False Pretense Law
 
United States of America v. Viktor Gjonaj

Detroit, MI: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged for devising and executing a scheme to obtain money by means of false material promises and representations from victim-investors.


According to court records, Viktor Gjonaj, age 44, admitted that in June 2016, he thought he had discovered a guaranteed way to win huge jackpots in the Michigan Lottery Dailey 3 and 4 gam

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United States of America v. JEREMY VAUGHN PINSON

Denver, CO - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a embezzlment charge.




In 2004, Pinson, just eighteen years old, pleaded guilty to embezzling almost
$32,000 from a congressional campaign for which she worked. A year into serving
her sentence in the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, Pinson

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United States of America v. hristopher Charles Perez, a/k/a Christopher Robbins

San Antonio, TX: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with perpetrating a hoax related to COVID-19 in April 2020.

Christopher Charles Perez, a/k/a Christopher Robbins, 40, was charged with of two counts of 18 U.S.C. § 1038, which criminalizes false information and hoaxes related to biological weapons.

Evidence presented during trial revealed that Perez posted t

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United States of America, ex rel. Maros Kmec v. Airbus U.S. Space & Defense Inc.

Richmond, VA: Government Contractor Agrees to Pay More Than $1 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Lawsuit for Overbilling in Federal Contracts

Airbus U.S. Space & Defense Inc., formerly known as Airbus Defense and Space Inc. (ADSI), has agreed to pay to the United States $1,043,475 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by billing impermissible fees in contracts wit

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United States of America v. Josh Isler

St. Louis, MO - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with one count of theft of trade secrets and one count of making a false statement to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) charges.



In February 2013, Isler was hired as a Technical Service Account Manager at
DuPont Industrial Biosciences, a division

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Twyla Mcelree v. City of Cedar Rapids

St. Louis, MO - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with asserting violations of various federal and state law under the United States Constitution, the Iowa Constitution, and Iowa tort law charges.



In October 2015, Investigators Brandon Boesenberg and Bryson Garringer
were conducting surveillance in a Wal

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United States of America v. Jeurin Celado

Providence, RI: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with false representation of social security number, aggravated identity theft, health care fraud, conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl.

Jeurin Celado, 31, was charged with false representation of a Social Security number, aggravated identity theft, health care f

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United States of America v. Nathan Libby

Portland, ME: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with making a hoax distress call.

Nathan Libby, 32, was charged with making a hoax distress call to the U.S. Coast Guard.

According to court records, on December 3, 2020, while at the Spruce Head Fisherman’s Co-op, Libby communicated a false distress call for a vessel and crew reportedly taking on water in the

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United States of America v. Laveneur Jackson

Concord, NH: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.

Laveneur Jackson, 41, of Lowell, Massachusetts, was prohibited from possessing firearms due to multiple prior felony convictions. Despite this, on two separate occasions in December of 2016, Jackson unlawfully obtained firearms by having an acquaintance purc

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United States of America v. Oleg Vladislavovich Nikitin

Savannah, GA: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with scheming to evade United States national security laws.

Oleg Vladislavovich Nikitin, 54, of St. Petersburg, Russia, was charged with Conspiracy to Violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the Export Control Reform Act and the Export Administration Regulations.

“The United States sent a cle

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United States of America v. Emmanuel Akoto, a/k/a “Kofi”

Concord, NH: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with committing wire fraud, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, in connection with a scheme to file false tax returns using stolen identities.

Emmanuel Akoto, also known as “Kofi,” of Grand Prairie, was convicted following a jury trial in October 2019. According to court documents and evidence at trial, from 2011

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United States of America v. Dwayne Sheckles

Cincinnati, Ohio - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with
five counts involving drug or firearm offenses charges.



The case against Sheckles stems from an investigation of three other people occurring
almost a decade before he arrived on the government’s radar. In 2007, the Louisville office of

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United States of America v. Kent R.E. Whitney

Santa Ana, CA: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with mail fraud and filing false tax returns.

Kent R.E. Whitney, 39, formerly of Newport Beach but who currently resides in Northern California, was changed in a two-count information charging him with mail fraud and filing a false federal income tax return.

