False Pretense Law
 
United States of America v. George Alexander Underwood, Robert Andrew Sprouse, Johnny Ricardo Neal Jr.

Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, who was charged with defrauding the United States, depriving another civil rights, wire fraud and conversation.

George Alexander Underwood, 57, of Chester, former Chester County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Robert Andrew Sprouse, 46, of Ridgeway, and former Chester County Sheriff’s Office Lieutenant Johnny Ricard

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DONALD JAMES SMITH v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Tallahassee, FL - Criminal defense attorney represented Donald James Smith with appealing his judgment of conviction and sentence of death



On June 21, 2013, Smith met eight-year-old Cherish
Perrywinkle, her sisters, and her mother, Rayne, at a Dollar General
store in Jacksonville. Smith overheard Rayne explain to an

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STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. SHAWN MICHAEL SHELTON

Pierre, SD - Criminal defense attorney represented Shawn Michael Shelton with the sale of methamphetamine to a confidential informant (CI) charge.



[¶2.] Detective Joseph Erickson (Detective Erickson) of the Yankton Police
Department and Special Agent Ryan Pennock (Agent Pennock) of the South Dakota
Division of Criminal

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State of Oklahoma v. Cheryl Lynn Diedrich

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

Count # 1. Count as Filed: FFP, ATTEMPTED FALSE PRETENSE OVER $1000 OR CON GAME, in violation of 21 O.S. 1541.2
Date of Offense: 12/13/2018
Party Name Disposition Information
DIEDRICH, CHERYL LYNN Disposed: CONVICTION, 04/22/2021. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: ATTEMPTED FALSE PRETENSE OVER $

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State of Oklahoma v. Demarco Cortez Releford

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

Count # 1. Count as Filed: LA5, LARCENY OF AUTOMOBILE, in violation of 21 O.S. 1720
Date of Offense: 08/13/2018
Party Name Disposition Information
RELEFORD, DEMARCO CORTEZ Disposed: DISMISSED, 04/22/2021. Dismissed- Request of the State
Count as Disposed: LARCENY OF AUTOMOBILE(LA5)
Violat

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State of Oklahoma v. Cheryl Lynn Diedrich

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

Count # 1. Count as Filed: FFP, OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE PRETENSE, in violation of 21 O.S. 1542A
Date of Offense: 04/28/2018
Party Name Disposition Information
DIEDRICH, CHERYL LYNN Disposed: CONVICTION, 04/22/2021. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE PRETENSE(FFP)

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STATE OF NEBRASKA V. DONTEVIAN L. BRADLEY

Lincoln, NE - Criminal defense attorney represented Dontevian T. Bradley with appeals from the order of the Lancaster County District Court denying his motion for postconviction relief without an evidentiary hearing.



On the morning of November 15, 2016, Bradley was arguing with his girlfriend outside of
an apartment building

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United States of America v. Tammy Lynn Hawk

Greeneville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, money laundering, and making a false tax return.

Tammy Lynn Hawk, 47, of Bristol, was charged with one count each of wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, money laundering, and making a false tax return. Hawk was sentenced to 10 years in prison, followed by three year

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United States and the State of Tennessee ex. rel. Suzanne Alt, et al. v. Anesthesia Services Associates, PLLC, et al.

Nashville, Tennessee health care fraud law lawyer represented defendants who were accused with health care fraud.

Anesthesia Services Associates, PLLC d/b/a Comprehensive Pain Specialists (“CPS”), its four majority owners, Dr. Peter B. Kroll, Dr. Steven R. Dickerson, Dr. Gilberto A. Carrero, and Dr. Richard J. Muench (collectively, the “Owners”), and Russell S. Smith, D.C. – a f

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MICHAEL GORDIN MADDIN v. ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

Little Rock, AR - Faulkner County Circuit Court ordered long-term protective custody of Michael Gordon Maddin, an adult.



The Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) filed a petition for emergency custody on March 11, 2020, alleging that Maddin was an endangered or impaired adult under the Adult Maltreatment Custody Act. Ark

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United States of America v. Elias Marcos-Gomez, a/k/a Orlando Villalpando

Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with 42 USC 408(a)(7)(B) False Use of a Social Security Number; 18:1546(b)(1) Fraud and Misuse of Visas, Permits, and Other Documents; and 18 USC 911 False Claims to US Citizenship.

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United States of America v. Daniel O'Leary

El Paso, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant accused of falsely certifying home appraisals performed by an uncertified assistant.

