False Pretense Law
 
United States of America v. Cheryl Huff and Mario Paz-Mejia

Knoxville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with ne count of conspiracy to produce, without lawful authority, identification documents or false identification documents.

Cheryl Huff and Mario Paz-Mejia each face a term of up to 15 years in Federal prison, $250,000 in fines, and supervised release of three years.

As part of their written ple

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United States of America v. Charles Hopkins

Paducha, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violating the Lacey Act by illegally harvesting and sale of shovelnose sturgeon roe.

The Lacey Act makes it unlawful for any person to transport and sell fish that were taken in violation of any law or regulation of any state. Kentucky regulates fishing for sturgeon and its eggs, which are marketed as caviar.

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. MALIK SHROPSHIRE

In 2016, Malik Shropshire pleaded guilty to conspiracy to impede the Internal
Revenue Service, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371; and making false statements on a loan
application, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 1014. The district court sentenced Shropshire
to 51 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release. After
Shropshire was released onto supervis

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United States of America v. Benjamin Adu Acheampong

Cincinnati, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with romance-fraud conspiracy and making false statements on a COVID‑relief application.

From January 2019 through July 2021, Benjamin Adu Acheampong, 37, of Fairfield, Ohio, conspired with others to create false online profiles, which the conspirators used to express romantic interest in victims. Once the victi

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United States of America v. Job Gillette

Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of an unregistered destructive device in violation of 26 U.S.C. 5861, which provides:

It shall be unlawful for any person—
(a) to engage in business as a manufacturer or importer of, or dealer in, firearms without having paid the special (occupational) tax required by section 5801 for hi

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Dallas County individuals indicted in investment fraud and money laundering scheme

A Shreveport, Louisiana mother and son are among those indicted on federal charges in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.

Angela Speech, 43; her son, Jeremy Marshall, 24; Devonaire Jones, 35; and Camyl Lewis, 24, were indicted by a federal grand jury on Nov. 16, 2022, and charged with multiple counts of student financial aid fraud. Speech and Ma

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Monet Carter-Mixon, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Manuel Ellis, et al. v. City of Tacoma, et al.

Tacoma, Washington personal injury wrongful death lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories claiming that Tacoma Police Officers Christopher Burbank, Matthew Collins and Masyth Ford used excessive force when they attempted to arrest him in 2021.

The Complaint:

Plaintiffs, MONET CARTER-MIXON as Personal Representative of the ESTAT

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State of Washington v. Christopher Burbank, Matthew Collins and Timothy Rankine

Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Christopher Burbank, Matthew Collins and Timothy Rankine who were charged with murder for killing Manuel “Manny” Ellis, who was killed by the Tacoma police officers.

The Pierce County Medical Examiner ruled that Ellis, a black man, was murdered.

2.1 Plaintiff Monet Carter-Mixon: Monet Carter-Mixon (“Ms. Carter-Mixon”)

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Amy Elizabeth Lordan v. Delaware Title Loans, Inc., et al.

Wilmington, Delaware consumer credit lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on Fair Debt Collection Act violation theories.

The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) is a federal law in the United States that protects consumers from abusive, deceptive, and unfair debt collection practices. It applies to debt collectors (individuals or companies) attempting to collec

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United States of America v. Windall Mitchell

Scranton, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to make false statements in connection with the purchases of multiple firearms from federally licensed firearms dealers.

Windall Mitchell, age 34, of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, admitted to conspiring with his girlfriend, Yesenia Ramos, age 43, of Stroudsburg, to provide false information

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United States of America v. James L. Luketich, M.D.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania civil defense lawyer represented the Defendant accused of fraud.

Dr. Luketich, UPMC, and UPP agreed to pay $8.5 million to the United States to resolve the claims against them. The Defendants also agreed to create and effectuate a Corrective Action Plan for Dr. Luketich, and to submit to a year-long, third-party audit of Dr. Luketich’s physician fee services bil

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United States of America v. Nicco Romanowski

Newark, New Jersey criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracies to commit health care fraud and to pay and receive illegal kickbacks.

From June 2017 through May 2019, Nicco Romanowski, 31, of Roswell, Georgia, participated in a scheme with durable medical equipment (DME) companies, telemedicine companies, and doctors to submit false claims to health care be

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Martin Soto Fong v. Charles Ryan, et al.

