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United States of America v. Michael Villarroel

San Diego, California Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Perpetrating a $2 Million Insurance Fraud Scheme



.Dr. Michael Villarroel, who at the time of his crimes was a doctor in the U.S. Navy, was sentenced in federal court today to one year and one day in custody after admitt

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Scott E. Gammons v. Adroit Medical Systems, Inc. et al (TV2)

Knoxville, Tennessee employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant a civil rights violation theory.

Plaintiff filed this action pursuant to the anti-retaliation whistleblower protection provision of the Taxpayer First Act (“TFA”), 26 U.S.C. § 7623(d)(2)(A)(ii); the Tennessee Public Protection Act (“TPPA”), Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-1-30

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United States of America v. Michael Deon Fulcher

Jackson, Mississippi Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant charged with with sex trafficking, conspiracy to commit sex trafficking and interstate transportation for purposes of prostitution



A federal jury in the Southern District of Mississippi convicted Michael Deon Fulcher, 54, with sex traff

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United States of America v. Greg MacKinnon

Buffalo , New York Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant engaging in a debt collection scheme.



Greg MacKinnon, 58, of Wheatfield, NY, was convicted of conspiring to defraud the United States.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Russell T. Ippolito, who handled the case, stated that between June 2011

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United States of America v. Lorraine Pilitz

Central Islip, New York Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant charged wiht Obstructing the Internal Revenue Service, Filing False Tax Returns and Structuring Cash Deposits




Lorraine Pilitz was sentenced to 33 months’ imprisonment for illegally structuring financial transactions, corruptly

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United States of America v. Errol Murray

Albany, New York Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant charged for Unemployment Insurance Fraud



Errol Murray, age 22, of Yonkers, New York was sentenced to 12 months in prison for engaging in a fraudulent scheme to obtain nearly $70,000 in unemployment insurance benefits, including benefits funded

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United States of America v. David Carmona

New York, New York Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engaging in a Cryptocurrency Ponzi Scheme “IcomTech.”




DAVID CARMONA started IcomTech in 2018, and IcomTech promotional materials put OCHOA forward as IcomTech’s CEO until 2019, when a new CEO replaced him. IcomTech

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United States of America v. James McAuliffe

Portland, Maine Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant convicted at trial of Stealing Mainers’ Identities as Part of Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Scheme



A former Arizona man was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Bangor after pleading guilty to six counts of wire fraud and six counts of aggrava

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United States of America v. Zsa Zsa Bouvier Couch

Montgomery, Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant charged with COVID-19 Era Paycheck Protection Program Loan Fraud.



Zsa Zsa Bouvier Couch, 55, from Montgomery, Alabama, was sentenced to 45 months in prison following he

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United States of America v. Moad Mohamed Benkabbou

Tampa, Florida Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Lying To The FBI In Connection With An International Terrorism Investigation



Moad Mohamed Benkabbou (23, Kissimmee) was sentenced to six years in federal prison for making false statements to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (F

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United States of America v. Steven Darbee

Denver, Colorado Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Tax Evasion



Steven Darbee, age 50, formerly of Brighton, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in federal prison for tax evasion.

The defendant last filed a tax return with the IRS in 2014. Beginning in April of 2013,

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United States of America v. Lance K. Bradford

Las Vegas, Nevada Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant a Nevada CPA Sentenced To Prison In False Tax Return Scheme



A Nevada man was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison for willfully aiding and assisting the filing of false tax returns, in connection with a scheme to sell purported invest

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United States of America v. William Koo Ichioka

San Francisco, California Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant Cryptocurrency Fraud



William Koo Ichioka was sentenced to serve four years in prison and ordered to pay a $5 million fine for committing multiple felonies in connection with an investment fraud scheme involving cryptocurrencies and

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United States of America v. Ladarius Jaleel Snipes

Saint Paul, Minnesota Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant Sentenced to Prison for a Violent Hobbs Act Robbery and Firearms Violations



District of Minnesota



A Mississippi man has been sentenced to 155 months in prison followed by five years of

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United States of America v. Timothy D. Sletten

Des Moines, Iowa Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Disaster-Related Insurance Fraud



In 2018, following the EF-3 tornado that hit Marshalltown, Iowa, Timothy D. Sletten, 32, engaged in two separate schemes to defraud State Farm, the insurer of Sletten’s numerous residential re

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United States of America v. Wuandeen Amuwo

Chicago, Illinois Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant Sentenced to Federal Prison for $2.9 Million Covid-Relief Fraud



A federal judge has sentenced a Chicago man to five and a half years in prison for fraudulently obtaining more than $2.9 million in small business loans and grants under the Co

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United States of America v. Angela Elwood

Knoxville, Tennessee Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant For Lying To Court About Cancer Diagnosis


Eastern District of Tennessee



Angela Elwood, 48, of Knoxville, Tenn., was sentenced by the Honorable Thomas W. Phillips, U.S. District Court Judge, t

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United States of America v. Macon J. Dew

Nashville, Tennessee Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant for Filing False Tax Returns'



Macon J. Dew, 64, of Mr. Juliet, Tennessee, was sentenced to serve 12 months and 1 day in federal prison, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $205,535.00 to the IRS for his role in the preparatio

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United States of America v. DARVELL HALL

New Orleans, Louisiana Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant for For Filing False Tax Returns And Wire Fraud



Eastern District of Louisiana



DARVELL HALL, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Sarah

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United States of America v. Monty Matthews

Baton Rouge, Louisiana Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engaging in a Fraudulent Investment Scheme



Monty Matthews, age 52, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison following his convictions for wire fraud, interstate communication of an extortiona

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United States of America v. Dion Rashaan Foxworth

Greenbelt, Maryland Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud.



Dion Rashaan Foxworth, age 42, of Washington, D.C., committing wire fraud related to an investment fraud scheme and bank fraud related to a fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loan.

From Novembe

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United States of America v. Patty Lynn Mavrakis

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant charged with committing Wire Fraud



Patty Lynn Mavrakis was a Branch Manager for Valley 1st Community Federal Credit Union and, in September 2016, she embezzled $399,230.00 from the credit union. In order to conceal the theft, she inten

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United States of America v. Greg MacKinnon

Buffalo, New York Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engaging in a debt collection scheme



Greg MacKinnon, 58, of Wheatfield, NY, who was convicted of conspiring to defraud the United States, was sentenced to serve 36 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. MacKi

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Farbod Amini and Laman Amini v. Crestbrook Insurance Company

Seattle, Washington insurance law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on bad faith breach of an insurance contract.

This case was filed in the Island County Superior Court, 21-00002-00277-1, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant.

Washington law provides protections for insureds against bad faith practices by insurance companies. Here's a breakdow

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United States of America v. Guangwei “William” Wu

Concord New Hampshire Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant charged for Transporting Stolen Apple Products



“The defendant engaged in a sophisticated fraud scheme where he accepted a bribe of significant value, diverted shipments of stolen Apple products worth approximately $2 million, and then

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