Virginia Conspiracy Law
 

United States of America v. Darryl Kenneth Dwayne Nelson, II

Lynchburg, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute and
possess with intent to distribute cocaine and 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A), 846, 851.

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United States of America v. Justin Eugene Taylor

Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with three counts
of brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(ii).

For his participation in an unsuccessful robbery during which his accomplice shot a man, respondent Justin Taylor faced charges of violating the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1... More...
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United States of America v. Antonio Renaldo Wallace

Newport News, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant seeking compassionate release.

allace, who pleaded guilty to a federal drug conspiracy charge in 2018, sought
compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) based on several health conditions,
including stage 2 hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obesity, anxiety disorder, and suspected
long COVID.1... More...
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United States of America v. Alhagi Gassim Conteh


Alexandrian Virginia selling counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.


From at least February to April 2024, Alhagi Gassim Conteh, 30, obtained nearly 4,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills imprinted with “M30,” but which contained fentanyl, and distributed them.

Throughout the conspiracy, Conteh, a convicted ... More...
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Rachel Virk v. Gary L. Clemens


Leesburg, Virginia personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff in a false imprisonment case.



During a pretrial motions hearing, the presiding judge held Rachel Virk, an attorney, in contempt of court and ordered that she be seized, arrested, and incarcerated overnight. Virk subsequently brought a civil action, alleging claims of false imprisonment, negligence per s... More...
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United States of America v. Mark Joseph Rodriguez


Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engaging in a dogfighting conspiracy in violation of 18 U.S.C. 371.



18 U.S.C. 371:

If two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United States, or any agency thereof in any manner or for any purpose, and one or more of ... More...
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United States of America v. Micheal Prince

PER CURIAM:

Micheal Geronald Prince pled guilty, pursuant to a written plea agreement, to
conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute various controlled substances, including—
as attributable to him through his own conduct and the conduct of other conspirators
reasonably foreseeable to him—five kilograms or more of cocaine and 280 grams or more
of cocaine base, ... More...
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United States of America v. Michael Brown

. 2 PER CURIAM: Michael M. Brown pled guilty, pursuant to a written plea agreement, to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1343, 1349, and aggravated identity theft, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1028A. The district court sentenced Brown to a total term of 75 months’ imprisonment. Brown’s counsel has filed a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1... More...    $0 (12-26-2023 - VA)

United States of America v. Melchor Calderon

PER CURIAM:

In 2014, Melchor Calderon was convicted of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act
robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951; possessing a firearm during a crime of violence,
in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 924(c)(1)(B)(i); conspiracy to distribute cocaine, in violation
of 21 U.S.C. § 846; and kidnapping, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 1201(a). Calderon filed
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United States of America v. Saquan Rouse

PER CURIAM:
Saquan Lanard Rouse seeks to appeal his convictions and the 195-month sentence
imposed following his guilty plea, pursuant to a written plea agreement, to Racketeer
Influenced Corrupt Organization (RICO) conspiracy, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d),
and attempted murder in aid of racketeering, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1959(a)(5).
Rouse’s counsel has fi... More...
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United States of America v. Andy Tovar

PER CURIAM:
Andy Tovar entered a plea of nolo contendere to conspiracy to participate in a
racketeering enterprise, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d); and conspiracy to commit
murder in aid of racketeering activity, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1959(a)(5); and pleaded
guilty to a second count of conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering activity, in
violation o... More...
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United States of America v. David Anthony Taylor

David Anthony Taylor appeals from his 240-month sentence, imposed at
resentencing. On appeal, Taylor asserts that the sentencing judge gave undue consideration
to the judgment imposed by a different judge at Taylor’s original sentencing hearing.
Finding no error, we affirm.
In 2013, a jury convicted Taylor of two counts of attempted Hobbs Act robbery and
one count of poss... More...
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. MALIK SHROPSHIRE

In 2016, Malik Shropshire pleaded guilty to conspiracy to impede the Internal
Revenue Service, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371; and making false statements on a loan
application, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 1014. The district court sentenced Shropshire
to 51 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release. After
Shropshire was released onto supervis... More...
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United States of America v. Thomas Anthony Marshall and Jonathon Hayden Marshall

Charlottesville, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing with intent to distribute more than 10,000 pressed fentanyl pills in Culpeper, Virginia and surrounding counties.

