Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and attempted obstruction of criminal investigation of heath care cases. Reported by Kent Morlan Glendale Doctor Violetta Mailyan, age 45, was accused of submitting more than t$45 million in bogus claims to Medicare for Botox injections that were medically unnecessary or never provide and usin

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with Conspiracy to Transport Aliens in the United States Illegally for Private Financial Gain and Human Trafficking and Money Laundering. Reported by Kent Morlan From October 2021 through April 2025, the ringleader, Cidia Marleny Lima Lopez (Cidia), conspired with the defendants and other individuals throughout the

Portland, Oregon, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with engaging in a Ponzi scheme. Reported By Kent Morlan Olena Oblamska, 42, Ukrainian national and her co-conspirators advertised Forsage as a decentralized matrix project based on network marketing and “smart contracts,” which are self-executing c

Sacramento, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Reported By Kent Morlan Hector Perez, age 35, of Stockton, California, and his brother Flavio Perez, 30, of Stockton, carried out a fraudulent scheme targeting invoice factoring

San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with illegally importing 27 protected parrots and parakeets in a modified spare tire in the trunk of a car. Reported by Kent Morlan Sydney Johnson, age 27, of Santee and Brandon Marion, age 38, of Temecula tried to sneak 11 orange-fronted parakeets (Eupsittula canicularis) and 16 white-fronted Amazon parrots

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with fraud and making false statements. Reported by Kent Morlan Charles Lewis Davis, age 33, was accused of making false statements on his tax returns. Davis owns and operates Forever Investments LLC, a social media entity that posts videos involving Davis to YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram, among other social media

Jefferson City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the the Defendant charged with bank robbery, brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Reported by Kent Morlan Basil Jacob Kyles, 71, allegedly entered a bank in downtown Columbia, Mo., when he brandish

Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with health care fraud and money laundering. Reported by Kent Morlan Elnar Zarbailov, 42, of Staten Island, New York, and dual citizen of the United States and Azerbaijan, was a fixer and money launderer for the foreign-based Organization that spearheaded the largest health care fraud case ever prosecuted by the D

Memphis, Tennessee criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with attempt and conspiracy to commit mail Fraud. Reported by Kent Morlan Dakota Smith, age 35, and his co-conspirator defrauded investors by misrepresenting to them that PEG owned small, profitable companies in e-commerce and aviation. Smith solicited investments based on promises that the investors would obtain o

Greeneville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with fraud. Reported by Kent Morlan Ryan Glidewell, Alyssa Glidewell, Edward Zanes, and others, conspired to file false tax returns seeking refunds based on the Employee Retention Credit and paid Sick and Family Leave Credit, both of which were created by Congress to aid struggling businesses during the COVID

Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Report by Kent Morlan Edwin Brant Frost IV, the founder of First Liberty Building & Loan, was accused of perpetrating a $140 million Ponzi Scheme that bilked mostly wealthy Georgia Republicans out of millions.

New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States and the internal revenue service. By Kent Morlan Robert Sage helped U.S. taxpayers conceal more than $60 million in offshore accounts through a scheme designed to hide assets from the IRS. SAGE was the founder and CEO of a Hong Kong financial services firm. From

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud, falsification of records, and money laundering. By Kent Morlan Christopher Flanagan, 38, of Dennis, Mass. was indicted with eight counts of wire fraud, one count of money laundering, one count of falsification of records and three counts of filing false tax returns. Flanagan was previously char

Providence, Rhode Island, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud, theft of public money, false representation of a Social Security number, and aggravated identity theft related to an alleged scheme to fraudulently obtain Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits using the identities of deceased and other individuals. By Kent Morlan Investiga

Concord, New Hampshire, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with stealing $225,200 from an elderly disabled veteran. By Kent Morlan Donald Estes, 49, stole almost a quarter million dollars from an elderly disabled veteran to squander on things like a snowmobile and jewelry. “Every American owes a debt of gratitude to those who served our country, and this sentenc

Birmingham, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with with defrauding the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program (EIDL), and Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) by unlawfully obtaining funds intended to provide COVID-19 pandemic relief to eligible operating businesses. By Kent Morlan From

Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and money laundering charges after his extradition from Germany. By Kent Morlan “Poul Thorsen allegedly stole more than $1 million in federal grant money by submitting fabricated invoices and diverting funds to

Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with four counts of wire fraud and one count of theft of government money. By Kent Morlan Rebecca Stewart Vaughn, age 64, Tampa, Florida, engaged in a fraud scheme to obtain Social Security benefits and City of New York pension benefits that did not belong to her. The benefits were being paid to Vaughn’s aunt, J.C.

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with preparing and submitting false tax forms to support more than 200 fraudulent loan applications under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). By Kent Morlan Roody Metelus, 47, of Westlake, owned and operated JRS Tax Services, LLC, in Dania Beach. From app

Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit securities fraud, and wire fraud. By Kent Morlan Parmjit Parmar, a/k/a “Paul Parmar,” 55, of Colts Neck, New Jersey and his his conspirators, including Sotirios Zaharis, a/k/a “Sam Zaharis,” and Ravi Chivukula orchestrated an elaborate scheme to defraud a private investment firm a

Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States Government, mail fraud, and money laundering. By Kent Morlan Joel Rufus French, age 47 of Armory, Mississippi, engaged in a conspiracy to defraud of the United States. French worked with overseas telemarketing call centers that pressured elderly Americans to provide thei

Little Rock, Arkansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank theft. By Kent Morlan Laura Parrish embezzled funds from one family, including one family member who was deceased, in the approximate amount of $364,000. Parrish used these funds to make payments on her personal credit cards and loans to benefit herself, her business, Southern Roots and Blooms, or acco

Cincinnati, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charge with money laundering and mail fraud. By Kent Morlan Deniss Zolotarjovs, 35, was accused of conspiring to commit both money laundering and wire fraud in one of the most notorious ransomware groups in the world, known as Karakurt, TommyLeaks and SchoolBoys Ransomware. Ransomware is a type of cybercrime that typicall

Lexington, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with armed bankruptcy. By Kent Morlan Brailen Weaver entered a US Bank in Berea, Ky, on April 30, 2026, at approximately 1:57 p.m. Upon entering the bank, Weaver immediately shot and killed a bank employee and then killed a bank teller. Weaver checked multiple drawers in the bank and immediately left. Investigators

Paducah, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud and 13 counts of fraudulent prescriptions. By Kent Morlan While working as licensed pharmacists, Michael Shawn Boaz, 47, of Clinton, and his co-conspirator fraudulently billed health care benefit programs for customers at two pharmacies in Kentucky. From 2017 through 2021,