False Pretense Law
 
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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United States of America v. Devin Ryan

Savannah, Georgia Obstruction of Justice criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Devin Ryan, age 30, who was charged with destroying evidence in the murder of the wife of a Fort Stewart soldier.

"A man with no involvement other than previous time behind bars with an admitted killer needlessly complicated a murder investigation by destroying a significant piece of evidence,� said

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United States of America v. Miller Wilson, Jr., Myoshi Wilson and Eric Wilson

Ocala, Florida fraud case criminal defense lawyers represented defendants, Miller Wilson, Jr., Myoshi Wilson and Eric Wilson, who were charged with their role in a scheme to defraud the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs health care benefits.

According to court documents, Miller Wilson, Jr. was an employee at the Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) Clinic located in The Villages. As

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United States of America v. Marco Parra and Road Tire Plus Corp.

Miami, Florida taxation criminal defense lawyer represented Defendants, Marco Parrra, and his company, Road Tire Plus Corporation, charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States of America.

According to court documents and statements made in court, Marco Parra operated Road Tire Plus Corp. (Road Tire), a tire importer located in Miami, Florida. From 2013 through 2016, Parra conspire

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United States of America v. Chiropractor Matthew Wood and Life Health Medical Center (“LHMC”)

Salt Lake City, Utah False Claims Act lawyer represented defendant who improperly billed Medicare for the use of electro-acupuncture device. From November 3, 2018 through February 28, 2020, Dr. Wood and LHMC billed Medicare for an implantable neurostimulator device, a device that typically requires a surgical procedure and is performed by a surgeon in an operating room.

STIVAX® is a percu

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA, Plaintiff, v. JOSHUA JEREMIAH COMBS, Defendant.

Tulsa, 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: 09/18/2019
Party Name Disposition Information
COMBS, JOSHUA JEREMIAH Disposed: CONVICTION, 12/04/2020. Guilty Plea
Count as D

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Matthew Powell v. State of Indiana

Connersville, IN - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Matthew Powell with raising two issues on appeal, which we restate as:

I. Whether the trial court abused its discretion by failing to cite
Powell’s guilty plea as a mitigating factor; and
II. Whether Powell’s fifteen-year aggregate sentence is
inappropriate considering the na

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United States of America v. Clauida Ann Merrill

Las Vegas, Nevada fraud lawyer represented defendant, Claudia Ann Merrill, age 62, who was charged with mail fraud for carrying out a scheme to defraud the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) of more than $1.7 million in veterans benefit.

The defendant orchestrated a million dollar scheme to defraud the VA and to deceive the elderly veterans and surviving spouses whose names she us

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United States of America v. Tracy Fonda Flanigan

Billings, Montana firearm felony criminal defense lawyer represented defendant, Tracy Fonda Flanigan, age 46, with illegally obtaining a firearm for a felon who shot at state probation officers.

In court documents filed in the case, the prosecution said that in May 2018, Michael Anderson, a felon, shot at Montana State Probation and Parole Officers who were attempting to conduct a home c

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United States of America v. Edward Fisher

Boise, Idaho bank fraud criminal defense lawyer represented defendant, Edward Fisher, age 57, of Stamford, Connecticut, was sentenced to 42 months in federal prison for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.

According to court records, on April 22, 2020, Fisher visited a Wells Fargo in Boise, a federally insured financial institution. Fisher filled out a withdrawal slip for $3,500 and

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United States of America v. Marcela Heredia

Fresno, California tax fraud criminal defense lawyer represented defendant, Marcela Heredia, age 47, from Riverside, California, who was charged with engaging in a scheme to receive tax refunds by filing false tax returns using the stolen identities of at-risk youths.

On Dec. 12, 2019, a federal jury found Marcela Heredia, 47, of Riverside, guilty of seven counts of wire fraud, four count

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United States ex rel. Franchek v. Workrite Ergonomics LLC, and Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Co.

San Francisco, California qui tam lawyers represented companies that allegedly violated the False Claims Act.

Ergonomic office furniture maker Workrite Ergonomics LLC, a Delaware company, and its parent, Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Co. (collectively, Workrite), have agreed to pay $7.1 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that they overcharged the federal government for

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Yariel Lunice Nicole Butler v. State of Indiana

Lafayette, IN - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Yariel Butler charged with level 5 felony leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death and one count of class A misdemeanor leaving the scene of an accident resulting in bodily injury.



The facts most favorable to the verdict are as follows. Around 2:00 a.m

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United States of America v. Benjamin Hayford

Tulsa, OK - The United States of America charged Benjamin Hayford with bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution.

