False Pretense Law
 
United States of America v. Evoke Neuroscience, Inc. and David Hagedorn

Gulfport, Mississippi civil litigation lawyers represented Defendant accused of violating the False Claims Act.

Dr. Hagedorn, a psychologist, co-founded Evoke as a startup in approximately 2009. Evoke sold its “eVox” device primarily to general practitioner physicians. The device involves a 20-60 minute in-office application of a helmet with electrodes that purports to test certain br

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United States of America v. Gregg Smith and Michael Nowak

Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with fraud, attempted price manipulation, and spoofing as part of a market manipulation scheme that spanned over eight years, involved tens of thousands of unlawful trading sequences, and resulted in over $10 million in losses to market participants.

This prosecution arose out of an alleged commodities-spoofing cons

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Latherian Harris v. City of Saginaw, et al.

Bay City, Michigan civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants claiming that for wrongful arrest and prosecution in violation of his constitutional rights.

For longtime Saginaw resident Latherian Harris, the evening of November 10, 2018 began as many others had: with a quick trip to the local corner store. The evening took a turn for the worse, however, when a verbal di

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United States of America v. Carl L. Collins

Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with filing five false tax returns for himself and one of his businesses.

Carl L. Collins was a personal injury attorney with offices in Southfield, Michigan. He also owned a real estate company, First Third LLC, and two medical services companies, MedCity Rehabilitation Services LLC and Alpha Living LLC. Collins did

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United States of America v. Chade Wade

Panama City, Florida qui tam lawyer represented Defendant accused of violating the False Claims Act (“FCA”) by knowingly providing false information in support of multiple Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program (“EIDL”) loans

Real Estate Broker Chad Wade, 41, of Panama City, Florida, along with his companies Ideal Property Holdings, LLC;

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United States of America v. UBS, AG

Atlanta, Georgia civil litigation commerical lawyers lawyer represented Defendant accused for misconduct related to UBS’ underwriting and issuance of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) issued in 2006 and 2007.

Following an extensive investigation, the United States filed a complaint alleging that UBS defrauded investors in connection with the sale of 40 RMBS issued in 2006 a

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United States of America v. DeJane Reaniece Lattany

Denver, Colorado criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with receiving more than $3.3 million of fraudulent COVID-19 loans.

On March 27, 2020, the President of the United States signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act, which provided emergency assistance to small business owners suffering adverse economic effects caused by the Co

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Bobby Earl Morris v. Safeco Insurance Company of America

Phoenix, Arizona insurance law lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a bad faith breach of contract theory.

In Arizona, an insurance company has a duty to act in good faith and fair dealing when dealing with its insureds. This means that the insurance company must investigate claims fairly and promptly, and it must not deny or delay payment of a claim without a reasonable bas

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United States of America v. Victor Coronado, Jr.

Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to smuggle goods from the United States.

Victor Coronado, Jr., age 40, of Tucason, was the leader of a conspiracy to smuggle firearms from the United States into Mexico between October 2019 and July 2020. Coronado and his co-conspirators purchased firearms, made false statements to firearms dealers in t

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United States of America v. Earl Ingarfield

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with participating in a “pump and dump” stock fraud scheme designed to target retail investors and manipulate trading in penny stock shares of Suburban Minerals Corporation (“SUBB”).

According to the Indictment and statements made in court:

From at least in or about 2013 through at least in or

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United States of America v. Tequisha Solomon

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud.

From June 2020 through January 2022, Tequisha Solomon, 40, executed a scheme to fraudulently obtain pandemic assistance money from various states, including Minnesota’s Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) and California’s Employment Development Department (EDD).

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United States of America v. Clarissa Pogue and Christina Barrera

St. Louis, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States of America.

Clarissa Pogue, age 40, of DeSoto, Missouri and Christina Barrera, age 64 of St. Louis, Missouri were convicted by a jury in U.S. District Court in St. Louis in February of one felony count of conspiracy to defraud the Social Security Administration, along wi

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Patrick Fehlman v. James Mankowski

Madison, Wisconsin civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a job discrimination theory.

