Fraud<br> <br> Nicole Halliett Holland, 49, former Director of Communications for the Fifth Circuit Solicitor’s Office and a resident of Columbia, pled g... More...
$0 (11-04-2018 - SC)United States of America v. Yvonne Sanchez
Columbia, SC - Chapin South Carolina Woman Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud<br> <br> Yvonne Sanchez, age 40, of Chapin, pled guilty in federal court in Columbia to Bank Fraud, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, § 1344. <br> <br> From July 2014 through June 2016, Sanchez was the bookkeeper for EveryWord, Inc., a court reporting business in the Columbia area. Sanchez opened fake accounts in ... More...
$0 (09-22-2017 - SC)Timothy Nelson Evans a/k/a Timothy N. Evans a/k/a Timothy Evans a/k/a Tim Evans v. State of Mississippi <table> <td>
Evidence adduced at trial revealed that in the spring of 2009, Evans moved into<br> Holling’s home as her tenant. The two previously had been romantically involved, but that<br> relationship had ceased before Evans moved in with seventy-year-old Holling. On the<br> morning of January 2, 2010, fifty-two-year-old Evans and his friend, Joe Thomas, were on<br> the way to perform a carpet-cleaning jo... More...
$0 (06-19-2017 - SC)Joshua Fay v. Total Quality Logistics, LLC <table> <td>
TQL is based in Ohio and provides motor carrier transport and related services including logistics and brokerage services. TQL offered Fay employment as a Logistics Sales Account Executive in November 2012. The offer of employment informed Fay he was "required to complete, sign, and return a TQL noncompete/non-disclosure agreement on [his] first day of employment." Fay accepted the offer of emp... More...
$0 (04-02-2017 - SC)United States of America v. Dalvin Michael Davenport, Jr.
Columbia, SC - Greenville Man Sentenced in Access Device Fraud Conspiracy<br> <br> Dalvin Michael Davenport, Jr., age 23, of Greenville, South Carolina, was sentenced to 24 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release and restitution of $30,857.89, after pleading guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit access device fraud and money laundering, violations of Title 18, United Sta... More...
$0 (02-16-2017 - SC)Kenneth Simmons v. State of South Carolina
Petitioner Kenneth Simmons was convicted and sentenced for the 1996 murder and criminal sexual assault of an 89-year-old Summerville woman. Petitioner sought post-conviction relief (PCR), which was granted in part. Because Petitioner is intellectually disabled, the PCR court vacated Petitioner's death sentence and imposed a sentence of life without parole, a matter which is not before us. See Atk... More...
$0 (06-21-2016 - SC)United States of America v. Michael Yant
Columbia, SC - Lexington Man Sentenced for Mortgage Fraud<br> <br> Michael Yant, age 40, of Lexington, South Carolina, was sentenced in federal court in Columbia, South Carolina, for Wire Fraud, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343, in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme. United States District Judge Joseph F. Anderson, Jr., of Columbia sentenced Yant to five months of incarceration, to be follow... More...
$0 (02-08-2016 - SC)Lawing v. Univar
This case revolves around the packaging and labeling of sodium bromate, a chemical which contributed to a fire that occurred in a plant owned by Engelhard Corporation (Engelhard) in Seneca, South Carolina, in June 2004. At the time of the fire, Scott Lawing worked at Engelhard's Seneca plant as a maintenance mechanic.1 Engelhard produced a precious metal catalyst used in the automobile industry,... More...
$0 (12-05-2015 - SC)Stephens v. CSX Transportation
CSX maintains a railroad track in Hampton County, which passes through the town of Yemassee. At issue in this case is the passive-grade crossing at Hill Road near state Highway 68. The crossing has no active traffic-control devices such as lights or gates. Vehicle traffic is controlled by a stop sign, a stop line, and a cross-buck that is similar to a "Yield" sign as it is an X-shaped sign with t... More...
$0 (11-06-2015 - SC)Freeman v. J.L.H. Investments
Julie Freeman, individually and on behalf of 5,314 similarly situated car buyers, filed a lawsuit against J.L.H. Investments, LP, a/k/a Hendrick Honda of Easley ("Hendrick"), seeking damages under the South Carolina Dealers Act1 (the "Dealers Act") on the ground that Hendrick "unfairly" and "arbitrarily" charged all of its customers "closing fees"2 that were not calculated to reimburse Hendrick ... More...
$0 (11-06-2015 - SC)United States of America v. Chernoh A. Jalloh and Abraham B. Freeman
Greenville, SC - Two Plead Guilty to Credit Card Conspiracy<br> <br> Chernoh A. Jalloh, age 28, and Abraham B. Freeman, age 30, both of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pled guilty in federal court in Greenville, to a conspiracy to defraud, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1029(b)(2). United States District Judge Bruce Howe Hendricks, of Greenville accepted the pleas and will impos... More...
