False Pretense Law
 
United States of America v. Robert Hankard

Baltimore, Maryland criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States, conspiracy to deprive others of their civil rights, falsification of records, false declaration before a grand jury.

Robert Hankard, age 45, of Baltimore, was indicted for providing a BB gun that he knew would be planted on a suspect, falsely testifying t

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State of Colorado v. Robert Marlow

Aspen, Colorado criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with attempted sexual assault, false imprisonment and indecent exposure.

Robert Marlow, 41, of Basalt, was accused of sexually assaulting a 23-year-old woman in the bathroom of an Aspen Bar.

Deputy District Attorney Don Nottingham prosecuted the case.

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United States of America v. Loyd Tomlinson, Sr.

Tampa, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with defrauding a federally insured financial institution out of more than $20 million.

Loyd Tomlinson, age 79, from St. Petersburg, Florida and his son, Loyd Tomlinson II, owned and operated LTA International Global Services LLC (“LTA”), a distribution company. In or around 2015, LTA began to have severe financial p

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JULIE NIEMITALO v. RICHARD SEIDEL

Pierre, SD - Divorce lawyer represented Defendant and Appellee with whether their divorce agreement released Julie’s right to bring a civil suit against Richard.




[¶2.] Julie and Richard had been married for 23 years when, in September
2017, she filed for divorce based on Richard’s adu

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United States of America v. Bruce Beckner

Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud.

Bruce Beckner, atge 59, was indicted on June 24, 2015, along with co-defendant Arthur Herlihy, 73, of Santa Fe, New Mexico. In 2007, Beckner recruited Herlihy to join him in developing a business plan and securing financing to renovate a truck stop in Deming,

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State of Oklahoma v. Michael Hanson

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with obtaining property by trick, deception or false statements under 21 O.S. 1500, et seq., which provide:

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person willfully, knowingly, or fraudulently to make, issue, deliver, use or submit, or to participate in making, issuing, delivering, using or submitting any fictitious, f

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United States of America v. True Health Diagnostics, LLC, et al.

Sherman, Texas private private lawyers represented Defendants accused of defrauding the United States of America, which sued Defendants on a False Claims Act under 31 U.S.C. 3729.

Laboratory executives and employees at True Health Diagnostics LLC (THD) and Boston Heart Diagnostics Corporation (BHD) allegedly conspired with small Texas hospitals, including Rockdale Hospital dba Little Rive

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United States of America v. Jason DeSimas

Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with charged with a racial motivated hate crime and making false statements.

Jason DeSimas was a prospective member of a white supremacist group that was traveling in the Seattle area to celebrate a known white supremacist, killed in a standoff with police in the 1980s. DeSimas had discussed using “mutual combat

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United States of America v. Jonathan Ortino

San Francisco, California criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with fraud and making false statements.

Between September 2013 and September 2017, Jonathan Ortino, 47, of San Bruno, Calif., was the president of the Union, which represents Customs and Border Protection officers in California and Nevada. The evidence submitted at trial demonstrated that, beginning in Februa

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United States of America v. Michael Feinberg and Betsy Feinberg

Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with fraud.

Michael Feinberg, age 73, and Betsy Feinberg, age 80, both from Tucson, operated Catharon Software Corporation as husband and wife. The Feinbergs claimed to have produced revolutionary software called VDelta that would generate enormous returns for investors and philanthropists. For almost 15 years, the coup

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State of North Dakota v. Cody Raymond Plumlee

Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant claimed with murder, aggravated assault, reckless endangerment and burglary but guilty on charges of theft, reckless driving and giving false information to police.

Cody Plumle, age 29, was accused of killing his girlfriend by pushing her down a flight of stairs. Kristen Knause died two weeks after falling down a flight o

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United States of America v. Christine M. Iwamoto

Sacramento, California criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

Christine M. Iwamoto, 48, of Sacramento, was employed by the Office of AIDS within the California Department of Public Health until March 2018. The Office of AIDS is responsible for working on behalf of the State of California to combat the HIV and AIDS

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United States of America v. Lola Shalewa Barbara Kasali

Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with bank fraud and making false statements.

Lola Shalewa Barbara Kasali, 24, of Houston, submitted two fraudulent loan applications to two different lenders on behalf of her companies, Lola’s Level and Charm Hair Extensions. Through these loan applications, Kasali sought over $3.8 million in PPP loan funds. Kasali fal

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United States of America v. Feng Tao, a/k/a Franklin Tao

Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant charged with wire fraud and making false statements.