Patrick Fehlman, a former member of the Neillsville, Wisconsin police department, sued Chief of Police James Mankowski, alleging the Chief retaliated against him for critiquing the Chief's leadership, in violation of the First Amendment.

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Fehlman appe

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United States of America v. William M. Mahon, George F. Kozdemba and Janice M. Weston

Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with with conspiracy to defraud the United States and fraudulent making false statements.

Three former board members of the failed Washington Federal Bank for Savings in Chicago pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to falsify bank records to deceive the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

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United States of America v. Oluwatobi Seton

Indianapolis, Indiana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

Oluwatobi Seton, 28, of Bloomington, Indiana, pleaded guilty to wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

According to court documents, Seton conspired with p

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United States of America v. Brian Kelsey

Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with violating campaign finance laws and conspiring to defraud the Federal Election Commission (FEC) as part of a scheme to benefit his 2016 campaign for U.S. Congress.

Brian Kelsey, 45, of Alexandria, Virginia, secretly and unlawfully funneled money from multiple sources, including his own Tennessee State Senate

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United States of America v. Coby Dale Green

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with malicious use of explosive materials, commonly call arson.

Coby Dale Green, age 24, was accused of fire bombing a donut shop in the early morning hours of Halloween, 2022, he broke the glass front door, lit the wick of the Molotov Cocktail, and then threw the Molotov Cocktail through the broken front door, into the

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United States of America v. Air Methods Corporation

Lexington, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with failing to return known overpayments received from Medicare, Kentucky Medicaid, Tricare, and the Department of Veterans Affairs in violation of the False Claims Act.

The United States alleged that Air Methods violated the False Claims Act, by improperly retaining overpayments for more than 100 flights that it

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United States of America v. Cecily Aguilar

Waco, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to tamper with a witness, destruction of evidence, and making false statements.

Cecily Aguilar, 25, assisted Army Specialist Aaron Robinson in corruptly altering, destroying, mutilating and concealing evidence—that is, the body of Vanessa Guillen—in order to prevent Robinson from being charged with and p

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United States of America v. Travis Anthony Mason

Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with health care fraud.

Travis Anthony Mason, age 52, of Aiken, South Carolina, through his company M3 Medical LLC, was involved in the marketing and sale of prescription compounded medications, which included various pain creams. Compounded medications are specialty medications mixed by a pharmacist to meet

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United States of America v. Evoke Neuroscience, Inc. and David Hagedorn, Ph.D.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania civil litigation lawyers represented Defendants accused of violating the False Claims Act on a Qui Tam theory.

Evoke Neuroscience, Inc., of New York agreed to pay $225,000, and its co-founder/CEO David Hagedorn, Ph.D., of Jacksonville, North Carolina, will pay $220,000, to resolve alleged False Claims Act violations for causing the submission of false claims to

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United States of America v. Bruce Evans, Sr.

Scranton, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with failure to operate and maintain an municipal water system in compliance with the Clean Water Act.

Bruce Evans, Sr., age 70, of Greenfield Township, Pennsylvania, knowingly failed to operate and maintain the municipality’s wastewater treatment plant in accordance with regulations and limitations specified

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United States of America ex rel. John Brooks Klingenberk v. Compass Laboratory Services, LLC

Huntsville, Alabama qui tam lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on False Claims Act violation theories.

The False Claims Act (FCA) is a federal law that allows private citizens to sue on behalf of the government for fraud against the government. The FCA was passed in 1863 in response to defense contractor fraud during the American Civil War.

"The FCA has two main pr

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Allison McSwain, et al. v. Primier Chevrolet, Inc., et al.

Birmingham, Alabama consumer law lawyers represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendants claiming wrongful conduct in the sale and purchased of an automobile including financing.

Examples of consumer fraud in the sale of automobiles:

"Fraud in the sale of automobiles is a common problem that can have serious consequences for consumers. Some of the most common types of auto dealer fra

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Gwendolyn Gilleland v. Leiby Goldbarger, et al.

Tuscaloosa, Alabama personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on libel and slander theories.

In Alabama, libel and slander are both considered defamation, which is "a false statement that is published or spoken about someone that damages their reputation. The main difference between libel and slander is the form of communication. Libel is defamation that is written

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