United States of America v. Jodi Hamrick

Seattle, Washington insurance law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on bad faith breach of an insurance contract.

This case was filed in the Island County Superior Court, 21-00002-00277-1, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant.

Washington law provides protections for insureds against bad faith practices by insurance companies. Here's a breakdow... More...    $0 (01-08-2024 - WA)

Seattle, Washington personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on motor vehicle product liability theories claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in damages and/or injuries.

Motor vehicle product liability law protects consumers from injuries caused by defective or malfunctioning vehicles and their components. It's a complex area of law with various fact... More...    $1 (12-12-2023 - WA)

Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with tax evasion for failing to pay more than $1.7 million in income taxed on income from between 2016 and 2020, Kim underreported the income at his restaurants by more than $1.7 million. He did this by keeping cash proceeds and periodically depositing the cash to his personal bank account or keeping the cash at his home... More...    $0 (12-21-2023 - WA)

Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failure to maintain an effective anti-money laundering program under 31 U.S.C. 5318(h), 5322(b), 5322(c), and 5322(e), 18:2, and 31:1022.210 .

Binance Holdings Limited (Binance), the entity that operates the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance.com, pleaded guilty today and has agreed to pay... More...    $0 (11-22-2023 - WA)

Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1349.

"Conspiracy to commit bank fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1349 is a federal crime that occurs when two or more people agree to commit bank fraud and at least one of them takes an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy. Bank fraud is the kn... More...    $0 (10-20-2023 - WA)

Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with an eight-year tax fraud scheme that resulted in more than $50 million in illegal tax refunds.

Charles St. George Kirkland pleaded guilty in January 2023 to three counts of aiding or assisting the filing of fraudulent tax documents. At the sentencing hearing, U.S. District Judge John H. Chun rejected the defen... More...    $0 (06-12-2023 - WA)

Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with defrauding the federal COVID-19 benefit programs of more than $1 million for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft

Bryan Alan Sparks, 42, was indicted for the fraud scheme in November 2021 and pleaded guilty January 20,2023. At the sentencing hearing, U.S. District Judge James L. Robart said, Sparks was “a... More...    $0 (05-23-2023 - WA)

Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with embezzlement.

“Ms. Tantico, Susana Tanico, age 62, from Renton, Washington, was a trusted financial professional who sadly used her skills to steal from organizations serving those most in need of help,â€� said U.S. Attorney Brown. “Each time she used the organization’s credit card for trips, gambling, ... More...    $0 (05-16-2023 - WA)

Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with willful failure to pay over taxes.

Keovilayvanh Rinthalukay, 62, pleaded guilty in February 2023, admitting that between 2015 and 2019 he withheld Medicare, Social Security, and federal income taxes from his employees’ paychecks, but instead of paying the taxes to the government, he pocketed the money for his... More...    $0 (05-02-2023 - WA)

Seattle, Washington consumer credit lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendant on a Real Estate Settlement and Procedure Act violation theories.

Edward and Maria Fogg own and manage a property located in Vancouver, Washington. Dkt. # 1-1 at 5 (complaint). In 2009, the Foggs executed a promissory note and deed of trust in connection with the property. Id. Wilmington Savings Fund Soci... More...    $0 (03-27-2023 - WA)

Seattle, Washington consumer law lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendants on Telephone Consumer Protection Act violation theories.

Defendants claimed to have identified “a real questionâ€� regarding the viability of plaintiffs' autodialer claims, and plaintiffs have not shown that they will be prejudiced if a stay is ordered. Wood v. McEwen, 644 F.2d 797, 802 (9th Cir. 1981).<... More...    $0 (03-28-2023 - WA)

Spokane, Washington lawyers represented Defendant accused of improperly and fraudulently originated government-backed mortgage loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), a component of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

“FHA-backed mortgages are a critical resource for first-time homebuyers, moderate-income borrowers, and families who have suffe... More...    $0 (06-22-2022 - WA)

Seattle, Washington employment law lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued defendant on an employment discrimination theory.

laintiff Shanna Offutt Evanger appeals a judgment for defendant Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC ('Georgia-Pacific') on her employment discrimination claims.


Offutt first claims that Judge Rothstein did not have the discretion to alter

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Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with wire fraud, bank fraud and computer hacking.

Denys Iarmak, 32, served as a high-level hacker, whom the group referred to as a “pen tester,â€� for FIN7. He was arrested in Bangkok, Thailand, in November 2019 at the request of U.S. law enforcement. Iarmak is the third member of the FIN7 group to be sentenced in... More...    $0 (04-07-2022 - WA)

Seattle criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with tax fraud.

The former owner and co-CEO of an electronics recycling firm was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 6 months in prison for tax fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Jeffrey Zirkle, 58, of Gig Harbor, Washington, was the owner and co-CEO of Total Reclaim, the Northwest’s largest recycl... More...    $0 (01-18-2022 - WA)

Seattle, Washington criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with
fraud and identity theft.

A 33-year-old Seattle man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to three years in prison for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Kevin Antoine Jones used information from a bank insider so that he and his underlings coul... More...    $0 (01-19-2022 - WA)

Seattle, WA: Consumer law lawyers represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendants on Telephone Consumer Protection Act (47 U.S.C. 227) violations.

See: 47 U.S.C §227. Restrictions on use of telephone equipment
(a) Definitions

As used in this section—

(1) The term “automatic telephone dialing system� means equipment which has the capacity—

(A) to store or... More...    $0 (08-17-2021 - WA)

Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged for involvement with hacking group FIN7.

