False Pretense Law
 
Andrew J. Johnson v. Cheyenne, Wyoming, et al.

Cheyenne, Wyoming personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories claiming he was wrongfully convicted and imprison for a crime he did not commit.

1. Andrew J. Johnson ("Plaintiff or "Mr. Johnson"), now 67 years old, was
imprisoned for nearly twenty-four (24) years for crimes he did not commit. In September 1989,
he was

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United States of America v. Noel Quintana and Kelsy Hernandez Quintana

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to import plywood contrary to the Lacey Act and customs laws, and to selling plywood products that were illegally imported and sold.

Noel and Kelsy Hernandez Quintana incorporated seven companies in the United States – naming relatives or friends as corporate officers and agents – and these she

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United States of America v. Thomas Smith

Washington, DC criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violating an individual’s civil rights by recklessly engaging in a dangerous pursuit and being deliberately indifferent to the danger he created.

Thomas Smith, 46, was accused of deprivation of rights under color of law. According to court documents, on the evening of June 20, 2020, Smith was on duty conducti

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United States of America v. Tony Daniel Klein

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with depriving another of right by sexual assault,in violation of 18 U.S.C. 242 and false declaration before a court in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1623(a).

Tony Daniel Klein, 38, of Clackamas County, Oregon, sexually assaulted nine female inmates while serving as a nurse at the Coffee Creek Correctional Family, Oregon'

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United States of America v. Miguel Marcial Amaro and Martin Ramos

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with creating false calibration certificates in a matter within the jurisdiction of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

Miguel Marcial Amaro, 56, of Newark, Delaware, and Martin Ramos, 52, of Levittown, Pennsylvania, worked for a company that provided acoustic emissions (AE) testing to nuclear pow

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Alfred Chestnut, et al. v. Donald Kincaid, et al.

Baltimore, Maryland personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories.

This case arises out of the arrest, prosecution, and conviction of Plaintiffs Alfred
Chestnut (“Chestnut”), Andrew Stewart, Jr. (“Stewart”), and Ransom Watkins (“Watkins”)
(collectively, “Plaintiffs”) for felony murder of a 14-year-ol

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United States of America v. Lance K. Bradford

Las Vegas, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with filing of false tax returns for his role in a purported investment scheme to sell false tax deductions.

Lance K. Bradford of Henderson, was a certified public accountant (CPA) and founder and manager of an accounting firm, LL Bradford & Company (LLB). LLB provided accounting services including tax preparati

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United States of America v. Wesley Murray, Sr.

Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud in connection with his submission of a false COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) application.

Wesley Murray, Sr., 54, submitted to the United States Small Business Association (“SBA”) a false EIDL application containing material misrepresentations. In reliance on his certificati

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United States of America v. Carl B. Ruderman

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with securities fraud.

Carl R. Ruderman, 82, former chairman of 1 Global Capital LLC (“1 Global”) pled guilty to a $250 million securities fraud scheme. Four of Ruderman’s co-conspirators have already pleaded guilty for their role in this fraud, including two lawyers who provided him with false legal cover to s

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United States of America v. Quinniea Gross

Scranton, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with giving false statements in connection with acquisition of firearms.

Quinniea Gross, age 27, of Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, was convicted by a jury of conspiracy and straw purchasing firearms in July 2023. Gross accompanied a drug addict to several firearms dealers in Northeastern Pennsylvania and too

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State of Oklahoma v. Efrain Liraanaya

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal law lawyer represented the Defendant, charged with receiving, possessing or concealing stole property in violation of 21 U.S.C. 1713, which provides:



A. Every person who buys or receives, in any manner, upon any consideration, personal property of a value of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or more that has been stolen, embezzled, obtained by false prete

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United States of America v. Ejembi Onah

Syracuse, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of wire fraud and three counts of transacting in criminally derived property for fraudulently obtaining two Paycheck Program (PPP) loans during the pandemic, receiving over $140,000 in loan proceeds, and spending those proceeds, among other things, in three separate transactions each exceeding $10,000.

