False Pretense Law
 
United States of America v. Daniel Elie Bouaziz

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with laundering money derived from his scheme to sell counterfeit artwork.

Daniel Elie Bouaziz was the owner of art galleries, to include Danieli Fine Art and Galerie Danieli, located at 226A and 230 Worth Avenue, respectively, in Palm Beach County, Florida. Bouaziz knowingly engaged in and attempted to engage in a mo

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United States of America v. Margan Gates

Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with making false statements to a federal firearms dealer in connection with the purchase of a firearm.

On June 29, 2022, Morgan Gates, age 28, of Rutland, Vermont, attempted to purchase a firearm at a Rutland dealer with a federal firearms license (“the FFL”). The FFL had reason to believe that Gates was an

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United States of America v. Steven Powell

Concord, New Hampshire criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with health care fraud, in connection with a scheme to defraud Medicare by prescribing durable medical equipment without ever seeing, speaking to, or otherwise examining patients.

Steven Powell, 53, of Alpharetta, Georgia, pleaded guilty to one count of health care fraud. U.S. District Court Judge Paul Barbadoro

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United States of America v. Dalton Haas

Wheeling, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraudulently obtaining loans made available during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dalton Haas, also known as Dalton Nassar, 27, pled guilty to wire fraud in February 2023. Haas admitted to making false statements about the gross revenues, the cost of goods sold, and the number of employees for the Lebanese Restau

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United States of America v. Kenneth Wiseman, P.D. and Steven Schmidt, D.O.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania civil litigation lawyers represented Defendants accused to violating the False Claims Act allegations that they caused the submission of false claims by misrepresenting the severity of illness and services rendered to increase reimbursement from the Medicare Part C (Medicare Advantage) and Part B programs.

Defendants did business as "CPA," a primary care phy

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United States of America v. Melinda Bixler

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from unlawful activity.

Melinda Bixler, age 50, of York, Pennsylvania operated two businesses—one a for-profit company called Elder Healthcare Solutions; the other a non-profit company called Adult Care Advocates—providing services to elderly clien

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United States of America v. Kelli L. Pollard

Memphis, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with obtaining
federally insured student loan funds.

Between 2017 and 2021, Pollard made false statements and submitted false and forged documents to the University of Memphis to qualify for $94,299 in student loans.

The case was investigated by the United States Department of Education Office of Insp

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United States of America v. James G. Maloney

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiring to defraud Georgia Tech and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

James G. Maloney’s conspirators, James J. Acree and James D. Fraley, III, pleaded guilty in 2016.

“These defendants violated the trust placed in them by Georgia Tech and the CIA in allowing their judgment to be clouded by

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United States of America v. Fernando Mateo Valenzuela

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with using a stolen identity to fraudulently obtain government assistance benefits.

Fernando Mateo Valenzuela, 69, in 2020, applied for and received a total of $29,051 in unemployment payments using the name and Social Security number of a United States citizen. In 2019, Valenzuela used the same stolen identity t

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United States of America v. Complete Physician Services, Kenneth Wiseman, DO, and Steven Schmidt, DO

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented Defendants accused of submitting false claims by misrepresenting the severity of illness and services rendered to increase reimbursement from the Medicare Part C (Medicare Advantage) and Part B programs.

CPS, a primary care physician practice located in Philadelphia, treated patients under the Medicare Advantage program and

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United States of America v. Leronce Suel and Ravae Smith owned Rockstar Dough LLC and Chicken Feed, LLC

San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendants charged with fraud and money laundering in connection with an alleged scheme to falsify applications for pandemic relief funds.

Leronce Suel and Ravae Smith owned Rockstar Dough LLC and Chicken Feed LLC, both of which operated a series of restaurants in the San Diego area. From March 2020 to June 2022, Suel and Smith

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United States of America v. Kevin A. Clay

Toldeo, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy, healthcare fraud, and making a false statement on an application for charitable tax-exempt status with the IRS.

Kevin A. Clay, age 39, of Perrysburg, Ohio, was the co-owner of Theramedical, LLC, a pharmaceutical marketing company specializing in compounded pain and scar cream. The evidence showed that Clay

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A.L. v. Leon Martin and State of New Mexico

Albuquerque, New Mexico personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued defendants on a New Mexico Tort Claims Act theory.


