Burlington, Vermont criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with knowingly acquiring and possessing hydromorphone tablets and solutions by fraud and deception in violation of 21 U.S.C. 842(a)(3).

While employed as a pharmacy manager of the CVS located in Berlin, Vermont, Brian Thomas Badgley, age 37, of Waterbury, Vermont, tampered with a bottle of Hydromorphone oral solution by... More...    $0 (11-01-2022 - VT)

Burlington, Vermont criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with conspiring to acquire controlled substances by fraud and theft in connection with healthcare.

According to Court records, Cox formerly was an employee at a dental practice in St. Albans, Vermont. Between April and November 2016, Cox conspired with another employee to generate fake prescriptions for controlle... More...    $0 (12-22-2021 - VT)

Burlington, Vermont criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with conspiracy to obtain drugs by fraud or theft.

Lindsey Cox, 37, of Swanton, Vermont, was sentenced on December 20, 2021 in United States District Court in Burlington, Vermont. Cox previously had pleaded guilty to conspiring to acquire controlled substances by fraud and theft in connection with healthcare.More...    $0 (12-22-2021 - VT)

Rutland, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with bank fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1334(1).

Giovanni Joseph, 34, formerly of Dix Hills, New York, was with one count of bank fraud.

According to court records, Joseph presented stolen checks at five banks around central Vermont in March of 2020. The checks had been stolen from U.S. Postal Service mai... More...    $0 (12-12-2021 - VT)

Burlington, Vermont civil litigation lawyers represented Defendant charged with fraud.

General contractor J.A. McDonald, Inc. (“JAMâ€�), headquartered in Lyndon Center, Vermont, has agreed to pay $637,500.00 to the United States and the State of Vermont to resolve allegations that JAM violated the federal False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729, and the Vermont False Claims Act, 32 V.S.A. Â... More...    $637000 (11-29-2021 - VT)

Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit fraud.

William Stenger, 72, of Newport, Vermont, was charged with one felony count of knowingly and willfully submitting false documents to the Vermont Regional Center (“VRCâ€�) in connection with his involvement in the Jay Peak Biomedical Research Park EB-5 investment project, also calle... More...    $0 (08-13-2021 - VT)

Rutland, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit fraud.

William Kelly, 72, of Weston, Florida, was charged in two felony counts in connection with his involvement in the Jay Peak Biomedical Research Park EB-5 investment project, also called the AnC Vermont project.

Kelly pleaded guilty to conspiring with co-defendants Ariel Quiros... More...    $0 (06-11-2021 - VT)

Burlington, Vermont witness tampering charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Mack Stevens, 46, of Bridgeville, Pennsylvania, was charged with one count of attempting to obstruct a federal investigation into the relationship between Mr. Mack’s former employer, Practice Fusion, Inc., and Purdue Pharma LP, the seller of extended release opioid products, including OxyContin.
More...    $0 (03-12-2021 - VT)

Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to sex trafficking.

In May 2019, a federal jury convicted Folks of five counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, one count of sex trafficking of a minor, one count of operating an unlawful prostitution business enterprise, four counts of distributing heroin, one count of possessing her... More...    $0 (10-01-2020 - VT)

Rutland, VT - The United States of America charged Randall Swartz with mail fraud.

Randall Swartz, 59, of Orleans, was sentenced to 48 months of imprisonment following his guilty plea to a charge of mail fraud. Chief Judge Geoffrey Crawford also ordered that Swartz serve three years of supervised release following completion of his prison term and pay restitution in the amount of $452,55... More...    $0 (12-12-2019 - VT)

Rutland, VT - Debra Bluto Pleads Not Guilty To Social Security Fraud

Debra Bluto, 64, of St. Albans Bay, pleaded not guilty today in United States District Court in Burlington to charges that she defrauded the Social Security Administration. U.S. Magistrate Judge John M. Conroy released Bluto on conditions pending trial, which has not been scheduled.

On October 24, a federal gra... More...    $0 (11-13-2018 - VT)

Rutland, VT - Two Nigerian Men Sentenced For Spearphishing Email Scheme

Two Nigerian men were sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Geoffrey Crawford for their role in a conspiracy to steal personal financial information from employees of local governments, including the State of Vermont. Earlier this month, Eneye Dania, 31, of Nigeria was sentenced to a 17-month term of impris... More...    $0 (09-01-2018 - VT)

Manchester, VT - Katie Stygles Sentenced For Defrauding Bradford Employer

Katie Stygles, 29, of Piermont, New Hampshire, was sentenced on August 9, 2018 in United States District Court in Rutland to five years of probation following her guilty plea to a charge of credit card fraud. Chief U.S. District Judge Geoffrey Crawford also ordered that Stygles pay restitution totaling $71,583. More...    $0 (08-12-2018 - VT)