Tucson, Arizona civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants seeking stay of execution and a writ of habeas corpus.


efore the Court is Petitioner Martin Fong's Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, which has been amended twice, corrected, and supplemented. (Docs. 1, 43, 92, 94, 229.)1 For the reasons set forth herein, the Court concludes that Petitioner is not

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United States of America v. Earl Ingarfield

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with orchestrating multiple “pump and dump” stock fraud schemes designed to target retail investors and manipulate trading in penny stock shares, including a scheme to manipulate the shares of Suburban Minerals Corporation (“SUBB”) from which INGARFIELD made more than $1.4 million.

From at least 201

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United States of America v. Dr. Jasser Thiara

Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with corruptly obstructing the IRS by underreporting his income and filing false tax returns in connection with his medical practice.

Dr. Jasser Thiara owned and operated an obstetrics medical practice, doing business as Mid-Atlantic Ob-Gyn, and another doctor’s office specializing in pain management called

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United States of America v. William B. Sink

Abingdon, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraudulently obtaining $1.4 million in payments from an out-of-state aircraft company, pled guilty last week to one count of wire fraud.

In July 2022, William B. Sink, 55, and an unidentified co-conspirator named “Vanessa,” created a fictitious business, “The Rockn U Farms, LLC,” and then opened a b

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United States of America v. John Dougherty and Brian Burrows

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with r embezzlement of funds belonging to Local 98 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (“Local 98”).

John Dougherty, age 63, of Philadelphia, previously served as the Business Manager of Local 98, and Brian Burrows, age 63, of Mount Laurel, N.J., served as the president of Local 98.

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Chelsea Commodore v. H&M Hennes & Mauritz, L.P.

New York, New York personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a fraud theory.

H&M Hennes & Mauritz LP retails apparels and cosmetic products. The Company offers shirts, blouses, pants, shorts, skirts, lingerie, swim wear, sleep wear.

New York fraud law is complex and encompasses various statutes and common law principles that protect individuals a

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Christine Borovoy v. Squishable.com, Inc.

New York, New York personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a fraud theory.

Squishable was started in 2007 by co-founders Aaron and Zoe. They didn't know anything about toys, but they figured it out. Over the last decade and a half.

"New York fraud law is complex and encompasses various statutes and common law principles that protect individuals

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United States of America v. Daniel J. Griffin and William W. Robertson

Worcester, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy, federal programs fraud and wire fraud in connection with an overtime scheme dating back to 2015.

Former Massachusetts State Police (MSP) Lieutenant Daniel J. Griffin, 60, of Belmont and MSP Sergeant William W. Robertson, 61, of Westborough, were each convicted of one count of conspiracy,

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United States of America v. Aaron D. Hoster

Bangor, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343, which provides:

Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, transmits or causes to be transmitted by means of wire, radio, or

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United States of America v. Simon Paul and Travis John Branson

Missoula, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act by unlawfully trafficking Bald and Golden Eagles.

The government has acussed Simon Paul and Travis John Branson of hunting and killing bald eagles.

The United States Attorney's office alleges the two men killed over 3,600 birds, among them an unspecified number of

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Edward Ramirez

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense attorney represented the Defendant who was charged with murder and robbery.

Edward Ramirez was accused for robbing and murdering Joyce Dennis whose body was found in the back office of the Fabric Care Center laundromat in northeast Philadelphi1a where she work on February 20, 1995. He had been bludgeoned to death with an iron bar.

The p

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United States of America v. Shaquandra Woods

Savannah, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with participating in a scheme to illegally obtain funding from a federal COVID-19 small business relief program.

Shaquandra Woods, 40, of Jacksonville, Fla., was convicted after a four-day trial in U.S. District Court on a charge of Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, said Jill E. Steinberg, U.S. Attorney for the S

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United States of America v. Samuel Harris

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud in connection with his fraudulent applications for a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan, an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (“EIDL”), and an EIDL advance.

On July 3, Samuel Harris, 43, who was a full-time MDPD police officer, also was the owner and president of Oregon Digital, Inc. (“Oregen

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