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Kim Sue Brown v. State of New York
Albany, New York, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking to recover damages for having been repeated raped while incarcerated. Reported by Kent Morlan Kim Sue Brown sued the State of New York seeking damages under the Asult Survivors Act seeking damages for alleged rape and sexual assault inflicted upon her while she was incarcerated at Albion Correctional Facility between 1995 and 2008. The verified claim was filed on November 21, 2023, and served on the Office of the
View VerdictState of New York v. Raymond A. Brinson
Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Official Misconduct (Class A misdemeanor). Reported by Kent Morlan In April 2025, the Erie County Clerk’s Office received a letter from the New York State Police to report that their Albany Office had received coupons for four firearms registered to a resident in Erie County who did not have a record of a pistol permit. The Erie County Clerk’s Office was unable to locate documentation for a pistol permit
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Israel Enden
Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bringing an alien to the United States. Reported by Kent Morlan Israel Enden, 46, a citizen of Israel, was born in the United States and physically resides in the State of Israel. In the early morning hours of January 8, 2026, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers encountered Enden driving a vehicle bearing Canadian license plates at primary inspection at the Rainbow Bridge Port of Entry. Enden was re
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Daniel Sikkema, aka Daniel Garcia Carrera
New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant who was charged with conspiracy to commit murder. Reported by Kent Morlan Daniel Sikkema, aka Daniel Garcia Carrera hired a hitman in Brazil to kill his huband, paying him $9,000. Amid contentious divorce proceedings with his then-husband, Daniel Sikkema used a burner phone line to callously order the killing of his husband in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Cornelius Shannon and Arturo Hernandez
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with with violating the TAKE IT DOWN Act. Reported by Kent Morlan Cornelius Shannon and Arturo Hernandez with violations of the TAKE IT DOWN Act, which was enacted one year ago and prohibits the nonconsensual publication of AI-generated digital forgeries (deepfake) pornography. Shannon and Hernandez allegedly posted thousands of images and videos that appeared to depict real people nude and/or engaging in sexual
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Elnar Zarbailov
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with health care fraud and money laundering. Reported by Kent Morlan Elnar Zarbailov, 42, of Staten Island, New York, and dual citizen of the United States and Azerbaijan, was a fixer and money launderer for the foreign-based Organization that spearheaded the largest health care fraud case ever prosecuted by the Department of Justice, as uncovered by Operation Gold Rush. The Organization, based in Russia and els
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Peter Gerace
Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, drug trafficking and defrauding the United States, along with witness tampering, maintaining a drug involved premises and bribing a public official. Reported by Kent Morlan Between 2005, and 2019, Peter Gerace, Jr., owned and operated Pharaoh's Gentlemen's Club. While doing so Gerace engaged in various criminal activity to include conspiring to distribute controlled su
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Edgar Sanchez-Solis
Plattsburgh, Nwe York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit alien smuggling. Reported by Kent Morlan Edgar Sanchez-Solis, 24, was a leader in an alien smuggling organization (ASO) while he was living illegally in Kansas City, Missouri. The ASO smuggled hundreds of aliens into the United States. Once the aliens were inside the U.S., the ASO employed drivers to pick them up and drive them further into the country. The defendant personally partic
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Bronx resident Lu Jianwang aka Harry Lu
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to act as an agent of China and obstruction of justice. Reported by Kent Morlan Lu Jianwang, aka "Harry Lu," age 64, of Brooklyn, New York, used a police station in New York City to target PRC dissidents in furtherance of the Chinese government’s political agenda. May today’s verdict send a message to other foreign agents – the FBI maintains its unwavering resolve to reveal and disrupt the
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Roderic Sage
New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States and the internal revenue service. By Kent Morlan Robert Sage helped U.S. taxpayers conceal more than $60 million in offshore accounts through a scheme designed to hide assets from the IRS. SAGE was the founder and CEO of a Hong Kong financial services firm. From in or about 2008 to in or about 2014, SAGE and his co-conspirators defrauded the IRS by concealing
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Malik Bromfield, Faizan Ali, and Kamal Salman
White Plains, New York, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with including smuggling from the United States, unlicensed dealing in firearms, transporting stolen firearms in interstate commerce, and unlawful possession of firearms. By Kent Morlan Malik Bromfield, 22, Faizan Ali, 25, and Kamal Salman, 22, were in a car that was stopped for a traffic violation. A large number of firearms were found in the car. The investigation involved New York State Police Troop
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Alan Christhofer , Michael Mejia-Nunez and Ennait Alexis Sirett-Padilla
Central Islip, New York, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with Hobbs Act armed robbery. By Kent Morlan Alan Christhofer Cedeno-Ferrer, age 27,, Michael Mejia-Nunez, age 29, and Ennait Alexis Sirett-Padilla, age 24, are accused working with others, to hijack a delivery truck that was parked outside of the Apple Store at the Americana Manhasset mall, as two workers were preparing to deliver Apple products to the store. The contents of the truck included more than
