False Pretense Law
 
United States of America v. Marilyn Mosby

Baltimore, Maryland criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of perjury.

Marilyn Mosby, age 42, the former Baltimore Maryland City State's Attorney was accused of lying to take money out her retirement account. She claimed that she suffered a COVID-related loss of her Mahogany Elite Travel Business.

On May 26, 2020 and December 29, 2020, Mosby su

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State of New York v. Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, and Korey Wise

Yusef Salaam, Antron McCray, Raymond Santana, Kevin Richardson, and Kharey Wise, "The Five," were arrested in April 1989 and charged with rape, assault and attempted murder of Patricia Meili, a woman brutally attacked on April 19, 1989 while jogging in Central Park. The local and national press covered their prosecution, and the cases against them generated significant media attention. The matter

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United States of America v. Susan Salanitri

Albany, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with filing a false tax return in violation of 26 U.S.C. 7206(1).

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United States of America v. Wendell Giles

Albany, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engaging in a fraudulent scheme to obtain more than $800,000 in unemployment insurance benefits by abusing his position with the NYSDOL.

Wendell Giles, age 53, of Albany, admitted that he and another former NYSDOL employee, Carl J. DiVeglia III, abused their state computer systems access to create and approve

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Commonwealth of Maryland v. Alfred Chestnut, Ransom Watkins, and Andre Stewart

On November 18, 1983, Alfred Chestnut, Andrew Stewart, and RansomWatkins, "The Boys," were escorted off of the grounds of the school they had attended. The security officer then locked the school's entrances and exits.

Around 1:18 p.m. that same day, Harlem Park student DeWitt Duckett was headed to lunch with three friends, minors who will be referred to as E.C., R.B., and J.C. One of t

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State of Illinois v. Leroy Orange

Chicago, Illinois defendant charged with murder, arson and robbery.


On January 11, 1984, Renee Coleman went to meet Leonard Kidd to ask about using Kidd's combination radio and tape player to exchange for some cocaine. Kidd agreed to the plan, and the Leroy and Coleman then returned to her apartment with the appliance. Michelle Jointer, Ricardo Pedro, and Coleman's son were present a

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United States of America v. Henry Geoffrey Watson

San Francisco, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with accepting kickbacks for patient referrals to home health agencies, health care fraud, and false statements relating to a health care matter.

Henry Geoffrey Watson, 67, engaged in three health care kickback schemes from 2013 to 2019, using his position as a licensed medical doctor. The first scheme inv

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Barbara Delo v. Paul Taylor Dance Foundation, Inc.

New York, New York employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on Fair Labor Standards Act prohibited act violations.

"Section 215(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) prohibits employers from engaging in any of the following prohibited acts:

(a) To violate any provision of section 206 or section 207 of this title, or any order or regulation ma

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Ailyn Alonso v. Midland Credit Management, Inc.

San Diego, California consumer credit lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a Fair Debt Collection Act violation theory.

"The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) is a federal law that protects consumers from abusive debt collection practices. The FDCPA applies to all debt collectors, including collection agencies, creditors, and lawyers who collect debts on be

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State of Nebraska v. Darrel Parker

Lincoln, Nebraska defendant charged with murder of of his wife Nancy on December 14, 1955.

Parker was interrogated by John Reid, who engaged in a type of coercive interrogation to tended to produce false confession and Parker, in fact confessed according to Reid but immediately recanted.

The only evidence against Parker was the alleged confession.

On and for some time pr

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United States of America v. Michael Denard Brooks

Winston-Salem, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with knowingly shipping, transporting, receiving, possessing, distributing and/or purchasing cigarettes in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2342, which provides:

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to ship, transport, receive, possess, sell, distribute, or purchase contraband cigarettes or contrab

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United States of America v. Lawrence A. Walker

Baltimore, Maryland criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and fraudulently obtaining more than $262,000 through the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”), intended to provide financial assistance to small businesses under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act.

From March 2021 through December 2021,

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United States of America v. Bobby Chris Mayes and Charles Gooch

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud, conspiracy, issuing forged securities, aggravated identity theft, and obstruction of justice.

“The extensive deception and manipulation employed by Bobby Chris Mayes, age 51, from Norman, in this fraud scheme continued after his conviction in seeking to deceive and manipulate his co-defend

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United States of America v. Desmond Mills, Jr.

