Washington Bank Fraud Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Patrick Alan Bucknum </h2> </center>
Spokane, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with 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> Patrick Alan Bucknum, age 55, formerly of Wenatchee, Washington was the Chief Executive Office of Community Clinic Network (CCN), a company located in Wenatchee, Wash... More...
$ (07-12-2026 - WA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Joshua Shore </h2> </center>
Seattle, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engaging in a scheme to steal from financial institutions where he worked and then launder the money through other banks, scheme to steal from financial institutions where he worked and then launder the money through other banks. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=2... More...
$ (07-12-2026 - WA)<H2> <CENTER> United States of America v. Akeatha Diane Akintola </h2> </center>
Seattle, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with stealing the Social Security benefits intended for a disabled minor. 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> Akeatha Diane Akintola became a social worker for the Snoqualmie Tribe in January 2023. In September 2023, A... More...
$ (06-19-2026 - wa)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Hayley Brown Lundquist and Samantha Fleischacker Gillihan </h2> <center>
Seattle, Washington, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant accused of gift card and debit card 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> Hayley Brown Lundquist, 30, of Snohomish County, and Samantha Fleischacker Gillihan, 34, of Arlington, used a sequencing scheme to load gift c... More...
$ (06-12-2026 - WA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Brandon Denzel Washington </h2> </center>
Seattle, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion for prostitution. Brandon Denzel Washington, age 33, was charged with trafficking four different women. Multiple victims testified about Washington trafficking and transporting them to Washington, Nevada, California, Oregon, and Hawaii between 2014 and 2021. Wash... More...
$ (03-27-2026 - WA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Dr. Eric Edward Haeger </h2> </center>
Spokane, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with adulterating and misbranding medical devices with the intent to defraud or mislead. In June 2021, Philips Respironics initiated a recall for certain CPAP and BiPAP devices due to potential health risks associated with the foam used in the devices for sound abatement. The recall was classified as a Class I recall... More...
$ (03-27-2026 - WA)United States of America v. Geoffrey K. Auyeung
Seattle, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering. Geoffrey K. Auyeung, age 47, of Newcastle, Washington, set up nine different entities that he used to accept proceeds from investors who thought they were investing in the oil and gas industry. The names of business entities that offered purported investments related to oil... More...
$ (03-02-2026 - WA)United States of America v. Roshard Andrew Carty
Tacoma, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Roshard Andrew Carty, 34, first contacted the 73-year-old Vancouver, Washington victim in 2020. He posed as an employee of Publisher’s Clearinghouse and claimed the victim won $22 million and a car in the lottery, but that she needed to pay taxes and fees to access her winnings. He convinced the vi... More...
$ (02-18-2026 - WA)United States of America v. Dylan Rex
Tacoma, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with seven counts of Wire Fraud; seven counts of Computer Fraud; one count of Possession of Child Pornography; and one count of Attempted Enticement of a Minor. Between July 2020 and March 2023, Dylan Rex, age 32, of La Center, Washington, defrauded over 170 victims of their private and intimate photos and videos sto... More...
$ (02-09-2026 - WA)United States of America v. Tawhnee Willow Colvin
Spokane, Washinngton, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud. Tawhnee Willow Colvin, of Davenport, Washington, was convicted by a jury on all twenty-six counts charged following a trial in September 2025. As evidence presented at the trial established, Colvin was employed as Assistant Director of the Spokane Tribe of Indians’ Department of Health and Human S... More...
$ (01-28-2026 - WA)<H2> United States of America v. Tamara King, aka Tamara Waln
Seattle, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and multiple counts of wire fraud, money laundering, and tax fraud. Between August 2009 and December 2013, Tamara Kind, aka Tamara Waln, 56, of Toledo, Ohio, previously resided in Bellevue and Kirkland, Washington, solicited investments in a real estate fund called Halcyon. Twenty-two victims, most of... More...
$ (12-24-2025 - WA)<H2> United States of America v. Dr. Eric Edward Haeger
Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with adulterating and misbranding medical devices with the intent to defraud or mislead. In June 2021, Philips Respironics initiated a recall for certain CPAP and BiPAP devices due to potential health risks associated with the foam used in the devices for sound abatement. The potential health risks identified at the... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - WA)<H2> United States of America v. Mohammed Zafaranchi, aka ‘Mike’
Seattle, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with operating a web of boiler-room-type call centers that defrauded 1,000 distressed homeowners facing foreclosure. Mohammed Zafaranchi, 43, aka ‘Mike’ was convicted following a week-long trial of all twelve federal charges he faced: conspiracy to commit wire fraud, five counts of wire fraud, five counts of mo... More...
$ (12-18-2025 - WA)United States of America v. Linda You
Richland, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit access device fraud.... More...
$0 (10-08-2025 - WA)<H2> United States of America, et al. v. Amazon, Inc.
Seattle, Washington, commercial litigation lawyers represented Amazon accused of consumer fraud and abuse.<br> <br> The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the states and territories of New York,<br> Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,<br> Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Rhode<br> Island, Vermont, an... More...
$2500000000 (09-25-2025 - wa)<h1> United States of America v. Gabriel Armas </h1></h1>
Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of narcotics with intent to distribute<br> <br> A federal defendant from Grays Harbor County, Washington, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to two counts of possession of controlled substance with intent to distribute, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller. Gabriel Armas face... More...
$0 (09-23-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Tawhnee Willow Colvin </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Twenty-Five Counts of Bank Fraud and Embezzlement </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Federal Jury Convicts Former Assistant Director of Spokane Tribe's Division of Child and Family Services of Twenty-Five Counts of Bank Fraud and Embezzlement</h2... More...
