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United States of America v. Oniel Wilks

Hartford, Connecticut criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with drug possession, identity fraud and money laundering.

Oniel Wilks, 42, a citizen of Jamaica, was charged with narcotics, identity fraud and money laundering offenses.

In November 2018, members of the FBI’s Bridgeport Safe Streets Task Force arrested several individuals, including Louie McDowell

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Mark A. Thompson v. DeKalb County, GA, et al

Atlanta, GA- Discrimination lawyer represented defendant with claiming that he was fired because of his age.




Thompson was a senior assistant county attorney for the
DeKalb County law department. He was the lead (and effectively
sole) attorney representing the county in Champion v. DeKalb
County, a breach of c

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United States of America v. Katrina Brown and Reginald Brown

Atlanta, GA- Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with
conspiracy to fraudulently obtain and divert to funds from a loan backed by the Small Business Administration and a grant from the City of Jacksonville charges.



The 38-count indictment charged each Appellant with one
count of conspiracy to commit mail and

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United States of America v. Patrick Tonge and Serge Francois

Atlanta, GA- Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with conspiracy, healthcare fraud, paying illegal healthcare kickbacks, introducing misbranded drugs into interstate commerce, money laundering, obstruction, and making false statements charges.



The defendants’ convictions, and thus these appeals, begin
and end wi

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Miguel Mesa v. United States of America

Atlanta, GA- Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud charges.



In September 2009, Craig Sizer hired Mesa to sell shares of
stock in Sanomedics International Holdings, Inc. (“Sanomedics”),
which claimed to develop and market a line of non-contact infrared
the

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United States of America v. Nicolae Gindac

Greenbelt, Maryland criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud.

Nicolae Gindac, age 52, of Dania Beach, Florida, was charged for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud, in connection with a conspiracy to steal and deposit checks intended for religious institutions.

The sentence was announced by United States Attor

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United States of America v. Adam Sadlowski

Denver, CO - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a being a felon in possession of a firearm.



On February 21, 2016, a state metropolitan court judge issued a search warrant for
Mr. Sadlowski’s residence and vehicle. Aplt. App. 78. In support of probable cause,
Detective Gerald Koppman of the Bernalillo

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United States of America v. Dr. Charles Lieber

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant charged with filing a false tax return, etc.

The former Chair of Harvard University’s Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department was convicted by a federal jury today in connection with lying to federal authorities about his affiliation with People’s Republic of China’s Thousand Talents Program and the Wuhan Univer

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United States of America v. Adam Sadlowski

Denver, CO - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a being a felon in possession of a firearm charge.



On February 21, 2016, a state metropolitan court judge issued a search warrant for
Mr. Sadlowski’s residence and vehicle. Aplt. App. 78. In support of probable cause,
Detective Gerald Koppman of the Bern

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United States of America v. Jeremie Saintvil

Gainesveille, Florida criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with bank fraud, etc.

Jeremie Saintvil, 46, of Delray Beach, Florida. Saintvil was charged with bank fraud, loan and credit application fraud, and making false statements on credit applications.

“The theft of vital taxpayer relief funds and victimization of our elderly is reprehensible,” stated Acti

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United States of America v. Anthony Zaghab

Denver, Colorado criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343.

Anthony Zaghab, age 52, of Centennial, Colorado, was charged with wire fraud

According to the plea agreement, beginning in April 2020, and continuing until early February of 2021, Zaghab knowingly engaged in a scheme to defraud the United States, the State

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United States of America v. Terry Ray

Denver, CO - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a felon in possession of explosives charge.



Custer County (Oklahoma) Deputy Dylan King arrested Defendant for a traffic
violation.2
While searching Defendant, Deputy King discovered methamphetamine.
Deputy King asked Defendant whether he had any other

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United States of America v. Daniel Gomez-Lopez

Denver, CO - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with illegal reentry of a previously deported alien following a felony conviction charge.