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Gannon Ken Van Dyke
New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with restriction of futures trading to contact markets unlawfully use of nonpublic confidential government information for personal gain, embezzlement or larcenby by an employee of the Unite States Government and wire fraud. Gannon Ken Van Dyke, a U.S. Army special forces soldier, is accused of "betting" $33,034 on the Trump Administration operation to invade Venezuela and capture Maduro on the predication platf
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Jamar Jackson
Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. On June 29 2020, Jamar Jackson and his co-conspirators submitted a fraudulent application for an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) through the Small Business Administration for a business that he supposedly owned. The defendant and his co-conspirators knew that the EIDL application contained materially false and fraudulent pretenses, representations and promises. The applicat
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Stephen Gullotti
Albany, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with stealing and converting to his own use an FBI patrol car in the parking lot of the FBI’s Albany Field Office on April 10, 2026. Stephen Gullotti climbed the fence surrounding FBI Albany in the late evening of April 9, 2026. While on FBI property, Gullotti got into an unlocked FBI GMC truck in the parking lot and drove it around the secure parking lot, moving between parking spots and attempted to leave the prem
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Jared Solomon
New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud, identity theft, and bank fraud. Beginning in 2009, Jared Solomon, a Vornado leasing agent, created fake commercial real estate broker companies. Over approximately the next fourteen years, SOLOMON lied to his then-employer, Vornado Realty Trust, by claiming that brokers were owed broker fees or construction reimbursement expenses on certain commercial real estate deals that he worked on. In fact, n
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Alain Bibliowicz Mitrani
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud and money laundering. From approximately 2020 to 2024, the Alain Bibliowicz Mitrani, a resident of Miami, Florida and a citizen of France and Colombia, led a scheme to launder more than $300 million, much of which represented drug proceeds belonging to drug cartels such as the Sinaloa Cartel and other transnational criminal organizations. The defendant was a co-owner and chief executive of a company cal
View VerdictState of New York v. Armando Octaviano and Jonny Octaviano
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with murder. Armando Octaviano, 25, of Virginia and Jonny Octaviano, 25, of Sunset Park, Brooklyn, were accused of killing a 21-Year-Old man. According to the evidence, the murder was the result of a conspiracy that began when Jonny Octaviano, while incarcerated on Rikers Island for a separate crime, met an inmate who helped form an alliance between a Brooklyn gang the defendants were associated with and a Manh
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Amit Forlit
New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit computer hacking, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud. Amit Forlit, 58, of Israel, a private investigator is accused of running in global hacking for hire organization that targeted environmental activists.
View VerdictUnited States of America et al v. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. et al.
New York City, New York, lawyers represented the parties in an anti-trust case. The Plaintiffs alleged that Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary possessed harmful monopoly over big concert venues. "Live Nation Entertainment owns, operates, controls booking for or has an equity interest in hundreds of venues. Its subsidiary Ticketmaster is widely considered to be the world’s largest ticket-seller for live events. Its lawyers did not immediately comment as they left the courthouse,
View VerdictState of New York v. Victoria Afet
Syracuse, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first degree murder. Victoria Afet, the 23-year-old murderer of a 93-year-old Syracuse woman.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Delos Thurston
Syracuse, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with money order fraud. Delos Thurston, age 27, of Clinton, New York, admitted that between April 2025 and January 2026, while he was employed as the Postmaster of the Morrisville, New York, Post Office, he fraudulently issued 179 money orders for his own benefit without paying for them, and in so doing stole $118,088.19 from the United States. First Assistant United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III stated: ďż˝
View VerdictState of New York v. Michael Bellevue
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with armed robbery. Michael Bellevue, 26, of Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Michael Bellevue, 26, of Crown Heights, Brooklyn. He stopped by the same bodega 20 minutes before the robbery and purchased a black ski mask he wore during the robbery. on January 15, 2024, the defendant purchased multiple items, including a black ski mask, from a bodega at 401 Schenectady Avenue in Crown Heights, where he was recognized by t
View VerdictState of New York v. Eduardo Diaz
New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempted Assault in the First Degree. “Eduardo Diaz has been held accountable for committing a vicious shooting against his former boss which recklessly spilled onto a public city street,” said District Attorney Bragg. “This attack significantly injured the victim who is still recovering to this day. Combatting gun violence is our top priority, and we will not tolerate the use of firearms to harm fe
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Leah Mathieu
New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer Peter Brill represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Leah Mathieu is a correction officer employed by the DOC and a member of the United States Navy Reserve. He repeatedly made false representations and provided forged documentation, including purported military orders, to the DOC falsely claiming that she was on state active duty with the New York Naval Militia and therefore entitled to leave from her employment with the DOC. Based
