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<h2> <center> United States of America v. Daniel Hammond </h2> </center>
Tacoma, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances in violation of 21:846, 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A). 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> Daniel Hammond had the ability to order up multi-pound quantities of methampheta... More...
$ (07-31-2026 - WA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Giovanni Antonio Garduno Garcia </h2> </center>
Seattle, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with armed drug trafficking. 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> Giovanni Antonio Garduno Garcia, age 37, was arrested in May 2025 following a law enforcement investigation of trafficking narcotics to vulnerable peopl... More...
$ (06-04-2026 - 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. Rogelio Pena
Tacoma, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing drugs. Rogelio Pena, 22, distributed large amounts of fentanyl pills. Rogelio Pena, 22, is one of thirteen people who was indicted in the case in May 2024. The 18-month wiretap investigation revealed that Pena was a trusted member of the conspiracy both for delivering drugs and for having access t... More...
$ (01-29-2026 - 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, 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. 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)Danae K. Howell v. Frank Bisignano
Tacoma, Washington social security disability lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of her application for SSI benefits by HHS.<br> <br> "When objective medical evidence is inconsistent with a claimant's<br> subjective testimony, an ALJ can reject the claimant's testimony about the severity<br> of [her] symptoms only by offering specific, clear, and convincing reasons for<b... More...
$0 (08-27-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. KhaliilAhmed, aka “Bossup â€, Yohannes Wondimagegnehu, aka “Jon†</h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with violent drug trafficking </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> First two members of violent drug trafficking organization sentenced to prison</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> Tw... More...
$0 (08-11-2025 - WA)Rachel Johnson v. Social Security Administration
Seattle, Washington social security disability lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking review of the denial by HHS of her application for benefits.<br> <br> upplemental Security Income (SSI) is a federal program that provides cash payments to individuals who are elderly, blind, or disabled and have low incomes. In addition to the federal payment, some states add a small supplement to the monthly ... More...
$0 (07-29-2025 - 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. 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. 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. 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. 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)Thomas E. Bittner v. Symetra National Life Insurance Company, et al.
<h2><br> Seattle, Washington civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff on claiming job discrimination.<br> </h2><br> <br> In 2010, Symetra hired Bittner as a Regional Vice President (RVP) of Sales. In this role, Bittner supervised a team of sales representatives who sold stop loss insurance policies. From 2014 onward, Bittner's sales team consistently exceeded its annual sales quota. In 2015, ... More...
$0 (10-28-2024 - 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. 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. 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. 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. Alan Gomez-Marentes </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Seattle, WashingtonCriminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engaging in a conspiracy to district drugs.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> <b><h2><center><i> Defendant was deported after 2005 conviction in Eastern Washington for distributing cocaine at Washington State University </h2></center></I></b><br> <br> <br> Def... More...
$0 (12-09-2023 - WA)United States of America v. Si Yong Kim
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)United States of America v. Changpeng Zhao
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 .<br> <br> Binance Holdings Limited (Binance), the entity that operates the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance.com, pleaded guilty today and has agreed to pay o... More...
$0 (11-22-2023 - 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. 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)Jerry Owens v. CACI International, Inc., et al.
Seattle, Washington employment law lawyer represented Plaintiff on a wrongful termination theory.<br> <br> CACI is an information technology company and defense contractor that provides services to various clients, including the United States Government, which is CACI's largest customer. (Dkt. No. 27-1 at 17-18.) Plaintiff's employment with CACI began in January 2016 following CACI's purchase of a... More...
$0 (05-26-2023 - WA)United States of America v. Rhonda Se Ackerman
Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with two counts of willfully failing to file her 2015 and 2016 federal income tax returns. <br> <br> Rhonda Sue Ackerman, age 54 of Spokane, Washington, abused her position as a liability claims technician at SCDRM. Between 2014 and 2016, she embezzled $440,315.25 and failed to file federal income tax returns reporting h... More...
$0 (05-26-2023 - WA)United States of America v. Keovilayvanh Rinthalukay
Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with willful failure to pay over taxes.<br> <br> 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 o... More...
$0 (05-02-2023 - WA)United States of America v. Chee Choong Ng
Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with distribution of marijuana.<br> <br> A 54-year-old Brooklyn, New York resident was convicted today in U.S. District Court in Seattle of conspiracy to distribute more than 1,000 kilos of processed marijuana, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Chee Choong Ng was arrested in October 2020, when eleven people were indicted f... More...
$0 (01-06-2023 - WA)Jeff Thurman and Kaycie Thurman v. Ozzie Knezovich
Spokane, Washington personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendant for defamation claiming to have been injured and/or damaged as a direct result of the release of an investigation by the Spokane County Sheriff's Department.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/washington/news/spokane/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Spokane</a>... More...
$0 (12-23-2022 - WA)Donovan Allen v. State of Washington
<br> IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTONDIVISION IIDONOVAN ALLEN,No. 54172-6-IIAppellant,v.STATE OF WASHINGTON,PUBLISHED OPINIONRespondent.LEE,C.J.—Donovan Allen appeals the trial court's order granting summary judgmentin favor of the State, which dismissed his claim under the Wrongly Convicted Persons Act (WCPA), chapter 4.100 RCW. Allen spent 13 years in prison for a cri... More...
$0 (11-09-2021 - WA)United States of America v. Michael Andrew Wood
Seattle, Washington criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances.<br> <br> "Michael Wood has racked up state and federal convictions for drug dealing, partnering with some of the most violent drug cartel members our district has seen,†said U.S. Attorney Brown. "He was distributing multiple pounds of methamphetamine. The damage his e... More...
$0 (11-15-2022 - 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. Wayne Frisby aka ‘Mac Wayne’
Seattle, Washington criminal law lawyer represented defendant charged with drug trafficking.<br> <br> Wayne Frisby aka 'Mac Wayne,'37, of Snohomish County, Washington was arrested in December 2020, for his role in a large drug trafficking ring. Investigators had numerous recorded phone calls of Frisby making drug deals and even one discussing his efforts to help a murder suspect hide from law enf... More...
$0 (08-09-2022 - 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)Shanna Offutt Evanger v. Georgia-Pacific Gypsum, L.L.C
Seattle, Washington employment law lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued defendant on an employment discrimination theory.<br> <br> laintiff Shanna Offutt Evanger appeals a judgment for defendant Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC ('Georgia-Pacific') on her employment discrimination claims.<br> <br> <br> Offutt first claims that Judge Rothstein did not have the discretion to alter<br> <br> 1<br> <br> cer... More...
$0 (06-06-2022 - 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...
$0 (05-27-2022 - WA)United States of America v. Raymond Ng
Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with illegally manufacturing of marijuana.<br> <br> Raymond Ng engaged in conspiracies to facilitate illegal marijuana grows in residential neighborhoods, and to launder the proceeds through businesses and properties. At the sentencing hearing U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour said "Ng continued his conduct after he had... More...
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