False Pretense Law
 
United States of America v. Javian Griffin and Sebron Hollands

Memphis, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with depriving another of their civil rights with excessive use of force and falsification of records.
Javian Griffin, age 36, was charged with unlawful use of force which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years of
imprisonment. The counts charging Griffin and Hollands with writing a false report carry a
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United States of America v. Julio Ruiz Chuta

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with immigrant smuggling.

Following a seven-day trial, a federal jury found defendant Julio Ruiz Chuta, 35, guilty of smuggling an unaccompanied child into the United States for financial gain. The jury found Chuta not guilty of forced labor and confiscating the child’s passport and other immigration documents.

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FIRST NATIONAL BANK v. SHARMIN R. INGHRAM, JUSTIN GLEN INGHRAM a.k.a. JUSTIN G. INGHRAM

Pierre, South Dakota - Real Estate lawyer represented defendants and
appellants with appealing foreclosure of their real estate and replevin of their business.


For summary judgment purposes, we must view the facts most
favorably to the Inghrams. These facts show that FNB has a local br

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Ex parte Charles Barton

Fort Worth, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with with electronic harassment.


The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals held that Penal Code Section 42.07(a)(7), the electronic harassment statute, "does not implicate the First Amendment" and "is not facially unconstitutional," rejecting Appellant Charles Barton's arguments to the contrary. Ex parte Barton, No. PD

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STATE OF MONTANA v. CHESTER RAYMOND BAUER

Helena, Montana - Criminal Defense lawyer represented defendant with appealing the offense of Count I: Incest, a felony charge.


Child Sexual Predator



In 1983, Bauer was convicted of two felonies, sexual intercourse without consent

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United States of America v. Gordon Ernst

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit federal program bribery and filing a false tax return.

Gordon Ernst, a former Georgetown University tennis coach pleaded guilty to taking $3.4 million in bribes in exchange for tagging at least 22 Georgetown applicants as tennis recurits.

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Patrick O. Sparkman v. Larry Scooter Proctor, a/k/a Scott Proctor

Norman, Oklahoma personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a fraud theory.

Patrick Sparkmand claimed that Larry Scooter Scott Proctor made materially false statements of fact to get Plaintiff and his wife to execute quit claims deeds to property to their detriment.


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United States of America v. Sabrina Taylor

Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with wire fraud.

A 40-year-old Tacoma woman pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud for a scheme to defraud various friends and acquaintances. Sabrina Taylor admitted to lying about her health, employment status, and her education to steal more than $600,000 from people who had offered to help her.

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United States of America v. Reliance Medical Systems, LLC, et al.

Los Angeles, California qui tam lawyers represented the plaintiff, who sued defendant for violating the False Claims Act.

Reliance Medical Systems LLC, a distributor of spinal implant devices headquartered in Bountiful, Utah, its owners, Bret Berry and Adam Pike, and two of their physician-owned distributorships have agreed to pay $1 million to resolve a lawsuit against them alleging that

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United States of America v. Pierre Rogers and Joshua Leavitt

Concord, New Hampshire criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with multiple counts of bank fraud, wire fraud, and attempted wire fraud.

Roger Leavitt, age 43, of Irvine, California and Josh Leavit, age 40, of Northwood, New Hampshire were indicted by a federal grand jury on Monday and charged with multiple counts of bank fraud, wire fraud, and attempted wire fraud.

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United States of America v. Michael Angelo Padron

San Antonio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with running a scheme to defraud the United States.

Michael Angelo Padron, along with co-conspirators Michael Wibracht and Ruben Villarreal, conspired to defraud the United States to obtain valuable government contracts under programs administered by the Small Business Administration (SBA). The evidence showed that

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United States of America v. Brett Sabado

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit fraud.

Brett Sabado has been sentenced for his role in a scheme to defraud Tricare and Medicare by submitting fraudulent claims for compound medications and durable medical equipment (DME). Sabado also agreed to pay $950,000 as part of an “ability to pay” civil settlement in order to resol

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United States of America v. Carlos Rafael Saez Dorta, Veronica Ramos Hernandez,Michael Burrowes, Dianelis Garcia Alvarez, Deandre Mitchell Gabriel

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with health care fraud.

Carlos Rafael Saez Dorta, age 42, (clinic owner) was sentenced to 135 months in prison following a jury trial, three years’ supervised release, and ordered to pay $4,434,069 in restitution;
Veronica Ramos Hernandez, age 35, (clinic owner) was sentenced to 135 months in prison followi

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United States of America v. Nana Baidoobonso-Iam

Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with mail fraud and making false representations in a bankruptcy proceeding.

