False Pretense Law
 
United States of America v. Amanda Caldwell and Tax Time Solutions, LLC

Greensboro, North Carolina criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with aiding and assisting in the filing of a false tax return 26 U.S. 7206, which provides:

(1) Declaration under penalties of perjury

Willfully makes and subscribes any return, statement, or other document, which contains or is verified by a written declaration that it is made under the penalties of per

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United States of America v. Nadal Diya

Houston, Texas criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraud and misuse of visas, permits and other documents in violation of 18 U.S. Code § 1546, which provides:

(a) Whoever knowingly forges, counterfeits, alters, or falsely makes any immigrant or nonimmigrant visa, permit, border crossing card, alien registration receipt card, or other document prescribed by statute or r

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United States of America v. Clayton Alexander McCoy

Baltimore, Maryland criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with transporting explosives with intent to kill, injury or intimidate another in violation of 18 U.S.C. 842, which provides:

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person—
(1) to engage in the business of importing, manufacturing, or dealing in explosive materials without a license issued under this chapter;
(2) k

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United States of America v. Joshua Cory Frances

Portland, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraud.


On October 27, 2021, the Defendant, Joshua Cory Frances, pled guilty to one count of federal program fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 666(a)(1)(A), and one count of wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343. Min. Entry (“Rule 11 Hearing”) (ECF No. 69); Indictment (ECF No. 23). The Prosecution

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United States of America v. Tiffany Fisk

Rutland, Vermont criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with distributing fentenyl.

On January 28, 2022, Tiffany Fisk, age 33, of Barre, Vermont, and her husband David Tom were in a vehicle stopped by the Vermont State Police. A search of their vehicle revealed Tom to be unlawfully in possession of a firearm. As part of Fisk’s sentencing for drug distribution, she admitted

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United States of America v. Carlo Reginald Ramirez

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraud.

Carlos Reginald Ramirez, Jr., age 40, and others used false identification cards of Sprint account holders to obtain cell phones and other accessories between April 2018 and August 2019.

Prior to imposing sentence, Judge Conti stated that she recognized the seriousness of the offense and the ha

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Mickail Myles v. County of San Diego, et al.

San Diego, California personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on civil rights excessive force violation theories under 42 U.S.C. 1983.


A. The Police Receive a Vehicle Burglary Report and Stop Plaintiff's Car

Around fifteen minutes before midnight on September 5, 2014, Fallbrook, California resident Charles Sommer called 911 and reported tha

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United States of America v. Justin Rivera, a/k/a “Denzel Rivera,” a/k/a “Bangout,” a/k/a “Jackie Chan”

New York City, New York criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiring to sex traffic two victims.

“Justin Rivera was responsible for terrorizing young women and coercing them into engaging in commercial sex acts. After Rivera was convicted and in jail, he hatched a plan to subvert the judicial process by attempting to coerce one of his victims—who courageously te

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United States of America v. Elvis Eghosa Ogiekpolor

Atlanta, Georgia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with money laundering.

Elvis Eghosa Ogiekpolor and his co-conspirators were part of a broader international network of online fraudsters and money launderers who wreaked havoc and devastation on unsuspecting individuals and businesses. Defendant opened and directed others to open at least 50 fraudulent business bank accoun

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State of Oklahoma v. Jason Dwaye Bufford

Guthrie, Oklahoma criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: BC, Obtaining Cash Or Merchandise By Bogus Check/False Pretenses, in violation of 21 O.S. 1521-1541
Date of Offense: 08/06/2012
Party Name Disposition Information
Bufford, Jason Dwayne Disposed: CONVICTION, 10/07/2022. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: Obtaining Cash Or M

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United States of America v. Darla Bralley

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with two-count felony information charging her with wire fraud and making and subscribing a false tax return.

Public records reflect that from 2012 until early 2020, Darla Bralley, age 58, from Newcastle, Oklahoma, served as the payroll administrator for St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church (“St. Paul”), located

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United States of America v. Cody Allen Easterday

Richland, Washington criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud.

Cody Allen Easterday, age 51, of Mesa, Washington and the business he led, Easterday Ranches Inc., entered into agreements with Tyson Foods and another company (collectively the Victim Companies), whereby Easterday Ranches agreed to purchase and feed cattle on behalf of the Victim Companies. Under thes

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Nicole Olcott, ex rel. United States of America v. Southwester Home Health Care, Inc., et al.

