False Pretense Law
 
Sharel Mawby v. Folgers Coffee Marketing

Kansas City, Missouri, consumer law class action lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Missouri Merchandising Practices Act and unjust enrichment.

Missouri resident Mark Smith bought containers of Folgers coffee that featured
representations about the number of six-ounce cups that the coffee in each container
could produce. Believing the representations to be misleadi

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United States of America v. James A. Cohen

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with accepting payments in exchange for falsely representing that a registered sex of- fender lived at his address. After he was charged for making that representation to United States marshals, Cohen pleaded guilty to knowingly and willfully making a materially false statement in a matter within the jurisdiction of the U

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State of Rhode Island v. Melissa Acevedo

Providence, Rhode Island, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with obtaining more than $10,000 under false pretenses, fraudulently obtaining more than $500 in assistance, and giving false documents to an agent, employee or public Official.

Melissa Acevedo, age 40, was accused obtaining more than $10,000 under false pretenses, fraudulently obtaining more than $500 in a

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Amy Moore, et al. v. Howard Rubin

Brooklyn, New York, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on Racketeering (RICO) Act violation theories.

Howard Rubin, a successful bond trader, recruited women from around the country to travel to New York and engage in sadomasochism with him in exchange for money. Rubin employed assistants, whom he paid up to $15,000 per month, to lure women with promi

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United States of America v. Montressa Cunningham

Topeka, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud and Wire Fraud and Money Laundering.

A jury convicted Defendant Montressa Cunningham (“Cunningham”) of sixteen offenses stemming from a fourteen-month fraudulent scheme. Cunningham and his wife Felicia purchased seven higher-end used cars, financing those purchases
with b

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United States of America v. Charelle Smith

Little Rock, Arkansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with filing false tax returns.

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United States of America v. Keno Lane

Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being an lawful drug user in possession of a firearm, false declaration before a Grand Jury, obstruction justice,

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United States of America v. Pierre Lemone Draper

Dayton, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to commit theft and conversion of money and things of value from the United States; 18 U.S.C. § 1014 - Making false statements on a loan application; 18 U.S.C. § 1040 - Wire Fraud; 18 U.S.C. § 1343 - the knowing transfer, possession and use without lawful authority of a means of identification of another per

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Elizabeth Koletas v. United States of America

Orlando, Florida personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a Federal Tort Claims Act claim.

On June 23, 2022, Plaintiff Elisabeth Koletas was traveling
through Southwest Florida International Airport. Upon arriving at
the security screening area, Koletas, four months pregnant, re
quested to undergo a pat-down instead of walking through a body
scanner. She e

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Barbara Lopez Payan v. Caitlin A. Freshwater

Phoenix, Arizona personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on an unknown legal theory.

In June 2023, Officer Freshwater approached Payan and her two dogs at a police station. After their encounter, Freshwater wrote in a police report that one of Payan's dogs needed "immediate medical attention." The report also stated that Payan "could not hold a conversation," her thought

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United States of America v. Kirill Afanasyev

San Francisco, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud.

Jose Vicente Badillo, Kirill Afanasyev, Jason Naraja, and Jaime Respicio conspired to defraud an auto insurance company by submitting a fraudulent insurance claim on a wrecked car that Afanasyev purchased in May 2019. The Indictment alleges that, when Afanasyev bought

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Canary Reed v. Remington Arms Company, Inc., et al.

Little Rock, Arkansas employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights violation job discrimination theory.

This is an employment discrimination lawsuit filed by Canary Reed against Remington Ammunition, Remington Arms Company, Inc., and Vista Outdoors Inc.. Filed in October 2024, Reed, an African American woman, alleges she was terminated from her job as a Body

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United States of America v. Yana Leonova

Washington DC criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with th conspiring to violate the Export Control Reform Act.

Yana Leonova, 33, a Belorussian citizen most recently residing in Russia, was extradited from France yesterday on an indictment charging her with conspiring to violate the Export Control Reform Act, to commit smuggling, to commit money laundering, and to def

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Charles Farden v. United States of America

Albuquerque, New Mexico personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a Federal Tort Claims Act claim.

At issue in this suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act is whether the United States can be held liable for false imprisonment or false arrest when a federal law enforcement officer restrains or arrests a person whom he has probable cause to believe is committing the federal crime

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United States of America v. Crandall Speights

Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with stealing checks out of the mail.

A Wilmington man was sentenced on September 18, 2025, to 70 months in prison for amassing over $900,000 in fraudulent proceeds through multiple fraud schemes over the course of years.

According to court documents, Crandall Speights, 43, drove around neighborhoods

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United States of America v. Denise Davis

Newark, New Jersey criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiring to Defraud The IRS.

A Mays Landing woman admitted to conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service by filing false employment tax returns that concealed a company’s cash payroll, Acting U.S. Attorney and Special Attorney Alina Habba announced.

Denise Davis, 52, of Mays Landing, New

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United States of America v. Ca Ron Crouch

Fort Lauderdale, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making a false statement to a firearms dealer.

18:U.S.C.§922(a)(6)

(a) It shall be unlawful—

(6) for any person in connection with the acquisition or attempted acquisition of any firearm or ammunition from a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed col

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Ira A. Troyer v. Maryland Casualty Company, et al.

Missoula, Montana, insurance law lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.

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In Montana, an insurance company breaches the implied covenant of "good faith" by knowingly or recklessly failing to settle a claim or by acting with unfair or deceptive practices, such as misrepresenting policy provisions, unreasonably delaying a claim, o

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Brey Mafi v. Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc., et al.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a real property fraud claim.

Fraud law refers to the legal regulations that define and punish deceptive activities used to gain an unfair or unlawful advantage, often resulting in financial loss to another person or entity
. It applies to both civil and criminal contexts, punishing fraudulent acts and providi

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United States of America v. Eileen Marie Hurley

Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with transfer of a firearm to a prohibited person and for making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm.

Eileen Marie Hurley, 71, of Sheridan, Wyoming, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in federal prison with one year of supervised release for transfer of a firearm to a prohibited person and for

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United States of America v. Steevenson Persona

Dayton, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud.

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Federal wire fraud law, defined by 18 U.S.C. § 1343, makes it a crime to use electronic communications across state lines to execute a scheme to defraud someone of money, property, or honest services. To secure a conviction, a prosecutor must prove the defendant engaged in a sch

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Jack Nicklaus v. Nicklaus Companies, LLC

West Palm Beach, Florida personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a defamation theory.

Retired Pro Golfer Jack Nicklaus sued his former company, Nicklaus Companies, LLC on breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and tortiouos interference.

Nicklaus alleged that Nicklaus Companies executives Howard Milstein, Andrew O’Brien and others were involved in sp

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Robert Januchowski v. Fay Servicing, L.L.C.

Buffalo, New York, consumer law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act violation claim.

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) violations include abusive, deceptive, and unfair debt collection tactics such as harassment, repeated calls, and threats of illegal action. Other violations include making false statements about the debt's amount or legal sta

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United States of America v. Cody Holmes, Steven Taylor

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Fraud in Public Homelessness Funds, seven counts of bank fraud, one count of aggravated identity theft, and one count of money laundering.

Federal law enforcement today announced the arrest of the former chief financial officer at a downtown Los Angeles-based developer of affordable housing and crimin

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United States of America v. Briauna Adams

Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans being issued under the Coronavirus Aid and Economic Security (CARES) Act, and more than $3,000,000 in stolen Treasury checks.


A Kansas City, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for her leadership role in two cases that resulted in more t

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