False Pretense Law
 
Shawn Gant-Benalcazar v. The State of Texas

Austin, TX - Criminal defense attorney represented Shawn Gant-Benalcazar with a Capital Murder charge.




Joseph Harris found his mother, Kathy Blair, dead on the floor of her bedroom in
their home. The ensuing police investigation indicated that Blair had been killed during the
burglary of her home, during which so

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United States of America v. Troy L. Bechtel

Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with fraud.

Troy L. Bechtel, 51, Overland Park, Kan., was charged with one count of making a false statement to a federal investigator. Bechtel admitted he lied during an investigation into allegations that United Medical Design Builders fraudulently received contracts from the Department of Defense through the Serv

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Sabien Armonte Taplin v. The State of Texas

Austin, TX - Criminal defense attorney represented Sabien Armonte Taplin with an assault on a public servant charge.





The State’s witnesses at trial were the victim Robert Alanis, an officer at the Bell
County Jail, and two other officers at the jail. Taplin, an inmate in the jail, did not testify or call
an

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United States of America v. Matthew Jason Welch

Billings, Montana wire fraud criminal defense lawyer represented defendant, Matthew Jason Welch, who was charged with illegally obtaining $35,000 from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), a federal loan program created to help businesses struggling during the coronavirus pandemic.

The indictment against Welch is the first PPP fraud case to be charged in Montana. The PPP program was cre

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United States of America v. Elizabeth Munoz

Portland, Oregon taxation criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Elizabeth Munoz, who was charged with preparing and filing false and fraudulent tax returns for clients and for herself.

Defendant, age 37, was charged with 13 counts of preparing and filing false income tax returns for clients and to four counts of filing false income tax returns for herself.

According to

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United States of America v. Lewis Wallach

San Francisco, CA - Ponzi scheme charge criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with wire fraud for running a Ponzi scheme.

Lewis Wallach was charged with fraud for his role in a large-scale fraud involving the Marin County real estate company Professional Financial Investors, or PFI.

Wallach, 64, of Los Angeles, is the former CEO of PFI. He was charged in a crimin

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA, Plaintiff, v. LEONARD ROUCHELLE DAVIS, Defendant.

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - FALSE DECLARATION OF OWNERSHIP IN PAWN SHOP, CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER REPRESENTED DEFENDANT CHARGED WITH:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: OWN, FALSE DECLARATION OF OWNERSHIP IN PAWN SHOP, in violation of 59 O.S. 1512(C)(2)
Date of Offense: 06/21/2020
Party Name Disposition Information
DAVIS, LEONARD ROUCHELLE Disposed: CONVICTION, 12/10/2020. Guilty Plea

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Camille Mason v. The State of Texas

Fort Worth, Texas - Criminal defense atty represented defendant Camille Mason with a False Report to Peace Officer charge.



A jury convicted Camille Mason of the misdemeanor offense of
making a false report to a peace officer. The parties agreed on a sentence of 90-days’
incarceration in the Tarrant County jail, with im

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United States of America v. Timothy Baxter

Abingdon, Virginia providing false information criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Timothy Baxter, who was charged with a one-count misdemeanor Information related to Indivior’s false and misleading representations to the Massachusetts Medicaid program (MassHealth) regarding Suboxone, a drug approved for recovering opioid addicts to avoid or reduce withdrawal symptoms.

Defend

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United States of America v. Renita Jenifer

Washington, DC - Tax law criminal defense lawyer represented defendant, Renita Jenifer, who was charged with preparation of false tax returns.

According to court documents and statements made in court, Renita Jenifer of District Heights, Maryland, operated a tax return preparation business in D.C. between 2013 and 2016 under the name RAJen Business Tax Service (RAJen). Through RAJen, Jen

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA, Plaintiff, v. KALAEL LAMAR DRENNON, Defendant.

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - FALSE DECLARATION OF OWNERSHIP IN PAWN SHOP CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER REPRESENTED DEFENDANT CHARGED WITH:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: OWN, FALSE DECLARATION OF OWNERSHIP IN PAWN SHOP, in violation of 59 O.S. 1512(C)(2)
Date of Offense: 12/07/2019
Party Name Disposition Information
DRENNON, KALAEL LAMAR Disposed: DEFERRED, 12/09/2020. Guilty Plea
Count

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA, Plaintiff, v. ERIC VANCE ARDREY, Defendant.

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - FALSE DECLARATION OF OWNERSHIP IN PAWN SHOP, CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER REPRESENTED DEFENDANT CHARGED WITH:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: OWN, FALSE DECLARATION OF OWNERSHIP IN PAWN SHOP, in violation of 59 O.S. 1512(C)(2)
Date of Offense: 11/07/2019
Party Name Disposition Information
ARDREY, ERIC VANCE Disposed: DEFERRED, 12/10/2020. Guilty Plea
Count a

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Rodney Allen Brown v. The State of Texas

Fort Worth, Texas - Criminal defense atty represented defendant Rodney Allen Brown with a Continuous Sexual Abuse of Young Child or Children charge.




