False Pretense Law
 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JAMES DAVIS

Philadelphia, PA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a honest services wire fraud and conspiracy charge.



Davis owned Reach Communications Specialists, Inc. (“Reach”), an advertising
company, and RCS Searchers, Inc. (“RCS”), a title search and deed preparation business.
Since 1989, Reach publis

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United States of America v. Glen Zinszer

Syracuse, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud.

Glen Zinszer, age 51, of Liverpool, New York, was indicted for committing wire fraud and willfully filing false tax returns.

Zinszer admitted that he began operating the Brazzlebox company in 2012, which he represented to investors would be like a Facebook for business. Beginning in April 20

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United States of America v. Richard and Monique Parker

Mobile, Alabama criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with introducing misbranded animal drugs into interstate commerce with the intent to defraud or mislead, operating an unregistered drug establishment, and the sale of unregistered, adulterated, and misbranded pesticides.

According to documents filed as part of the defendant’s guilty plea the Parkers operated a busi

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United States of America v. Colin Moore

Athens, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with illegally operating an unlicensed money transmitting business targeting elderly victims.

Colin Moore, 24, of Athens, was sentenced to serve 18 months in federal prison to be followed by three years of supervised release, $65,450 in restitution and a $95,000 fine by U.S. District Judge C. Ashley Royal on Thursday,

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United States of America v. Benjamin Rafael

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with participating in two frauds: the first, a scheme to steal over $60 million from investors and producers seeking financing for movies and Broadway shows; the second, concealing his criminal history on applications for COVID-19 relief loans.

Benjamin Rafael, 31, of South Florida, previously admitted his role in legiti

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United States of America v. Anthony Nguyen, aka JoJo Nguyen and Jackie Lee

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with trafficking in endangered and invasive fish in violation of the Lacey Act.

Anthony Nguyen, aka JoJo Nguyen and Jackie Lee, 49, of Pittsburgh, entered guilty pleas before U.S. District Judge Nora B. Fischer to counts one and two of the indictment returned against him on Nov. 13, 2020, alleging that he traff

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United States of America ex rel. Mark Christopher Tracy v. Emigration Improvement District, et al.

Salt Lake City, Utah qui tam lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on a False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. 3729) violation theory.

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United States of America v. Susan K. Harris and William S. Harris

Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States and other financial crimes committed in connection with the operation of Ayudando Guardians, Inc., a non-profit corporation that previously provided guardianship, conservatorship and financial management to hundreds of people with special needs.

Susan Harris was se

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United States and the State of California ex rel. Martin Mansukhani v. Prime Healthcare Services, Inc., et al.

Los Angeles, California civil litigation lawyers represented Defendants charged with violations of the False Claims Act and the California False Claims Act.

Prime Healthcare Services and Two Doctors Agree to Pay $37.5 Million to Settle Allegations of Kickbacks, Billing for a Suspended Doctor, and False Claims for Implantable Medical Hardware

One of the largest hospital systems i

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. SCOTT CAPPS

Philadelphia, PA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with conspiracy to commit mail fraud, money laundering, and filing a false tax return charges.



When imposing a sentence, a district court must (1) “calculate a defendant’s
Guidelines [range] precisely,” (2) “formally rul[e] on the motions of both part

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. CALIPH BARR

Philadelphia, PA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Caliph Barr with a possessing a firearm as a felon charge.



In 2015, a jury convicted Caliph Barr for possessing a firearm as a felon in
violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2). Under our precedent at that time, to
obtain a felon-in-possession

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State of Oklahoma v. John Carlos Lagares

El Reno, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: IDT, IDENTITY THEFT - UNLAWFULLY OBTAINING PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION, in violation of 21 O.S. 1533.1(A)
Date of Offense: 01/18/2019
Party Name Disposition Information
LAGARES, JOHN CARLOS Disposed: DEFERRED, 07/14/2021. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: IDENTIT

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United States of America v. Jennings Ryan Staley

San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with mail fraud, importation contrary to law and aggravated identity theft.

