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United States of America v. Dequan Mitchell

Sacramento, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. Digested 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> Dequan Mitchell, 23, of Vallejo, murdered a man. While on probation for that crime, investigators discovered Mitchell was involved in posting a firearm for sale in an illicit gun trafficking application. When police searched Mitchell’s mothe

United States of America v. Sangsoo Kim

San Francisco, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry following removal in violation of 8 U.S.C. 1326 and false use of a passport in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1543. Digested 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> Sangsoo Kim, 56, a national of South Korea, admitted that in 2020, he was convicted of a felony fraud offense and was deported as a result of that c

United States of America v. Olof Kyros Gustafsson aka “El Silencio"

Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud. Digested 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> Olof Kyros Gustafsson, 32, a.k.a. “El Silencio,” was the CEO of Escobar Inc., a corporation registered in Puerto Rico that held successor-in-interest rights to the persona and legacy of Pablo Escobar, the deceased Colombian narc

United States of America v. Andrea Nicole Doherty

San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with defrauding customers of her former Porsche restoration and resale business and pocketing more than $827,000. Digested 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> Andrea Nicole Doherty, 38, admitted that she took over CPR Classic from her father after his death in 2021. Doherty did business as CPR Classic, which was never regist

The People of the States of California v. Daniel Flores

Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with wrongfully eavesdropping on or recording confidential communications. Digested 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> Daniel Flores, accused of making recordings made in 2024, when he was working in a unit of the Los Angeles Police Department, of officers making racist and other inappropriate statements.

United States of America v. Michael Stamp and Marcus Plank

San Francisco, California, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with securities fraud. Digested 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> Michael Stamp and Marcus Plank accused of exploitation of their employer’s confidential information allowed them to make more than $300,000 in illegal profits. exploitation of their employer’s confidential information allowed them to make more than

State People of the State of California v. Carlos Reales Dominguez

Woodland, California, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with two counts of second-degree murder. Digested 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> Carlos Reales Dominguez, age 23, was accused of stabbing two people to death near the University of California, Davis, in 2023.

United States of America v. Scott Allen Simpkins

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with obstructing a federal investigation. 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> Scott Allen Simpkins, 34, of Brea, was a deputy assigned to LASD’s Lakewood Station and worked for LASD’s Special Enforcement Bureau and SWAT team. He also worked approximately six to eight shifts as a private security guard for Saave

United States of America v. Manuel Rubin Perez

Sacramento, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute meth. 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> Between April and July 2018, Manuel Ruben Perez, 40, of Orland, California, worked with others to sell methamphetamine and heroin in and around Orland. During this time, Perez sourced methamphetamine from Southern California and sold it in Nor

United States of America v. Guramrit Sidh

Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise in violation of 21 U.S.C. 848(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> from September 2020 to February 2023, Sidhu led an organization responsible for trafficking drugs from the U.S. into Canada for distribution. From September 13, 2022, to October 24, 2022, Gur

United States of America v. Jeremiah Manuyag Flores

San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with depriving another of rights under color of law in violation of 18 U.S.C. 242, and falsification of records in a federal investigation in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1519. 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> Former San Diego County Sheriff’s Deputy Jeremiah Manuyag Flores used excessive force that caused a spinal

The People of the States of California v. David Bradshaw

San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault with a semiautomatic firearm (Pen. Code,[1] § 245, subd. (b)), assault with a firearm (§ 245, subd. (a)(2)), and shooting at an occupied motor vehicle (§ 246). 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> The People charged Bradshaw with attempted murder (§§ 664, 187, subd. (a); count 1), kidnapping (§ 207,

United States of America v. Gilberto Barron

Fresno, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud in violaition of 18 U.S.C. 1349, money laundering in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1956, and aggravated identity theft in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1028A. 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> Gilberto Barron, 26, formerly of Delano and Las Vegas, and others conspired with federal inmate Seth De

United States of America v. Daniel Damato

Oakland, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud in violaiton of 18 U.S.C. 1343. 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> Daniel Damato engaged in a wire fraud scheme in which he knowingly sold counterfeit sports memorabilia and attempted to obstruct the FBI’s investigation into his criminal conduct. United States District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olgu

United States of America v. Lucinda Jane Weist Manera, “Lucy Weist”

Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with helping her convicted fraudster boyfriend hide from federal law enforcement, hide out in Mexico, and then later flee to his native Germany to avoid incarceration and sentencing in his U.S. criminal case. 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> Lucinda Jane Weist Manera, 63, a.k.a. “Lucy Weist” assisted Bernha

United States of America v. Randal Vance, Rebecca Vance and Keir Ceballos-Rivera

San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to employ or use minors to violate the Controlled Substances Act – Title 21, U.S.C., Sections 841, 846, and 861(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> Randal Vance the ringleader of the conspiracy, pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to use a minor to produce and distribute a controlled sub

R.K.C. v. Google, et al

Los Angeles, California, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a tort theory claiming that they defendants intentionally designed game that addict him. R.K.C. v. Google, a 15-year-old plaintiff sued YouTube (owned by Google), claiming its platform is designed to be addictive and caused him mental health harms. Google recently settled this lawsuit. However, R.K.C. continues to sue other social media companies, with that trial scheduled for July in Los Angeles. Key De

The People v. Gene Evin Atkins

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted murder. 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> Gene Atkins, age 36, was charged with attempting to murder hs grandmother and girlfriend prior to a standoff at a Silver Lake Trader Joe’s where he held shoppers hostage inside for more than three hours. “On July 21, 2018, Gene Atkins went on a trail

United States of America v. Daniel Chartraw

Sacramento, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant accused of 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> Daniel Chartraw, 53, formerly of South Lake Tahoe and Lodi, engaged in a wide-ranging series of fraudulent schemes involving cryptocurrency companies, sham business ventures, and false investment guarantees that caused substantial financial losses to numerous vic

United States of America v. Richard Tillman

San Jose, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with malicious destruction of government property by fire (arson). 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> Richard Tillman, 45, was indicted by a federal grand jury on August 7, 2025. Tillman pleaded guilty to one count of Malicious Destruction of Government Property by Fire in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 844(f)(1) on Febr

United States of America v. United States and State of California ex rel. Jason Vellen v. Circle Medical Care of California, Circle Medical Technologies, Inc., Dr. Nicole Tsang, D.O, and George Favvas

San Francisco, California, qui tam lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a violation of the False Claims Act. 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> Circle Medical Care of California operates an online telehealth platform through which it offers mental health treatment and primary care medical services through contract providers, including nurse practitioners and physician assistants located through

United States of America v. Joyce Turner

Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraudulently obtaining FEMA disaster relief money. 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> Joyce Turner, 56, of Rosharon, Texas, submitted a fraudulent disaster benefits application to FEMA, falsely claiming she lived in Pasadena in a rental property that had been damaged by the Eaton Fire. In fact, Turner did no

United States of America v. Victor Hugo Villalobos Almazan and Nayeli Noemi Montoya Rodriguez

San Diego, California criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with bank 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> Victor Hugo Villalobos Almazan and his wife, Nayeli Noemi Montoya Rodriguez, Mexican nationals entered the United States on tourist visas. They posed as legitimate property owners and used fraudulent documents to sell real estate they did not own to unsuspecti

the People of California v. Alex Demolle

Oakland, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charge with first-degree murder. 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 July 23, 1999, 11-year-old Jaquita Mack went missing.1 Her body was discovered the next day on a hillside in Oakland. Two weeks later, defendant Alex Demolle confessed to raping and strangling Jaquita. After hearing this confession and other evidence

United States of America v. Oladapo Olagbemi

San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aiding an assisting in the preparation of false income tax returns. 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> Oladapo Olagbemi, age 72, of San Diego, prepared false Schedules 1, C, and E accompanying his client’s individual income tax returns between at least 2020 and 2023. He prepared returns that reported false

The People v. Nick Pasqual

Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted murder and forcible rape. 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> Actor Nick Pasqual was accused of first-degree residential burglary and multiple counts of injuring a spouse, cohabitant, fiance's, boyfriend, girlfriend or child's parent. He allegedly stabbed his ex-girlfriend Allie Shehorn 20 times.