Andrii Kolpakov, 33, who has used a number of different names, served as a high-level hacker, whom the group referred to as a “pen tester,â€� for FIN7. He was arrested in Lepe, Spain, on June 28, 2018, at the request of U.S. law enforcement and was extradited to the United ... More...    $0 (06-25-2021 - WA)

Spokane, WA: CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Company (CHPRC), a prime contractor at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site, has agreed to pay $3,038,270 million to resolve allegations that CHPRC violated the False Claims Act by submitting false and fraudulent small business subcontract reports.

In 2008, CHPRC, a Washington subsidiary of CH2M Hill Companies Ltd., which is headquartered in... More...    $0 (06-09-2021 - WA)

Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with money laundering.

Gregory David Werber, 58, of Manhattan Beach, California, was charged with laundered drug proceeds for a drug trafficking organization that distributed heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine in Western Washington.

“Drug traffickers are in it for the money–and those who co... More...    $0 (05-09-2021 - WA)

Spokane, Washington attempted child porn production charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, James Lee Crooker, age 36, who was charged with three counts of attempted production of child pornography, each involving a different victim, on June 17, 2020.

Crooker had previously entered a guilty plea to one count of production of child pornography pertaining to one minor aged v... More...    $0 (04-19-2021 - WA)

Seattle, Washington conspiracy charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Fedir Hladyr, 35, a Ukranian national, served as a high-level manager and systems administrator for FIN7 was charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit computer hacking.

Defendant was arrested in Dresden, Germany, in 2018 at the request of U.S. law enforcement a... More...    $0 (04-19-2021 - WA)

Seattle, Washington wire fraud charge criminal defense lawyer represented Iliganoa Theresa Lauofo, who was charged with fraud, aggravated identity theft, and embezzlement of mail by a postal employee. Defendant illegally collected more than $276,000 over the course of a fraud scheme that began in 2011 and continued until 2018.

“This defendant was unrelenting in her efforts to defraud ... More...    $0 (11-18-2020 - WA)

Tacoma, WA - The United States of America charged Michael Wayne Pickering with Conspiracy to Commit Theft Within the Special Maritime and Territorial Jurisdiction of the United States.

A repeat offender who victimized more than 40 hikers and campers in National Parks across western Washington was sentenced to two years in federal prison to follow a 25 month state prison term. MICHAEL WAY... More...    $0 (03-16-2020 - WA)

Yei Sun, Liping Sun, and Haiming Sun were persuaded
by Alicia Kao to invest $2.8 million in Advanced China
Healthcare. The Suns entered into two Share Purchase
Agreements, each of which contained a forum-selection
clause that required any disputes “arising out of or related to”
the agreements to be adjudicated in California state court.
Notwithstanding the forum-selection c... More...    $0 (08-29-2018 - WA)

Washington public school teachers Mickey Fowler and Leisa Maurer bring this class action to order the Director of the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems (“DRS”) to return interest that was allegedly skimmed from their state-managed retirement accounts. The district court denied the stipulated motion to certify a class and then dismissed the action as prudentially unripe. We conclude... More...    $0 (08-19-2018 - WA)

Snapp worked for BNSF from 1971 through 1999. He rose through the ranks, becoming a Division Trainmaster in 1986. Due to tiredness and low energy, he went to a doctor in 1994. He was diagnosed with sleep apnea and had surgeries in 1996 and 1998 in unsuccessful attempts to correct his condition. In 1999, BNSF received a report from Snapp’s physician. Snapp’s supervisor told Snapp he did not bel... More...    $0 (05-12-2018 - WA)

Seattle, WA - ‘Incorrigible’ Defendant Responsible for $7.5 Million Bank Fraud Scheme Sentenced to more than 16 Years in Prison

Defendant Finished Last Federal Sentence and Immediately Returned to Fraud Activity on a Bigger Scale

A Seattle man with a lengthy history of bank fraud was sentenced on May 4, 2018 in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 196 months in prison and ... More...    $0 (05-09-2018 - WA)

Spokane, WA - California Man Sentenced to 51 Months in Prison for Renewable Fuel Fraud

Jin Chul “Jacob” Cha, 41, of Tustin, California, who pleaded guilty on January 11, 2018 to conspiracy to defraud the government and conspiracy to commit wire fraud was sentenced on April 20, 2018.

According to information disclosed during the court proceedings, Cha was a member of a conspirac... More...    $0 (04-24-2018 - WA)

We must decide whether, under the Fair Debt Collection
Practices Act, a company that sent letters demanding that
hospital patients pay their overdue medical bills meaningfully
participated in the hospital’s efforts to collect debts.
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Michelle Echlin is a former patient of PeaceHealth
Southwest Medical Center (PeaceHealth) in Vancouver,
4 ECHLIN V PEACEHEALTH
Washin... More...    $0 (04-20-2018 - WA)

In this appeal, we consider whether the virtual game platform “Big Fish Casino” constitutes illegal gambling under Washington law. Defendant-Appellee Churchill Downs, the game’s owner and operator, has made millions of dollars off of Big Fish Casino. However, despite collecting millions in revenue, Churchill Downs, like Captain Renault in Casablanca, purports to be shocked—shocked!—to find that Bi... More...    $0 (03-29-2018 - WA)

The trial court found that Oscar Lopez's lawyer
was "fairly obvious[ly]" "severely handicapped" by depression during the pretrial
and trial phases of Lopez's case.' That finding was supported by the trial court's
own observations of defense counsel's performance—and sometimes failure to show
up—at trial. That finding was also supported by declarations and testimony
presented at... More...    $0 (02-19-2018 - WA)

Seattle, WA - Former ICE Chief Counsel Pleads Guilty to Using the Identities of Numerous Aliens for Wire Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft Scheme

Former Chief Counsel Raphael A. Sanchez of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Office of Principal Legal Advisor pleaded guilty today for a wire fraud and aggravated identity theft scheme involving the identities of numerous alien... More...    $0 (02-15-2018 - WA)