Feng Tao, a/k/a Franklin Tao, age 50, of Lawrence, Kansas worked as a full-time professor at KU. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, in 2018, Tao accepted a position with Fuzhou University in China that designated him as a Changjiang Scholar Di

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State of Oklahoma v. Eric Martinez

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense attorney represented Defendant, charged with:
POSSESSING/RECEIVING/CONCEALING STOLEN PROPERTY, in violation of 21 O.S. 1713
Date of Offense: 12/19/2021


Count # 1. Count as Filed: RCSP, POSSESSING/RECEIVING/CONCEALING STOLEN PROPERTY, in violation of 21 O.S. 1713
Date of Offense: 12/19/2021
Party Name Disposition Information
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State of Nebraska v. Ryan Long

Lincoln, Nebraska criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charge with assault and battery with a second-degree assault.


Ryan Long, age 31, was accused of shooting his girlfriend during an argument in 2019 as she sat in her SUV.

Long took the stand and admitted that he was a convicted felon and possessed a firearm, which is a felony in Nebraska.

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Norman Gaudette, et aux. v. Mainely Media, LLC, et al.

Bangor, Main personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiffs, who sued defendant on a defamation theory claiming that a news paper article published about Norman Gaudetter was false.

In 1990, Norman Gaudette was a detective with the Biddeford
Police Department. Allegations surfaced that Gaudette had sexually abused
several teenage boys. Along with an internal investigation by the Bi

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Thalia Huynh and Delena Bustos v. Walmart, Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores Texas, L.L.C.

Houston, Texas plaintiff personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendants on false imprisonment theories claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in damages and/or injuries.

This case was initially filed in the 61st JDC, Harris County TX, 18-69390, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant.

In certain circumstances under Texas law, shopkeepers can det

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United States of America v. Sobanke Idris Sunday Adereti

Sherman, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with forgery or false use of a passport and attempted bank fraud.

In March 2021, Sobanke Idris Sunday Adereti, 24, presented a false passport and a falsely procured certified check when trying to open a bank account in Flower Mound, Texas. The check was purchased by a fraud victim who was induced into sending money to Ad

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United States of America v. Nick L. Medeiros and Bobby D. Greaves

Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with conspiracy, fraud and making false statements.

A federal grand jury indicted Nick L. Medeiros, age 49, and Bobby D. Greaves, age 62, Greaves on June 13, 2018, charging the two men with conspiracy, major fraud against the United States, and two counts of false statements. The indictment also included forfe

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United States of America v. Timothy Hunter Hileman

Abingdon, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with defrauding the federal government of more than $499,000 in pandemic unemployment benefits.

Timothy Hunter Hileman, 29, of Castlewood, Virginia, pleaded guilty in November 2021 to one count of conspiracy to defraud the government, one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, and one count of making false stateme

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United States of America v. Xiaoqing Zheng

Albany, New York criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit economic espionage, etc.

Xiaoqing Zheng, age 59, of Niskayuna, New York was employed at GE Power & Water in Schenectady, New York, as an engineer specializing in sealing technology. He worked at GE from 2008 until the summer of 2018. The trial evidence demonstrated that Zheng and others in C

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JULIA MCCAY BRAND v. MICHAEL T. BRAND

Little Rock, AR - Divorce lawyer represented appellant with a motion to modify custody of their child.



Julia and Michael married on August 2, 2008. Their child, M.B., was born on
September 10, 2010. They divorced on July 7, 2016, and their divorce decree gave Julia
primary custody of M.B. s

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JOHN DILLON BROOKS v. KRISTI A. BROOKS

Little Rock, AR - Divorce lawyer represented Appellant with appealing amotion to modify custody.



Valerie and Enrique divorced on August 6, 2014. They entered into an agreed
custody, support, and property-settlement agreement, which provided that the parties
would share joint legal custody o

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United States of America v. Matthew V. Blackwell

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with tax evasion and failure to pay over taxes.

Matthew Blackwell, age 44, from Woodbridge, was the Vice President of Operations at a family-owned food company based in 0Orange. Between approximately 2012 and 2016, Blackwell embezzled $927,143 from the company by creating false purchase orders and invoices that

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