Bank Fraud Law
 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Michael Joseph Breitenbach

Doylestown, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud of taking money from insurers intended for his clients. Michael Joseph Breitenbach, 53, the owner of Patriot Public Adjusting, LLC, is accused of misappropriating over $82,000 in insurance claims and defrauding elderly homeowners in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

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United States of America v. Robert "Bobby" Leon Smith, III

Archer City, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with health care fraud and wire fraud conspirac. Robert “Bobby” Leon Smith III, 50, of Archer City, Texas, owned and operated seven durable medical equipment (DME) supply companies based in Florida, Texas, and Maryland through which he submitted millions of dollars in false claims to Medicare for orthotic braces a

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United States of America v. Aleksei Volkov

Indianapolis, Indiana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assisting major cybercrime groups, including the Yanluowang ransomware group, carry out numerous attacks against U.S. companies and other organizations. Volkov facilitated dozens of ransomware attacks throughout the United States, causing over $9 million in actual losses and over $24 million in intended losses.

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United States of America v. Team Rehabilitation Services, LLC (“Team Rehab”)

Detroit, Michigan, qui tam lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a whistleblower claim. Team Rehabilitation Services, LLC (“Team Rehab”), operates approximately 140 physical therapy clinics in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Georgia, agreed to pay $4,969,494 to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims for payment for physical therapy serv

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Verity Investigations, LLC v. Segepo-FSM, Inc.

Lexington, Kentucky, commercial litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a qui tam (whistleblower) claim. Segepo-FSM, Inc. was accused of falsely certifying it was eligible to apply for and receive forgiveness of its $503,900 second-draw PPP loan. Segepo-FSM, Inc. stated that it had fewer than 300 employees in its application. At the time of its loan and forgiveness applications, Segepo

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United States of America v. Roderick Michael Bates

Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted wire and identity fraud. Roderick Michael Bates, 55, used stolen identities with fake driver’s licenses to secure financing for farm machinery and equipment from a local Sampson County business. Using these identities, he fraudulently purchased high-value items totaling more than $65,000, includi

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United States of America v. Andre Whitehurst

Charlotte, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft of mail by a postal employee and conspiracy to commit bank fraud. From April 2022 to September 2024, Andre Whitehurst, 34, of Charlotte, conspired with Rashad Lowery, Aaron Grice, and others to execute a bank fraud scheme involving stolen mail. Whitehurst used his position as a U.S. Postal Service cl

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United States of America v. Thomas A. DeLeo and William A. Murray

Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with honest services fraud charge and the conspiracy to commit money laundering. Former Hudson County Parks Department Director Thomas A. DeLeo (“DeLeo”) and business owner William A. Murray engaged in a conspiracy, which operated from in or around 2019 through in or around 2024, involved more than $1.5 million

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United States of America v. Nicholas Pecko

Scranton, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud and theft of mail by a postal employee. Nicholas Pecko, age 33, of Vandling, Pennsylvania, allegedly stole two checks totaling $6,581.59 that were sent through the mail, intended to be delivered by the United States Postal Office. The indictment further alleges that Pecko executed a bank fraud sche

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United States of America v. Vanessa Motta, Jason Giles, Diaminike F. Stalbert, Motta Law, L.L.C. and The King Firm, L.L.C.

New Orleans, Louisiana, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and obstruction of justice. Vanessa Motta, age 44, Jason Giles, age 44 and Diamanike Stalbert, age 35, were charged in the federal probe into the staging of fake automobile collisions in the New Orleans metro area. Count 1 charged all five defendants with conspira

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United States of America v. Jimmy Fu

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with operating an unlicensed transmitting business. Jimmy Fu, 64, of West Hills, California, operated an unlicensed money transmitting business and had $689,697.09 in various accounts as a result. Since in or around November 2022, law enforcement began investigating two online pharmacies believed to be operati

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United States of America v. Anar Rustamov

San Francisco, California, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with large scale fraud. Anar Rustamov, age 38, formerly of Sunnyvale, California and a national of Azerbaijan, was part of a scheme to submit thousands of fraudulent claims to Medicare Advantage Organizations (“MAOs”) on behalf of unsuspecting beneficiaries for medical equipment such as blood glucose monitor

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United States of America v. Robert L. Crites

