Utah Internal Revenue Law
<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. Mountazar Altalibi and Jaafar Altalibi
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing Alpha-yrrolidinohexanophenone, commonly referred to as “Alpha PHP,” or “bath salts. Mountazar Altalibi, 36, of Salt Lake County, Utah, and Jaafar Altalibi, 44, both of Salt Lake County, were charged with distributing Alpha-Pyrrolidinohexanophenone, commonly referred to as “Alpha PHP,” or ... More...
$ (01-09-2026 - 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)United States of America v. Taylor Nelson Pinder
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of meth and felony possession of a hand gun.<br> About midnight on April 30, 2021, Deputy Colton Brimhall of the<br> Wasatch County (Utah) Sheriff's Office observed a speeding car and pulled<br> it over. A man (later identified as Mr. Pinder) was driving the car, and a<br> woman (later identified as Sier... More...
$0 (11-26-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Oluwole Adegboruwa </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Dealiing </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Convicted Dark Web Drug Dealer Sentenced to 360 Months' Imprisonment</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Oluwole Adegboruwa, 54, of Las Vegas, Nevada, the main defendant and ma... More...
$0 (11-15-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Oluwole Adegboruwa </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with dark web drug trafficking operation </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Convicted Dark Web Drug Dealer Sentenced to 360 Months' Imprisonment</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Oluwole Adegboruwa, 54, of Las Vegas, Nevada... More...
$0 (11-14-2024 - 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. Joe Robert Rael </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Utah Based Drug Trafficking Ringleader Sentenced to 240 Months' Imprisonment</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Joe Robert Rael, 55, of Salt Lake City was sentenced to 2... More...
$0 (07-23-2024 - 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. Leallen Blackhair </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Extortion .</font </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> Uintah Basin Man Sentenced to 18 Months' Imprisonment for Extortion </h2></center><br> <br> Leallen Blackhair, 47 of Utah, was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment, three years' supervised relea... More...
$0 (04-22-2024 - 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)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)Evan Cragun v. Boomsourcing, et al.
Salt Lake City, Utah consumer law lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) violation relating to Restrictions of Use of Telephone Equipment. <br> <br> Boomsourcing helps companies increase revenue by growing their customer base, managing customer care, and providing back office support.<br> <br> The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) is... More...
$0 (08-29-2023 - 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)United States of America v. Angel Rubio-Quintana
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with distributing large quantities of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and marijuana in St. George.<br> <br> 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)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)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)Jeffrey Hall v. Val Brown, et al.
Salt Lake City, Utah personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants claiming that they violated his civil rights.<br> <br> <br> Plaintiff Jeff Hall sues Salt Lake Police Department Officers Val Brown and Kevin Murray and the City of Salt Lake, asserting that Officers Brown and Murray deprived him "of his rights protected under the First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the ... More...
$0 (08-29-2022 - UT)Cynthia Stella v. Davis County
Salt Lake City, Utah civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a prisoner civil rights violation wrongful death theory.<br> <br> Cynthia Stella, individually and on behalf of The Estate of Heather Miller, deceased, sued Davis County Utah on a 1983 prisoner civil rights theory claiming that Heather Miller died as a direct result of deliberate indifference.<br> <br> <br> Ms. ... More...
$0 (07-26-2022 - UT)United States of America v. Xlear and Nathan Jones
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with a felony.<br> <br> <br> Defendants move to amend their Answer for two reasons. First, Defendants seek to add "scientific support for the statements at issue in this litigation.†(ECF No. 22 p. 2.) Second, Defendants "wish to clarify that they are raising a First Amended / retaliation defense.†Id. Plaintiff... More...
$0 (07-08-2022 - UT)United States of America v. Daniel Fry
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with failing to pay and account for trust fund taxesrelated to his four healthcare related businesses in the Ogden area. <br> <br> Daniel Fry, age 46, of Ogden, owned and operated four businesses in the Ogden area. These businesses were Burch Creek Homecare and Hospice LLC, which closed in 2015, Scrub World, which closed in... More...
$0 (04-15-2022 - 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)Conrad Truman v. Orem City, et al. </h1>
Conrad Truman sued state prosecutor Craig Johnson and various Orem City<br> police officers for violating his civil rights by fabricating evidence that was used<br> against him in a murder prosecution. Mr. Truman was prosecuted twice for the<br> murder of his wife. According to Mr. Truman's complaint, the prosecution<br> knowingly falsified measurements of the murder scene to rule out the possibil... More...
$0 (06-04-2021 - UT)United States of America v. Lev Aslan Dermen
Salt Lake City, UT - The United States of America charged Lev Aslan Dermen with conspiracy to wrongfully claim renewable fuel tax credits.<br> <br> A federal jury in Salt Lake City convicted California businessman Lev Aslan Dermen, also known as Levon Termendzhyan, of criminal charges Monday afternoon relating to a $1 billion renewable fuel tax credit fraud scheme.<br> <br> The convictions were an... More...