From September 2014 to April 2019, Whitney s

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United States of America v. Brent Edington

Cincinnati, Ohio - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with conspiracy to make false statements to influence the Farm Services Agency. The government appeals the district court’s dismissal of a felony information charging Brent Edington with 'Conspiracy to violate or knowingly making of false statements or willfully overvaluing any property or sec

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United States of America v. Ramsey G. Windsor

St. Louis, MO: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with aiding and assisting in the preparation of false or fraudulent tax returns.

Ramsey G. Windsor was the owner of a St. Louis County company that produced mass mailers for its customers. During the years 2013 and 2014, large sums of money, which were business receipts, were deposited into Windsor’s personal bank acco

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United States of America v. James Read

Fort Smith, AR: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with making false statements, money laundering and wire fraud.

James Read, 45, of Mountain Home was charged for his abuse of various COVID-19 related economic relief programs. According to court documents, Read falsified documents to apply for Small Business Administration loans intended for businesses struggling from

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United States of America v. Devon Energy Corporation

Denver, CO: Devon Energy Corporation, an Oklahoma-based oil and natural gas exploration and production company, and its affiliates, Devon Energy Corp. (Oklahoma) and Devon Energy Production Company LP (collectively, “Devon”), agreed to pay $6.15 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by underpaying and underreporting royalties for natural gas from federal lands in

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United States of America v. Daniel Gissantaner

Cincinnati, Ohio - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with the reliability of a form of DNA-sorting evidence claim



Daniel Gissantaner became embroiled in an argument with his neighbors. One neighbor
called 911, telling the dispatcher that Gissantaner, a convicted felon, had a gun. The police
responde

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United States of America v. Align Health, Holistic Medical Center, Inc., Align Health Management, Eric Anderson, P.A. d/b/a Anderson Chiropractic Clinic

Knoxville, TN: Align Health and Holistic Medical Center, Inc. and Align Health Management, Inc., (collectively “Align”), Eric Anderson, P.A. d/b/a Anderson Chiropractic Clinic (“Anderson Chiropractic”), their owners and a former employee agreed to pay $163,400 to resolve allegations that they knowingly and improperly billed Medicare for electro-acupuncture using peri-auricular stimulation

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United States of America v. Bruce D. Cox

New Orleans, LA: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with theft of government funds in connection with a false application for disaster assistance.

Bruce D. Cox, age 62, submitted a falsified application to the Federal Emergency Management Administration (“FEMA”) for disaster assistance. Following the August 2016 storms and flooding in Tangipahoa Parish, the applicat

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Philip Marsteller and Robert Swisher ex rel. United States of America v. MD Helicopters, Inc.

Huntsville, AL: Qui Tam lawyers represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendant on a False Claims Act Violation theory claiming that Defendant fraudulently induced the United States Arm into contract with Saudi Arabia, El Salvador and Costa Rica.

The Army wanted to buy military helicopters to send under its Foreign Military Sales program to three American aillies: Sanudi Arabia, El Salvador an

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United States of America v. Nikki Decole Cunningham-Quick

Greensboro, NC: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with aiding in the preparation of false tax returnsg

aiding in the preparation of false tax returns


26:7206(2); Aid in Preparation of False Tax Return

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United States of America v. Diana Wilhelmsen Management Limited

Norfolk, VA: A Cyprus-based company was illegally discharging oily water into the Atlantic Ocean.

“We are firmly committed to enforcing federal environmental laws and will not tolerate conduct that pollutes our water, imperils natural ecosystems, and endangers our wildlife,” said Raj Parekh, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. “As this case demonstrates, those

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United States of America v. Lenore Worthy and Veronica Fortune

Baltimore, MD:


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Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with preparing false tax returns.

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State of Oklahoma v. Travis Ray Robertson

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, charged with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: FFP, FALSE PRETENSE OVER $1000 OR CON GAME, in violation of 21 O.S. 1541.2
Date of Offense: 08/17/2020
Party Name Disposition Information
ROBERTSON, TRAVIS RAY Disposed: DISMISSED, 09/16/2021. Dismissed- Prosecution Witness Failed to Appear
Count as Disposed: FALSE

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