Tulsa, Oklahoma civil litigation lawyer represented Plaintiff and Relator who sued Defendant on a qui tam theory claiming that Defendant violation the false claims act, 31 U.S.C. 3730, which provides:

(a) Responsibilities of the Attorney General.—The Attorney General diligently shall investigate a violation under section 3729. If the Attorney General finds that a person has violated or

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United States of America v. Kyle Ritchie

Madison, Wisconsin criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with making false statement during the purchase of a firearm.

Between May 23 and 28, 2021, Kyle Ritche, age 31, from Schofield, Wisonsin, purchased four firearms from federally licensed firearm dealers in the Wausau, Wisconsin area. In order to complete the purchases of these firearms, the defendant represented that he

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United States of America v. Fire Service Plus, Inc.

Washington, DC: Civil litigation lawyers represented Defendant charged with violating the False Claims Act by supplying fire suppression foam that did not meet military specifications.

Fire Protection Plus, Inc. (FSP) manufactures commercial and military-grade fire suppression foam. FSP’s military grade foam, known as Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF), was sold under the brand name “F

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United States of America v. Joseph Sullivan

San Francisco, California criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with obstruction of justice and misprison of a felony.

Joseph Sullivan, the former Chief Security Officer of Uber Technologies, Inc. ("Uber") was charged with obstruction of proceedings of the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and misprision of felony in connection with his attempted cover-up of a 2016 hack of

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United States of America v. Gaylord D. Lincoln and G. Lincoln Farms, LLC

Grand Rapids, Michigan civil litigation lawyers represented Defendants accused of violating the False Claims Act by causing the submission of fraudulent claims for federal crop insurance and federal farm benefit payments.

The settlement resolves civil claims the United States brought against the defendants in a December 2021 lawsuit. In its complaint, the United States alleged that the

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United States of America v. Quin Ngoc Rudin

Alexandria, Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).

Quin Ngoc Rudin, 55, a convicted felon, was the Secretary, Director and Chief Financial Officer of Mana Tax Services, a tax preparation business in the Los Angeles area. Rudin engaged in a conspiracy to commit two fraud schemes u

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United States of America v. Josephine Casandra Perez-Gorda

San Antonio, Texas criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with Social Security Fraud.

Josephine Casandra Perez-Gorda, 39, from Dripping Springs, Texas defrauded the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Social Security Administration (SSA) of over $300,000 by overstating the severity and extent of her spouse’s disability from October 2011 through August 2017. Mr. Perez

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United States of America v. Elvis Eghosa Ogiekpolor

Atlanta, Georgia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

Beginning in at least October 2018 and continuing until August 2020, Elvis Eghosa Ogiekpolor directed at least eight so-called “money mules” – including six who testified against him at trial – to open more than 50 fraudulent business bank accounts in

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United States of America v. Demichael J. Peeples

Newport News, Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with participating in a fraud scheme to obtain unemployment benefits made available because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Demichael J. Peeples, 27, submitted multiple false unemployment claims with the Commonwealth of Virginia and State of California. He filed fraudulent claims for benefits for himself and on behalf of

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Tyler Marquette Collins v. The State of Texas

San Antonio, Texas – Criminal Defense lawyer represented defendant with a capital murder charge.



On August 24, 2016, at around 11:30 p.m., police responded to a report of a shooting at a house in Converse, Texas. Upon arrival, police found Thomas Mirone lying on a driveway, severely wounded and bleeding. Mirone was

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United States of America v. Patricia Omorogbe

Chicago, Illinois criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with home health care fraud.

Patricia Omorogbes, age 61, and Felix Omorogby, age 71, owned and operated three home health companies: A&Z Home Health Care and Dominion Home Health Care, both located in Lansing, and Alliance Home Health Care, located in Hammond, Indiana. From approximately January 2009 to June 2018, the Om

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Boevers Homes, LLC v. Government Consulting Solutions, Inc., et al.

El Reno, Oklahoma civil litigation lawyers represented Plaintiff, which sued Defendants on liable and slander theories claiming that Defendants and each of them have posted or caused to be posted false and defamatory statements and interfered with Plaintiff's valid business relationships and expectancies.

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United States of America v. Charles Clark

Concord, New Hampshire criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with making false statements.

In July 2020, Charles Clark, age 64, from Merrimack, fraudulently applied for a loan under the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program. Congress had authorized multiple relief programs, including EIDL, to help the millions of Americans and many small businesses adversely affected b

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