False Pretense Law
 
Henry Jackson v. Professional Contract Services, Inc.

Louisville, Kentucky civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant claiming that he was discrimination at work because of his race.


Plaintiff Henry Jackson is an African American man currently employed by PCSI as a floor technician. DN 5, at PageID # 21. Jackson filed an amended complaint on August 4, 2022, claiming that PCSI discriminated against him on the basis of r

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United States of America v. Isaiah Phillips

Madison, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with aiding and abetting a false statement during a purchase of a firearm.

On June 2, 2022, law enforcement in Fitchburg began an investigation into illegal purchasing of firearms, known as “straw purchasing,” involving Isaiah Phillips, age 18, of Madison, Wisconsin, and two others.

On February 7, 202

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United States of America v. Thein Maung and Phyo Mi

Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service by filing hundreds of fraudulent tax returns and of defrauding applicants out of unemployment insurance benefits and the Iowa Workforce Development out of benefits payments.

On May 22, 2023, Thein Maung, 47, pleaded guilty to 49 fraud and tax charges. On June 2,

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United States of America v. Travis L. Murphy

Springfield, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with bank fraud.

Travis Murphy, age 40, of Chandlerville, Illinois, through the business Murphy Farms, devised a scheme to defraud a FDIC insured bank and obtain its funds by making materially false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises. According to the indictment, Murphy obtained loans totaling

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Stephen Mayes v. SIG Sauer, Inc.

Bowling Green, Kentucky personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a product liability theory.


On October 30, 2018, Stephen Mayes was shooting his new Sig Sauer P320 X Carry 9MM pistol, which was designed and manufactured by Defendant Sig Sauer, Inc. Mayes had the gun in a holster on his hip and was preparing to draw the gun when it discharged, shooting Mayes

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United States of America v. Charles A. “Chuck” Jones and Mark J. Whitaker

Memphis, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the
Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) E-rate program.

Charles A. “Chuck” Jones, 52, and Mark J. Whitaker, 51, both of Murray, Kentucky, were accused of conspiring to defraud the government.

The E- rate program is an FCC program that provides money to needy schoo

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United States of America v. FeelGood Natural Health Stores Ltd.

Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with violating the Lacey Act.

FeelGood Natural Health Stores Ltd. (FeelGood) pleaded guilty to one count of violating the Lacey Act by knowingly transporting and selling harp seal oil capsules in violation of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). The MMPA makes it unlawful to transport or sell any marine mammal, i

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United States of America v. Brian Bui

Plano, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud.

Brian Bui, age 43, used his dentistry business to obtain at least two Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans by submitting materially false application paperwork, including fabricating supporting documentation and lying about the number of employees and monthly payroll expenses. As a result of his conduc

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United States of America v. Deja Nicole Taylor

Newport News, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm and unlawful user of controlled substance while possessing a firearm.

Deja Nicole Taylor, the mother of a 6-year-old who shot his teacher at Richneck Elementary School, was charged for having a gun and letting a child take it to school.


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United States of America v. Diape Seck

Greenbelt, Maryland criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with bank fraud scheme in which he and his co-conspirators obtained or attempted to obtain almost $2 million by fraud, including the theft of checks from the mail of churches and religious institutions.

From at least January 2019 to January 2020, Diape Seck, age 29, of Rockville, Maryland, a customer service repr

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United States of America v. Trashawn Newsome

Norfolk, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession of a machine gun and possession of an unregistered firearm in violation of the national firearms act.

Trashawn Newsome, 21, was in possession of a machine gun on October 6, 2022. That day, Chesapeake Police officers were investigating a vehicle reported stolen in the vicinity of Camelot Boulevard. News

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United States of America v. Lynn Eich

Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with misleading federal authorities about lead contamination in a Granby, Mo., city park after he was hired to conduct remediation at the site.

Lynn Eich, 65, of Dewitt, Iowa, was accused of misleading federal authorities about lead cotaimination in a Granby, Missouri city park.

Eich’s employer, Enviro

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United States of America v. Crystal A. Huang

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with devising a scheme intended to defraud investors and obtain money and property, under false pretenses, to benefit her company, ProSky Inc.

