False Pretense Law
 
Tracy Stricbel and Andrew Striebel v. American Family Mutual Insurance Company, S.I.

Minneapolis, Minnesota insurance law lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendant on a bad faith breach of contract theory.

Minnesota has a statute that specifically addresses bad faith breach of insurance contracts. The statute, Minn. Stat. § 604.18, provides that an insurer who acts in bad faith in handling an insurance claim may be liable to the insured for actual damages, plus pu

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Tina Hernandez v. Jefferson Capital Systems, LLC, et al.

Covington, Kentucky consumer credit lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on Fair Debt Collection Act violation theories.

The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) is a federal law that protects consumers from abusive debt collection practices. The FDCPA applies to third-party debt collectors, which are companies that collect debts on behalf of other businesses or individu

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United States of America v. Recovery Services, LLC

Lexington, Kentucky civil litigation lawyer represented Defendant accused of violating the False Claims Act,

a federal law that prohibits causing the submission of false or fraudulent claims to the federal government.

The United States alleged that Recovery Services, LLC, formerly known as Recovery Chestnut, billed Kentucky Medicaid for urine drug screens for patients who did

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United States of America v. Wendy Halstead Beard

Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with efrauding more than 10 customers who had entrusted her with the sale of their art of over $1.5 million.

Wendy Halstead Beard, 58, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud before United States District Judge Judith E. Levy. The crime arose from a multi-year scheme in which Beard received fine art photography pr

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United States of America v. Nakie Nunley and Andrew Jones

Oakland, California criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with sexual abuse of a ward, abusive sexual contact and making false statements to a government agency.

Nakie Nunley and Andrew Jones, were indicted for sexually abusing multiple female inmates. The two officers were each charged by Information with multiple counts of sexually abusing female inmates and then lying

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Kevin E. Mathewson v. Raymond Karim Roberts

Kenosha, Wisconsin personal Injury lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on a defamation theory.

Kevin Matthewson, a former alder and blogger, sued Raymond Roberts on a defamation theory claiming that Roberts used social media to repeatedly describe him as a racist with white nationalist connections. He claimed that the posts endangered his family by pushing his address.
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United States of America v. Rasiel Gutierrez Moreno, Hendry Jimenez Milanes, and Rafael Mendoza Labrada

Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sex trafficking and related crimes in strip clubs in the Houston area.

Rasiel Gutierrez Moreno, 38, Hendry Jimenez Milanes, 39, and Rafael Mendoza Labrada, 29, were charged with sex trafficking.

Gutierrez Moreno pleaded guilty to sex trafficking and interstate travel in aid of racketeering Oct. 28, 2021

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United States of America v. Alice Bixuan Zhang

Brooklyn, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with aiding and assisting the preparation of a false tax return.

Alice Bixuan Zhang of Queens, New York, co-owned and operated Wellife Physical Therapy and Acupuncture PLLC (“Wellife”) and Welling Physical Therapy and Acupuncture PLLC (“Welling”), both of which had locations throughout New York City. Zhang,

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United States of America ex rel. Bryan Brazelle v. Diversicare Healthcare Services, Inc. et al

Montgomery, Alabama civil litigation lawyer represented Defendant accused of violating the False Claims Act (FCA) by submitting claims to Medicare for occupational therapy services that they did not provide.

The FCA is a federal law that imposes civil liability on any persons or entities who submit false claims for payment to the federal government or its contractors. It imposes damages t

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United States of America v. Eugene R. Britt, III, a/k/a Trey Britt

Statesboro, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with tax evasion.

Eugene R. Britt III, aka Trey Britt, 53, of Milledgeville, Ga., was pleaded guilty to Tax Evasion, as jointly announced by Deputy Assistant Attorney General David A. Hubbert of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Jill E. Steinberg of the Southern District of Georgia. U.S. Dis

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United States of America v. Allison Marie Baver

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with two counts of making false statements designed to influence a bank, one count of money laundering, and one count of contempt.

Allison Marie Baver, 42, of Taylorsville, Utah, submitted eight fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan applications for her company, Allison Baver Entertainment LLC (ABE). P

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United States of America v. Jimia Rae Cain

Sponkane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraudulently obtaining $337,267 in COVID-19 relief funds.

On March 27, 2020, the President signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act. The CARES Act provided a number of programs through which eligible small businesses could request and obtain relief funding intended

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United States of America v. Erik A. Read

Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for stealing more than $200,000 from a union member’s account and other plans.

