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United States of America v. Sharmistha Barai

Sacramento, California criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit forced labor.

Sharmistha Barai, 40, formerly of Stockton, was charged with conspiracy to commit forced labor.

On March 14, 2019, after an 11-day trial, a federal jury found Barai and her husband Satish Kartan guilty of conspiracy to obtain forced labor and two counts of obtainin

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United States of America v. Kevin Cummings

Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with defrauding the United States.

Kevin Cummings, 51, of Tucson, Arizona, was charged with providing a False Statement Related to Social Security.

“Yet another example of someone trying to defraud the system, this time stealing benefits intended for the disabled,” said United States Attorney Michael Bailey. “T

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Clark Middleton, Jr. v. State of Indiana

Jeffersonville, IN - Criminal Defense Attorney, dealing in cocaine and dealing in methamphetamine

In 2018, Middleton sold a confidential informant crack cocaine at a public
housing complex in Jeffersonville. As a result, in Cause No. 10C02-1907-F4-
048 (“Cause No. 48”), the State charged Middleton with dealing in cocaine, a
Level 4 felony; possession of cocaine, a Level 6 fel

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United States of America v. Clarissa Lynn Combs

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with fraud.

Clarissa Lynn Combs, ate 49, was charged with conspiring to commit wire fraud and making a false statement.

“Ms. Combs orchestrated a years-long fraud scheme that diverted hundreds of thousands of dollars from some of the most vulnerable members of society, including individuals and families

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United States of America v. Farkhanda Muhammed

Madison, Wisconsin fraud criminal defense lawyer represented Farkhanda Muhammed, age 34, who was charged by the United States of America with fraudulently representing that a Social Security number was hers to apply for a Madison apartment.

During the sentencing hearing, the parties and Court discussed Muhammad’s broader scheme to rent apartments—in Madison and elsewhere—for people usin

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United States of America v. Advanced Pain Management

Milwaukee, Wisconsin False Claims Act lawyer represented Advanced Pain Management, which was sued by the United States of America on a False Claims Act wrongfully paying kickbacks and and performing medically unnecessary laboratory tests.

Advanced Pain Management (“APM”) has agreed to pay $1 million to settle claims asserting violations of the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks and by p

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Carl McCormack v. State of Indiana

Nashville, Indiana - Nashville, Indiana, receiving stolen auto parts, determined to be an habitual offender

The facts underlying McCormack’s conviction were set forth in our opinion on
McCormack’s direct appeal as follows:
[I]n May 2017, Chad Austin (“Austin”) owned a gold 2005 Ford
F350 pickup truck. Austin wanted to sell the truck, so he parked
it at a location where it

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United States of America v. Robert R. Burton

Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with wire fraud and tax evasion.

The former president of Nashville-based Omnis Health, Inc. was sentenced to 35 months in prison for wire fraud and tax evasion, and fined $15,000.

Robert R. Burton, 50, of Madisonville, Louisiana, formerly of Brentwood, Tennessee, was also ordered to pay $1,059,016.67 in r

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United States of America v. Aaron Micah Jamison

Lexington, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud.

A South Carolina man, Aaron Micah Jamison, 45, who formerly resided in Lexington, was sentenced to 36 months in prison for theft from an employee benefits plan, conspiracy to commit mail fraud, and unlawful storage of hazardous waste.

According to his plea ag

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FRANK FERRI vs STATE OF FLORIDA

Wauchula, FL - Criminal Defense Attorney, three counts of dealing in stolen property, three
counts of providing false verification of ownership to a pawn broker, one count of
possession of methamphetamine, and one count of possession of paraphernalia.

When a defendant challenges a restitution award, a court must determine
whether "the loss or damage is causally connected to th

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United States of America v. Heather Tolson

New Orleans, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

Heather Tolson, age 27, of Lorain, OH, pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371.

As admitted by TOLSON in the Factual Basis, in the beginning of February 2017, co-defendant Jose Fernandez Morel (“Fer

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United States of America v. William Patrick Williams

Lubbock, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented plaintiff charged with felony firearm purchase.

A Lubbock man who allegedly plotted a mass shooting pleaded guilty today to making false statements to a federally-licensed firearms dealer.

William Patrick Williams, 20, was charged via criminal complaint in August 2019 with making a false statements during the purchase of a firear

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United States of America v. Ebenezer Yeboah Asane, et al.

Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented defendant marriage fraud charges.

Ebenezer Yeboah Asane (“Asane”) 37, of Fayetteville, North Carolina; James Earnest Ekow Arthur, 32, of El Paso, Texas; Ernest Atta Gyasi, 43, of Bronx, New York; Samuel Manu Agyapong (“Agyapong”), 33, of Fayetteville, North Carolina; Barbara Oppong, 41, of Bronx, New York; William Steven Ballard,

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United States of America v. Janet Olatimbo Akindipe

Washington, D.C. criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with Medicaid fraud.

