Utah Bank Robbery 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)State of Utah v. Christiano Antonio Madison
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder and aggravated robbery. Christiano Antonio Madison, age 21, accused robbing and murdering a man of his marijuana.... More...
$ (02-10-2026 - UT)State of Utah v. Matthew Elton
Manti, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child abuse with serious physical injury. ¶1 Matthew Elton was charged with child abuse with serious physical injury, aggravated assault, burglary, robbery, and violating a protective order. Elton pleaded guilty to those charges and was sentenced to prison. While those charges had been pending, the court had issued a ... More...
$ (01-29-2026 - UT)State of Utah v. Ryan A. Williams
Washington County, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with first-degree felony aggravated robbery. Ryan A. Williams, 47, accused robbing a credit union.... More...
$ (01-09-2026 - 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. 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. Calvin Brantley; Lashawn Charleswell; Keaira Woods; Tiras Jack; Harold Oliver; Jevaunte Reese </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Allegedly Robbing an ATM of $200,000 </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Six People Indicted After Allegedly Robbing an ATM of $200,000</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returned an... More...
$0 (10-02-2024 - 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)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. 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. 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. Jason Grace </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a Credit Union Robbery.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> </h2></center></i><br> <br> <br> Jason Grace, 54, of St. George was sentenced to just over two years' imprisonment followed by three years supervised release after he admitted to a... More...
$0 (01-28-2024 - 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)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...
$0 (07-07-2023 - UT)United States of America v. Allison Marie Baver
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with two counts of making false statements designed to influence a bank, one count of money laundering, and one count of contempt.<br> <br> Allison Marie Baver, 42, of Taylorsville, Utah, submitted eight fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan applications for her company, Allison Baver Entertainment LLC (ABE). P... More...
$0 (06-30-2023 - UT)United States of America v. Chris E. McCormick
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with making false statements in a COVID-era Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan, and money laundering. <br> <br> In May 2020, in the District of Utah and elsewhere, Chris E. McCormick, 64, of Cottonwood Heights, illegally made false representations to Mountain America Credit Union to obtain approximately $266,000 in PP... More...
$0 (06-05-2023 - UT)United States of America v. Crystal A. Huang
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with devising a scheme intended to defraud investors and obtain money and property, under false pretenses, to benefit her company, ProSky Inc. <br> <br> Crystal A. Huang, 41, of Lehi, admitted she knowingly offered investments in her company, ProSky Inc., by providing false promises to potential investors. From February 20... More...
$0 (06-02-2023 - UT)State of Utah v. Shihab Wesaga
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with murder, four counts of felony discharge of a firearm and aggravated robbery, all first-degree felonies; obstructing justice and three counts of felony discharge of a firearm, all second-degree felonies; and four counts of felony discharge of a firearm, a third-degree felony.<br> <br> He is one of three people charged w... More...
$0 (05-19-2023 - UT)United States of America v. Lev Aslan Dermen, aka Levon Termendzhyan, Jacob Kingston, Isaiah Kingston, Rachel Kingston, and Sally Kingston
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with conspiracy to defraud the Government.<br> <br> From 2010 to 2018, Lev Aslan Dermen, age 56, conspired with Jacob and Isaiah Kingston, their mother, Rachel Kingston, Jacob Kingston's wife, Sally Kingston, and others, to fraudulently claim more than $1 billion in refundable renewable fuel tax credits. The IRS ultimatel... More...
$0 (04-10-2023 - UT)United States of America v. Sergio Sosa
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with tax evasion, conspiring to defraud the United States and obstructing the IRS's efforts to collect his tax debt.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/utah/news/saltlakecity/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Salt Lake City</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><br> </tab... More...
$0 (01-10-2023 - UT)United States of America v. Yofre Napoleaon Almonte
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyers represented to Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft in gas skimming scheme that took place in Utah and India.<br> <br> Yofre Napoleon Almonte, 49, a Salt Lake City resident was ordered to pay $199,122.18 in restitution, jointly and severally with his co-defendants by a United States District Court Judge.... More...