Daniel Burgess Imprisoned For Securities Fraud

The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Daniel Burgess, 51, of Stowe, was sentenced in United States District Court in Rutland to 24 months of imprisonment following his guilty plea to a charge of wire fraud. Chief U.S. District Judge Geoffrey Crawford also ordered that Burgess serve a three-year term of supervis... More...    $0 (06-21-2018 - VT)

Defendant William Schenk was charged with two counts of
disorderly conduct, in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 1026(a)(1), in connection with the distribution of
Ku Klux Klan recruitment flyers in the City of Burlington. For each count, the State charged that
the penalty should be enhanced under 13 V.S.A. § 1455 because the crime was hate-motivated.
Defendant appeals the trial cour... More...    $0 (06-11-2018 - VT)

Defendant William Schenk was charged with two counts of
disorderly conduct, in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 1026(a)(1), in connection with the distribution of
Ku Klux Klan recruitment flyers in the City of Burlington. For each count, the State charged that
the penalty should be enhanced under 13 V.S.A. § 1455 because the crime was hate-motivated.
Defendant appeals the trial cou... More...    $0 (05-05-2018 - VT)

Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Pays $1,655,000 To The United States And State Of Vermont To Resolve Allegations Of False Claims Act Violations

The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont announced today that Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, Inc. (BMH) has paid $1,655,000 to the United States and the State of Vermont to resolve civil claims that BMH violated the federal Fa... More...    $1655000 (03-01-2018 - VT)

Burlington, VT - Katie Stygles Pleads Not Guilty To Defrauding Bradford Employer

The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Katie Stygles, 29, of Piermont, New Hampshire, pleaded not guilty today in United States District Court in Burlington to federal fraud charges. U.S. Magistrate Judge John M. Conroy released Stygles on conditions pending trial, which has not... More...    $0 (10-26-2017 - VT)

Burlington, VT - New Jersey Man Sentenced to Six Months of Incarceration and $10,000 Fine for Hiring Twelve Unauthorized Aliens

Sanjay Gupta, 51, of Fords, New Jersey, was sentenced yesterday for illegally hiring twelve unauthorized aliens to work at his company, Doon Technologies located in Iselin, New Jersey. U.S. District Judge J. Garvan Murtha sentenced Gupta to a six-month term of in... More...    $24000 (09-11-2017 - VT)

Burlington, VT - Brandon Woman Sentenced for Medicaid Fraud

Misti Baker, 36, of West Rutland, Vermont, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford for healthcare fraud. Judge Crawford sentenced Baker to time served plus two years of supervised release and ordered her to pay $77,306.57 in restitution.

According to court records, between 2012 and 2015, ... More...    $0 (03-06-2017 - VT)

Burlington, VT - Physician Pays $76,000 To The United States To Resolve Allegations Of False Claims Act Violations

Lynn E. Madsen, M.D., of Townshend, Vermont, has paid $76,000 to the United States to resolve allegations that she violated the federal False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729, by knowingly presenting, or causing to be presented, false claims for payment to Medicare and Medicaid.... More...    $0 (12-13-2016 - VT)

Paul Hebert Sentenced to Four Year Term of Probation and $5,000 Fine for Social Security and Medicaid Fraud

The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Paul Hebert, 51, of Gloucester, Massachusetts, formerly of Barre, Vermont, was sentenced today for Social Security fraud and Medicaid fraud. Chief District Judge Christina Reiss sentenced Hebert to ... More...    $5000 (06-08-2016 - VT)

This interlocutory appeal calls upon us to decide whether V.S.A. § 462 creates an exemption from the general six-year limitation for the State of Vermont’s claims against a host of defendants for generalized injury to state waters as a whole due to groundwater contamination from gasoline additives. On the basis of the statute of
limitations, the trial court dismissed the State’s claims ins... More...    $0 (05-29-2016 - VT)

In December 2014, defendant was charged with felony extortion, domestic
assault, and unlawful mischief in the amount of $250 or less following an incident involving his
mother (Docket No. 1158-12-14 Bncr). The facts pertaining to that incident are as follows.
Defendant’s mother was the representative payee for defendant’s social security disability
benefits. Defendant, who s... More...    $0 (03-18-2016 - VT)

In 2008, SynEcology’s founders, Edward Grossman and Jeanne Conde, sold the
company’s assets to Lawrence Kenney. Grossman and Conde subsequently started a new
software company, Business RunTime. In August 2011, SynEcology filed a civil complaint in
Chittenden Superior Court against Business RunTime, Edward Grossman, Jeanne Conde, and
two former SynEcology employees, Thomas Re... More...    $0 (03-04-2016 - VT)

After the 2013 merger between American Airlines, Inc. and U.S. 23
Airways, four former Trans World Airlines (“TWA”) flight attendants, 24
now working for American Airlines, and Flight Attendants in Reunion 25
(“FAIR”), an unincorporated association formed to enforce the legal rights 26
of similarly situated flight attendants, filed this lawsuit.  In their amended 27
compla... More...    $0 (02-18-2016 - VT)