Utah Bank Fraud Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jawuan Donte Thomas </h2> </center>
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2113(a). 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> Jawuan Donte Thomas attempted to rob a bank ATM in Riverton, Utah. Thomas admitted that prior to the attempted robbery, he and tw... More...
$ (07-13-2026 - UT)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jevaunte Reese </h2> </center>
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank rubbery by force or violence in violation of 18 U.S.C.2113(a). 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 September 11, 2024, Taylorsville Police Department and special agents from the FBI responded to the Mounta... More...
$ (06-18-2026 - UT)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Christopher J. Ashby, et al. </h2> </center>
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with mail and wire fraud. 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> Christopher J. Ashby, age 52, and others participated in a nationwide scheme to defraud victims out of more than $30 million by inducing them to invest in N... More...
$ (05-18-2026 - UT)United States of America v. Benedicta Okunlola
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Benedicta Okunlola, 32, of Salt Lake City, used her position as a Merchant Growth Specialist to issue 2,343 prepaid gift cards to herself, her online art business, and family members. In her role, she had access to her company’s credit card for marketing promotions and incentives and was the only... More...
$ (02-10-2026 - UT)<H2> United States of America v. Rodney Quinn Rupe
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted to steal more than $2 million in tax credits and wire fraud. On April 15, 2022, Rodney Quinn Rupe, 47, of Syracuse, Utah, an employee of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, accessed the IRS systems and moved tax credits in the amount of $2,021,986 from ExxonMobil’s taxpayer account to a taxpayer acco... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - UT)<H2> United States of America v. Muna Abdi
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conversion of government funds. From November 1, 2021, to about June 30, 2024, Muna Abdi, 36, a Somali national living in Millcreek, Utah, converted funds from the United States Social Security Administration (SSA) for her own benefit. The SSA, who was not aware of Abdi’s mother’s death, continued to dispe... More...
$ (01-05-2026 - UT)<H2> United States of America v. Halee Ann Mehlbauer
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraudulently obtained approximately $177,030 in COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loans, along with her codefendant, Timothy Lopez, which they did not qualify for. She was also sentenced to two years’ supervised release and ordered by the court to pay $177,030 in restitution, of which $48,507 is to be ... More...
$ (12-23-2025 - UT)<H2> United States of America v. Terry Lynn Reynolds
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire and mail fraud. Beginning on or about November 8, 2004, and continuing to about June 13, 2025, Terry Lynn Reynolds, 69, of West Jordan, Utah, allegedly executed a scheme to assume the identity of Person 1, who received disability income from a private insurance policy (Company 1) and Social Security benefi... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - UT)<H2> United States of America v. Todd Harold Cooper
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with armed bank robbery.<br> <br> In 2003, a jury convicted Cooper of armed bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113. At sentencing, the government sought a life sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3559(c), the three strikes provision. Relevant here, § 3559(c) mandates a life<br> sentence if the defendant "is conv... More...
$0 (11-19-2025 - UT)United States of America v. Lev Aslan Dermen
Salt Lake City, Utah, Los Angeles, California, and Mimai, Florida lawyers represented the defedant charged with attempt and conspriacy to commit mail fraud.<br> <br> this case concerned an alleged conspiracy, fraud, and money laundering operation orchestrated from 2012 to 2018 by Mr. Dermen, Jacob Kingston, Isaiah Kingston (Jacob Kingston's brother), and other co-conspirators. Specifically, Mr. De... More...
$0 (07-09-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Matthew Acquah </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Defrauding Utah Credit Unions </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Bank Fraud Ringleader, "Scamdaddy,†Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding Utah Credit Unions </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Matthew Acquah, 24, of ... More...
$0 (04-01-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Robert Buckley Hardy </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant indicted with Bank Robbery </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Utah Man Accused of Bank Robbery in Custody</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Utah man was indicted by a federal grand jury in Salt Lake City after he allegedly robbed t... More...
$0 (02-18-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Tiffany Ann Bright </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Stealing Veteran Disability Benefits </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Utah Woman Sentenced for Stealing Veteran Disability Benefits </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Tiffany Ann Bright, 39, of Washington, Utah, was se... More...
