False Pretense Law
 
STATE OF OKLAHOMA, Plaintiff, v. LACEY LYNN JOHNS, Defendant.

El Reno, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, charged with:
Count # 1. Count as Filed: COMPU, COMPUTER FRAUD / UNLAWFUL USE OF COMPUTER / SYSTEM, in violation of 21 O.S. 1953(A)(2)
Date of Offense: 12/05/2019
Party Name Disposition Information
JOHNS, LACEY LYNN Disposed: DEFERRED, 05/12/2021. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: COMPUTER FRAUD / UNLAWFUL USE O

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United States ex rel. Jonathan Lord, M.D., et al. v. University of Miami

Miami, Florida qui tam lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a False Claims Act fraud claim theory.

The University of Miami (UM) has agreed to pay $22 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by ordering medically unnecessary laboratory tests, and submitting false claims through its laboratory and off campus hospital based facilities (“Hospital

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United States of America v. Phil Howard

Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with making false statement on an income tax return and money laundering.

Phil Howard, 55, arranged on at least 221 different occasions for cut-rag tobacco to be transported by trucks from Wilson, North Carolina, to an area on or near the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation Reservation (Akwesasne Reservation) as part of a c

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Seth Robert Samsel v. The State of Texas

Houston, Texas - Criminal defense attorney represented Seth Robert Samsel with a Sexual Assault charge.



A grand jury indicted Samsel on two counts of sexual assault of a child. See
TEX. PENAL CODE § 22.011. The indictment alleged that Samsel intentionally and
knowingly penetrated the sexual organ of G.C., a child youn

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BENJAMIN CALEB TROTT v. STATE OF MARYLAND

ANNAPOLIS, MD - Criminal defense attorney represented Benjamin Caleb Trott with a drunk driving charge.



After entering a plea of not guilty, Mr. Trott filed a motion to suppress, arguing that
Corporal Michael Cooper lacked a reasonable, articulable suspicion to justify the stop
because it was based solely on a dispat

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State of West Virginia vs. Stephen Richard Griffith

Charleston, WV - Criminal defense attorney represented Stephen Richard Griffith with involuntary manslaughter and wanton endangerment involving a firearm charges.



This Court has considered the parties’ briefs and the record on appeal. The facts and legal
arguments are adequately presented, and the decisional process woul

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Lamont Lendell Bagley v. Commonwealth of Virginia

Richmond, VA - Criminal defense attorney represented Lamont Lendell Bagley with a second-offense possession of a Schedule I or II controlled substance with intent to distribute charge.



At about 3:00 a.m. on January 26, 2019, Officers Megan Lynch and Austin Earlenbaugh
of the Henrico County Police Department responded to a

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James Daniel Sarka v. Commonwealth of Virginia

Richmond, VA - Criminal defense attorney represented James Daniel Sarka with a fraudulently failing to return leased property charge.



On appeal, we review the facts in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, the
prevailing party below. Nelson v. Commonwealth, 71 Va. App. 397, 400 (2020).
On September 18, 2018, ap

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State of Florida v. Zach Tyler Wester

Marianna, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant guilty of 19 out of 67 felony charges including fabrication of evidence, drug possession and false imprisonment.

Zach Wester was charged with:

1 895.03.3 RACKETEERING 07/22/2019 Prosecutor:Filed
2 838.022 OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT MISUSE OF PUBLIC OFFICE 07/22/2019 Prosecutor:Filed
3 838.022 OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT MI

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Tina L. Fleener-Tays v. State of Indiana

Indianapolis, IN - Criminal defense attorney represented Defendant charged with unlawful possession of a legend drug.



In September 2018, forty-eight-year-old Fleener-Tays went to D.H.’s house in
Columbus in violation of a protective order. Fleener-Tays threw a boat oar
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IND. CODE §§ 16-42-19-13 and -27.Court o

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA, Plaintiff, v. PEYTON DREW KEELE, Defendant, and TORI LYNN LASLEY, Defendant, and WILBUR LEE MURPHY, Defendant

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

Count # 1. Count as Filed: RBDW, ROBBERY WITH A DANGEROUS WEAPON, in violation of 21 O.S. 801
Date of Offense: 05/28/2018
Party Name Disposition Information
MURPHY, WILBUR LEE Disposed: DISMISSED, 10/24/2019. Jury Trial
Count as Disposed: ROBBERY WITH A DANGEROUS WEAPON(RBDW)
Violation of

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United States of America v. Scott Stecher and Doug Stecher

Sioux City, Iowa criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with tax evasion.