The Government claimed that defendant wrongfully and fraudulently sought to obtain $8 million in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration.

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________________________________________________________________________________ STATE OF OHIO v. SIDNEY B. MEJIA STATE OF OHIO v. MARVIN MARTINEZ

Marysville, Ohio - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendants Sidney Mejia (“Mejia”) and Marvin Martinez (“Martinez”) charged with arguin that there was insufficient evidence presented to convict them, that their convictions were against the manifest weight of the evidence, and that the convictions violate multiple double jeopardy protections.

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State of Oklahoma v. Bailey, Kendall Wayne

Norman, OK - Second degree rape criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: RAPE, RAPE - SECOND DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 1111-1116
Date of Offense: 12/01/2019
Party Name Disposition Information
Bailey, Kendall Wayne Disposed: CONVICTION, 12/01/2020. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: RAPE - SECOND DEGREE(RAPE)
Violatio

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State of Oklahoma v. Swinford, Kelsey Lea

Norman, OK - Obtaining property by false pretense criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: FFP, OBTAINING PROPERTY FALSE PRETENSE, in violation of 21 O.S. 1542
Date of Offense: 01/31/2019
Party Name Disposition Information
Swinford, Kelsey Lea Disposed: DEFERRED, 12/01/2020. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: OBTAINING PROPERT

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State of Oklahoma v. WASSON, JACOB TIMOTHY

Norman, OK - Larceny from a retailer criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: LMFR, LARCENY -FROM RETAILER, in violation of 21 O.S. 1701-1708,1731
Date of Offense: 01/06/2019
Party Name Disposition Information
WASSON, JACOB TIMOTHY Disposed: CONVICTION, 12/01/2020. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: LARCENY -FROM RETAILER(LMFR

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State of Oklahoma v. Davis, Kenneth

Norman, OK - Bogus check crime criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: FFP, FALSE PRETENSE/ BOGUS CHECK. CON GAME, in violation of 21 O.S. 1541.2
Date of Offense: 11/09/2013
Party Name Disposition Information
Davis, Kenneth Disposed: DISMISSED, 12/02/2020. Dismissed by Court
Count as Disposed: FALSE PRETENSE/ BOGUS CHECK.

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United States ex rel. Willis v. Mae Ava Carse Properties, LLC, et al.

Detroit, Michigan false claims act violation lawyer represented Mae Ava Carse Properties, LLC, PHP Property Managers, LLC, Claude E. Phillips Properties, LLC, and Deborah J. Payne who were sued for violating the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733, by knowingly and unlawfully collecting excess rent from certain tenants participating in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s

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United States of America v. Bo Mao

Brooklyn, New York conspiracy to commit wire fraud crime criminal defense lawyer represented Bo Mao, a Chinese national charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and for making false statements to investigators. Mao was an academic researcher at the University of Texas - Arlington who was secretly working for Huawei's technology.

Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1349 and 3551 e

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United States of America v. Oyetayo Fagbenro

Washington, DC - False Claims Act fraud criminal defense lawyer represented Oyetayo Fagbenro, 62, of Ellicott City, Maryland, charged with one count of filing a false claim before U.S. District Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Sentencing has been scheduled for Feb. 12, 2021, before Chief Judge Howell.

As part of his guilty plea, Fagbe

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United States Securities and Exchange Corporation v. Scana Corporation

Charleston, South Carolina securities fraud lawyer represented Scana Corporation sued for defrauding investors by making false and misleading statements about the nuclear plant expansion that was ultimately abandoned.

“Shareholders were deceived by SCANA and robbed of millions upon millions of dollars,” said U.S. Attorney McCoy. “I am hopeful that, along with the criminal charges brough

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United States of America v. Sarah Geddes Holmes

Greenbelt, Maryland embezzlement criminal defense lawyer represented defendant, Sarah Geddes Holmes, age 65, who was charged with embezzlement from a labor organization and bank fraud. Holmes, who was the Secretary-Treasurer of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local Lodge 24, admitted that she embezzled $294,585.18 from the union.

Between May 2015 and J

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA, Plaintiff, v. JAQUEY WILLAMS, Defendant.

Oklahoma City, OK - Receiving or possessing or concealing stolen property criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: RCSP, RECEIVE, POSSESS OR CONCEAL STOLEN PROPERTY, in violation of 21 O.S. 1713(A)
Date of Offense: 09/17/2019
Party Name Disposition Information
WILLAMS, JAQUEY Disposed: CONVICTION, 11/23/2020. Guilty Plea
C

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