Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant who was charged with:

18:371 CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD THE UNITED STATES; 18:981(a)(l)(C) and 28:2461 Intent to Seek Forfeiture
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18:371 and 641 CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD THE UNITED STATES Conspiracy to Convert, Sell, Convey, and Dispose of Government Property; 18:981(a)(l)(C) and 28:2461 Intent to Seek Forfeit... More...    $0 (07-13-2025 - UT)

Salt Lake City, Utah, Los Angeles, California, and Mimai, Florida lawyers represented the defedant charged with attempt and conspriacy to commit mail fraud.

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. ... More...    $0 (07-09-2025 - UT)

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud More...    $0 (07-11-2024 - UT)

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second degree murder in Indian Country.

18:1111 and 1153(a) MURDER, SECOND DEGREE Murder in the Second Degree While Within Indian Country
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18:924(c)(1)(A)(iii) VIOLENT CRIME/DRUGS/MACHINE GUN Use, Carry, and Discharge of a Firearm During and In Relation to a Crime of Violence; 18:924(d) and... More...    $0 (08-29-2023 - UT)

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with telemarketing fraud.

Charles Robert Brewer, aka “Robert Brewerâ€� or “Scott Brewer,â€� 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 furtheran... More...    $0 (08-03-2023 - UT)

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with distributing large quantities of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and marijuana in St. George.

Angel Rubio-Quintana, 42, of St. George, Utah, was first discovered by agents in March 2020, after learning that an individual in St. George was receiving large amounts of methamphetamine from a Mexican cartel. During an ... More...    $0 (07-27-2023 - UT)

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.

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)

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with convicted felon with allegedly attempting to sell a firearm to an undercover officer and for possessing multiple firearms.

On June 20, 2023, Eric Donald Johnson, 25, of Layton, Utah, communicated via social media with an undercover officer assigned to the Wasatch Metro Drug Task Force (WMDTF), that he had mult... More...    $0 (06-28-2023 - UT)

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.

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)

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with multiple counts of extortion and cyberstalking a Utah victim and her family.

Jordy Julian Alvarez, 28, a Texas resident, repeatedly harassed and intimidated the female victim to provide an explicit video or he would release to the public compromising photos and videos of the victim already in his possession. ... More...    $0 (05-09-2023 - UT)

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with conspiracy to defraud the Government.

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 ultimat... More...    $0 (04-10-2023 - UT)

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with violating the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act.

Michael Earl Yellow, 56, of Goulding, Utah was indicted for violating the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, and for possessing a firearm after being convicted of a felony offense.

According to court documents, Yellow pleaded guilty to the unauth... More...    $0 (06-09-2022 - UT)

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.

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)

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and securities fraud.

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)

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with drug trafficking and money laundering.

Joseph “Norte Joeâ€� Gomez, the lead defendant in a large-scale 32 defendant federal indictment, was with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and conspiracy to launder money. All thirty-one members and associates of the Norteños street gang responsible for distri... More...    $0 (12-14-2021 - UT)

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with wire fraud.

Ryan R. West, 45, of Logan, was charged with defrauding numerous individuals involved in his business venture investment schemes. West previously pled guilty in August of 2021 to four counts of wire fraud connected to his fraudulent schemes. In total, West defrauded his victims of a cumulative am... More...    $0 (12-10-2021 - UT)

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with charged with wire fraud and money laundering.

Attorney Calvin Curtis, 61, of Salt Lake City, pleaded guilty in federal court today to two counts involving wire fraud and money laundering for his role in embezzling at least $9.5 million dollars from clients of his estate planning law firm based in Salt Lake C... More...    $0 (11-18-2021 - UT)

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.

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)

Salt Lake City, Utah Lacey and Endangered Species Act violation charges criminal defense lawyer represented Jean-Michel Arrigona, 58, of Midvale, who was charged with unlawfully importing wildlife into the United States and reselling it from the Natur store in Midvale, which he owns. Arrigona admitted that he imported approximately 1,500 wildlife items from 2015 to 2020. He only declared three of ... More...    $0 (05-27-2021 - UT)

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants who were charged with telemarketing fraud.

Marc Tager, Jonathon Shoucair, Matthew Mangrum, and Kenneth Gross were charged for their roles in an eight million dollar telemarketing fraud scheme that promised investors, most of them elderly, that their business could extract gold from dirt.

Tager, Shoucair, and Man... More...    $0 (05-20-2021 - UT)

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan fraud.

Lisa Bradshaw Rowberry, 49, of Provo, was charged with Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan fraud.

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)

St. George, Utah wire fraud charge criminal defense lawyer represented Dedandant, Kurt Bauer, age 57, who was charged with three counts of wire fraud and two counts of falsely impersonating U.S. government employees in connection with an advanced-fee scheme.

Between 2011 and 2020, Bauer created a fraudulent scheme where he told his victims that he was entitled to hundreds of millions of d... More...    $0 (03-07-2021 - UT)

Salt Lake City, Utah possession of child pornography criminal defense lawyer represented defendant who was charged with possession of child porn.

Timothy James Hallows, age 62, of Kaysville, was charged with possession of child pornography

Local authorities arrested Hallows on Oct. 16, 2019. Federal prosecutors filed a Felony Information in May 2020 charging him with possession ... More...    $0 (11-29-2020 - UT)

Salt Lake City, UT - possession of child pornography criminal defense lawyer represented defendant.

Timothy James Hallows, age 62, of Kaysville, was charged with being in possession of child pornography.

Local authorities arrested Hallows on Oct. 16, 2019. Federal prosecutors filed a Felony Information in May 2020 charging him with possession of material containing an image of c... More...    $0 (11-20-2020 - UT)

Salt Lake City, Utah wire fraud and money laundering crime criminal defense lawyer represented defendant.

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...    $0 (10-18-2020 - UT)

In November 2009, Benjamin Rettig and Martin Bond traveled from Vernal, Utah, to the home of Kay Mortensen in Spanish Fork, Utah.1 Mortensen owned a large supply of firearms that were located in a “bunker” behind his home. Bond and Rettig traveled to his home with the intent to steal some of his firearms. The two entered Mortensen’s home with a handgun while wearing ski masks and latex gloves. The... More...    $0 (11-26-2017 - UT)