Washington False Pretense Law
<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 potential health risks identified at the... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - WA)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Jonathan Leslie Allen, AKA Johnathan Allen, AKA Ghost </h2> </center>
Spokane, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. The Defendant claimed that the government commit grand jury abuse by offering perjured testimony. Allen alleges that testimony from an undercover agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) was false because Allen did not “meet” with ag... More...
$ (11-17-2025 - wa)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Matthew Randall Ping </h1></center></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)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Steven T. Loo </h1></center></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)<h2> <center> Lyudmila Ladunskiy and Peter Ladunskiy v. Anderson & Associates Credit Services, L.L.C.
Seattle, Washington consumer credit lawyers represented the Plaintiffs on a Fair Debt Collection Act violation theory.<br> <br> The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) is a federal law that limits the actions of third-party debt collectors, prohibiting them from engaging in abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices when collecting debts from consumers. Violations can lead to legal action agai... More...
$1 (06-18-2025 - WA)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Paul Joseph Welch </h1></center></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><center> United States of America v. Assad Baragzai </h1></center>
<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><center> United States of America v. Sajed Al-Maarej </h1></center>
<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><center> United States of America v. William Oldham Mize </h1></center>
<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><center> United States of America v. Tyler Keith Andrews </h1></center>
<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><center> United States of America v. Antonio Feliciano Crawford </h1></center>
<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)<h2> <center> Leda Health Corporation v. Jay Robert Inslee </h2> </center>
<h2><br> Seattle, Washington civil litigation lawyer sought a preliminary injunction against the Defendant.<br> <h2><br> <br> Leda Health is a company known for developing Early Evidence Kits (“EEKsâ€)- products that allegedly enable sexual assault survivors to “self-collect and store evidence such as DNA†if they are unable or unwilling to seek a traditional forensic medica... More...
$0 (10-21-2024 - WA)<h1><center> United States of America v. Rajesh Mathew </h1></center>
<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><center> United States of America v. Nathan Michael Triano </h1></center>
<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><center> United States of America v. Marisa Beck </h1></center>
<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)<h2><center> United States of America v. Cody Benson </h2></center>
<h2><br> Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud.<br> </h2><br> <br> Wire Fraud - 18:1343, provides:<br> <br> Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, transmits or causes to be transmitted by means ... More...
$0 (07-17-2024 - WA)<h1><center> United States of America v. Ashton Connor Garcia </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> <br> Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with extensive illegal harassing activity </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Bremerton Washington, man sentenced to 3 years in prison for extensive swatting campaign targeting victims in US and Canada</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center... More...
$0 (06-05-2024 - WA)<h1><center> United States of America v. Debbie Rawle </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with embezzling federal funds </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Repeatedly used organization debit card for personal purchases such as electronics, pool, home improvements and more</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Debbie R... More...
$0 (05-31-2024 - WA)<h1><center> United States of America v. Volodimyr Pigida </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/atty.asp?f=Gilbert&l=Levy&i=99265&z=98121" target="_new">Gilbert H. Levy</a> represented the Defendant charged with $11 million fraud and absconding before sentencing </font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i><br> <b> Convicted Ponzi schemer sentenced ... More...
$0 (05-18-2024 - WA)<h1><center> United States of America v. Leslie Redd III </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, WA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with email compromise scheme </font </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b>California man who participated in email fraud to steal more than $3 million from boatbuilding companies sentenced to 16 months in prison </h2></center><br> <br> A 47-year-old Inglewood, Cal... More...
$0 (04-26-2024 - WA)<h1><center> United States of America v. Jodi Hamrick </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with stealing from company co-owner </font </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> Former flooring company bookkeeper sentenced to three years in prison for scheme to steal from company co-owner </h2></center><br> <br> The former bookkeeper of a Mukilteo, Wa... More...
$0 (04-26-2024 - WA)<h1><center> United States of America v. Joshua Carl Harrod </h1></center>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i>Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual abuse of minor.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> <b><h2><center><i>Molestation occurred on Joint Base Lewis–McChord, triggering federal jurisdiction<br> </b> </h2></center></i><br> <br> Molestation occurred on JBLM, triggering federal jurisdictio... More...
$0 (01-08-2024 - WA)<h1><center> United States of America v. Jodi Hamrick </h1></center>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i>Seattle, Washington Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and conspiracy. </b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> The Defendant used money stolen from company to pay her mortgage and other personal expenses<br> Seattle – The former bookkeeper of a Mukilteo, Washington, flooring ... More...
$0 (01-19-2024 - WA)<h2><center> Farbod Amini and Laman Amini v. Crestbrook Insurance Company </h2></center>
Seattle, Washington insurance law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on bad faith breach of an insurance contract.<br> <br> This case was filed in the Island County Superior Court, 21-00002-00277-1, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant.<br> <br> Washington law provides protections for insureds against bad faith practices by insurance companies. Here's a breakdow... More...
$0 (01-08-2024 - WA)<h2> <center> State of Washington v. Ian Simmers </h2> </center>
Seattle, Washington Defendant Ian Simmers, age 16, was accused murder for allegedly killing Rodney Cochanour, age 35, whose body was found along the Burke-Gilman Trail along the Sammamish River near Bothell Washington on March 11, 1993.<br> <br> The Bothell Police Department the first investigated the murder, and multiple officers responded to the scene, including officers Schlaegel, Hopkins, Mine... More...