After Gomez-Lopez pleaded guilty to illegal reentry, the United States
Probation Office submitted a Presentence Investigation Report (PSR) to the
district court that gave hi

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United States of America v. Uintah Valley Shoshone Tribe, et al.

Denver, CO - Tribal lawyer represented defendant with selling hunting and fishing licenses that authorized members to take wildlife from the Uintah and Ouray Reservations.



The Uintah and Ouray Reservation is located in northeastern Utah and is
the largest Indian reservation inhabited by members of the Ute Tribe. The Ute

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United States of America v. Andrew Chapin

San Francisco, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud, bank fraud and securities fraud.

Andrew Chapin, age 33, of San Francisco was charged with wire fraud, bank fraud, and securities fraud. Chapin started a company in Boston and in 2016 moved it to San Francisco and renamed it Benja Inc. He was Benja’s CEO. As a digital advertising company, B

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United States of America v. Julian Omidi and Surgery Center Management LLC

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with mail fraud, wire fraud, making false statements, money laundering, and identity theft.

Julian Omidi, 53, of West Hollywood, and an Omidi-controlled Beverly Hills-based company, Surgery Center Management LLC (SCM), were found guilty of 28 counts of wire fraud and three counts of mail fraud. Omidi

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Lina Thoung v. United States of America

Denver, CO - Criminal defense lawyer represented Petitioner - Appellant with misusing a visa, permit, and other documents to obtain citizenship charge.



Thoung emigrated from Cambodia to the United States in 2002 using a
fraudulently obtained visa in the name and birthdate of another person. In 2007,
she obtained U.S. cit

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United States of America v. Reverend Matthew Hale

Denver, CO - Religious Discrimination lawyer represented defendant
with suing the Federal Bureau of Prisons and some of its officers and employees (collectively, BOP) for religious discrimination.



Mr. Hale is “a minister in The Church of the Creator,” which “embraces and
espouses the religion of Creativity.” R.

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United States of America v. Jamie Marie Graham

Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented Defend charged with a firearm felony.

Jamie Marie Graham, age 23, from Waterloo, Iowa, was charged for making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm.

Court records reflect that Graham met Dmontrey Redmond in late October 2020. Redmond was a felon and could not legally possess or purchase firearms, but Graham agre

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United States of America v. JASON MITCHELL ABBO

Denver, CO - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a felon in possession of a firearm charge. His counsel filed in the district court a motion to vacate his sentence, u



On June 25, 2016, relying on
Samuel Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), his counsel filed in the district
court a m

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United States of America v. Victor Cornell Miller

Denver, CO - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with two counts of first-degree murder charges. He seeks a certificate of appealability (COA) to challenge the district court’s denial of his habeas petition



In 2002 an Oklahoma jury convicted Miller of two counts of first-degree murder.
Adopting the jury

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United States of America v. Dan Heine United States of America v. Diana Yates

San Francisco, CA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendants with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and 12 counts of making a false bank entry charges.



The panel vacated convictions and remanded for further
proceedings in a case in which a jury found Dan Heine and
Diana Yates, who were executives at the Bank

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State of Oklahoma v. Snider, Jason Timothy

Norman, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with felony value false pretenses bogus check, in violation of 21 O.S. 1541.2.

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United States of America v. Leah Hagen and Michael Hagen

Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with Conspiracy to Defraud the United States and to Pay and Receive Health Care Kickbacks.

Leah Hagen, 50, of Arlington, and Michael Hagen, 54, a citizen of Austria and Arlington resident, owned and operated two durable medical equipment (DME) companies, Metro DME Supply LLC and Ortho Pain Solutions LLC. From March 201

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United States of America v. Aleta Necole Thomas, Katrina West and Pepper Jones

Tulsa, OK criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with bank fraud through false statements to financial institutions.

Three women who were alleged to have applied for and received almost $800,000 in Paycheck Protection Program loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration under the CARES Act.

Leader of the scheme Aleta Necole Thomas, 43, pleaded guilty to

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