False Pretense Law
 
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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Roxanne Michele Mathai v. Bexar County, Texas, Javier Salazar

San Antonio, Texas civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on wrongful termination theories.


This case arises out of the employment termination of Plaintiff Roxanne Mathai by Defendant Javier Salazar, the Sheriff of Bexar County. Plaintiff alleges she was wrongfully discharged after she attended President Trump's political rally in Washington, D.C. on January 6,

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United States of America v. Gary S. Winn, D.O.

Portland, Maine civil litigation lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a False Claims Act violation theory.

Gary S. Winn, D.O., the false former medical director and owner of a family medical practice in Biddeford and Sanford, Provider’s Care, submitted false claims to Medicare and MaineCare (Maine’s Medicaid program) from January 2014 through November 2017. MaineCare is

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United States of America v. Deon Brown, et al.

Savannah, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with illegal possession of firearms.

At least 20 defendants have been sentenced to federal prison or await further proceedings after pleading guilty to federal charges including illegal possession of firearms.

The cases were investigated as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods in collaboration with federal, st

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United States of America v. Wilbert Jean Stanley, III and Felicia Jackson Stanley

Tallahassee, Florida criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant charged with one count each of wire fraud conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy, and making false statements in connection to COVID-19 pandemic relief.

“The theft of any amount of taxpayer funds is inexcusable but stealing over $4.8 million dollars from honest, hardworking Americans truly in need of pandemic relief is

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Veronica Pidcock v. Pharma Management, LLC, et al.

Tampa, Florida civil litigation lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on a False Claims Act Qui Tam theory.

The claims made are not available.

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United States of America v. Nickolas Sharp

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with stealing gigabytes of Company 1's data.

In December 2020, SHARP secretly stole gigabytes of Company-1’s data. While purportedly working to remediate the security breach he created, SHARP extorted the company, as an anonymous hacker, for nearly $2 million for the return of the files and the identificatio

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The Estate of Bishar Ali Hassan v. Municipality and City of Anchorage, et al.

Anchorage, Alaska civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on excessive force wrongful death theories under 42 U.S.C. 1983.


Plaintiffs brought this suit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985, and 1986 seeking redress for alleged violations of Plaintiffs' federal constitutional rights guaranteed by the Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments.[51] The Court has ju

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United States of America v. Joseph James O’Connor, a/k/a "PlugwalkJoe"

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant cared with cyberstalking and multiple schemes that involve computer hacking, including the July 2020 hack of Twitter.

Joseph James O’Connor, aka PlugwalkJoe, 23, was extradited from Spain on April 26.

“O’Connor’s criminal activities were flagrant and malicious, and his conduct impacted multiple people

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United States of America v. Nemory Zahid Ramos Castro

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with lying during a firearms transaction.

On July 5, 2022, a federal grand jury sitting in the Western District of Oklahoma returned a one-count Indictment against Nemory Zahid Ramos Castro, charging him with making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm. On August 17, 2022, a five-count Superseding

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Cameron Kaminski v. Christina Hayek

Los Angeles, California civil litigation lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant alleging intentional interference with prospective economic relations, intentional interference with contractual relations, unfair business practices in violation of Business and Professional Code section 17200, and defamation per se.


As alleged in his complaint, plaintiff was a talent manager

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United States of America v. Charles Kimo Brown

Honolulu, Hawaii criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with embezzlement.

Charles Kimo Brown, age 64, from Miliani, Howaii, was the former Secretary-Treasurer of the Hawaii Longshore Division, Brown was paid according to vouchers that he submitted to the accounting department of Local 142. The hours Brown was supposed to list on the vouchers were based upon the “lost tim

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United States of America v. United Wound Healing P.S.

Seattle, Washington civil litigation lawyers represented Defendant accused for fraudulently billing the federal government for health care services that were never performed.