Scott Stecher, age 61, and Doug Stecher, age 58, from Clarion, Iowa, were charged with attempting to evade or defeat tax laws.

Each brother admitted that each took steps to hide income from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to evade paying income taxes. Information from their plea agreeme

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United States of America v. Christopher Beckham

Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with hate crimes.

Christopher Beckham, 35, of Nashville, Tennessee, was charged with violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.

“The defendant confronted two young girls who were walking home from school and violently attacked their father because of how they worship,

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United States of America v. Linda I. Williams

Memphis, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with tax fraud.

Linda I. Williams, age 52, former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax examiner, prepared fraudulent returns seeking refunds for taxpayers and who, in some cases, directed part of the refunds as compensation to herself without the taxpayers’ knowledge. The false returns included fabricated deduction i

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United States of America v. Rahim and Karim Sadruddin

Chattanooga, Tennessee criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with wire fraud.

Rahim and Karim Sadruddin, 35, were two counts of wire fraud involving a Presidentially declared major disaster and emergency in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343, and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections

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United States of America v. Roger Wilson, Robert Livingood, John D. Watkins, and Morgan Wayne Culbertson

Lexington, Kentucky criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants, Roger Wilson, Robert Livingood, John Watkins, and Morgan Wayne Culbertson charged with crop insurance fraud. charged with crop insurance fraud.

Roger Wilson, 88, former owner of Clay’s Tobacco Warehouse and current owner of Ag Wood, Inc., both in Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit crop insu

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United States of America v. Song Guo Zheng

Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Song Guo Zheng, 58, of Hilliard, who was charged with making false statements to federal authorities as part of an immunology research fraud scheme.

Zheng was arrested Friday, May 22, 2020, after he arrived in Anchorage, Alaska, aboard a charter flight and as he prepared to board another charter flight to China.

Whe

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United States of America v. Drs. Gunjan Dhir and Gaurav Puri

Dallas, TX - Drs. Gunjan Dhir, 43, and Gaurav Puri, also 43, have owned and operated dental clinics and dental management companies throughout Texas since 2009. The clinics serve primarily low-income children enrolled in the Texas Medicaid program; the dental management companies provide management and administrative services to the clinics. After opening their first dental clinic in 2009, Drs.

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KEITH D. JACKSON v. State of Indiana

Indianapolis, IN - Criminal defense attorney represented Keith D. Jackson with false
informing, driving while suspended, and unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon charges



On August 17, 2018, Detective Casey Claeys of the Elkhart Police Department
noticed a red 2006 Dodge Stratus, being driven by Jac

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Estate of Robyn Turner ex rel. United States of America v. Brian Tsang and The Gardens Pharmacy, L.L.C.

Gulfport, Mississippi false claims act lawyer represented the United States on a qui tam claim under 31 U.S.C. § 3729(a).

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STATE OF LOUISIANA VERSUS RICHARD WAYNE BARRAS

Lake Charles, LA - Criminal defense attorney represented Richard Wayne Barras with appealing his conviction on two counts of attempted first degree rape, habitual offender adjudication, and sentence of two consecutive life terms.



The facts establish on May 25, 2018, seventy-year-old D.N.1 went outside at
approximately 7:00 a.

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United States of America v. Karen Marie Jones

Greensboro, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit tax fraud.

Karen Marie Jones of Durham, North Carolina, was charged for conspiring to defraud the United States. Jones owned Jones and Stone Taxes, a tax preparation business in Durham. From 2012 through 2017, Jones and two other return preparers at Jones and Stone, Andrea Marie Pasl

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United States of America v. Folashade Adufe Horne

Washington, DC criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with health care fraud.

Folashade Adufe Horne, 52, of Laurel, Maryland, was cahrged with defrauding the D.C. Medicaid program out of more than $370,000.

In February, Horne pled guilty to health care fraud in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The Honorable Reggie B. Walton

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United States of America v. Tae Il Lee

Richmond, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charge with defrauding both a Pennsylvania-based bank and the Export-Import Bank of the United States in connection with a $1.6 million loan.

“For over two years, the defendant deliberately deceived financial institutions to fraudulently obtain a $1.6 million government-backed loan,” said Raj Parekh, Acting U.S. Attorney

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United States of America v. Kathy Billote

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with aiding an assisting in the filing of false tax returns.

Kathy Billotte, age 60, of Frenchville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, was charged with aiding and assisting in the preparation or filing of a false income tax return and criminal contempt and false statement to the government.

According to

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