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Akeem Chambers, a/k/a “Luca,” Jonathan Vazquez, a/k/a “Chulo” and “Clutch,” and Jerell Shaw, a/k/a “Rells” and “Rells Fargo
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, murder, attempted murder, assault, murder conspiracy, kidnapping, robbery, robbery conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy, mortgage fraud conspiracy, and money laundering. Akeem Chambers, also known as “Luca,” Jonathan Vazquez, also known as “Chulo” and “Clutch,” and Jerell Shaw, also known as “Rells” and “Rells Fargo,” were accused of racketeering, rack
View VerdictState of New York v. Rex Heuermann
Riverhead, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant accused of murder. Rex Heuermann, a 62-year-old architect based in Massapequa, accused for killing seven women and discarding their remains on a stretch of Long Island, New York. In all, he was accused of killing seven people: Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, Amber Costello, Jessica Taylor, Valerie Mack and Sandra Costilla.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Kris Roglieri
Albany, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud conspiracy committed in connection with the operation and collapse of his purported commercial lending business, Prime Capital Ventures, LLC. Kris Roglieri, age 46, of Queensbury, New York, admitted that he operated Prime Capital Ventures, LLC (“Prime Capital”) and, between mid-2022 and January 2024, conspired with others to fraudulently obtain tens of millions of dollars from Prime Capital’s cli
View VerdictState of New York v. Carlos Aguilar Reynoso
Riverhead, New York, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with sexually assaulting a 5-year-old girl. Carlos Aguilar Reynoso, 27 was babysitting a 5-year-old girl while her mother was at work on Feb. 1, and violently raped the toddler leaving her bleeding and suffering from internal injuries,
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Jose Francisco Cardoso Tehovnik
Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engaging in activities relating to material containing child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2251A.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Jade
Albany, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assaulting an officer or employee of the United States. Jade Dunckle, age 31, was accused of assaulting a federal officer. On September 17, 2025, members of the New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force and the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision visited the defendant’s Cohoes residence in search of a fugitive felon to be arrested. While members of the Task Force searc
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Jean Ronald Tirelus, Roberto Samedy. Edouardo St. Fort, and Miguel Jorge
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with embezzling more than $1.3 million from a Brooklyn-based non-profit organization that provided home care services and operated homeless shelters in New York City. Jean Ronald Tireless was the former chairman of the organization’s board of directors, and Samedy was the executive director of the organization. Samedy, Edouardo St. Fort and Miguel Jorge for their roles in a related scheme in which Tirelus an
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Renata Supina-Saltus
New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Renata Supina-Saltus, an employee of the Republic Croatia ran a long-running fraud scheme in which she fabricated invoices to embezzle approximately $750,000. “Renata Supina-Saltus held a position of trust as member of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Croatia to the United Nations,” said HSI Acting Special Agent in Charge Michael Alfonso. “She’s alleged today to have absolute
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Michael Brown
New York, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of wire fraud. Michael Brown, the CEO of a nationwide online marketing scheme to make money by posting fake advertisements for rental properties across the United States on a classified advertisements website. The purpose of the scheme was to fraudulently induce potential renters to enter their credit card information on credit monitoring websites owned by BROWN an
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Raymond Elders
White Plains, New York, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with manufacturing illegal explosive devices. Raymond Elders accused of manufacturing and possessing suspected improvised explosive devices in his apartment in White Plains and detonating them on a residential street.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Nicole Daedone
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to fore labor. Nicole Daedone, the founder and former Chief Executive Officer of OneTaste, Inc. (OneTaste), a sexual wellness education company founded in San Francisco, California, was accused of engaing in a conspiracy to force labor. “This case exposed a decade-long scheme in which the defendants used psychological, emotional, and financial coercion to control their victims and extract labo
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Herberth Rodriguez and Elias Martinez Villanueva
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of ammunition as an alien admitted under a non-immigrant visa, attempted murder in aid of racketeering, and racketeering. Herberth RodrĂguez, also known as “Kepa,” and Elias MartĂnez Villanueva, also known as “Rebelde,” both members of the transnational street gang 18th Street, were indicted with murder in-aid-of racketeering and related firearms offenses for their participation in the Nove
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Maximiliano Davila Perez
New York, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with participating in a cocaine-importation conspiracy and a related weapons offense. Maximiliano Davila Perez, the former director of olivia’s chief anti-narcotics law enforcement agency, Fuerza Especial de Lucha Contra el Narcotráfico (“FELCN”) and was extradited to the United States from Bolivia in December 2024. “Maximiliano Davila Perez wielded extraordinary power as Bolivia’s top countern