Memphis, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with excessive use of force and obstruction of justice.

On September 12, a federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment against Desmond Mills, Jr. , age 33, and co-defendants Emmitt Martin III, 31; Tadarrius Bean, 24; Demetrius Haley, 30; and Justin Smith, 28. The charges included using excessive force res

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United States of America v. Samuel Bankman-Fried

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with



“Sam Bankman-Fried, age 31, of Stanford, California, perpetrated one of the biggest financial frauds in American history – a multibillion-dollar scheme designed to make him the King of Crypto – but while the cryptocurrency industry might be new and the players like Sam Bankman-Frie

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United States of America v. Sunday Daniel Ganyo

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and transportation of stolen property.

In July, Sunday Daniel Ganyo, 37, was extradited from South Africa pursuant to a 2020 federal criminal complaint alleging his involvement in a cyber fraud scheme targeting a Tulsa company that almost succeeded in stealing nearly half a million dollars’ worth o

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State of Maine v. Vladek Filler

Ellsworth, Maine defendant Vladek Filler was charged with one count of gross sexual assault and tow counts of misdemeanor assault.

Vladek Filler knew his ex-wife, Ligia Arguetta, had "a history of serious mental problems, psychiatric treatment, and [a] history of claims of sexual abuse and abandonment." In fact, Ms. Arguetta had "a prior child custody dispute involving three restraining

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Vladek Filler v. Hancock County, et al.

Concluding that a defendant committed the tort of malicious prosecution, the Court awards $1,769,354 in compensatory, economic, and punitive damages in favor of a man the defendant falsely accused of committing gross sexual assaults and assaults against his then wife. The Court's verdict and judgment runs against his now ex-wife's friend, who conspired with his wife to concoct the allegations that

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Roland Chretien v. New Hampshire State Prison, Warden

Petitioner Roland Chretien, a New Hampshire State Prison
inmate, seeks federal habeas relief from his state court
conviction, alleging violations of his constitutional rights
based on evidentiary rulings at his trial. This court has
jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1331 (federal question) and the
Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (“AEDPA”).
See

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Chretien v. New Hampshire State Prison

Concord, New Hamphire civil rights lawyers represented the Petitioner seeking a writ of habeas corpus.

The respondent, the Warden of the New Hampshire State Prison, has moved for summary judgment. After a hearing, and for the following reasons, the Warden's motion for summary judgment is granted in part and denied in part, and an evidentiary hearing will be scheduled to address Chretien's

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United States of America v. Feast American Diners LLC and Dawood “David” Beshay

Albany, New York qui tam lawyers represented restaurant own who violated the False Claims Act.

Feast American Diners LLC and Dawood “David” Beshay, the corporate owner and managing member of multiple Denny’s restaurants throughout Arizona and New York, including locations in Syracuse, Auburn, Camillus, Cicero, and Watertown, will pay $2 million to resolve allegations that Beshay fal

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United States of America v. Dexter Enwerem

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud and tax offenses stemming from a scheme that defrauded women approached through their social media accounts.

Between approximately September 2019 and March 2021, Dexter Enwere, age 36, of Norwich,m participated in a scheme to defraud individuals, primarily women, who were contacted through their F

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United States of America v. Erin Sullivan

New Haven, Connecticu criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud and tax offenses stemming from an embezzlement scheme.

Erin Sullivan, age 53, of Cheshire, Connecticut, was employed as the office manager for a family-owned construction business, identified in court documents in “Company A,” based in Orange. Beginning at least as early as 2016, Sullivan made

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State of Utah v. David Hawkins

Salt Lake City, Utah defendant charged with sexually assaulting his sons ages 9 and 13.

In November 2006, 45-year-old David Hawkins was charged with sexually assaulting two of his sons, ages 9 and 13, in Salt Lake County, Utah.

Hawkins claimed the allegations were false and the result of pressure from his ex-wife to drive the boys away from their father but he did not testify.

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State of New Mexico v. William Smith

Albuquerque, New Mexico defendant was charged with two counts of first-degree murder.

Smith met Cari Talton, age 26, and Leslie McDonnell, age 18, on August 8 at a party at Smith’s house.

On August 12, 1977, the bodies of Talton and McDonnell were found in a corral near Mountainair in Torrance County, New Mexico. Both women had been shot to death with a shotgun. Autopsies in

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