$0 (03-20-2020 - UT)United States of America v. Robert Lee Holloway
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/ephox_images/slcCourthouse-blurred-large_1396391063940.jpg"><br> </center><br> A jury convicted Robert Holloway in federal district court of four counts of wire<br> fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343 and one count of submitting a false tax return in<br> violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7206. The district court sentenced Holloway to 225 months’... More...
$0 (09-20-2019 - UT)United States of America v. Joan Osborn
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/ephox_images/slcCourthouse-blurred-large_1396391063940.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> In Sell v. United States, 539 U.S. 166, 169, 180–81 (2003), the Supreme Court<br> outlined a demanding four-part test that, if satisfied, allows the government to<br> forcibly medicate a mentally ill but nonviolent criminal defendant “to render that<br> def... More...
$0 (04-23-2019 - Ut)United States of America v. Mary Carol S. Johnson, et al.
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/ephox_images/slcCourthouse-blurred-large_1396391063940.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> The three consolidated appeals currently before this court involve an action<br> brought by the Government to collect unpaid federal estate taxes. In Appeal No.<br> 17-4083, the Government appeals from the district court’s determination that its<br> state-law... More...
$0 (03-29-2019 - UT)Larry Drake Hansen v. Salt Lake City Corporation
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/ephox_images/slcCourthouse-blurred-large_1396391063940.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Larry Drake Hansen, proceeding pro se, appeals the district court’s judgment<br> dismissing his civil rights action under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) and its order denying<br> his post-judgment motion under Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(a) and (b). Exercising jurisdiction<... More...
$0 (03-05-2019 - UT)Dorinda Lauer v. Commissioner, Social Security Administration
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/all/themes/ca10/assets/img/bwch-front.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Dorinda Lauer appeals pro se from the district court’s order affirming the<br> Commissioner’s decision denying her application for Social Security disability and<br> Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits. She applied for these benefits in<br> February ... More...
$0 (11-20-2018 - UT)Charles Payan v. United Parcel Services; Charles Martinez
Charles Payan appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of<br> United Parcel Service (“UPS”) in relation to his claims for racial discrimination and<br> retaliation arising under Title VII and 42 U.S.C. § 1981, as well as his state law claims<br> for breach of contract and breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing.<br> Exercising jurisdiction pursuant to 28... More...
$0 (10-10-2018 - UT)United States of America v. R. Gregory Shepard and Neldon Johnson and RaPower-3, LLC
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/ephox_images/slcCourthouse-blurred-large_1396391063940.jpg"><br> </center><br> Salt Lake City, UT - Federal Court Orders Tax Scheme Promoters to Disgorge $50 Million in Gains From Fraudulent Solar Energy Tax Scheme<br> <br> Court also permanently bars defendants from facilitating and promoting scheme<br> <br> <br> A federal court in Salt Lake ... More...
$50000000 (10-09-2018 - UT)James Morden v. XL Specialty Insurance
This appeal concerns an assigned claim on a liability-insurance policy. Belsen<br> Getty, LLC, a registered investment adviser owned by Terry Deru, obtained a claimsmade<br> financial-services-liability policy (the Policy) from XL Specialty Insurance<br> Company covering Belsen Getty and its advisers for the period from October 9, 2010, to<br> October 9, 2011. Under the policy, XL had no duty to d... More...
$0 (09-11-2018 - UT)Marcia Eisenhour v. Weber County, et al.
Plaintiff Marcia Eisenhour worked for 24 years as a court administrator for the Weber County Justice Court. In 2008, when her supervisor was Judge Craig Storey, the only judge of that court, she complained to the county attorney about sexual harassment by Storey. The matter was referred to Utah’s Judicial Conduct Commission, which found no misconduct. Eisenhour then went public in 2009, and the ... More...
$0 (07-30-2018 - UT)United States of America, ex rel. Gerald Polukoff v. St. Marks Hospital, et al.
This is a qui tam action alleging violations of the False Claims Act (“FCA”), 31<br> U.S.C. §§ 3729–33, involving fraudulent reimbursements under the Medicare Act, 42<br> U.S.C. §§ 1395–1395ccc. Plaintiff Gerald Polukoff, M.D., is a doctor who worked with<br> Defendant Sherman Sorensen, M.D. After observing some of Dr. Sorensen’s medical<br> 3<br> practices, Dr. Polukoff brought this... More...
$0 (07-10-2018 - UT)Xlear, Inc. v. Focus Nutrition, LLC
Xlear, Inc. and Focus Nutrition, LLC are both in the business of selling<br> sweeteners that use the sugar alcohol xylitol. Xlear filed a complaint raising a trade<br> 2<br> dress infringement claim under the Lanham Act, a claim under the Utah Truth in<br> Advertising Act (UTIAA), and a claim under the common law for unfair competition.<br> The claims all alleged that Focus Nutrition copied the pa... More...
$0 (06-30-2018 - UT)United States of America v. James Douglas Hayes
A jury convicted James Hayes of several offenses related to distributing<br> methamphetamine, and the district court sentenced him to 20 years in prison. Hayes<br> appeals only his sentence. He argues the district court erred by sentencing him<br> within the enhanced range for defendants with a prior felony drug conviction, and by<br> not affording him the opportunity to speak on his own behalf be... More...
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