Brown met the complainant (Complainant) in this case through his stepdaughter
(Darla).
1 Complainant and Darla were best friends, and Complainant would often go

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Aaron Rios v. The State of Texas

Little Rock, AR - Criminal defense atty represented defendant Aaron Rios with a Capital Murder charge.




Joel Rios—who was unrelated to Appellant—testified that on January 12, 2016,
while he was outside smoking a cigarette after dark, his neighbor came up to him and
said that he had been shot, so Rios called 911. T

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA, Plaintiff, v. KYLE E PAULSON, Defendant.

Oklahoma City, OK - FALSE DECLARATION OF OWNERSHIP IN PAWN SHOP criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: OWN, FALSE DECLARATION OF OWNERSHIP IN PAWN SHOP, in violation of 59 O.S. 1512(C)(2)
Date of Offense: 11/11/2019
Party Name Disposition Information
PAULSON, KYLE E Disposed: CONVICTION, 12/08/2020. Guilty Plea
Count as

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA, Plaintiff, v. BRENT ALAN BENOIT, Defendant.

Oklahoma City, OK - OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE PRETENSES criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: FFP, OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE PRETENSES, in violation of 21 O.S. 1500-1545,1550.42,1631-1674
Date of Offense: 08/24/2019
Party Name Disposition Information
BENOIT, BRENT ALAN Disposed: CONVICTION, 12/10/2020. Guilty Plea
C

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United States of America v. Peter Nygard

New York, New York - The United States of America charged Peter Nygard with:

18:1962-7480.F RACKETEERING CONSPIRACY
(1)
18:1594.F FORFEITURE (SEX TRAFFICKING CONSPIRACY)
(2)
18:1591.F SEX TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN OR BY FORCE, FRAUD OR COERCION
(3)
18:1591.F SEX TRAFFICKING BY FORCE, FRAUD OR COERCION
(4-5)
18:2423.F COERCION OR ENTICEMENT OF MINO

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA, Plaintiff, v. MICHAEL LEROY EAGLETON, Defendant.

Oklahoma City, OK - GRAND LARCENY, criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: OLAR, GRAND LARCENY, in violation of 21 O.S. 1702-1737
Date of Offense: 08/06/2018
Party Name Disposition Information
EAGLETON, MICHAEL LEROY Disposed: CONVICTION, 12/10/2020. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: GRAND LARCENY(OLAR)
Violation of 21

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Jason Ryan Jackson v. The State of Texas

Houston, Texas - Criminal defense atty represented defendant Jason Ryan Jackson with a Indecent Exposure charge.



While standing in a checkout line at a store, Jackson allegedly exposed his
penis in front of a minor child, later identified as E.M., who was eleven years old at
the time. Jackson was arrested an

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United States of America v. Teresita Lumanas Alquero and Providence Home Health and Providence Hospice

Houston, Texas Teresita Lumanas Alquero and Providence Home Health and Providence Hospice knowingly and willfully committed health care fraud by paying improper kickbacks for referrals of Medicare patients to her businesses.

Teresita Lumanas Alquero owned both entities at the time of the alleged violations but has since sold them.

�We cannot tolerate kickbacks, especially those

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United States of America v. Tamra Maurene Villarreal, a/k/a Tamra Creighton Villarreal

San Antonio, Texas embezzlement criminal defense lawyer represented defendant, Tamra Maurene Villarreal, a/k/a Tamra Creighton Villarreal, who was charged with embezzling more than $16 million.

Tamra Maurene Villarreal (aka Tamra Creighton Villarreal), the former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Richardson Enterprises, Ltd. headquartered in Austin, participated in a $16 million embezzle

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United States of America v. Vancy Bridges

Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented Vancy Bridges, age 76, who was charged with misprison of a felony.

Bridges worked as a doctor and supervised nurse practitioners for in-home patients. Bridges was unaware that that a co-worker had been previously convicted of healthcare-related fraud and had no medical training. In July 2016, Bridges observed a patient list for patients a

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United States of America v. Mehran David Kohanbash, oseph Kohan and Nima Rodefshalom

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania health care fraud criminal defense lawyers represented defendants, Mehran David Kohanbash, oseph Kohan and Nima Rodefshalom, who were charged with healthcare fraud, conspiracy to commit fraud, and conspiracy to violate the federal anti-kickback statutes.

Brothers Mehran David Kohanbash, and Joseph Kohan and their nephew, Nima Rodefshalom, entered pleas of guilty

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United States of America v. Sheldon Stephenson

New Haven, Connecticut immigration criminal defense lawyer represented defendant, Sheldon Stephenson, who was charged with immigration fraud conspiracy.

According to court documents and statements made in court, Jodian Stephenson operated Stephenson Immigration and Legal Services, LLC, in Bridgeport. Between 2011 and 2017, Jodian Stephenson conspired with others, including Sheldon Steph

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United States of America v. Arthur Cofield

Atlanta, Georgia bank fraud criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Arthur Cofield, who was charged with bank fraud and money laundering.

“Some prisoners aren’t interested in rehabilitation or paying their debt to society,” said U.S. Attorney Byung J. “BJay” Pak. “The allure of millions of dollars in gold, coupled with contraband prison cellphones, allegedly was enough for Cofield

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