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Robert W. Lederhilger
New York City, New York criminal defense lawyers Roger Marion, Max Nicholas. Reed Keefe and Sarah Stein represented the Defendant charged with mail fraud. Robert Lederhilger stole millions of dollars from tens of thousands of small businesses, $180 at a time. Lederhilger thought his large scale, small sum fraud would go undetected. He was wrong. Stealing $5 million $180 at a time got him 73 months. Fraudsters like him should beware. This Office and our law enforcement partners will work t
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Solomon Lichtenstein
White Plains, New York, criminal defense lawyer Steve Yurowitz represented the Defendant charged with securities fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud investors in two investment vehicles he managed and promoted. Solomon Lichtenstein, age solicited and received millions of dollars from friends, relatives, and members of his community on the back of false statements and misrepresentations regarding his investment qualifications and strategy, track record, and returns,” said U.S.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Tal and Oren Alexander
New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with sex trafficking. Alon, Oren, and Tal Alexander conspired to repeatedly lure, drug, and rape young women. The Defendants were in the real estate business in New York and regularly closed multimillion-dollar real estate business. More than 30 witnesses were all by the Government to prove that the Defendants were sex predators.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Asif Merchant, a/k/a “Asif Raza Merchant”
New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to commit an act of terrorism transcending national boundaries and murder for hire. Asif Merchant was a trained operative of the Iranian government’s global terrorist force, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Merchant admitted at trial that the IRGC sent him to the United States to arrange for political assassinations and steal documents, but law enforcement foiled the plot before an
View VerdictState of New York v. Timothy D. Berry
Amherst, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. On or about Friday, September 27, 2024, and Friday, October 4, 2024, Timothy D. Berry, 36, of Williamsville, knowingly and intentionally stole money from the organization, which was collected through a social media fundraiser to support the group’s Hurricane Helene relief efforts. The defendant transferred donated money from a PayPal account to his personal bank account, which he used for unauthorized p
View VerdictState of New York v. Daniel Richter
Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interstate domestic violence and making threats. Between December 24, 2023, and March 27, 2024, Daniel Richter, 47, of Middle Island, NY, sent hundreds of threatening and sexual emails via the internet to Victim 1’s personal email address. He threatened not only Victim 1, but members of her family as well. For instance, over a two-day period in February 2024, Richter sent over 50 email messages to Victim 1’
View VerdictState of New York v. Roger McDonough
Albany, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Criminally Negligent Homicide. Roger McDonough's pit bull terriers attacked and killed a man in October 2024 has been sentenced to a state prison term. Albany Police were called on Oct. 9. 2024, to a rear yard at 594 Central Ave. for a report of dogs attacking a man. Police responded and found 59-year-old James Provost severely injured from bite wounds and internal injuries. In an attempt to stop the attack, o
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Aly Kaba
Albany, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud. In late 2020, Aly Kaba, age 30, of New Rochelle, New York, conspired with his former roommate, Tony Brobbey, and fraudulently obtained unemployment insurance benefits from the New York State Department of Labor worth more than $150,000. To make the fraudulent unemployment insurance claims, Kaba used multiple stolen identities, including victims named J.F and J.M. and two men who
View VerdictState of New York v. Kashawn Croswell
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree manslaughter, Kashawn Croswell, 28, of East New York, Brooklyn. caused a fatal crash in Downtown Brooklyn after driving over 60 miles per hour, running three red lights and slamming into another vehicle, killing a 21-year-old woman and injuring three others. After running the third light at Court Street and Atlantic Avenue at a speed of 62 miles per hour, the defendant T-boned a westbound vehic
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Sherry Xue Li
Central Islip, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to defraud the United States. Sherry Xue Li was accused of money laundering conspiracy and conspiracy to defraud the United States by obstructing the Federal Election Commission’s (FEC) administration of campaign finance laws. Li orchestrated a nearly decade-long scheme to defraud investors out of more than $30 million through a fictitious developmen
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Matthew Halstead
New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sex Trafficking of a Child and Sex Trafficking. Matthew Halstead, age 32, was accused of sex trafficking and sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy. “Sex trafficking evolves with technology, and traffickers increasingly rely on social media and anonymous messaging applications,” said District Attorney Bragg. “Matthew Halstead trafficked this child with the help of those tools, and further used them
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Joshua Schuster
New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and securities fraud. “Joshua Schuster promised to use investor funds to develop real estate projects throughout our City,” said U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton. “Schuster instead constructed a fraud, stealing more than $13 million from his investors in order to fund his lifestyle and pay off earlier investors in a Ponzi-like fashion. Fraud in the Real Estate market costs all New Yorkers, includ
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