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United States of America v. Neil Cole

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with participating in a scheme to fraudulently inflate Iconix’s revenue and earnings per share, making false filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and misleading the conduct of audits.

In November 2022, a jury found COLE guilty following a four-week retrial before U.S. Distr

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Dennis Scott v. Paychex Insurance Agency, Inc.

Fort Fauderdale, Florida insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant


This case arises from an allegedly fraudulent or misleading Certificate of Insurance (the “COI”) that Defendant issued to non-party James A. Jones, a general contractor. (See generally Second Am. Compl. (“SAC”) [ECF No. 43]; Pl.'s Mot. SOF, Ex. E, COI [ECF No. 75-5]). As described

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United States of America v. DeAndre Cannon

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States.

A previously deported undocumented alien with a violent criminal history, and a former school paraprofessional who fatally abandoned a dog in a hot car while straw purchasing firearms, have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in trafficking guns later used

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United States of America v. Eric Karlewicz, a/k/a “Anthony Mazza”

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

From June 2017 through May 2019, Eric Karlewicz, aka “Anthony Mazza,” 44, of Chestnut Ridge, New York, participated in a scheme with durable medical equipment (DME) companies, telemedicine companies, and doctors to submit f

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United States of America v. Clearlake Oaks County Water District

San Francisco, California civil litigation lawyers represented the Defendant accused of failing to federal and state grant funds that it received, but was not entitled to keep.

In February 2017, severe winter storms, flooding, and mudslides affected California counties statewide. In June, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) declared a major disaster and allowed eligible entitie

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United States of America v. Ricardo Caro

Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making a false statement in connection with the purchase of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(a)(6).

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United States of America v. Erika LaRae Williams

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Making False Statement During the Purchase of a Firearm.

On September 3, 2020, Erika LaRae Williams, age 52, of Tempe, purchased a Taurus G3 pistol from AZESB, LLC. (dba Mo Money Pawn), a Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL), in Phoenix. Ms. Williams purchased this firearm for her son, Essa Williams, only five mon

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United States of America v. Davida J. Anderson

Omaha, Nebraska criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making false statements to the small business administration in violation of 15 U.S.c. 645(a) and 18 U.S.C. 2.

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United States of America v. Charles Howard Jorenby

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with health care fraud.

Charles Howard Jorenby, 57, was a licensed psychologist and owner of Life Dynamics, Inc., a counseling center located in Prior Lake. From at least January 2013 through February 2020, Jorenby orchestrated a scheme to defraud the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC), which is resp

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United States of America v. Thein Maung and Phyo Mi

Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with forty-nine fraud- and tax-related charges.

For several years, Thein Maung, age 47, and Phyo Mi, age 21, of Ottumwa, Iowan ran a fraudulent tax-preparation business out of their family’s Ottumwa home. In exchange for a cash fee, Maung and Mi would prepare and file their customers’ tax returns. Maung and

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United States of America v. Edgewater Systems for Balanced Living, Inc.

Hammond, Indiana qui tam lawyers represented the Defendant accused of fraudulently billing the Indiana Medicaid program.

The Government claimed that Edgewater Systems for Balanced Living, Inc., a healthcare provider in Gary, Indiana that provides mental health services, for fraudulently billing the Indiana Medicaid program.

The Indiana Medicaid program provides healthcare for low

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United States of America v. Alexander Weatherspoon, a/k/a “Tyler Simmons”

Indianapolis, Indiana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, and making false statements.

From December 2017 to August 2019, Alexander Weatherspoon, a/k/a "Tyler Simmons," age 28, of Chicago, Illinois, participated in a scheme using other individuals’ names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and dates of birth, to finance

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United States of America v. Dr. Javad Aghaloo and Theresa Flores

San Diego, California criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with healthcare fraud.

Dr. Javad Aghaloo, an Imperial County dentist, entered a guilty plea to conspiring to commit health care fraud by billing Medicare for procedures that were not covered, not performed, or otherwise not necessary. As part of his plea, Aghaloo agreed to forfeit more than $1 million in pr

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