Thomas Anthony Marshall, 25, and Jonathon Hayden Marshall, 20, both pled guilty in August 2023 to identical charges, that is, one count of conspiring to distribute and possess w... More...
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United States of America v. Ye Wang

Norfolk, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to engage in money laundering.

From approximately January 2021, through May 4, 2022, Ye Wang, 32, along with his co-defendants Si Liu, 36, and Yang Gao, 33, also of Norfolk, conspired to move and conceal proceeds obtained through prostitution. During the conspiracy, Gao, Wang, and Liu worked as ope... More...
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United States of America v. Heather Ann Huffman

Richmond, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud at least five states of more than $3.5 million in pandemic-related unemployment insurance benefits.

"Heather A. Huffman organized a massive VEC fraud conspiracy and abused her position as a federal employee to steal funds meant for those struggling with employment security and the economic... More...
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United States of America v. Heather Ann Huffman

Richmond, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud at least five states of more than $3.5 million in pandemic-related unemployment insurance benefits.

“Heather Ann Huffman organized a massive VEC fraud conspiracy and abused her position as a federal employee to steal funds meant for those struggling with employment security and the econo... More...
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Peter Lazar, et al. v. John Gobron, et al.

Roanoke, Virginia personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on negligence theories.

This case was filed in the Montgomery County Circuit Court, CL22-001419-00, and was removed to federal court by the Defendants.

Plaintiff challenged the jurisdiction of the federal court and sought remand.


According to the Complaint, the “underlying disput... More...
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United States of America v. Alonso Cantu-Cantu

Abingdon, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled
substances.

Alonso Cantu-Cantu, 46, of Houston, was the major source of supply for a drug conspiracy that distributed more than 33 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine and 6 kilograms of cocaine into Southwest and Central Virginia through a multi-jurisdictional drug traf... More...
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United States of America v. Shai Cohen

Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud and to commit offenses against the United States, bringing aliens to the United States for financial gain, encouraging and inducing aliens to unlawfully come to, enter and reside in the United States for financial gain, harboring illegal aliens and money laundering.

Shai Cohen, 39, all... More...
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United States of America v. Herman Tyrone Washington

Richmond, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to participate in an animal fighting venture and possessing an animal for the purpose of having the venture aiding and abetting.

Herman Tyrone Washington, 51, of Highland Springs, Virginia, was charged with conspiracy to participate in an animal fighting venture and possession of a pitbull-type dog fo... More...
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United States of America v. Justine Kyle Elliott

Abingdon, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with distributing methamphetamine and illegally possessing firearms.

Justine Kyle Elliott, 33, previously pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, possessing with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, and possess... More...
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Commonwealth of Virginia v. Jeffrey Lamont Harris, s/k/a Jeffrey Lamonte Harris

Chesapeake, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with violating the terms and conditions of suspended sentence.


Jeffery Lamont Harris was accused to violating the terms and conditions of a suspected sentence by engaging in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine; the manufacture, sale, distribution, or possession with intent to distribute cocaine; and grand larce... More...
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United States of America v. William Griggs

Norfolk, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute Fentanyl mixed with Xylazine, opening two drug-involved premises, possession with intent to distribute Fentanyl mixed with Xylazine, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and being a convicted felon in possession of firearms.

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United States of America v. Richard Horne

Richmond, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with armed robbery.

Ricardo Horne, 41, and his co-defendants Michael Brown, 40, and Rashanda Booker, 38, both also from Richmond, robbed a Family Dollar on April 17, 2022 and a Dollar General on April 28, 2022.