Jennings Ryan Staley, a physician who attempted to profit from the pandemic by marketing a “miracle cure” for COVID-19, pleaded guilty in federal court, admitting that he tried to smuggle hydroxychloroquine into the United States to se

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United States of America v. Joel Jerome Tucker

Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with engaging in two separate fraud schemes related to millions of dollars in false payday loan debt and for tax evasion totaling more than $8 million.

“After raking in millions of dollars from the victims of his fraud scheme, the defendant lied repeatedly and used every trick in the book to hide his ill-gotten

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United States of America v. Bailey Colletta

St. Louis, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with making false statements to a grand jury.

Bailey Colletta was indicted for making false statements to a federal grand jury about her knowledge of the arrest and assault of a fellow St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department officer who was working undercover and whom police mistakenly believed was a protestor.

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United States of America v. Dakota S. Lovellette

Indianapolis, Indiana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with federal felony firearm violations.

Dakota S. Lovellette, 20, was indicted for making a false statement in connection with the acquisition of a firearm.

In February 2019, Lovellette wanted to purchase a firearm. He could not personally purchase one from a licensed dealer due to his age. Lovellette di

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United States of America v. Ollie Stephenson

Memphis, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with submitting false documents to the Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS).

Louise’s Learning Tree Daycare Center in Memphis, Tennessee was a participant in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Child and Adult Care Feeding Program (CACFP), which was administered by TDHS. Stephenson, the daycare’s fo

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. DENVER SANGSTER

Philadelphia, PA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with possession of narcotics with intent to distribute and possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking charges.



The charges against Sangster arose from a confidential informant’s tips. In February 2016, City of Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Detectiv

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USA v. Robert Caesar

Philadelphia, PA- Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with federal child pornography charge.



The evidence at issue was gathered by State Police
officers pursuant to three search warrants while investigating
Caesar for various sexual offenses involving minors. Because
our Fourth Amendment inquiry turns on

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United States of America v. Ge Songtao

Jacksonville, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States.

A Chinese national was indicted for conspiring to submit false export information through the federal government’s Automated Export System and to export maritime raiding craft and engines to China fraudulently, and attempting to export that equipment fraudulently in

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United States of America v. Christopher Collare

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with federal program bribery, drug distribution and making false statements.

A federal jury convicted a veteran detective for the Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Police Department, who was also a task force officer with the FBI and a member of the Cumberland County Drug Task Force, of bribery, drug distribution and mak

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United States of America v. JOHN H. NARDOZZI

Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with conspiracy to defraud the
United States and eight counts of aiding or assisting in the filing of a false tax return charges.



Before his indictment in 2018, Nardozzi was a Certified
Public Accountant ("CPA") with over forty years' experience.
Beginning

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State of Oklahoma v. Jeron Marquise Rutledge

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

Count # 1. Count as Filed: FFP, FALSE PRETNESE OVER $1000 OR CON GAME, in violation of 21 O.S. 1541.2
Date of Offense: 03/03/2020
Party Name Disposition Information
RUTLEDGE, JERON MARQUISE Disposed: CONVICTION, 07/09/2021. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: FALSE PRETNESE OVER $1000 OR CON GAME(

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United States of America v. Leonid Teyf

New Bern, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with bribing a public official, visa fraud and false statements in relation to foreign financial interests.

Leonid Teyf, 59, a Russian national formerly residing in Raleigh, North Carolina, was sentenced today to 5 years in prison for bribery of a public official, visa fraud, and false statements in relation

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United States of America v. Stephen Smith

Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraudulently seeking Paycheck Protection Program loan guarantees.

Stephen Smith, 42, of Milwaukee, admitted that he fraudulently sought, on behalf of three different companies, over $600,000 in PPP loans through applications to an insured financial institution. Smith caused fraudulent loan applications to be s

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