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United States of America v. Latoya Lisa Dythe

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiring to make a false statement to a firearms dealer when purchasing a pistol on behalf of her boyfriend.

Latoya Lisa Dythe, 27, to five years of probation. Judge Heil further ordered the defendant to pay a fine of $1,000. In April, Dythe pleaded guilty to conspiracy to make a false statement to a firearms dea

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United States of America v. Jason Harrington

San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with selling forged art.

Jason Harrington admitted that he sold $1.1 million of forged art. Harrington sold artwork purportedly created by Richard Hambleton – a New York City artist who rose to fame in the 1980s and whose paintings routinely sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars.

In his plea agreeme

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United States of America v. KELVIN LORENZO HARRIS, JAMES ARCHIBALD

Atlanta, GA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendants with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, attempted possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime charges.



In this reverse sting police corruption case, Miami Police Depa

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United States of America v. JOEL S. ELLIOTT

Denver, CO - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a arson of a building owned or possessed by an entity receiving federal fund charge.



In 2014, Elliott used gasoline and an incendiary device to set fire to a building
owned by Sheridan County, Wyoming, and used by the Sheridan County Attorney’s

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United States of America v. JOSEPH MALDONADO-PASSAGE, a/k/a Joseph Allen Maldonado, a/k/a Joseph Allen Schreibvogel, a/k/a Joe Exotic

Denver, CO - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with twenty-one counts, most for wildlife crimes, but two for using interstate facilities in the commission of his murder-for-hire plots charges.



Joseph Maldonado-Passage goes by many names: The Tiger King, Joe Exotic,
and Joe Gone Wild to name a few—all a

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Felix Levy, ex rel. United States of America v. San Mateo County Medical Center and San Mateo County

San Francisco, California False Claims Act lawyer represented Plaintiff, who claimed that Defendants violated the False Claims Act by submitting or causing the submission of claims to Medicare for non-covered inpatient admissions.

Medicare reimburses only services that are reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis or treatment of illness or injury. The United States alleged that, from Ja

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United States of America v. FREDERICK OLUWOLE SOLARIN

Denver, CO - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with one count of armed bank robbery, including aiding and abetting; and one count of using or carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, including aiding and abetting charges.



In June 2005, a number of masked, gun-wielding men robbed a ban

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United States of America v. Jonny Shineflew

Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud.

Jonny Shineflew, age 48, of Spokane, Washington, was charged with one count of Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud, one count of Mail Theft, and one count of Aggravated Identity Theft.

Bbetween March 15 and July 31, 2018, Shineflew entered into an agreement with co-defenda

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United States of America v. Laquesha Hardimon

St. Louis, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with providing false information to a federally licensed firearms dealer (Kevin’s Guns).

On October 2, 2020, Hardimon bought a firearm from Kevin’s Guns under false pretenses. Hardimon falsely indicated on paperwork, required to be completed prior to the purchase of the firearm, that she was buying the firearm

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United States of America v. Ryan Kinsey

Little Rock, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with Social Security Fraud and making False statements.

Ryan Kinsey, 35, of Beebe, who was charged with one count of Social Security fraud and one count of making materially false statements to the Social Security Administration (SSA). Kinsey was initially approved for Social Security Disability benefits in 2013 a

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United States of America v. Susan Fruits

Indianapolis, Indiana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with bank and mail fraud.

Susan Fruits, 46, devised two separate fraud schemes. Fruits’ bank fraud scheme targeted customers of the Brownsburg, Indiana bank where she served as branch manager. Fruits admitted in court that between 2017 and 2020, she perpetrated a scheme to withdraw money from customers’ Certif

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United States of America v. Ibanga Etuk

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraudulently applied for Paycheck Protection Program forgivable loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was sentenced today in federal court.

Ibanga Etuk, age 41, admitted that from April 6, 2020, to April 29, 2020, he knowingly app

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United States of America v. Justin Sholley-Gonzalez

St. Louis, MO - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a failure to state an offense charge.