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with battery and threatening to kill a stranger on the Third Street Promenade. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new"> Nay Min Tar, date of birth January 7, 1977, allegedly was driving on Broadway near the Third Street Promenade when he stopped in traffic and began yelling threats at pedestrians through his car window. He then alleged

United States of America v. Jose Manuel Perez

Los Angeles, California, pro se defendant defended himself without the help of a lawyer charged with smuggling goods into the United States. 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> Jose Manuel Perez, 34, of Oxnard, and other co-conspirators smuggled wildlife into the United States from Mexico and elsewhere, including Hong Kong, without obtaining the permits required by the Convention on Internationa

United States of America v. Philip Frederick Camino

Santa Ana, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit 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"> Philip Frederick Camino, 46, of Culver City, California, submitted and caused to be submitted false and fraudulent applications to the United States Small Business Administration (SBA) and banks for PPP and EIDL loans. In these applications, Camino made

United States of America v. Kenneth Iwamasa

Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute ketamine resulting in death and serious bodily injury. 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> Kenneth Iwamasa, 61, of Toluca Lake, was a live-in personal assistant was sentenced today to 41 months in federal prison for obtaining and repeatedly injecting Perry with ketamine, including t

United States of America v. Violetta Mailyan

Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and attempted obstruction of criminal investigation of heath care cases. Reported by Kent Morlan Glendale Doctor Violetta Mailyan, age 45, was accused of submitting more than t$45 million in bogus claims to Medicare for Botox injections that were medically unnecessary or never provide and using falsified documents to attempt to obstruct an investigation.

United States of America v. Hector Perez

Sacramento, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Reported By <a href=”https://www.morelaw.com/about” target=”_new”>Kent Morlan</a> Hector Perez, age 35, of Stockton, California, and his brother Flavio Perez, 30, of Stockton, carried out a fraudulent scheme targeting invoice factoring companies. Invoice factoring is a financial service that provides immediate cash flow to a busine

United States of America v. Donald Do

San Francisco, California, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act by trafficking and false labeling logger head turtles in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 and aiding and abetting the violation of the Act. Reported by By <a href=”https://www.morelaw.com/about” target=”_new”>Kent Morlan</a> Donald Do, of Daly City, California and a California accomplice attempted to export 292 loggerhead musk turtles to Taiwan. Do’s co-consp

United States of America v. Zaid Gitesatani

Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with committing a hate crime in violation of 18 U.S.C. 249(a)(1) . Reported By <a href=”https://www.morelaw.com/about” target=”_new”>Kent Morlan</a> Zaid Gitesatan, age 28, of Carlsbad, California, assaulted a Jewish man. “The defendant’s conduct, if proven, is a serious violation of the law – every American deserves to live without fear of violence based on who he is or how he worships,”

United States of America v. Sydney Johnson and Brandon Marion

San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with illegally importing 27 protected parrots and parakeets in a modified spare tire in the trunk of a car. Reported by Kent Morlan Sydney Johnson, age 27, of Santee and Brandon Marion, age 38, of Temecula tried to sneak 11 orange-fronted parakeets (Eupsittula canicularis) and 16 white-fronted Amazon parrots (Amazona albifrons) , which are protected under the Endangered Species Act, 18 U.S.C. 545. The maxim

United States of America v. Tyler Robert Buchanan

Santa Ana, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. From September 2021 to April 2023, Tyler Robert Buchanan, 24, of Dundee, Scotland, and other individuals conspired to conduct cyber intrusions and virtual currency thefts. The victims and intended victims included interactive entertainment companies, telecommunications companies, technology companies, business process outsourcing (BPO) and inform

United States of America v. Jeanett Valenzuela Ayub

San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to launder millions of dollars of health care fraud proceeds. Jeanett Valenzuela Ayub, age 51, of Chula Vista,m California, and her co-conspirators billed Medicare nearly $51 million for bogus prescriptions and were paid approximately $20 million, ultimately laundering at least $14 million dollars of Medicare proceeds and paying $3.7 million in unlawful kickbacks. On April 7, the Department of

State of California v. Alflya Zuckerman, Rubein Tamrzaian, Valie Muradkhanyan, Ararat Chirkinians

Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with aggravated white-collar crime, presenting a false insurance claim and destroying insured property. Alfiya Zuckerman, 39, of Valley Village and Ruben Tamrazian, 26, Vahe Muradkhanyan, 32, and Ararat Chirkinian, 39, all of Glendale, were charged with multiple felonies including aggravated white-collar crime, presenting a false insurance claim and destroying insured property. The Defendants were accused

State of California v. David Burke, aka D4vd

Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder. David Burke, aka D4vd, age 21, is suspected of killing a 14-year-old girl whose decomposed body was found last year in his apparently abandoned Tesla that was towed from the Hollywood Hills.