Daniel O’Leary, manager and registered agent for El Paso Asset Appraisals, LLC, d/b/a/ Asset Property Management, was accused for falsely certifying appraisals that were subsequently relied upon by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) in i

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United States of America v. Ryan Guy Parker

Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, who was charged with flying without an Airman's certificate in violation of 49 U.S.C. 46306(b)(7)Registration violations involving aircraft not providing air transportation

(a) Application.—This section applies only to aircraft not used to provide air transportation.

(b) General Criminal Penalty.—Except as pr

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United States of America v. Brittany McReynolds

Abingdon, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, who was charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and defrauding the United States.

Brittany McReynolds, age 32, a Saint Paul, Virginia woman conspired with others to file for fraudulent pandemic unemployment benefits. She was charged with conspiring with others to commit mail fraud and defraud the government of more th

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United States of America v. Norman Newman

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, who was charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud.

Norman Newman, 74, of Croton-on-Hudson, New York, was part of a conspiracy to supply lists of potential victims to those conducting fraudulent mass-mailing schemes. From 2005 to 2016, Newman worked as a list broker and senior vice president at Macromark Inc., a Conne

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STATE OF KANSAS v. JASMON DEVAR WATSON

Topeka, KS - Criminal defense attorney represented Jasmon Devar Watson with one count of making a false claim to the Medicaid program and one count of felony theft charges



Between February 2013 and August 2014, Watson worked two different jobs in
Kansas City, Kansas. First, he worked as a transitional living skills (TLS) ass

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United States of America v. Brandon Lewis

Greensboro, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with wire fraud and making false statements in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343 and 18 U.S.C. 1001.

Brandon Lewis, 35, of Greensboro, was charge with two counts of wire fraud and one count of making a false statement to the Small Business Administration (SBA) on Aug. 31, 2020.

According to court documents

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United States of America v. Sonia Jourdain

Providence, Rhode Island criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with false representation of citizenship, false representation of social security number, aggravated identity theft, wire fraud and theft of public money.

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United States of America v. Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Associates, Inc., and the Foundation of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Inc.

Boston, Massachusetts false claims act violation lawyers represented the United States of America by suing Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Associates, Inc., and the Foundation of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Inc. (collectively “Massachusetts Eye and Ear”) have agreed to pay $2.678 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act.

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United States of America v. Jose Garza

Brownsville, Texas health care fraud charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Jose Garza, 44, of Harlingen, who was the operations manager for the Merida Group and responsible for carrying out the business’s day to day operations, including overseeing the recruitment of patients at certain locations throughout the Rio Grande Valley. Garza, and others working at his direction, recrui

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Juan Antonio Gutierrez v. The State of Texas

El Paso, Texas - Criminal defense attorney represented Juan Antonio Gutierrez with a DWI charge



Appellant was arrested in the parking lot of a shopping center in the early morning hours
after a business owner, who was getting ready to open his business, called 911 to report that
Appellant’s vehicle was in the parking

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United States of America v. Sheng-Wen Cheng

New York, New York bank and securities fraud charge criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant, Sheng-Wen Cheng, a/k/a “Justin Cheng,” a/k/a “Justin Jung,” was charged with major fraud against the United States, bank fraud, securities fraud, and wire fraud in connection with multiple fraud schemes he perpetrated. Specifically, CHENG engaged in a scheme to fraudulently obtain over $7 m

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United States of America v. Thomas Michael Sisk, Gregory Earl Corkren and David Webb Tutt

Montgomery, Alabama fraud charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendants, Thomas Michael Sisk, 55, of Toney, Alabama and formerly the superintendent of LCS; Gregory Earl Corkren, 56, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama; and David Webb Tutt, 61, of Uniontown, Alabama, who were charged with conspiring to defraud the Alabama State Department of Education (ASDE) by falsely inflating the number of students

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United States of America v. Willette J. Holland

Richmond, Virginia tax evasion charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant Willette J. Holland who owned Tax Professionals, a return preparation firm located in Richmond, Virginia. In August 2014, the IRS contacted Holland because she did not file personal tax returns for the years 2010 through 2013. Holland then presented false returns to an IRS Revenue Agent for those years, which subst

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State of Oklahoma v. Casey Thomas Pittman and William Richard Pittman

Tulsa, Oklahoma home repair fraud charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, charged with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: MISC, HOME REPAIR FRAUD, in violation of 15 O.S. 765.3
Date of Offense: 04/25/2017
Party Name Disposition Information
PITTMAN, WILLIAM RICHARD Disposed: CONVICTION, 10/31/2017. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: HOME REPAIR FRAUD(MISC)
Viola

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