Brooklyn, New York criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with tipping investor with nonpublic information for them to used to make money on stocks. Reported by Kent Morlan The first indictment charges the following 16 defendants with two counts of conspiracy to comm

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with acquiring proceeds from drug activity in violation of 63 O.S. 2-503.1, which provides: A. It is unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally to receive or acquire proceeds and to conceal such proceeds, or engage in transactions involving proceeds, known to be derived from any violation of the Uniform Controlled

Los Angeles, California, pro se defendant defended himself without the help of a lawyer charged with smuggling goods into the United States. Reported by Kent Morlan Jose Manuel Perez, 34, of Oxnard, and other co-conspirators smuggled wildlife into the United States from Mexico and else

Tulsa, Oklahoma: Oklahoma Supreme Court rules that agreement between the City of Tulsa and the Creek Nation is void. ¶1 On December 15, 2025, this Court stayed this proceeding in light of ongoing federal litigation in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma ("Northern District") between the Muscogee (Creek) Nation ("Nation") and Respondents. 1 That litigation ce

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm while in the commission of a felony, possession of a controlled substance, and acquiring proceeds from drug activity. 21 O.S. 1287 provides: A. Any person who, while committing or attempting to commit a felony, possesses a pistol, shotgun or rifle or any other offensive weapon in such commi

Providence, Rhode Island, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with operating a business that provided services to customers engaged in widespread telemarketing and tech-support fraud schemes targeting victims throughout the United States and abroad. Reported by Kent Morlan Former CEO Adam Young, 42, of Miami, FL, and former CSO Harrison Gevirtz, 33, of Las Vegas, NV,

Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with with violating the TAKE IT DOWN Act. Reported by Kent Morlan Cornelius Shannon and Arturo Hernandez with violations of the TAKE IT DOWN Act, which was enacted one year ago and prohibits the nonconsensual publication of AI-generated digital forgeries (deepfake) pornography. Shannon and Hernandez allegedly post

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

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

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

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

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with Lacey Act Trafficking. The Boise Cascade Company (Boise Cascade) was accused of felony violation of the Lacey Act for its role in a timber trafficking scheme to evade countervailing and anti-dumping duties. “Boise Cascade either knew about or was willfully blind to the illegal importation of the plywood they w

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. Robert Dunlap claimed to operate a cryptocurrency business that sold a purported digital asset called “Meta-1 Coin” through a “Meta-1 Coin Trust.” Dunlap made numerous false and misleading statements to potential and actual investors, including claims that the Meta-1 Coin was backed by as much as $

Atlanta, Georgia commercial litigation lawyers represented Advanced Urology, Inc. and Dr. Jitesh Patel accused of violation the False Claims Act by billing Medicare and Medicaid for services that were either unnecessary or never performed. The government’s investigation began after a former Advanced Urology employee filed a whistleblower complaint alleging that Advanced Urology performed unn

Vinita, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with r Feloniously Pointing a Firearm (21 O.S.Supp.2012, § 1289.16) or in the alternative Domestic Assault with a Dangerous Weapon (21 O.S.Supp.2014, § 644) (Count I); Possession of a Firearm, After Former Conviction of a Felony (21 O.S. Supp.2014, § 1283) (Counts II and III); Kidnapping (21 O.S.Supp.2012, § 751 (Count

Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to fore labor. Nicole Daedone, the founder and former Chief Executive Officer of OneTaste, Inc. (OneTaste), a sexual wellness education company founded in San Francisco, California, was accused of engaing in a conspiracy to force labor. “This case exposed a decade-long scheme in which the defend

Fort Myers, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and money laundering. Following Hurricane Ian in 2022, Luis Emilio Hernandez, age 45, of Naples, convinced an 85-year-old victim to write him personal checks totaling over $1.2 million for construction materials and repairs that were never performed. Instead, Hernandez cashed the checks for his own p

St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with prescribing pain pills and other controlled substances in exchange for sex acts, nude photos or cash. Craig A. Spiegel, now 70, exploited his position to obtain cash, sexual acts or sexual photographs from at least 19 patients, many of whom he began treating as children. Spiegel illegally distributed an “astr

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

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

Santa Fe, New Mexico Attorney General's Office represented the States of New Mexico claiming that Meta failed to warn users about the dangers of its platform and protect children from sexual predators and willfully engaging in "unfair and deceptive" and "unconscionable" trade practices. New Mexico also claimed that Meta created a "breeding ground" for child predators on Facebook and Instagram.

El Paso, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with engaging in deceptive trade practices. Justin Martinez, age 37, was wanted on a criminal warrant tied to an alleged $3,000 loss.

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

El Paso, Texas criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with fraud. Velasquez was arrested March 7 by the Texas Department of Public Safety on a charge of deceptive business practices.