Vermont Fraud Law
<h1> United States of America v. Berk Eratay, Jerry Banks, Aron Ethridge </h1></h1>
Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Murder-for-Hire.<br> <br> he United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that on September 25, 2025 and September 26, 2025, Chief United States District Judge Christina Reiss, sentenced three men, Berk Eratay, 38, of Las Vegas, Nevada, Jerry Banks, 37, of Gardener, Montana, and Aron Ethridge, 45, o... More...
$0 (09-30-2025 - VT)Tom Daley, et al. v. Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
Burlington, Vermont consumer law lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a fraud theory. <br> <br> This was a class action lawsuit against Defendant Toyota Motor North America, Inc. ("Toyota" or "Defendant") by Plaintiffs on behalf of themselves and a class of current and former owners and lessees of model year 2022-2024 Toyota Tundra and Toyota Tundra hybrid vehicles (the "Class Vehicles" or "Vehicl... More...
$1 (09-30-2025 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Nasir Hussain </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Submitting Fraudulent Immigration Application </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Indian Citizen Convicted of Submitting Fraudulent Immigration Application</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> After a two-day trial before Unit... More...
$0 (04-25-2025 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Serhat Gumrukcu </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder-for-hire, conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Serhat Gumrukcu Convicted of Murder-for-Hire</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> After a five-we... More...
$0 (04-18-2025 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Madison Carrig </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Employer Embezzlements </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Madison Carrig Imprisoned For Employer Embezzlements</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> The United States Attorney's Office announced that Madison Carrig, 30, of W... More...
$0 (02-05-2025 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Jessica Russell </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Wire Fraud of Elder Victim </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Barre, Vermont Woman Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud of Elder Victim</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Verm... More...
$0 (01-17-2025 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Robert McLane </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Defrauding Auto Dealer Employer </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Robert McLane Imprisoned For Defrauding Auto Dealer Employer</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> The United States Attorney's Office announced that Robert M... More...
$0 (12-13-2024 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Scott Jamie Ashness </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Passport Card Fraud, Bank Fraud, Identity Theft </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Florida Man Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Passport Card Fraud, Bank Fraud, Identity Theft</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> TScot... More...
$0 (11-04-2024 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Ella Mae Woods </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Social Security Fraud </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Brattleboro Resident Sentenced to Prison for Social Security Fraud</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> In September 2022, a federal grand jury returned a two... More...
$0 (08-21-2024 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Nicholas Melanson </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, VT criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Elder Fraud Offense </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Manchester, New Hampshire Man Sentenced to Prison for Elder Fraud Offense</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Over the course of nine days in May 2022, Melanson traveled on... More...
$0 (08-14-2024 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. John Van Vught </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Embezzling $558,625 from ValleyNet </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Northfield Man Sentenced to 27 Months for Embezzling $558,625 from ValleyNet</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> The United States Attorney's Office f... More...
$0 (06-28-2024 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Paul Bateman; Samir Doshi; Rebecca Buckley </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a elder fraud scheme </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Final two defendants, a mother and daughter, were sentenced to prison for their involvement in elder fraud scheme</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> On April 19, 2024,... More...
$0 (05-19-2024 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Paul Hendler </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a Federal Forgery Charge.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> Paul Hendler Imprisoned on Federal Forgery Charge </h3></center></i><br> <br> Paul Hendler, 52, of Burlington, was sentenced to a total of 36 months of imprisonment following his gu... More...
$0 (03-12-2024 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Jennifer Stocker </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Pandemic Fraud.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> New Haven, Vermont Woman Sentenced to Prison Term for Pandemic Fraud </h3></center></i><br> <br> he United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Jennifer Stocker, 46, of New... More...
$0 (03-11-2024 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Carleena Graham </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a Defrauding Federal Program Funding.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> Carleena Graham Sentenced For Defrauding Federal Program Funding Recipient</h3></center></i><br> <br> The United States Attorney's Office stated that Carleena Gra... More...
$0 (03-08-2024 - VT)United States of America v. Jodi Lathrop
<h3>Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant Indicted on wire fraud and tax evasion Charges.</h3><br> <br> <br> U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Vermont<br> Burlington, Vermont – The Office of the United States Attorney announced that Jodi Lathrop, 53, of Bristol, Vermont, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court in Burlington to charges of wire f... More...
$0 (12-29-2023 - VT)United States of America v. Nicholas Melanson
Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interstate transportation of a stolen check.<br> <br> Nicholas Melanson, age 41, of Manchester, New Hampshire, admitted to traveling from New Hampshire, where he lived and worked, to the residence of an elderly woman in Windsor, Vermont on five occasions between May 11 and May 19, 2022. Melanson was directed to tra... More...
$0 (10-31-2023 - VT)United States of America ex rel. Toby Markowitz and Elizabeth Ringold v. NextGen Healthcare, Inc.
Burlington, Vermont civil litigation lawyers represented Defendant accused of violating the False Claims Act by misrepresenting the capabilities of certain versions of its EHR software and providing unlawful remuneration to its users to induce them to recommend NextGen's software.<br> <br> "Electronic health records are an essential part of our healthcare system†said Principal Deputy Assis... More...