Crystal A. Huang, 41, of Lehi, admitted she knowingly offered investments in her company, ProSky Inc., by providing false promises to potential investors. From February 20

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United States of America v. William Merlino

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with selling misbranded drugs online and obstruction of justice.

The chemical 2,4-Dinitrophenol (“DNP”) has a variety of industrial and commercial uses, such as herbicides, dyes, and wood preservatives. In the 1930s, before federal law required drugs to be proven safe before they were marketed, DNP was u

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United States of America v. Cedric Bell, Demetrius Sumner and Bernard Washington

Shreveport, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute drugs.

Cedric Bell, 55, of Shreveport, was sentenced to 180 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, on drug and firearms charges. On August 20, 2021, a Caddo Parish Probation Officer searched Bell’s clothing and found a digital scale and cash in his

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United States of America v. Anthony Omar Brockman

Jefferson City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with accepting Kansas City Chiefs playoffs tickets and a new Chevrolet Tahoe in exchange for facilitating a $12.4 million Covid fraud scheme by a Jefferson City, Mo., business owner, as well as a separate fraud scheme to receive unemployment benefits.

Anthony Omar Brockman, 48, who currently resides in Benning

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United States of America v. Kenyatta Phipps

Rochester, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud.

Kenyatta Phipps, ate 46, of Rochester, New York, filed a federal income tax return for the tax year 2019, reporting wages and interest income of $13,273.00, which resulted in a refund of $696. In August 2020, Phipps attempted four times to file a second 2019 federal income tax return on which he f

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United States of America v. Bryan C. Perry and Jonathan S. O'Dell

Jefferson City, Missouri criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with conspiraing to go “to war with border patrol” have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges related to a conspiracy to murder Border Patrol officers, which ended in a shootout with FBI agents who arrested them on the eve of their planned trip to the United States – Mexico border.

Bryan C.

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United States of America v. Leslie Robert Burk and Ethan Sturgis Day

El Paso, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud and money laundering.

Leslie Robert Burk, 55, of El Paso, and Ethan Sturgis Day, 59, of Idyllwild, California, conspired, engaged, and participated in defrauding customers/victims through a business, Atomic Container Homes, Incorporated (ACHI) and other similarly named businesses. As the principals of AC

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United States of America v. Melesio Gomez-Rivera

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with engaing in a multiyear scheme to evade the payment of payroll and income taxes on the wages of construction workers.

Melesio Gomez-Rivera, 49, of Aloha, Oregon, owned and operated a residential construction company called Novatos Construction. From January 2014 until December 2017, Gomez-Rivera and several other c

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United States of America v. Justin Costello

Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with securities fraud.

Justin Costello victimized marijuana business owners, private investors, and investors who purchased stock in the public market. Costello used fraud proceeds for an expensive lifestyle, including an elaborate wedding with a James Bond theme. At the sentencing hearing, U.S. District Judge Ricar

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United States of America v. Marisa Beck

Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraudulently obtaining more than $360,000 in COVID-19 relief funding intended for endangered small businesses.

Marisa Beck, age 40, of Spokane, was accused of fraudulently obtaining COVID-19 relief funds.

On March 27, 2020, the President signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Sec

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United States of America v. Anise Kachadourian

Newark, New Jersey criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with purchasing prescription oncology medications under false pretenses to sell them for profit.

Anise Kachadourian, 55, of Towaco, New Jersey, a board-certified oncologist, pleaded guilty to an information charging her with unlawfully selling prescription cancer medication, which had been previously purchased usin

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The People v. Danny Masterson

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with three counts of rape.

The two women whose testimony led to Masterson's conviction said that in 2003, he gave them drinks and that they then became woozy or passed out before he violently raped them. He knew both from social circles in the Chruch of Scientology.

The case was prosecuted by Deputy Di

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United States of America ex rel. et al v. Georgia Pain Management, P.C. et al.

Atlanta, Georgia civil litigation lawyer represented Defendants accused of violating the False Claims Act.

James Ellner, M.D., and his Woodstock, Georgia pain management practice, Georgia Pain Management, P.C., and ambulatory surgical center, Samson Pain Center, P.C, agreed to pay $625,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by submitting improper claims t

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