Utah Health Care Fraud Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Pitshou Yunga Kafuku </h2> ,<center>
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with check fraud. <center><h2> <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/*/lawyers/*/criminal_defense.asp"target="_new"><h2>Click Here For The Best * Criminal Defense Lawyer Directory</h2></a></font></center> Pitshou Yunga Kafuku, 43, of Millcreek, Utah, ran a check fraud scheme between 2022–2025, stealing upwards of $... More...
$ (08-03-2026 - 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)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)J.H., A.H. v. Anthem Blue Cross Life and Health Insurance Company
Salt Lake City, Utah employment law lawyers represented the parties in an employment welfare-benefit plan dispute.<br> <br> J.H. participated through her employer in an employee welfare-benefit plan (the Plan) fully insured by Anthem Blue Cross Life and Health Insurance Company.<br> <br> Her son, A.H., was a beneficiary.1 After Plaintiffs sought benefits for A.H.'s yearlong stay at a mental-health... More...
$0 (05-21-2025 - UT)United States of America v. James Weston Fawcett
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of child pornography.<br> <br> In 2023, Fawcett pleaded guilty to distributing child pornography. The Presentence Investigation Report (PSR) calculated a total offense level of 34 under § 2G2.2 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines (U.S.S.G. or the Guidelines), a criminal history category of I... More...
$0 (04-21-2025 - 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. 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. Robert Anthony Monsen </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fraudulently Collecting Disability Benefits </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Utah Man Sentenced to Prison After Fraudulently Collecting Over Half a Million Dollars in Disability Benefits</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <b... More...
$0 (12-17-2024 - 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)G.F. v. Aetna Life Insurance, et al.
<h2><br> Salt Lake City, Utah Employee Retirement Incomes Security (E.R.I.S.A.) lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) is a federal law that protects the retirement assets of American workers and sets minimum standards for certain employer-sponsored plans: <br> <br> Retirement plans<br> <br> ERISA requires plans to provide partic... More...
$0 (10-09-2024 - 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. 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)<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)L.L. V. Anthem Blue Cross Life and Health Insurance, et al .
<font color="red"><h2><br> Salt Lake City, Utah employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on an E.R.I.S.A. law theory.<br> </font </color="red"></h2><br> <br> The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) is a federal law that sets minimum standards for most voluntarily established retirement and health plans in private industry to provide protection for individuals i... More...
$1 (06-14-2024 - UT)Leanne Crowe v. SRR Partners, et al.
<font color="red"><h2><br> Salt Lake City, Utah civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on an Americans with Disabilities Act Violation theory.<br> </font </color="red"></h2><br> <br> 42 U.S.C. 12101 provides:<br> <br> The Congress finds that—<br> (1) physical or mental disabilities in no way diminish a person's right to fully participate in all aspects of society, yet many ... More...
$1 (06-14-2024 - 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)Johanna Lorentzen v. Samuel Christiansen, D.O., et al.
Salt Lake City, Utah personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a medical malpractice theory claiming $10 million in damages.<br> <br> Utah Code section 78B-3-412 mandates that the patient provides each health care provider with 90 days' notice of the intent to file a lawsuit before an injured patient is able to file a medical malpractice suit. This notice is required to include... More...
$1 (04-19-2024 - 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)Patrick S. v. United Behavioral Health, et al.
Salt Lake City, Utah labor law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on E.R.I.S.A.: Employee Retirement labor law theories.<br> <br> The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) is a federal law that sets minimum standards for most voluntarily established retirement and health plans in private industry to provide protection for individuals in these plans.<br> <br... More...
$0 (01-30-2024 - UT)Robert D. v. Anthem Blue Cross, et al.
Salt Lake City, Utah labor law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on E.R.I.S.A.: Employee Retirement Law theories.<br> <br> The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) is a federal law that sets minimum standards for most voluntarily established retirement and health plans in private industry to provide protection for individuals in these plans.<br> <br> ... More...
$0 (01-30-2024 - UT)<h1> STATE OF UTAH v. ALAVINA FUNGAIHEA FLORREICH </h1>
From 1998 to 2009, Alavina Florreich was the nanny for <br> Alex and his siblings. Florreich is a Tongan immigrant, and Alex <br> and his siblings were the homeschooled children of a Jewish <br> rabbi. <br> ¶3 When Alex was eight years old, Florreich was watching a <br> movie with Alex and his younger siblings one day when Alex <br> began giving her a shoulder massage. While doing so, Alex <br> s... More...
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