Erik A. Read, age 52, from Tacoma, Washington who worked as a Third Party Administrator for union health and welfare and pension plans was indicted for stealing more than $200,000 from a u

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United States of America v. Theodore Johnson

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with bank fraud.

In February 2017, Theodore Johnson, 62, a Portland resident, incorporated and began serving as the director of operations for Ten Penny International Housing Foundation, an Oregon-based non-profit organization. After Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act in Marc

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United States of America v. Raymond Holcomb Brewer

Fresno, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with running a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme where he purported to turn cow manure into green energy.

From March 2014 through December 2019, Raymond Holcomb Brewer, age 66, of Porterville and Sheridan, Montana, stole $8,750,000 from investors by claiming to build anaerobic digesters on dairies in Fresno, Kern, Ki

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LaShawn Ezell, Larod Styles, Charles Johnson, and Troshawn McCoy v. City of Chicago, et al.

Chicago, Illinois personal injury lawyer sued Defendants on civil rights wrongful death theories.


Plaintiffs LaShawn Ezell, Larod Styles, Charles Johnson, and Troshawn McCoy each filed a nearly identical civil rights action1 against the City of Chicago, Cook County, a number of Chicago Police Officers,2 and former Cook County State's Attorney Joseph Alesia. Each asserts claims stemmi

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Elmer Daniels v. United States of America, et al.

Plaintiff Elmer Daniels, by his undersigned attorneys, files this Complaint against the United
States of America, Michael P. Malone, the City of Wilmington, Philip Saggione III, and John Does
1-10 for violating his rights and causing his wrongful incarceration. He alleges as follows:
INTRODUCTION
1. In 1980, Elmer Daniels, an 18-year-old black male, was wrongfully convicted of

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United States of America v. Ian R. Diaz

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit cyberstalking, perjury, and obstruction of justice.

Ian R. Diaz, 45, of Glendora, California, and his then-wife, an unindicted co-conspirator (CC-1), posed as a person with whom Diaz was formerly in a relationship (Jane Doe). In that guise, they sent themselves harassing and threatening

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United States ex rel. Vogel v. OMNI Business Systems, Inc., et al.

Alexandria, Virginia commercial litigation lawyers represented Defendant accused of violated the False Claims Act by fraudulently misrepresenting the country of origin for over a dozen toner products manufactured by HP, Inc., and offering them for sale, as Trade Agreements Act (TAA) compliant, through a General Services Administration (GSA) Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract and an Air Force B

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State of Oklahoma v. David Jerell Knighten

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal law lawyer represented Defendant, charged with:
Burglary - Second Degree.

Count # 1. Count as Filed: BRG2, BURGLARY - SECOND DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 1435
Date of Offense: 06/21/2022
Party Name Disposition Information
KNIGHTEN, DAVID JERELL Disposed: DEFERRED, 06/29/2023. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: BURGLARY - SECOND DEGREE(BRG2)

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United States of America v. Lori Milliron

Denver, Colorado criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with
accessory in the murder of Bianca Rudolph. Milliron had previously been convicted of being an accessory after the fact to murder, obstruction, and two counts of perjury before a grand jury after a trial last summer. The jury acquitted her of three other counts of perjury.

Evidence presented at trial proved

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United States of America v. Jose Fernandez

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with filing false tax returns using stolen identities, using credit cards he obtained with stolen identities, and check fraud. He ultimately obtained more than $2 million in fraudulent funds, which he then used for his personal benefit.

“Fernandez committed a litany of frauds, including an attempt to steal millions o

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United States of America v. Carleena Graham

Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud.

On May 31, 2023, the United States filed a one count information charging Carleena Graham, 56, of Accokeek, Maryland, with wire fraud. The defendant pleaded guilty to that charge today. According to the information, the victim, World Learning, is a non-profit global development and exchange organiz

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United States of America v. Shaorong Liu and Juan Le

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with aiding and abetting the making of false statements.

On February 18, 2021, a federal grand jury returned a 16-count Superseding Indictment against Liu and Lu. On April 21, 2021, Liu pleaded guilty to making a materially false statement regarding a matter pertaining to the United States Department of Energy

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United States of America v. Lori Milliron

Denver, Colorado criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with perjury, obstruction of a grand jury proceeding and being an accessory after the fact to a murder.

Lori Milliron, 65, formerly of Paradise Valley, Arizona, was indicted for her role as an accessory in the murder of Bianca Rudolph. Milliron had previously been convicted of being an accessory after the fact to murde

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