The U.S. Department of Justice, the Washington State Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Division, accused United Wound Healing, P.S. with violating the False Claims Act by improperly billing Medicare and Med

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United States of America v. Deena Vang Lee

Fresno, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with preparing and filing false tax returns, and committing wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

On Jan. 26, 2023, after a three-day trial, a jury found Deena Vang Lee, age 41, from Fresno, guilty of 13 felony counts, including three counts of wire fraud, two counts of aggravated identity theft, five counts of p

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United States of America v. Joe Sullivan

San Francisco, California criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant charged with obstructing a government investigation and the theft of personal data on 50 million customers and 7 million drivers.

Joseph Sullivan, 54, from Palo Alto in Santa Clara County, previously served as the Chief Security Officer for Uber Technologies, Inc. (“Uber”). The evidence at trial established that

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United States of America v. Kelli Sizanne Hogue

Little Rock, Arkansas criminal Defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with bank fraud and theft of government funds.

Hogue practiced law in the State of Arkansas as a licensed attorney for five years. Hogue surrendered her law license in May 2001 after she was charged with forgery and possession of counterfeit checks in Pulaski County Circuit Court. Hogue was represented by Paul Her

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United States of America v. Mircale Star Vaughn

Davenport, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with making false statements during the purchase of firearms.

Miracle Star Vaughn, 27, purchased seven handguns from Scheels, in Coralville, over a period of 18 months. During the firearms purchases, Vaughn provided false information regarding her address and her drug use. One of the firearms Vaughn purchased was recove

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United States of America v. Anthony Sabaini

Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with one count of structuring, one count of willfully engaging in a scheme to conceal a material fact in a matter within the jurisdiction of DHS, and five counts of willfully filing a false federal tax return.

Anthony Sabaini, age 42, of Naperville, Illinois, was assigned to HSI’s field office in Oakbrook Terrace,

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United States of America v. Tammy J. Scudder

Indianapolis, Indiana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud.

From 2012 to December of 2021, Tammy Scudder, age 52, from Shelbyville, Indiana, devised and participated in a scheme to defraud her employer of more than $600,000. Scudder served as the Controller for a company located in Shelbyville, Indiana for nine years. As Controller, Scudder was the company

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United States of America v. Robert John

New Orleans, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit studen aid fraud.

Robert John, ae 48, from St. Bernard, Louisiana, conspired with others to submit fraudulent applications for student loans and grants to two local community colleges, using the names of seven different applicants. In total, the Department of Education paid over $74,000

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Stephanie Ann Wadnola v. City of Norfolk

Norfolk, Virginia civil litigation lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a defamation theory.

Stephanie Ann Wadnoal owns 731 Granby Street in Norfolk. She also owned Jhanesis, LLC d/b/a Jhanes Sweet Lounge but sold the business. The new owner started doing business at the same location a "Suite 1200." In October 2020, the City cited the owners of Suite 1200 for operating t

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United States of America v. Tod Erickson

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charge with fraud involving the theft of over $1.4 million in computer equipment.

Tod Erickson, 60, of Londonderry, N.H., served as the information technology manager at a telecommunications company that, until February 2019, had an office located in Chelmsford, Mass. As information technology manager, Erikson was respons

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United States of America v. James Jeremy Barbera

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with securities fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy.

From in or about 2013 and in or about 2019, James Jeremy Barbera was the founder and CEO of Nanobeak, a privately held nanotechnology company that represented to investors that the company had developed a breathalyzer sensor technology that could detect cancer a

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United States of America v. Debra Lynn Mercer-Erwin

Sherman, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with an international drug trafficking conspiracy

Debra Lynn Mercer-Erwin, 60, was found guilty by a jury following a two-week trial before U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant. Mercer-Erwin was convicted of money laundering; wire fraud; conspiracy to manufacture and distribute cocaine; and conspiracy to manufacture and dis

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United States of America v. Andrew Gillum and Sharon Lettman-Hicks

Tallahassee, Florida criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with making false statements, attempted conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud.

Former Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, the 2018 Democratic nominee for governor of Florida was charged with lying to the FBI and with misuse of campaign funds.

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