In October 2017, an Iowa court issued a protection order that “restrained
[Sholley-Gonzalez] from committing any acts of abuse or threats of abuse” and “from
any contact with [S.O.].” Stipulation, Ex.

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United States of America v. Shawn Turner

St. Louis, MO - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with distributing methamphetamine and unlawfully possessing a firearm as an illegal drug user charges.



The charges arose from a drug trafficking investigation. In October 2018, a
confidential informant arranged to buy methamphetamine from one Christopher L

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United States of America v. Porsha Tims Bush

Knoxville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud.

Porsha Tims Bush, 41, of Knoxville, was charged with one count of executing a wire fraud scheme.

From March to June 2020, Bush applied for ten loans for $547,286 through the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Econom

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United States of America v. Jeffery Durance

Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with mailing a threatening communication and conveying false information while threatening to use a Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD).

Jeffery Durance, age 38, of Gatlinbury, Tennessee, was indicted in July 2019 after he mailed an envelope containing a white powder to the Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of

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United States of America v. Janet Jenison

Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with COVID relief fraud.

Janet Jenison, 38, pleaded guilty to three counts of wire fraud and one count of making a false statement on a Paycheck Protection Program loan application. Jenison was charged by bill of information on May 20, 2021.

According to court documents, Jenison submitted three fraudulent appli

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United States of America v. Kenneth Johnson

Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit federal program theft; six counts of federal program theft; five counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns; one count of tampering with a witness and one count of falsification of records in a federal investigation.

Councilman Kenneth Johnson, 75, guil

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Steven Beyer, ex rel. the United States of America v. Ascension Michigan, Providence Park Hospital, St. John Hospital and Medical Center, St. John Macomb Oakland Hospital and Ascension Crittenton Hospital

Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with health care fraud.

Ascension Michigan and related hospitals, Providence Park Hospital, St. John Hospital and Medical Center, St. John Macomb Oakland Hospital and Ascension Crittenton Hospital (collectively, Ascension Michigan), all located in Michigan, have agreed to pay $2.8 million to resolve claims that they v

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United States of America v. Edward Bases and John Pacilio

New York, New York criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with wire fraud.

Edward Bases, 59, of New Canaan, a former senior trader employed at Deutsche Bank and Bank of America in New York, and John Pacilio, 57, of Southport, a former senior trader employed at Bank of America and Morgan Stanley in New York, fraudulently pushed market prices up or down by routinely placin

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United States of America v. Maurice Cathey United States of America v. Corrod Leon Phillips

St. Louis, MO - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendants with a conspiring to distribute drugs in South Dakota charge.



In January 2018, a confidential informant contacted Maurice Cathey on his
Chicago-area cell phone number to set up a controlled buy. The same day, Shania
Hofer also bought heroin from Cath

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United States of America v. Dalton Kurtz

Indianapolis, Indiana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with misprision of a felony.

Dalton Kurtz, 31, an officer with the Muncie Police Department (MPD), in Muncie, Indiana, was charged with one count of misprision of felony, for concealing and failing to report a fellow officer’s inappropriate use of force.

According to court documents and admissions Kurtz

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United States of America v. Sikirat Adunni Brown

Washington, DC criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with defrauding the D.C. Medicaid program out of more than $340,000.


Sikirat Adunni Brown, age 59, admitted that, at various times between January 2014 and June 2020, she worked as a personal care aide for at least eight different home health agencies. The home health agencies employed her to assist D.C.

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United States of America v. Chukwuemeka Okparaeke, a/k/a "Emeka"

White Plains, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with drug trafficking on the dark web.

Chukwuemeka Okparaeke, a/k/a "Emeka," was charged with importing and trafficking fentanyl analogues and other synthetic opioids through the dark web. OKPARAEKE previously pled guilty to distributing U-47700, a controlled substance analogue of AH-7921; importing 100 grams an

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United States of America v. Xizhi Li

Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to launder at least $30 million in drug proceeds on behalf of foreign drug-trafficking organizations. Another Chinese national was sentenced to seven years in prison today for his role in the same conspiracy.

According to court documents, Xizhi Li, 48, played a leadership role within a years-long c

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