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;

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

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

Oklahoma City, OK: Money laundering in an online Nigerian romance scam criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Afeez Adebara, age 36, of Norman, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering on Nov. 3, 2020. According to court documents and testimony, between 2017 and November 2019, Adebara and co-conspirators knowingly concealed the proceeds of a romance scam operation by moving

Boston, MA: Illegal procuring and exporting of U.S. origin goods criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Shuren Quin, age 44. Defendant, a Chinese national residing in Wellesley, who gained admittance into the United States through the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visa Program in 2014, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Denise Casper to two years in prison, to be followed by two years

Atlanta, GA: Fraud with identification documents criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Bamidele Muraina, a Nigerian national who hacked into tax preparation firms and filed fraudulent unemployment benefit claims and tax returns using stolen personally identifiable information, and Gabriel Kalembo, a previously convicted fraudster who laundered the fraudulent assets, have been sentenced to

Tallahassee, FL: Conspiracy to operate a racketeering enterprise criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants, former Tallahassee City Commissioner Scott Maddox and his former business partner Paige Carter-Smith.

In December 2018, a federal grand jury charged then-City Commissioner Maddox and Carter-Smith in a 44-count indictment for conspiring to operate a racketeering enterprise that

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

Count # 1. Count as Filed: FFP, FALSE PRETENSE OVER $500 OR CON GAME, in violation of 21 O.S. 1541.2
Date of Offense: 02/05/2016
Party Name Disposition Information
SIMON, STEPHEN JAMES Disposed: DISMISSED WITH COSTS, 08/30/2021. Dismissed with Costs
Count as Disposed: FALSE PRETENSE OVER $500

Cheyenne, WY: Health care fraud and identity theft criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Holli Telford Lundahl, age 64.

A jury found Lundahl guilty on three counts of health care fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft after a one-week trial held in April of 2021 in the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming.

In March 2020, Holli Lundahl was i

Lexington, KY: Conspiracy to commit wire and health care fraud criminal defense lawyer represented Defendants, Clinton Portis, Tamarick Vanover, and Robert McCune, who were indicted for participating in a scheme to defraud the Gene Upshaw NFL Player Health Reimbursement Account Plan (the Plan). The Plan was established pursuant to the NFL’s 2006 collective bargaining agreement and provided for t

Santa Ana, CA: Telemarketing fraud criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Gilbert N. Michaels, 79, was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, 10 counts of mail fraud and five counts of money laundering.

Michaels owned and operated IDC Servco and Mytel International, companies that, with the assistance of boiler room operators, fraudulently sold toner

Milwaukee, WI: Civil litigation false claims act violation lawyers represented Bell Therapy, Inc., and its parent company, Phoenix Care Systems, Inc., agreed to pay $390,080 to resolve allegations that they billed for services at the incorrect rates and billed for services not properly reimbursed, causing false claims for those services to be submitted to the Medicaid Program.

Bell Therap

Nashville, TN: False Claims Act violation lawyer represented John Davis, 43, of Franklin, Tennessee, and the former CEO of Anesthesia Services Associates, PLLC d/b/a Comprehensive Pain Specialists (“CPS”), agreed to a permanent voluntary exclusion from participation in federal procurement and non-procurement programs as part of an agreement to resolve the United States’ civil claims against

Grand Rapids, MI: False claims act violation lawyer represented Defendant, Van Andel Research Institute.

“Full disclosure is essential not only in validating scientific research, but also in the intense competition for scientific funding from the federal government,” U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge said. “NIH’s application process is intended to yield information that is critica