This case arises out of the alleged rape, assault, battery, false imprisonment, and false arrest of A.L. by Defendant Leon Martin. Doc. 1, Ex. 2 (“Complaint”). Defendant Martin was employed by the Isleta Pueblo Police and was a licensed peace officer co

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United States of America v. Tiera R. Lands

Baton Rouge, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud and money laundering in connection with numerous false and fraudulent applications that she filed to obtain funds from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program in 2020 and 2021.

Tiera R. Lands, age 30, agreed, as part of her guilty plea that she ow

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United States of America v. Samirah Boksmati

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with making false statements in a passport application and three counts of using a passport secured by false statements.

Samirah Boksmati, age 34, made multiple false representations to the U.S. State Department to secure United States passports for herself and her children and then used those passports obt

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United States of America v. Alexei Saab, a/k/a "Ali Hassan Saab," a/k/a Alex Saab," a/k/a "Rachid"

Newark, New Jersey criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with receiving military-type training from Hizballah, marriage fraud, and making false statements.

Alexei Saab trained extensively on military tactics and weapons use, he specialized in how to construct and detonate explosives, and he surveilled major American landmarks to identify potential attack sites.

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Mother Does v. Town of North Andover, et al.

Boston, Massachusetts civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants


Plaintiffs, proceeding as Jane Smith and Mother Doe, are respectively a former student at North Andover High School (“NAHS”) and the parent and natural guardian of another former NAHS student (referred to here as Jane Doe). They bring this action against Defendants Town of North Andover (“Town

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The People v. Trezell and Jacqueline Phillip West

BAkersfield, California criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter, two counts of willful cruelty to a child and false report of an emergency.

Trezell and Jacqueline West were accused to causing the deaths of Orrin and Orson West whose bodies have never been found.

001 F PC 187(A)>2ND MURDER:SECOND DEGREE FOUN

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United States of America v. John Bilda

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with misuse of funds.

John Bilda, 59, former City of Norwich representative on the Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Corporation (“CMEEC”) Board of Directors, was indicted for misusing CMEEC funds.

CMEEC is a cooperative public corporation that permits municipal electric utilities in Connecticut

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United States of America v. Samirah Boksmati

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with making false statements in a passport application and three counts of using a passport secured by false statements.

Samirah Boksmati, age 34, made multiple false representations to the U.S. State Department to secure United States passports for herself and her children and then used those passports obtai

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United States of America v. Jaquari Davonte Woodward

Las Vegas, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with carrying out a scheme to submit more than $1.1 million dollars in fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan applications on behalf of himself and others.

According to court documents and statements made in court, beginning no later than on or about March 14, 2021, and continuing until at least on or about

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United States of America v. Jerry Chris Van Dyke aka Jerry Witten

Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with violation of the Indian Arts and Crafts Act (IACA) by representing himself as a Native American artist, when he had no tribal enrollment or heritage.

The investigation of Jerry Van Dyke, age 67, from Seattle, began in February 2019, when the Indian Arts and Crafts Board received a complaint that Van Dyke was re

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United States of America v. Robert J. Jesenik, Andrew N. MacRitchie and Brian K. Rise

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit fraud.

Robert J. Jesenik, 63, former chief executive officer of Aequitas and resident of Lake Oswego, Oregon; Andrew N. MacRitchie, 59, formerly of Palm Harbor, Florida; and Brian K. Rice, 56, of Portland were found guilty of conspiring with one another to commit mail and wire fraud and 28 ind

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United States of America v. Dr. Ndudi Aniemeka and Obiageli Aniemeka

Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with lawfully seeking and receiving kickbacks from a home health agency as payment for the doctor’s referrals of Medicare patients.

DR. NDUDI ANIEMEKA owns Boycin Medical Clinic in Chicago, and his wife, OBIAGELI ANIEMEKA, serves as the clinic’s administrator. In 2009 and 2010, the Aniemekas asked for and receiv

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United States of America v. Jonathan Olivetti

Scranton, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud in connection with a scheme to obtain COVID-19 pandemic relief money he was not entitled to receive, mail fraud and tax evasion.

Between June 18, 2020 and February 2021, Jonathan Olivetti, age 43, of Philadelphia, a licensed attorney, applied for two Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and tw

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