Chattanooga, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud and making false statements on tax returns.

Ross A. Rinkes, 66, of Decherd, Tennessee, pleaded guilty to making and subscribing a false U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, Form 1040, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Sentencing has been set fo

Paducah, Kentucky insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.

"In Kentucky, as in many other states, an insurance company has a duty to act in good faith and fair dealing with its insureds. This duty is based on the concept of uberrimae fidei, which means "utmost good faith."

What is uberrimae fidei?

Columbus, Ohio qui tam lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on False Claims Act violation theory claiming that London Bridge Trading Company, Ltd. (“LBT”) failed to comply with the requirements of the Buy American Act (“BAA”), Trade Agreements Act (“TAA”) and Berry Amendment when selling textile-based products to the Department of Defense.

London Bridge T

Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with accepting bribes from a local contractor and tax evasion.

Albert Morrison, age 62, was sentenced after pleading guilty before the Honorable Laurie Michelson to Conspiracy to Commit Federal Program Bribery from 2014 through 2018 and Tax Evasion.

Morrison was the elected President of the Madison Distri

Columbia, South Carolina civil litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendants on Securities Exchange Act violation theories under 15 U.S.C. 78m.

Mantei & Associates Ltd is a company that operates in the Accounting industry. It employs 1-5 people and has $0M-$1M of revenue. The company is headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina.

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Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to sell firearms without a license and to transport to New York firearms unlawfully obtained in North Carolina.

Keyuon Divine Cannie, 24, Trashawn Tavaris Edward Coleman, 23, Daquan Collins, 29, and Lamar Moore, 25, all of Charlotte, with conspiracy to engage in the business of dealing in

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with using interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1958(a).


Prior to his arrest, Defendant owned and operated the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park, a roadside zoo that was home to dozens of big cats and other exotic animals. The events leading u

Charleston, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with defrauding the Paycheck Proteciton Program (PPP) of $20,832 in COVID-19 relief loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act).

on April 18, 2021, Boyd applied for a PPP loan on behalf of his purported business, “Se

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with tax evasion.

Joseph Cammarata, 49, of Monmouth Beach, New Jersey, was found guilty on November 15, 2023, on five counts of tax evasion following a two-week trial in the District of New Jersey before U.S. District Judge Peter G. Sheridan.

According to documents filed in this case and the evid

New Orleans, Louisiana personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories claiming he was wrongful charged and convicted for a murder he did not commit.

1. Plaintiff Anthony Johnson was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced
to life without parole in 1986 for a crime that he did not commit. After more than 20 years in

Plattsburgh, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit international money laundering.

Stefan Chernev, age 49, admitted that he worked with his brother, Ivan Chernev, and a third coconspirator to form shell companies, most of which had a variation of “Yellow Pages” in their name.

From about 2011 to 2015, Stefan Chernev, Iv

Sioux City, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engaging in the voter fraud scheme during the Iowa 2020 primary and general elections.

Kim Phuong Taylor, 49, of Sioux City, perpetrated a scheme to fraudulently generate votes for her husband in the primary election for Iowa’s 4th U.S. Congressional District in June 2020. After Taylor’s husband lost in th

Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraudulently obtaining and misusing a $338,958 Paycheck Protection Program loan that the Small Business Administration (SBA) guaranteed under the Coronavirus Relief Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.

Khadijah X. Chapman, 59, of Atlanta, worked with co-conspirators to falsify financial information and submit

Oakland, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexually abusing multiple female inmates and making false statements while he was a correctional officer at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) at Dublin, California.

Andrew Jones, 36, of Clovis, California, pleaded guilty to the charges on Aug. 17. Today’s sentence was handed down by U.S. Distric

San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with committing fraud to obtain almost $3 million intended to help those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

In his plea agreement, Thomas Zolezzi of San Diego, admitted he submitted five loan applications containing false statements to trick lenders into providing the relief funds. He used the borrowed funds

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with romance fraud scheme that targeted elderly victims.

From at least in or about June 2020 through in or about March 2021, Solomon Eghosa Wilfred, 43, and other scheme participants knowingly and intentionally participated in and facilitated an online romance fraud scheme that targeted primarily elderly vict

Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with preparing, presenting, and making false tax returns.

Bakou Kees Vonty, 41, also known as Bob Vonty, prepared and filed hundreds of federal individual income tax returns on behalf of individual taxpayers, from approximately 2011 to 2022. On a 2019 tax return, Vonty, on behalf of an individual, falsely reported

On February 17, 1998, the partially clothed body of Maryetta Griffin, an African American female who abused crack cocaine in the Milwaukee area, was found in an abandoned garage. Griffin died as a result of manual strangulation, likely during the early morning hours of the date her body was found.

In 1998, Avery was a dope dealer, selling crack cocaine out of 2474 North Palmer Street in M

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, Bribery of Public Officials, and Making False Statements.

Telesforo Del Valle, Jr., a/k/a Ted, a criminal defense attorney who has appeared in cases in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (“SDNY District Court”) and elsewhere for mor

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud.

Shane Michael Hannaford, 41, was indicted for ten separate counts of bank fraud covering various fraudulent conduct. On Apr. 15, 2022, Hannaford plead guilty to one count of bank fraud and agreed to pay restitution for the entirety of his criminal conduct. As to the one count conviction, Hannaford a

Just after 9:00 p.m. on September 28, 1993, Brenda Whitfield, a 25 year-old married mother of two young children, was owrking alone and nearing the end of her shift as a cashier at a Chevron Convenience Mart in Louisville was shot during a robbery of the store.

The incident was recorded on the store’s surveillance camera. While reviewing a videotape of the occurrence, a detect

Chattanooga, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making and subscribing a false U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, Form 1040.

Ross A. Rinkes, ate 66, of Decherd, Tennessee, waived an indictment by a Federal Grand Jury and agreed to plead guilty to the aforementioned charge. Rinkes, the owner of Rinkes Angus Ranch, a farm near Decherd, Tennessee, was i

Memphis, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with civil rights and conspiracy charges arising out of the January 7 incident in which Tyre Nichols was killed.

On September 12, a federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment against Mills and co-defendants Emmitt Martin III, 31; Tadarrius Bean, 24; Demetrius Haley, 30; and Justin Smith, 28. The charges

Baton Rouge, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with tax evasion.

After a seven-day trial before U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson, the jury unanimously convicted Barrett of one count of tax evasion. Dr. Melissa Rose Barrett, age 49, of Baton Rouge, a physician, owned and operated an urgent care clinic known as Stat Care Clinics, L.L.C. d/b/a Central S

Curtis W. McGhee and Terry Harrington were accused of murdering John Schweer, a retired police department captian who was working as a security guard.

In July of 1977, John Schweer, a retired police captain working as a night security guard at the McIntyre Oldsmobile dealership in Council Bluffs, Iowa, was shot and killed with a 12-gauge shotgun. Two Council Bluffs detectives, Daniel C. L