$0 (12-09-2022 - UT)United States of America v. Yofre Napolen Almonte
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with bank fraud and identity theft.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/utah/news/saltlakecity/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Salt Lake City</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><br> </table><br> Yofre Napoleon Almonte, 49, a Salt Lake City resident, , participated in a sc... More...
$0 (12-19-2022 - UT)United States of America v. Teresa Red Bird
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with child abuse in Indian Country.<br> <br> Teresa Red Bird admitted that on numerous occasions, she knowingly and intentionally hit a 14-year-old victim who was living with her and who was under her care; that she failed to ensure that the victim ate properly; and that she caused serious physical injury to the victim. Ocianna... More...
$0 (11-09-2022 - UT)United States of America v. Nan Ma
St. George, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with failing to file financial reports with the United States Treasury after bringing currency in excess of $10,000 back into the United States from China. <br> <br> Nam Ma, age 39, of Washington, Utah failed to report with the United States Treasury after bringing currency in excess of $10,000 back into the United States from ... More...
$0 (05-16-2022 - UT)United States of America v. Gaylen Dean Rust
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and securities fraud.<br> <br> Gaylen Dean Rust, age 62, of Layton, admitted that he was the owner and operator of Rust Rare Coin, Inc. (RRC) in Utah, from 2002 until 2018, and that he had previously worked as the manager of the business. Rust admi... More...
$0 (03-10-2022 - UT)State of Utah v. Theron Farmer
Ogden, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with aggravated attempted murder, aggravated robbery and obstruction of justice for shooting and killing 18-year-old Kamron Johnson.<br> <br> Theron Farmer, age 25, and Daniel Viegas-Gonzalez, age 30, were charged for killing Johnson during a drug deal.... More...
$0 (11-04-2021 - UT)United States of America v. Louis Hansen
Salt Lake City, UT: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with tax evasion and corruptly endeavoring to obstruct the IRS.<br> <br> In March 2012, Louis Hansen, of Orem, presented the IRS a $342,669.41 check he knew was drawn on a closed bank account, in a fraudulent effort to evade paying taxes, penalties and interest he owed for a number of years. In June 2012, Hansen presented 10... More...
$0 (11-02-2021 - UT)United States of America v. Louis Hansen
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with attempting to evade the payment of his federal income taxes and corruptly endeavoring to impair the administration of the internal revenue laws.<br> <br> According to the evidence presented at trial and other court documents, in March 2012, Louis Hansen, of Orem, presented a check to the IRS in the amount of $342,699.4... More...
$0 (08-13-2021 - UT)United States of America v. Hubert Ivan Ugarte and Lisa Bradshaw Rowberry
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants who were charged with unlawfully obtaining a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan for Frisbu Trucking, Incorporated, where they were both employed.<br> <br> Rowberry was sentenced to prison for a term of 12 months and a day last week in federal court. Her co-defendant, Hubert Ivan Ugarte, was sentenced to a term of 36 months i... More...
$0 (07-16-2021 - UT)United States of America v. Lisa Bradshaw Rowberry
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan fraud.<br> <br> Lisa Bradshaw Rowberry, 49, of Provo, was charged with Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan fraud. <br> <br> According to the plea agreement, Rowberry admitted to submitting a fraudulent loan application to Transportation Alliance Bank in Ogden, Utah, for PPP lo... More...
$0 (05-10-2021 - UT)United States of America v. Kent Sherman Crump
Salt Lake City, UT - Wire fraud criminal defense lawyer represented Kent Crump, 54, of Heber City, Utah, who was charged with wire fraud. <br> <br> Crump admitted that while he was working as the comptroller for Park City Dry Cleaning and Linen Corporation, that he defrauded the business out of $672,081 between 2012 and 2018. Crump admitted that he carried out the fraud by stealing a large portio... More...
$0 (01-04-2021 - UT)United States of America v. Christopher D. Hales
Salt Lake City, Utah wire fraud and money laundering crime criminal defense lawyer represented defendant.<br> <br> Christopher D. Hales, 39, of Lehi was charged with wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy in connection with a financial fraud scheme he and other co-conspirators devised while Hales was in a halfway house serving a sentence for another federal fraud case. The scheme r... More...
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