Janet Olatimbo Akindipe, 62, of Laurel, Maryland, pleaded guilty to defrauding the D.C. Medicaid program out of more than a quarter million dollars.

Akindipe pleaded guilty to health care fraud in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The charge carries a statutory

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L. RUTH FAWCETT TRUST, CINDY K. PAGE-COLMER, TRUSTEE, on Behalf of Itself and All Others Similarly Situated, v. OIL PRODUCERS, INC. OF KANSAS

Liberal, KS - class action lawyer, recovery of underpaid gas royalties


This class action seeks recovery of underpaid gas royalties. It is brought by about
2,300 royalty owners against the operator, Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas, known as OPIK
in this litigation. OPIK sells the raw natural gas at the wellhead to third parties, who, in
turn, make the gas fit to enter our

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United States of America v. Robert C. Poimboeuf

Shreveport, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented defendant on filing false tax return.

The United States of America charged Robert C. Poimboeuf, part owner of D&G Holdings, LLC, a medical laboratory in the Shreveport area. From 2011 through 2015, Poimboeuf filed false tax returns that underreported gross receipts earned from his business. Poimboeuf concealed from his tax return

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United States of America v. Jon Barry Thompson, a/k/a "J. Barry Thompson"

New York, New York criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with commodities fraud, wire fraud and price manipulation concerning communications facilities.

The United States of America charged Jon Barry Thompson, a/k/a "J. Barry Thompson" with commodities fraud.


According to the Complaint, the Indictment, and other statements made in open court:

THOMPSO

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United States of America, ex rel. Brittany Ames Mahoney v. Abbas Mohammadi, DDS, Columbia Dental, P.C. and Columbia Orl Maxillofacial Imaging, LLC

The United States of America, ex rel. Brittany Ames Mahoney sued Abbas Mohammadi, DDS, Columbia Dental, P.C. and Columbia Orl Maxillofacial Imaging, LLC on a False Claims Act violation theory.

Mohammadi, a dentist and oral surgeon, is the owner of Columbia Dental, P.C. (“CDPC”), which operates 15 dental clinics throughout Connecticut, and Columbia Oral Maxillofacial Imaging Imaging, L.L.C

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United States of America v. David Andrew Butziger

Providence, Rhode Island criminal defense lawyer represent defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud.

A Warwick man today admitted to a federal court judge that he participated in a conspiracy with a Massachusetts man to submit fraudulent bank loan applications to a Rhode Island bank in an effort to obtain hundreds of thousands of dollars in forgivable loans guaranteed by the

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United States ex rel. Inzeo v. Industries for the Blind, Inc., et al.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Wisconsin-Based Nonprofit To Pay $1.9 Million To Settle Allegations Of False Claims And Kickbacks On Federal Contracts For Blind Workers

Industries for the Blind and Visually Impaired Inc. (IBI) has agreed to pay the United States $1,938,684.09 to resolve allegations that IBI violated the False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback Act in connection with certain federal

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Arash Alborzi v. University of Southern California

Plaintiffs Arash Alborzi, M.D., and Arash Alborzi, M.D.,
Inc. sued defendants University of Southern California, Keck
School of Medicine of USC, and USC Verdugo Hills Hospital
(collectively, USC); as well as Concord Hospitalist Group and
Elevate Health Group. Alborzi and his corporation were part of a
panel of on-call physicians at Verdugo Hills Hospital. Plaintiffs
alleged

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United States of America v. Clare Bronfman

Brooklyn, New York criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to conceal and harbor aliens for financial gain and fraudulent use of personal identification information.






“Defendant Clare Bronfman, age 42, twisted our immigratio

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Allen Miller v. C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc., et al.

Rendo, Nevada - Allen Miller (�Miller�) suffered serious injuries when he was struck by a semi-tractor trailer while driving near Elko, Nevada. Miller sued C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. (�C.H. Robinson�), the freight broker that arranged for the trailer to transport goods for Costco Wholesale, Inc. (�Costco�). Miller alleges that C.H. Robinson negligently selected an unsafe motor carri

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United States of America v. Christopher D. Hales

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering.

Christopher D. Hales, 39, of Lehi, was charged with wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy in connection with a financial fraud scheme he and other co-conspirators devised while Hales was in a halfway house serving a sentence for another federal fraud

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STATE OF NEBRASKA V. HAROLD L. STONE

Hebron, NE - Criminal Defense Attorney, first degree sexual assault of a child, one count of child abuse


In June 2016, Stone was charged by information with five counts of first degree sexual
assault of a child and one count of child abuse. The amended information alleged Stone sexually
penetrated the victim, H.W., on five separate occasions in 2014 and 2015, at a time when

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