Washington Fraudulent Conveyance Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Tasha Hoggatt </h2> </center>
Spokane, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft concerning programs receiving federal funds in violation of 18 U.S.c. 666(a)(1). Digested 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> Between October 1, 2021, and October 31, 2022, Tasha Hoggatt, age 51, of Valencia, Californ... More...
$ (07-31-2026 - 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. 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. 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)<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. 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)Charles Boyd Olson and Janine Olson v. Unison Agreement Corporation
Seattle, Washington consumer credit lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued on a Washington Consumer Protection Act Violation theory.<br> <br> The Olsons have resided in their home in Kent, Washington, since their<br> marriage in 1990. In early 2019, at a time when they were experiencing financial<br> difficulties, the Olsons received a flyer in the mail from Unison that offered a way<br> to o... More...
$0 (08-08-2025 - 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. 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. 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. 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. 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)United States of America v. Cody Benson
<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> United States of America v. Donte Jamal McClellon </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, WA criminal defense lawyer <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/atty.asp?f=Thomas&l=Weaver&i=110126&z=98337" target="_new">Thomas E. Weaver</a> represented the Defendant charged with using fraud to obtain more than $500,000 in COVID benefits </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Seattle man who used fra... More...
$0 (05-29-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Leslie Redd III </h1>
<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> United States of America v. Sakiru Olanrewaju Ambali </h1>
<b><h2><center><i><font color="red"> Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud on COVID relief programs. </font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><br> <center><i></b> Canadian resident sentenced to 3+ years in prison for more than $1 million fraud on COVID relief programs </h2></center></i><br> <br> A 45-year-old Nigerian citizen who defraud... More...
$0 (03-14-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Paradise Williams </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a pandemic fraud scheme.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> Leader of $6.8 million pandemic fraud scheme sentenced to 5 years in prison </h3></center></i><br> <br> The leader of a wide-ranging fraud scheme that stole more than $3.3 million fro... More...
$0 (03-05-2024 - WA)Farbod Amini and Laman Amini v. Crestbrook Insurance Company
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)United States of America v. Chrystal M. Zarate-Cruz
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)United States of America v. Lincare Holdings, Inc.
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)United States of America v. Jimia Rae Cain
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 intende... More...
$0 (06-29-2023 - WA)United States of America v. Erik A. Read
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 from a uni... More...
$0 (07-07-2023 - WA)United States of America v. Rajinder Pal Singh, a/k/a Jaspal Gill
Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Transport and Harbor Certain Aliens by taking more than $500,000 as a key member of a smuggling ring bringing hundreds of Indian Nationals across the border from Canada and then to locations in the mid-west and beyond.<br> <br> <br> "Over a four-year period, Rajinder Pal Singh arranged for more than 800... More...
$0 (06-28-2023 - WA)United States of America v. Charles St. George Kirkland
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)United States of America v. Marisa Beck
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)United States of America v. Bryan Alan Sparks
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<br> <br> 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 s... More...
$0 (05-23-2023 - WA)United States of America v. Richard W. Reid
Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with profiting from illegal kickbacks in the medical testing industry.<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> Richard Reid, 53, was convicted... More...
$0 (01-10-2023 - WA)United States of America v. Kevin Wayne Jones
Seattle, Washington criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with bank fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1344, which provides:<br> <br> Whoever knowingly executes, or attempts to execute, a scheme or artifice—<br> <br> (1) to defraud a financial institution; or<br> <br> (2) to obtain any of the moneys, funds, credits, assets, securities, or other property owned by, or under the custo... More...
$0 (03-15-2022 - WA)United States of America v. Cody Allen Easterday
Richland, Washington criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud.<br> <br> Cody Allen Easterday, age 51, of Mesa, Washington and the business he led, Easterday Ranches Inc., entered into agreements with Tyson Foods and another company (collectively the Victim Companies), whereby Easterday Ranches agreed to purchase and feed cattle on behalf of the Victim Companies. Under thes... More...
$0 (10-04-2022 - WA)United States of America v. Abidermi Rufai
Tacoma, Washington criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. <br> <br> Abidermi Rufai was the Special Assistant to the Governor of Nigeria's Ogun State. He admitted a long history of using stolen identities to defraud U.S. disaster programs, including aid for Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, and file fraudulent U.S. tax returns. At the sentencing... More...
$0 (09-26-2022 - WA)United States of America v. Karla Padilla
Yakima, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with fraudulently obtaining more than $59,000 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 ... More...
$0 (07-22-2022 - WA)Todd G. Glover and Christina S. Glover v. Phillip Canaday
Seattle, Washington civil litigation lawyer represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendant seeking injunctive and declaratory relief.<br> <br> <br> Todd and Christina Glover ("the Glovers") and Canaday own adjacent parcels of real property in a rural area of Snohomish County. Before January 4, 2016, the Glovers owned both parcels. The Glovers have lived on the parcel they currently occupy ("the Glover... More...
$0 (07-18-2022 - WA)United States of America v. American Financial Network, Inc.
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).<br> <br> "FHA-backed mortgages are a critical resource for first-time homebuyers, moderate-income borrowers, and families who have suffere... More...
$0 (06-22-2022 - WA)United States of America v. Jae Lee
Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to solicit and receive kickbacks involving health care programs and to offer and pay kickbacks involving health care programs.<br> <br> Jae Lee, 51, of Bellevue, Washington, served as the CEO of Northwest Physicians Laboratory (NWPL). Between 2013 and 2015, Lee conspired with others to get kickbacks from me... More...
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