In January 2018, Nana Baidoobonso – Iam, 69, engaged in a scheme in which he mailed an Involuntary Petition in Bankruptcy to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Kansas. The defendant signed the Involuntary Petition in Bankruptcy un

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United States of America v. Raymond Bradley, Dusti O. Pearce and Jason M. Hines

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with theft of software licenses.

A court in the Western District of Oklahoma unsealed an indictment charging three individuals with violating federal wire fraud and money laundering statutes in connection with an operation to sell over $88 million of stolen Avaya Direct International (ADI) software licenses, whi

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United States of America v. Ronald Philip Wallace and Stace Yater Wallace

Denver, Colorado criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with wire fraud, money laundering, and bank fraud.

It is alleged Ronald Philip Wallace, age 65, and Stace Yater Wallace, age 67, made false and misleading statements to obtain nearly $1.5 million in investments from individuals for the purpose of funding, production, and marketing of CBD products. Additionally, it i

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Amanda Morales v. Supreme Maintenance Inc., Wade Hunt and Gloria Sanchez

Albuquerque, New Mexico pro se Plaintiff, without a lawyer, sued Defendants on discrimination, wrongful termination and retaliation theories.


This case arises from the alleged discrimination, wrongful termination, and retaliation against Plaintiff Amanda Morales by her employer, Defendant Supreme Maintenance Inc. Plaintiff was employed as a janitorial worker by Supreme Maintenance fr

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WSB REHABILITATION SERVICES., INC., vs. CENTRAL ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS, INC, and C. MICAH RAND, INC., d.b.a BROOKWOOD RETIREMENT COMMUNITY, RAND LOVELAND LLC, d.b.a. LOVELAND HEALTHCARE NURSING AND REAHAB CENTER EVAN GRAY, LLC, d.b.a. FLORENCE PARK NURSING & REHAB CENTER MICAH CLOVERNOOK, LLC, d.b.a. CLOVERNOOK HEALTH CARE PAVILION and CRYSTALWOOD, INC., d.b.a. THE ALOIS ALZHEIMER CENTER

Cincinnati, Ohio - Civil Litigation lawyer represented Appellee and Defendants-Appellants/Cross-Appellees with a breach-of-contract claim.



In 2011, the nursing facilities entered into separate, but materially
similar, agreements entitled “Agreement for Physical, Occupational, and Spe

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The People v. Kejuan Darcell Clark

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with forced oral copulation, false imprisonment, first-degree burglary and robbery in concert inside an inhabited dwelling.


There was little dispute regarding the facts that (A) defendant was a gang member; (B) defendant was in the victim's house on July 25, 2015; (C) defendant engaged in intercourse with t

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State of Montana v. Chester Raymond Bauer

Anaconda Deer Lodge, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sexual intercourse without consent and aggravated assault.


¶3 In 1983, Bauer was convicted of two felonies, sexual intercourse without consent and aggravated assault. While incarcerated, Bauer pled guilty to felony intimidation of a prison guard's wife in Powell County in 1991, and was convicted

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United States of America v. Isaiah Maurice Morsette

Great Falls, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with illegally possessing a firearm and lying during a firearm purchase at the business.

Isaiah Maurice Morsette, 39, of Boulder, pleaded guilty in November 2021 to prohibited person in possession of a firearm and to false statement during a firearms transaction.

In court documents filed in the case, the

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United States of America v. American Financial Network, Inc.

Spokane, Washington lawyers represented Defendant accused of improperly and fraudulently originated government-backed mortgage loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), a component of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

“FHA-backed mortgages are a critical resource for first-time homebuyers, moderate-income borrowers, and families who have suffe

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United States of America v. Jared Post and Levi Skulstad

Fairbanks, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy, bank and wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and money laundering.

According to court documents, Jared Post, 25, and Levi Skulstad, 26, defrauded multiple banks and individuals they viewed as vulnerable to scams between 2017 and 2021, obtaining at least $500,000. Post and Skulstad contacted individu

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United States of America v. Lori E. Deveny

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with perpetrating a scheme to defraud her clients and use the proceeds to pay for personal expenses.

Lori E. Deveny, 56, pleaded guilty to mail, bank, and wire fraud; aggravated identity theft; money laundering; and filing a false tax return.

According to court documents, between April 2011 and May 2019, Deven

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United States of America v. Paulette Carpoff

Sacramento, California criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with her role in the biggest criminal fraud scheme in the history of the Eastern District of California.

On Nov. 9, 2021, Paulette Carpoff pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States and money laundering. According to court documents, Carpoff played a key role in the fraud as Chie

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