United States of America v. Tae Miyaji Jones

Santa Ana, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with embezzlement. Tae Miyaji Jones, 50, of Huntington Beach, was an account manager for her employer in Garden Grove. In this role, her responsibilities included administering the company’s accounting and financial operations. She had access to and control of the company’s financial systems, corporate accounts, and records and had check-signing authorities on the company’s bank accounts. Without her emp

United States of America v. Wong Kim Ark

The Chinese Exclusion Acts denied citizenship to Chinese immigrants. Moreover, by treaty no Chinese subject in the United States could become a naturalized citizen. Wong Kim Ark was born in San Francisco to parents who were both Chinese citizens who resided in the United States at the time. At age 21, he returned to China to visit his parents who had previously resided in the United States for 20 years. When he returned to the United States, Wong was denied entry on the ground that he was not a

United States of America v. Marvin Mutch

Sacramento, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and one count of being a felon in possession of ammunition. in May 2025, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at Marvin Mutch’s residence. Inside his residential office, officers seized various electronic devices containing tens of thousands of depictions of the sexual exploitation of children. Some of these images included depicti

United States of America v. Andy Clay Cruz

San Francisco, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and one count of failure to appear before a court as required by conditions of release. Andry Cruz, 40, who previously resided in Oakland, was initially charged by complaint on Oct. 11, 2023, and by indictment on October 25, 2023, on drug charges. On November 6, 2023, Cruz was released on bond. Around February 2024, Cruz a

United States of America v. Guramrit Sidhu

Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Distribute and to Possess with Intent to Distribute Controlled Substances, Conspiracy to Export Controlled Substances, and Continuing Criminal Enterprise. From September 13, 2022, to October 24, 2022, Guramrit Sidhu, 62, of Brampton, Ontario, Canada, orchestrated the distribution of eight separate drug loads, totaling approximately 523 kilograms (1,153 pounds) of methamphetamine and 347 kilog

The People v. Chang

Vasalia, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempt murder of peace officer (multiple cts), flee pursuing officer's vehicle; assault w/ firearm on peace officer (multiple cts); possess body armor by felon.

United States of America v. Steven Terrell Lewis

San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted coercion and enticement of a minor and attempted sex trafficking. Steven Terrell Lewis of El Cajon, was convicted by a federal jury on May 2, 2025. According to evidence presented at trial, on April 22, 2024, as the 14-year-old victim was walking to a friend’s house after school around 3 p.m. in El Cajon, Lewis used his vehicle to block her path on the sidewalk, exited his vehicle and snatched he

Kaley G.M. v. Instagram and YouTube

Los Angeles, California personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a tort theory claiming she was addicted to the defendants' website by design. Kaley, G.M., age 20, claimed that she got "hooked" on YouTube and Instagram in grade school. Jurors were charged with determining whether the companies acted negligently in designing their products and failed to warn her of the dangers.

United States of America v. Jimmy Fu

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with operating an unlicensed transmitting business. Jimmy Fu, 64, of West Hills, California, operated an unlicensed money transmitting business and had $689,697.09 in various accounts as a result. Since in or around November 2022, law enforcement began investigating two online pharmacies believed to be operating in India that advertised controlled substances for sale and distributing misbranded and counterfe

United States of America v. Anar Rustamov

San Francisco, California, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with large scale fraud. Anar Rustamov, age 38, formerly of Sunnyvale, California and a national of Azerbaijan, was part of a scheme to submit thousands of fraudulent claims to Medicare Advantage Organizations (“MAOs”) on behalf of unsuspecting beneficiaries for medical equipment such as blood glucose monitors and orthotic braces. The indictment alleges that Rustamov, from October 2024 through June 2025, e

Giuseppe Pampena, et al. v. Elon R.Musk

San Francisco, California, commercial litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiffs on a class action securities fraud theory. Lead Plaintiffs Steve Garrett, Nancy Price, John Garrett, and Brian Belgrave (“Plaintiffs”) bring this securities class action against Defendant Elon Musk (“Defendant”) on behalf of all persons and entities who sold Twitter, Inc. (“Twitter”) stock from May 13, 2022 to October 4, 2022 (the “Class Period”). Plaintiffs argue that Defendant violated Se