Montgomery, Alabama, commercial litigation lawyer represented the Defendant in a False Claims Act violation case. Robert L. Crites, age 67, and others associated with Extraordinary Scripts participated in an illegal kickback scheme in which they identified and referred patients across the country to Cloverland Pharmacy in Montgomery, Alabama. Crites primarily recruited beneficiaries of TRICARE,

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United States of America v. Dustin Cole Mosley and Jason Robert Riel

Mobile, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Dustin Cole Mosley, 40, and Jason Robert Riel, 41, created a shell safety services and supplies business, which billed the ARC for fake safety services and supplies purportedly provided to the ARC. Mosley worked as the ARC’s Safety Manager, and it entrusted him to approve invoices

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United States of America v. Eijroghene Okuma

Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer Warrent Lietz represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Eijroghene O. Okuma also known as Eijro O. Okuma abused a position of trust to carry out a calculated scheme that stole millions from an elderly victim,” said Peter Ellis, Acting Special Agent in Charge of FBI Georgia. “The FBI is committed to protecting older Americans from financial

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United States of America v. Alexander Paul Travis, Jason Salazar, and Audricus Phagnasay

Augusta, Georgia, criminal Defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with engaging in a wire fraud conspiracy. Alexander Paul Travis, 35, of Augusta, Jason Salazar, 30, of Clovis, California, and Audricus Phagnasay, 25, of Fresno, California, for engaging in a nationwide scheme that enabled North Korean workers to access U.S.-based computer networks. The Defendants were contacted b

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State of Florida v. Richard N. Golding

Tallahassee, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with fraud, money laundering in theft for allegedly stealing funds from the city of Tallahassee, Florida. Illinois attorney Richard N. Golding, 83, charged with two counts of wire fraud, money laundering, grand theft and attempted grand theft.

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United States of America v. Tomás Niembro Concha

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Powers Act and Wire Fraud. Tomás Niembro Concha, 64, of Miami, Florida, conspired with others to siphon money from Nodus Bank, ultimately leading to the bank’s failure in 2023. Niembro and his co-conspirators concealed from other Nodus Bank board members and execut

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Giuseppe Pampena, et al. v. Elon R.Musk

San Francisco, California, commercial litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiffs on a class action securities fraud theory. Lead Plaintiffs Steve Garrett, Nancy Price, John Garrett, and Brian Belgrave (“Plaintiffs”) bring this securities class action against Defendant Elon Musk (“Defendant”) on behalf of all persons and entities who sold Twitter, Inc. (“Twitter”) stock from M

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United States of America v. Thedore M. Dibiase, Jr., a/k/a Ted Dibiase, Jr., and Teddy Dibiase

Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy, wire fraud, theft involving programs receiving federal funds, and money laundering. Ex-wrstler Teddy Dibiase was accused welfare fraud conspiracy, wire fraud, theft and money laundering after he accepted nearly $3 million in federal funds designed to help poor residents and spent the money on luxury

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United States of America v. Dr. Claribel Tan and Daniel Tan

Anchorage, Alaska, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with health care fraud. Dr. Claribel Tan, 61, and her husband, Daniel Tan, 70, operated a rheumatology medical clinic in Anchorage starting in 2005. Claribel Tan specialized in the treatment of autoimmune and musculoskeletal diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis and psoriatic arthritis, and she presc

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United States of America v. Christopher Furman

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with embezzlement. Christopher Furman, 53, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of wire fraud and money laundering.

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State of Texas v. Brusli Romero Bejarano and John Giraldo-Cortes.

Amarillo, Texas, criminal defense lawyers are representing the defendants charged with credit card fraud. Brusli Romero Bejarano age 28, and John Giraldo-Cortes, age 33, were arrested for fraudulent use/possession/tampering with gift cards.

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United States of America v. Joff Stenn Wroy Philossaint

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with defrauding COVID-19 relief programs of millions of dollars and concealing his criminal conduct during the naturalization process. Between April 2020 and May 2021, Joff Stenn Wroy Philossaint, 25, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, fraudulently obtained COVID-19 relief funds through companies he owned or controlled and by p

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United States of America v. Brittany Hudson

Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with fraud, laundering the fraudulent proceeds from that scheme, lying to a franchising company while on pretrial release, and forging the signature of former Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy C. Batten, Sr. on fake court documents Brittany Hudson and her literal partner in crime brazenly stole nearly $10 million from

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