On April 17, 2022, Horne and Brown forcefully grabbed a Family Dollar employee as he sought to emp... More...
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United States of America v. Gregory Allen Miller

Abingdon, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute meth.

Gregory Allen Miller, 47, pleaded guilty in September 2022 to one count of conspiring to distribute and possession with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, one count of distributing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, and one count of possessing a firearm... More...
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United States of America v. Li Liu, Yang Gao and Ye Wang

Norfolk, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with with engaging in a conspiracy to launder money derived from running a prostitution business.





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United States of America v. Catalin Puscasu

Roanoke, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, access device fraud, and aggravated identity theft.





Federal Courthouse - Roanoke, Virginia


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United States of America v. Thanh Rudin and Seir Havana

Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendants charged with conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), a federal loans initiative designed to help businesses pay their employees and meet expenses during the COVID-19 pandemic.





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United States of America v. Zahida Aman and Mohammed rehan Chaudhri

Richmond, Virginia criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit forced labor for compelling the domestic labor of a Pakistani woman for 12 years.




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DeAndre Harris v. Jason Kessler and Richard Spencer

Charlottesville, Virginia civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants for violating the Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. 1983).




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United States of America v. Erlinda Ramos-Bobadilla

Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with engaging in large-scale cocaine trafficking.




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From 2006 until 2015, Erlinda Ramos-Bobadilla, ... More...
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United States of America v. Susan May Keim, Russell John Keim, SR. and Rodney Gale Wilson

Richmond, Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to bribe public officials and solicitation of bribes by public officials.




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United States of America v. Susan May Keim, Russell John Keim, and Rodney Gale Wilson

Richmond, Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to bribe public officials.




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United States of America v. Guy Benjamin Bowman

Abingdon, Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with participating in a cross-county drug distribution of drugs.

Guy Benjamin Bowman, 57, was convicted following a jury trial in July 2022 of one count of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and to distributing 500 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine as well as one count o... More...
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United States of America v. Lakeshia Nicole Simon

Beckley, West Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with making false statements in acquisition of firearms.

Lakeshia Nicole Simon, age 23, of Beckley, purchased firearms in Beckley for co-defendant Bisheem Jones, also known as “Bosh,” who told Simon which ones to buy and provided the money for the purchases through an intermediary.

On April 20, 2021, S... More...
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United States of America v. Laron Mecco "Frog" West

Alexandria, Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspired with others from Virginia, D.C., and Maryland, used a messaging app private group, which they generally referred to as "The DMV Board" or "The Board," as a place where they and their associates could discuss training fighting dogs, exchange videos about dogfighting, and arrange and coordinate dog fights, away fr... More...    $0 (11-15-2022 - VA)

United States of America v. Derrick Thompson

Roanoke, Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States and theft of timber.

Derrick A.Thompson and others were accused of illegally harvesting black walnut trees from federally protected land in Giles County.

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United States of America v. Elmer Zelaya Martinez, Ronald Herrera Contreras, Henry Zelaya Martinez, Pablo Velasco Barrera, and Duglas Ramirez Ferrera

Alexandria, Virginia criminal law lawyers represented Defendants charged with kidnapping and murder of two adolescent boys in 2016.

MS-13 gang members Elmer Zelaya Martinez, Ronald Herrera Contreras, Henry Zelaya Martinez, Pablo Velasco Barrera, and Duglas Ramirez Ferrera, along with their co-conspirators, targeted E.E.E.M., a 17-year-old resident of Falls Church, who they erroneously su... More...
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United States of America v. Joshua Brain Romano

Richmond, Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

Joshua Brian Romano, 40, owned various businesses that purchased, rehabilitated, and sold homes around Richmond. He funded this work via construction loans that were held in escrow in the trust account of a Chesterfield County law firm. The loans were earmarked for use by Romano only... More...
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