$0 (12-31-1996 - WA)<h2><center> Monet Carter-Mixon, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Manuel Ellis, et al. v. City of Tacoma, et al. </h2></center>
Tacoma, Washington personal injury wrongful death lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories claiming that Tacoma Police Officers Christopher Burbank, Matthew Collins and Masyth Ford used excessive force when they attempted to arrest him in 2021.<br> <br> The Complaint:<br> <br> Plaintiffs, MONET CARTER-MIXON as Personal Representative of the ESTAT... More...
$4000000 (07-11-2023 - WA)<h2><center> State of Washington v. Christopher Burbank, Matthew Collins and Timothy Rankine </h2></center>
Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Christopher Burbank, Matthew Collins and Timothy Rankine who were charged with murder for killing Manuel “Manny†Ellis, who was killed by the Tacoma police officers.<br> <br> The Pierce County Medical Examiner ruled that Ellis, a black man, was murdered.<br> <br> 2.1 Plaintiff Monet Carter-Mixon: Monet Carter-Mixon (“Ms. Cart... More...
$0 (12-21-2023 - WA)<h2><center> Gregory E. Stovall v. United States Postal Service </h2></center>
Seattle, Washington personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a Federal Tort Claims Act aug negligence theory.<br> <br> "The Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) is a federal law that allows individuals to sue the United States government for the negligent or wrongful acts of its employees. Under the FTCA, the government is liable for the same torts as a private person w... More...
$1 (12-08-2023 - WA)<h2><center> United States of America v. Chrystal M. Zarate-Cruz </h2></center>
Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1349.<br> <br> "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)<h2><center> United States of America v. Lincare Holdings, Inc. </h2></center>
Spokane, Washington civil litigation lawyers represented accused of fraudulently overbilling Medicare and Medicare Advantage Plans for oxygen equipment.<br> <br> Lincare Holdings, Inc. a Florida based, wholly-owned subsidiary of German multinational chemical corporation Linde, PLC, provides oxygen equipment to patients with respiratory ailments such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)... More...
$0 (08-28-2023 - WA)<h2><center> United States of America v. Jimia Rae Cain </h2></center>
Sponkane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraudulently obtaining $337,267 in COVID-19 relief funds.<br> <br> On March 27, 2020, the President signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARESâ€) Act. The CARES Act provided a number of programs through which eligible small businesses could request and obtain relief funding i... More...
$0 (06-29-2023 - WA)<h2><center> United States of America v. Erik A. Read </h2></center>
Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for stealing more than $200,000 from a union member’s account and other plans.<br> <br> Erik A. Read, age 52, from Tacoma, Washington who worked as a Third Party Administrator for union health and welfare and pension plans was indicted for stealing more than $200,000 fro... More...
$0 (07-07-2023 - WA)<h2><center> United States of America v. Charles St. George Kirkland </h2></center>
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.<br> <br> 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)<h2><center> United States of America v. Justin Costello </h2></center>
Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with securities fraud.<br> <br> Justin Costello victimized marijuana business owners, private investors, and investors who purchased stock in the public market. Costello used fraud proceeds for an expensive lifestyle, including an elaborate wedding with a James Bond theme. At the sentencing hearing, U.S. District Judge Ricar... More...
$0 (05-31-2023 - WA)<h2><center> United States of America v. Marisa Beck </h2></center>
Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraudulently obtaining more than $360,000 in COVID-19 relief funding intended for endangered small businesses. <br> <br> Marisa Beck, age 40, of Spokane, was accused of fraudulently obtaining COVID-19 relief funds.<br> <br> On March 27, 2020, the President signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Sec... More...
$0 (05-31-2023 - WA)<h2><center> United States of America v. Jerry Chris Van Dyke aka Jerry Witten </h2></center>
Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with violation of the Indian Arts and Crafts Act (IACA) by representing himself as a Native American artist, when he had no tribal enrollment or heritage.<br> <br> The investigation of Jerry Van Dyke, age 67, from Seattle, began in February 2019, when the Indian Arts and Crafts Board received a complaint that Van Dyke was re... More...
$0 (05-17-2023 - WA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. United Wound Healing P.S. </h2> </center>
Seattle, Washington civil litigation lawyers represented Defendant accused for fraudulently billing the federal government for health care services that were never performed.<br> <br> The U.S. Department of Justice, the Washington State Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Division, accused United Wound Healing, P.S. with violating the False Claims Act by improperly billing Medicare an... More...
$0 (05-08-2023 - WA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jose Badillo-Fernandez </h2> </center>
Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with unlawful reentry into the United States after removal in violation of 8 U.S.C. 1325(a)(1).<br> <br> (a) Improper time or place; avoidance of examination or inspection; misrepresentation and concealment of facts<br> <br> Any alien who (1) enters or attempts to enter the United States at any time or place other than as de... More...
$0 (03-29-2023 - WA)<h2> <center> Edward Fogg, et al. v. Selene Finance, L.P. </h2> </center>
Seattle, Washington consumer credit lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendant on a Real Estate Settlement and Procedure Act violation theories.<br> <br> 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)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jason DeSimas, Jason Stanley, Randy Smith, and Daniel Dorson </h2> </center>
Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with assaulting a Black man because of his actual and perceived race.<br> <br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/washington/news/seattle/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Seattle</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><br> </table><br> </center><br> Jason DeSimas, 45, Jason St... More...
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