Sacramento, CA: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with making false statements in an application for FEMA benefits in connection with the 2018 Paradise Camp Fire.

Kristen Canapary, age 53, of Butte County was indicted for making false statements on a FEMA disaster benefits application.

FEMA provided disaster benefits to certain qualified individuals whose pr... More...   $0 (09-19-2021 - cA)

Boston, Massachusetts wire fraud charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Richard Hajjar, age 71. who was accused for embezzling millions from Alden Shoe Company to finance an ill-fated television talk show for Bianca de la Garza, a Boston TV personality. Hajjar was also charged with unlawful monetary transactions and filing a false tax return.

The Government claimed that Haj... More...   $0 (09-17-2021 - MA)

Council Bluffs, Iowa false statements in connection with Federal Crop Insurance charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Andrew J. Fisher, age 55.

Fischer obtained crop insurance for the crop years 2012, 2014, and 2017 through the United States Department of Agriculture Risk Management Agency’s Federal Crop Insurance Program. Fisher then submitted fraudulent insurance claim... More...   $0 (09-17-2021 - IA)

Knoxville, TN: Criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud and money laundering.

James Waylon Howell, 39, currently of Knoxville, Tennessee, was charged with one count of wire fraud and one count of money laundering.

As part of the written plea agreement, Howell waived an indictment by a Federal Grand Jury and agreed to plead guilty to one count of wire ... More...   $0 (09-16-2021 - TN)

Nashville, TN: Criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud two hospital management companies.

Tyrone Floyd Berry, 46, of Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, and Aaron James Hill, 43, of Fairview, Tennessee, were charged with to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and two counts of wire fraud.

Hill worked as a human resource coordinator at Co... More...   $0 (09-16-2021 - TN)

Columbus, OH: Criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with bank fraud.

In January 2020, while on pretrial release, O’Kelly applied for employment at another bank and once again falsely represented a Social Security number as his own.

Once employed at the banks, O’Kelly accessed and obtained the banking information of multiple customers to initiate unauthorized p... More...   $0 (09-16-2021 - OH)

Tampa, FL: False Claims Act lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant charging violating the False Claims Act by performing medically unnecessary ablations and vein stent procedures.

From Jan. 1, 2013 to Dec. 31, 2019, Dr. Pal knowingly submitted false claims to federal health care programs for medically unnecessary ablations and vein stent procedures. The government alleged that... More...   $0 (09-15-2021 - FL)

Tyler, TX: Elder wire fraud criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Monica Ruiz, age 45, who enlisted a variety of false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises in a scheme to defraud an elderly victim from Bullard, Texas. Among the various misrepresentations Ruiz made in order to obtain money from the victim were the following:

- That Ruiz had been in a coma;
... More...   $0 (09-15-2021 - TX)

Detroit, MI: Bank fraud criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Michael Bishoff, at 60, of Macomb County, charged with bank fraud on Nov. 23, 2020, in the Eastern District of Michigan. According to court documents, Bischoff, who owned multiple pizza restaurants in Macomb County, admitted to defrauding several financial institutions by submitting at least nine falsified PPP loan application... More...   $0 (09-15-2021 - MI)

San Antonio, TX: International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) violation criminal defense lawyer represented Mehrdad Ansari, 40, a resident of the United Arab Emirates and Germany, was convicted by a federal jury in May 2021 for his role in a scheme to obtain military sensitive parts for Iran in violation of the Iranian Trade Embargo. In coordination with his co-conspirators, Ansari obtained... More...   $0 (09-14-2021 - TX)

Dr. Rachel Tudor sued her former employer, Southeastern Oklahoma State
University, under Title VII, claiming discrimination on the basis of sex, retaliation,
and a hostile work environment after Southeastern denied her tenure, denied her the
opportunity to reapply for tenure, and ultimately terminated her from the university.
A jury found in favor of Dr. Tudor on her discrimin... More...   $0 (09-13-2021 - OK)