$0 (09-16-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Vitaliy F. Bobak </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with massive stolen goods trafficking scheme </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> First of a pair of men charged in massive stolen goods trafficking scheme enters guilty plea</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></... More...
$0 (09-15-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Matthew Randall Ping </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with embezzling nearly $900,000 </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Former Washington state employee sentenced to prison for embezzling nearly $900,000</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i"></b></center></i><br>... More...
$0 (09-11-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Steven T. Loo </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with six counts of tax evasion and six counts of making false tax returns </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Seattle real estate owner convicted at trial for tax fraud scheme</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></... More...
$0 (07-14-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Bryson Gill </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute narcotics, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and for possessing firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Leader of drug trafficking ring connected to Aryan prison gangs sent... More...
$0 (05-09-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Mohammed Asif </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with health care fraud </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Indian citizen charged in multi-million-dollar health care fraud scheme </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> An Indian national indicted for health care fraud will make... More...
$0 (05-09-2025 - WA)In the Matter of the Marriage of D.C.G. and B.E.G.
Spokane, Washington family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce.<br> <br> In 2023, the dissolution court denied Brenda G.'s motion to vacate a 2022 marital dissolution decree that incorporated the property settlement agreement reached between her and her former husband, David. On appeal, Brenda contends the dissolution court, when entering the 2022 dissolution decree, failed to fulfill... More...
$0 (05-09-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Paul Joseph Welch </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with $1 million fraud scheme </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> California man pleads guilty to wire fraud for $1 million fraud scheme </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A 43-year-old Laguna Niguel, California man pleaded gui... More...
$0 (05-02-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Frank Lozano Graves </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with deal drugs and launder proceeds </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Renton, Washington man who worked with his son to deal drugs and launder proceeds sentenced to 5 years in prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> <br> ... More...
$0 (01-16-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Francier Obando Pinillo </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Richland, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Multi-Million Dollar Cryptocurrency Scam </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Tri-Cities Pastor Indicted for Multi-Million Dollar Cryptocurrency Scam</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> U.S. Attorney Vanessa Waldref a... More...
$0 (01-12-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Luke Michael Servas </h1></center
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Washington Town Clerk and Town Council Member Sentenced for Stealing More Than $277,000 From Town of Cusick</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><c... More...
$0 (12-20-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Assad Baragzai </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failing to report up to $6 million in income </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Owner of chain of Bikini Barista coffee stands sentenced for failing to report up to $6 million in income </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br>... More...
$0 (12-19-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Sajed Al-Maarej </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with defraud defrauding retailer's of more than $4 million </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Dearborn, Michigan man, who used fake refund scheme to defraud retailers of more than $4 million, sentenced to three years in prison </h2></center></b... More...
$0 (12-19-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Patrick McDonagh; Matthew McDonagh </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Irish brothers sentenced to 18 months in prison for defrauding elderly homeowners across the country</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Two brothers from Ireland... More...
$0 (12-16-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Michael Joseph McElhiney </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Operating a Cryptocurrency Investment Scheme and Defrauding Investors of More than $350,000 </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Spokane Fraudster Sentenced to More than 3 Years in Federal Prison for Operating a Cryptocurrency Investment Schem... More...
$0 (12-11-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. William Oldham Mize </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with multimillion-dollar fraud scheme </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Fraud Ringleader and Former Fugitive William Mize Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison, Ordered to Pay $7.1 Million in Restitution</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center... More...
$0 (12-05-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Tyler Keith Andrews </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Scheme to Obtain More Than $16 Million in COVID-19 Relief Funds </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Arkansas Man Sentenced to More than 16 Years in Federal Prison for a Scheme to Obtain More Than $16 Million in COVID-19 Relief Funds</h2></ce... More...
$0 (12-05-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Carol Dacaymat Casilla </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Stealing More than $715,000 From Spokane Medical Practice </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Spokane Accountant Sentenced for Stealing More than $715,000 From Spokane Medical Practice</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Unite... More...
$0 (11-27-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Antonio Feliciano Crawford </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Stealing over $750,000 From COVID Relief Programs </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Mead Man Sentenced to Nearly 4 Years in Federal Prison for Stealing over $750,000 From COVID Relief Programs</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><b... More...
$0 (11-18-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Rajesh Mathew </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with tax fraud </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Bikini barista coffee stand owner, who underreported income to commit tax fraud, sentenced to prison, fine, and community service</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> The owner ... More...
$0 (10-11-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Nathan Michael Triano </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Stealing more than $155,000 Designated for Small Businesses During the COVID-19 Pandemic </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Cusick Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Stealing more than $155,000 Designated for Small Businesses During the CO... More...
$0 (09-05-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Marisa Beck </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fraudulently Obtaining More than $360,000 in COVID- 19 Relief Funding </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Spokane Resident Sentenced for Fraudulently Obtaining More than $360,000 in COVID- 19 Relief Funding</h2></center></b></b> </h2></... More...
$0 (08-28-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Thomas Andrew Webster, M.D. </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiring to Accept Kickbacks in Connection with Fraudulent Telemarketing Scheme </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Ohio Doctor Sentenced for Conspiring to Accept Kickbacks in Connection with Fraudulent Telemarketing Scheme that Harmed Me... More...
$0 (08-07-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Richard Reid </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failing to report to prison as directed </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Convicted Health Care Fraud defendant sentenced to an additional six-month sentence for failing to report to prison as directed</h2></center></b></b> </h2></cen... More...
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