$0 (07-14-2023 - VT)United States of America v. Carleena Graham
Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud.<br> <br> On May 31, 2023, the United States filed a one count information charging Carleena Graham, 56, of Accokeek, Maryland, with wire fraud. The defendant pleaded guilty to that charge today. According to the information, the victim, World Learning, is a non-profit global development and exchange organiz... More...
$0 (06-30-2023 - VT)United States of America v. Dennis Duffy, II
Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with loan fraud and money laundering.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Burlington_VT-Fed.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - Burlington, Vermont"><br> <P><br> Federal Courthouse - Burlington, Vermont<br> <P><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.... More...
$0 (03-13-2023 - VT)United States of America v. Brian Thomas Badgley
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).<br> <br> 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)United States of America v. Lindsey Cox
Burlington, Vermont criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with conspiring to acquire controlled substances by fraud and theft in connection with healthcare.<br> <br> 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)United States of America v. Lindsay Cox
Burlington, Vermont criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with conspiracy to obtain drugs by fraud or theft.<br> <br> 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.<br... More...
$0 (12-22-2021 - VT)United States of America v. Giovanni Joseph
Rutland, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with bank fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1334(1).<br> <br> Giovanni Joseph, 34, formerly of Dix Hills, New York, was with one count of bank fraud. <br> <br> 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)United States of America v. J.A. McDonald, Inc.
Burlington, Vermont civil litigation lawyers represented Defendant charged with fraud.<br> <br> 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.... More...
$637000 (11-29-2021 - VT)United States of America v. William Stenger
Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit fraud.<br> <br> 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 cal... More...
$0 (08-13-2021 - VT)United States of America v. William Kelly
Rutland, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit fraud.<br> <br> 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. <br> <br> Kelly pleaded guilty to conspiring with co-defendants Ariel Quiros... More...
$0 (06-11-2021 - VT)United States of America v. Steven Mack
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. <br> <br>... More...
$0 (03-12-2021 - VT)United States of America v. Brian Folks
Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to sex trafficking.<br> <br> 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)United States of America v. Ariel Quiros
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/VermontFED.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Rutland, VT - The United States of America charged Ariel Quiros, age 64, with fraud.<br> <br> Quiros pleaded guilty to conspiring with co-defendants William Kelly, Jong Weon (Alex) Choi, and William Stenger in a multi-year wire fraud scheme to defraud immigrant investors s... More...
$0 (08-22-2020 - VT)United States of America v. Bhaskar Patel
Rutland, VT - The United States of America charged Bhaskar Patel with paying kickback and bribery scheme conducted in connection with federal energy savings performance contracts (“ESPCs”). <br> <br> <P><br> <center><br> <h1><br> <font color="blue">M</font><font color="black">ore</font><font color="red">L</fond><font color="black">aw</fond><font color="blue">T</font><font color="red">V</font... More...
$0 (06-30-2020 - VT)United States of America v. Randall Swartz
Rutland, VT - The United States of America charged Randall Swartz with mail fraud.<br> <br> 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)United States of America v. Debra Bluto
<center><br> <img width="200" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/District-Vermont.png"><br> </center><br> Burlington, VT - Debra Bluto Sentenced For Social Security Fraud <br> <br> Debra Bluto, 64, of St. Albans Bay, was sentenced in United States District Court in Burlington following her guilty plea to a charge that she defrauded the Social Security Administration. Chief U... More...
$0 (06-24-2019 - VT)United States of America v. Brian Folks, a/k/a Moe and Moet Hart
<center><br> <img width="200" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/District-Vermont.png"><br> </center><br> Burlington, VT - Vermont Man Who Exploited Opioid Addictions of Young Women Convicted of Multiple Counts of Sex and Drug Trafficking and Related Offenses<br> <br> After a three-week trial, a federal jury in Burlington, Vermont, found Brian Folks, 44, guilty of 13 federal ... More...
$0 (05-11-2019 - VT)Jessica Gingras v. Think Finance, Inc.
<center><br> <img width="200" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/District-Vermont.png"><br> </center><br> <br> The federal government and many states have laws designed to protect<br> consumers against predatory lending practices. In this case, we must<br> determine what happens when those laws conflict with the off-reservation<br> commercial activities of Indian tribes. In s... More...
$0 (04-24-2019 - VT)United States of America v. Greenway Health, L.L.C.
<center><br> <img width="200" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/District-Vermont.png"><br> </center><br> Burlington, VT - Electronic Health Records Developer To Pay Second Largest Recovery In The History Of The District Of Vermont -- $57.25 Million -- To Settle False Claims Act Allegations<br> <br> The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated t... More...
$0 (02-11-2019 - VT)United States of America v. Debra Bluto
Rutland, VT - Debra Bluto Pleads Not Guilty To Social Security Fraud<br> <br> 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.<br> <br> On October 24, a federal gra... More...
$0 (11-13-2018 - VT)United States of America v. Eneye Dania and Osariemen Isibor
Rutland, VT - Two Nigerian Men Sentenced For Spearphishing Email Scheme<br> <br> 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)United States of America v. Katie Stygles
Manchester, VT - Katie Stygles Sentenced For Defrauding Bradford Employer<br> <br> 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. <b... More...
$0 (08-12-2018 - VT)United States of America v. Daniel Burgess
Daniel Burgess Imprisoned For Securities Fraud<br> <br> 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...
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