$0 (10-13-2015 - SC)United States of America v. Chernoh A. Jalloh
Columbia, SC - Two Plead Guilty to Credit Card Conspiracy<br> <br> Chernoh A. Jalloh, age 28, and Abraham B. Freeman, age 30, both of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pled guilty today in federal court in Greenville, to a conspiracy to defraud, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1029(b)(2). United States District Judge Bruce Howe Hendricks, of Greenville accepted the pleas and will ... More...
$0 (10-13-2015 - SC)Proctor v. Whitlark & Whitlark
Beginning in 1995, Proctor started gambling on video gaming machines at various restaurants and bars in Columbia, South Carolina. From 1999 to 2005, Proctor frequently gambled on video poker machines located in Rockaways and Pizza Man, which are operated by Whitlark & Whitlark, Inc. ("Whitlark"). Forest Whitlark and Paul Whitlark are part owners of Whitlark. At the time, Charlie E. Bishop and B... More...
$0 (10-13-2015 - SC)Latoya Brown v. Dick Smith Nissan, Inc
Shortly after graduating from college, Brown went to Dick Smith to buy a car and was assisted by Hiller. She informed him that she wanted to pay no more than $250 per month for a car payment. Hiller showed Brown pictures of preowned cars on his computer. Brown selected a Mazda 6 and Hiller prepared a buyer's order for the Mazda 6. He then directed Brown to the finance department. Brown talked ... More...
$0 (08-09-2015 - SC)Regions Bank v. Strawn
In 2006, Regions Bank brought a foreclosure action against Robert and Nancy Borchers seeking to foreclose on the property the Borchers purchased from Cammie Strawn in 2003. The Borchers counterclaimed seeking to recover damages from Regions Bank pursuant to section 29-3-3201 of the South Carolina Code based on the bank's failure to enter satisfaction of the mortgage within the three-month time per... More...
$0 (08-09-2015 - SC)Robert Cahaly v. Paul LaRosa, III
Robert C. Cahaly, a self-described Republican political consultant, was arrested for alleged violations of South Carolina’s anti-robocall statute. After the charges were dismissed, Cahaly filed suit, challenging the statute on three First Amendment grounds: as an unlawful regulation of speech, as impermissibly compelling speech, and as unconstitutionally vague. Cahaly also sought damages from th... More...
$0 (08-06-2015 - SC)Jone Doe 2 v. President John W. Rosa
Charleston, SC - Fourth Circuit affirms dismissal of claim against President of The Citadel for failing to act on report of sexual abuse of two minor boys<br> <br> The appellants in this consolidated appeal were the plaintiffs below, John Doe 2 and Mother Doe, on behalf of John Doe 2’s younger brother, Doe 3 (together, “the Does”).1 Beginning in 2005 and continuing through July or August 200... More...
$0 (07-28-2015 - SC)United States of America v. Salathiel D. Harrison
Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Salathiel D. Harrison, age 38, of Fountain Inn, South Carolina, has been sentenced in federal court in Anderson, to conspiracy to steal mail, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371. Senior United States District G. Ross Anderson, Jr. of Anderson sentenced Harrison to 27 months imprisonment. He a... More...
$0 (03-03-2015 - SC)United States of America v. Fabian Montes-Flores
Appellant Fabian Montes-Flores ("Appellantâ€) challenges his sentence of 46 months imprisonment, imposed as a result of his conviction pursuant to a violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326 for illegal reentry into the United States after being previously removed. In this appeal, Appellant argues the district court erred by employing the modified categorical approach to determine that his prior convic... More...
$0 (12-02-2013 - SC)Beau D. Cranford v. Hutchinson Construction
In this workers' compensation appeal, Beau Cranford (Cranford) challenges the Appellate Panel of the Workers' Compensation Commission's (Appellate Panel) findings that he was not entitled to temporary disability compensation, permanent partial disability compensation, and additional medical treatment for injuries he incurred while working for his employer, Hutchinson Construction (Hutchinson). Ad... More...
$0 (02-08-2012 - SC)Anthony H. v. Matthew G.
Matthew G. (Father) appeals the order of the South Carolina family court terminating his parental rights (TPR) to his minor child (Child) and granting Anthony H.'s (Stepfather) petition to adopt Child. Father argues the family court lacked jurisdiction to hear the child custody dispute because Georgia still had exclusive, continuing jurisdiction under the Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act (PKPA)... More...
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