$0 (02-13-2025 - UT)Melynda Vincent v. Pamela J. Bondi
Salt Lake City, Utah civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sought to invalidate 18 U.S.C. 922(g(1).<br> <br> Ms. Melynda Vincent sued the Attorney General, claiming that the<br> Second Amendment entitles her to possess firearms. We rejected this claim<br> and dismissed the action. Vincent v. Garland, 80 F.4th 1197, 1200–02 (10th<br> Cir. 2023). But the Supreme Court vacated our... More...
$0 (02-11-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Aaron A. Wagner </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Defrauding Investors and Lenders </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Utah Businessmen Indicted for Defrauding Investors and Lenders Millions of Dollars</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A federal grand jury in Salt Lake... More...
$0 (11-12-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Toddorius Goodwin </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Check Fraud Scheme </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Georgia Man Sentenced to Prison for Engaging in a $200,000 Check Fraud Scheme in Utah</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Toddorius Goodwin, 34, of Atlanta, Georgia, ... More...
$0 (11-12-2024 - UT)Untied States of America v. Sequoia Corbitt
<h2><br> Salt Lake City, Utah conspiracy to commit bank fraud criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> 18 U.S.C. 1349: Any person who attempts or conspires to commit any offense under this chapter shall be subject to the same penalties as those prescribed for the offense, the commission of which was the object of the attempt or conspiracy.<br> <br> 18 U.S.C. 1344: Whoever k... More...
$0 (10-18-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Nicholas Frank Sciotto </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Selling 120,000 Fake COVID-19 Vaccination Record Cards </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Utah Fraudster Sentenced for Selling 120,000 Fake COVID-19 Vaccination Record Cards</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> The lead defenda... More...
$0 (10-10-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Hillary Brown </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fraudulently Obtaining Disability Benefits </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Pilates Instructor Sentenced After Fraudulently Obtaining Disability Benefits</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Hillary Brown, 41, of Taylors... More...
$0 (09-30-2024 - Ut)United States of America v. Mason Warr
<h2><br> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States.<br> </h2><br> <br> CEO Mason Warr, 37, of Vineyard, and managing partner Zachary Bassett, 39, of Provo, as well as their company, which does business under the name 1099 Tax Pros, were accused of engaging in a conspiracy to defraud the U.S., wire fraud and filing f... More...
$0 (10-01-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Thomas Fairbanks </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Failing to Appear in Court While on Supervised Release </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Convicted Felon Sentenced for the Second Time in One Year After Failing to Appear in Court While on Supervised Release</h2></center></b></b> </h2... More...
$0 (09-25-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Austin K. Weilacher </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Odometer Fraud </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> South Salt Lake Residents Sentenced for Odometer Fraud</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Austin K. Weilacher. age 22, and Porter R. Hamblin, age 20, of South Salt Lake Ci... More...
$0 (08-29-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Ryan Palmer </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Defrauding Farmers Out of $1.2M </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Fraudster Sentenced to 50 Months' Imprisonment After Defrauding Farmers Out of $1.2M</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Ryan Palmer's change of plea hea... More...
$0 (08-25-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Giuseppe Mirenda </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with defrauding the COVID-19 Relief program </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Utah Restaurant Owner Sentenced to Federal Prison for COVID Fraud</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Giuseppe Mirenda, 29, of Salt Lake City, Uta... More...
$0 (08-15-2024 - UT)United States of America v. Murphy Hollis </center
<h2><br> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank robbery by force or violence in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2113.<br> </h2><br> ... More...
$0 (08-09-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Gordon Hunter Pedersen </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Selling Unproven COVID-19 Cure </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Fake Doctor Selling Unproven COVID-19 Cure is Sentenced to 36 Months</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A United States District Court Judge sentenced a... More...
$0 (07-30-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Clinton Chukudi Uchendu </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Romance Scammer </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Convicted Romance Scammer Sentenced to 28 Months' Imprisonment</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Clinton Chukudi Uchendu, 26, of Dunwoody, GA, was sentenced to over two... More...
$0 (07-23-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Chad Leon Sayers </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Cheating Investors Out of $10M </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Smartphone Fraudster Sentenced to 29 Months' Imprisonment After Cheating Investors Out of $10M</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Utah businessman was ... More...
