Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute ketamine resulting in death and serious bodily injury. Reported by: Kent Morlan Kenneth Iwamasa, 61, of Toluca Lake, was a live-in personal assistant was sentenced today to

Springfield, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud. Reported by Kent Morlan Octavia Renee Murphy, 37, of the 700 block of Double Jack Street, conspired with others to defraud the SBA by submitting false applications for

Concord, New Hampshire, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with firearm struggling. Reported by Kent Morlan The Defendants engaged in a conspiracy 2021, and continued through at least October 2024. Members of the trafficking network recruited individuals in and around Keene, N.H. and Dummerston, V.T., to conduct straw purchases, buying firearms on behalf of others w

Camden, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Reported by Kent Morlan Chouby Charleron, 27, of Severn, Maryland, accessed and obtained the PII of thousands of unwitting individuals and then sold that PII to a network of co-conspirators through interstate wires using a web-based encrypted messaging application that users co

New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant who was charged with conspiracy to commit murder. Reported by Kent Morlan Daniel Sikkema, aka Daniel Garcia Carrera hired a hitman in Brazil to kill his huband, paying him $9,000. Amid contentious divorce proceedings with his then-husband, Daniel Sikkema used a burner phone line to callously order the killing of h

Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to unlawfully transporting illegal aliens for financial gain. Reported by Kent Morlan Immigration authorities sought to deport Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, age 31, but was blocked from doing so by a Federal Judge in Maryland. The Government they indicted him in Tennessee for human smuggling.

Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Section 8 housing fraud. Reported by Kent Morlan Starting in April 2017 Tracy Jones served as Senior Vice President over the Housing Choice Voucher Program at the Atlanta Housing Authority, overseeing one of the largest Section 8 programs in the country. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development fund

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

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 Francisco, California, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act by trafficking and false labeling logger head turtles in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 and aiding and abetting the violation of the Act. Reported by By Kent Morlan Donald Do, of Daly City, California an

Omaha, Nebraska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of Meth. By Kent Morlan Brandy Miller, 48, of Flagstaff, Arizona was charged based on her involvement with a Mexico source of supply of methamphetamine known to supply the Omaha and Council Bluffs, Iowa

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

Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with international narcotics trafficking using the dark web. By Kent Morlan Waleed Shamim, 33, Sameer Shamim, 41, and Shareef Beig, 52, were indicted for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and conspiracy to import controlled substances. “Postal Inspectors, federal prosecutors, and our law enforcem

Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking meth. By Kent Morlan Homer Faison didn’t just sell drugs; he built a pipeline of poison stretching across this country directly into the heart of the Eastern District of North Carolina. By flooding our neighborhoods with hundreds of pounds of dope, he greedily profited from addiction a

Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, drug trafficking and defrauding the United States, along with witness tampering, maintaining a drug involved premises and bribing a public official. Reported by Kent Morlan Between 2005, and 2019, Peter Gerace, Jr., owned and operated Pharaoh's Gentlemen's Club. While do

Plattsburgh, Nwe York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit alien smuggling. Reported by Kent Morlan Edgar Sanchez-Solis, 24, was a leader in an alien smuggling organization (ASO) while he was living illegally in Kansas City, Missouri. The ASO smuggled hundreds of aliens into the United States. Once the aliens were inside the U.S., the ASO emplo

Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to act as an agent of China and obstruction of justice. Reported by Kent Morlan Lu Jianwang, aka "Harry Lu," age 64, of Brooklyn, New York, used a police station in New York City to target PRC dissidents in furtherance of the Chinese government’s political agenda. May today’s verdict send a me

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

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with stealing mail. By Kent Morlan On October 2, 2023, Tulio Nunez, age 25, of the Bronx, New York, drove to Campbell Avenue in West Haven and parked in front of a postal collection box. Nunez’s associate then exited the vehicle, opened the service door of the collection box using a counterfeit postal arrow

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

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to import more than 5 kilograms of cocaine into the United States 21 USC 963. By Kent Morlan Erasme Catalino Paulino Rodriguez, 35; Joseito Diaz De Oleo, 48; and Ober Alexander Villavicencio Jimenez, 36, all from the Dominican Republic, were aboard the M/V Best Bet, a 65-foot sport-fishing vessel, whe

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