$0 (07-15-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Timothy Andrew Nemeckay </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Wire Fraud Scheme </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Park City Businessman Sentenced to 12 Months' Imprisonment for $1.7M Wire Fraud Scheme</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Timothy Andrew Nemeckay, 64, of Park City, U... More...
$0 (07-11-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Timothy Andrew Nemeckay </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud </font <Timothy Andrew Nemeckay, 64, of Park City, Utah, was sentenced yesterday to 12 months' and one day imprisonment, and 24 months supervised release. In September 2023, Nemeckay admitted to wire fraud, which involved misappropriating approximately $1.7 millio... More...
$0 (07-11-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Bradford Leland Fishback </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fraudulently Receiving Over $685,000 in COVID-Relief Funds </font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i><br> </b> St. George Businessman Sentenced to 29 Months' Imprisonment for Fraudulently Receiving Over $685,000 in COVID-Relief Funds </h2></center... More...
$0 (05-14-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Thomas Lynn Syddall </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> <br> Billings, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with defrauding Montana employer. </font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i><br> </b> Utah man sentenced to 21 months in prison for defrauding Montana employer, $700,000 restitution ordered </h2></center><br> <br> Thomas Lynn Syddall, 50, of American... More...
$0 (05-13-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Sharon Lee Ann Gordon </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Embezzled From HOA.</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><br> <br> Sharon Lee Ann Gordon, 66, of Hurricane, Utah, was sentenced to 12 months and one day of home detention, and three years' probation as a result of a guilty plea for stealing over $230,000 from an HOA during h... More...
$0 (04-08-2024 - ut)<h1> United States of America v. Chad Leon Sayers </h1>
<b><h2><center><i><font color="red"> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Wire Fraud.</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><br> <center><i></b> Midvale Man Found Guilty of Wire Fraud While on Pretrial Release, Sentenced to 41 Months' in Prison </h2></center></i><br> <br> A U.S. District Court Judge sentenced Chad Leon Sayers, 59, of Mi... More...
$0 (03-18-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Matthew Ambrose Baker </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Wire Fraud and Committing New Crimes While on Pretrial Release.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> Defendant committed fraud while serving a home prison sentence in a 2019 federal fraud case, and then committed new crimes while on release in ... More...
$0 (02-09-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Nelly Idowu </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being an Online Romance Scam .</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> From 2017 to 2019, Nelly Idowu, 39, of Provo, Utah, participated in an online romance scheme that involved creating fake online dating profiles to befriend and romance victims. Idowu, and her c... More...
$0 (01-30-2024 - UT)United States of America v. Crystal A. Huang
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with securities fraud.<br> <br> From February 2015 through February 2020, Crystal A. Huang, 41, of Lehi, Utah, offered investments in her company, ProSky Inc., by providing false promises and information to potential investors. In June, Ms. Huang admitted that she devised a scheme intended to defraud investors and obtai... More...
$0 (09-06-2023 - UT)United States of America v. Charles Robert Brewer, aka “Robert Brewer†or “Scott Brewer"
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with telemarketing fraud.<br> <br> Charles Robert Brewer, aka "Robert Brewer†or "Scott Brewer,†59, of Manhattan Beach, California, joined a telemarketing conspiracy that spanned several states, including the District of Utah, and caused millions of dollars in losses between June 2016 to February 2017. In furth... More...
$0 (08-03-2023 - UT)Jamie Kilgore and B.E. v. Easternseals-Goodwill Northern Rocky Mountain, Inc.
Salt Lake City, Utah civil litigation lawyers represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendant on a breach of contract theory for damages sustained as a result of a data breach.<br> <br> <br> This case is a proposed class action pertaining to a data breach of Plaintiffs' work email accounts in 2021. Plaintiffs worked for a job skill training non-profit company, Defendant Easter-Seals-Goodwill, which had ... More...
$0 (07-18-2023 - UT)Steven B. Flint v. Gary Dale Armstrong, Kenny Pecora and United States Mounted Shooting, LLC
Salt Lake City, Utah civil litigation lawyers represented plaintiff who sued Defendants ona breach of contract theory.<br> <br> <br> Plaintiff Steven Flint sued Defendants Gary Armstrong and Kenny Pecora for allegedly breaching a purchase agreement. Flint also included United States Mounted Shooting, LLC (USMS) as a Nominal Defendant for purposes of a declaratory judgment claim only. Before the co... More...
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