Fraud Law
 
United States of America v. Tochuwku Albert Nnebocha

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with operating a transnational inheritance fraud scheme.

Tochuwku Albert Nnebocha, 43, of Nigeria was extradited from the Republic of Poland and faces federal charges of engaging in a transnational criminal organization that operated an inheritance fraud scheme that cheated many American seniors out of their savings.

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Jennean Mason v. US Bank Trust Company, N.A.

Concord, New Hampshire, consumer law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a bank fraud case.

The plaintiff alleged fraud and attempted conversion by the bank, which filed a foreclosure action based on a false assignment of the mortgage.

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Tom Daley, et al. v. Toyota Motor North America, Inc.

Burlington, Vermont consumer law lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a fraud theory.

This was a class action lawsuit against Defendant Toyota Motor North America, Inc. ("Toyota" or "Defendant") by Plaintiffs on behalf of themselves and a class of current and former owners and lessees of model year 2022-2024 Toyota Tundra and Toyota Tundra hybrid vehicles (the "Class Vehicles" or "Vehicl

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Zoe Ajjahnon v. Amerilife of North Carolina, L.L.C.

Orlando, Florida, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt
Organizations Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-1968 (RICO Claim).

Ajjahnon obtained her Florida insurance license in August 2021. A month later, she interviewed with Amerilife, a company
that recruits and supports independent insurance agents by providing them with training, tools, an

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United States of America v. Jade Price

South Bend, Indiana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud

Jade Price, 29 years old, of Winfield, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty after pleading guilty to wire fraud, announced Acting United States Attorney M. Scott Proctor.

According to documents in the case, Price falsely claimed gross income for a

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United States of America v. Carlos A Lopez, Barrett R. Howell

New Orleans, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Unauthorized Disposal of Government Records

Acting United States Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced today the filing of a bill of information in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division, charging former federal prosecutor CARLOS A. LOPEZ (“LOPEZ”),

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United States of America v. Kamal Khalid, Fnu Shahrukh

Baltimore, Maryland criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy and conspiracy and securities fraud and odometer rollback scheme.

Chief Judge George L. Russell, III, sentenced Kamal Khalid, 44, of Pasadena, Maryland, to 36 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after he pled guilty to conspiracy and securities fraud stemmi

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United States of America v. Crandall Speights

Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with filing false claims on government benefit programs

U.S. Attorney Julianne E. Murray of the District of Delaware announced today that a Wilmington man was sentenced on September 18, 2025, to 70 months in prison for amassing over $900,000 in fraudulent proceeds through multiple fraud schemes over the course

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United States of America v. Richard Burk

Williamsport, PA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Wire Fraud


Richard Burke, age 76, of Milan, Pennsylvania, plead guilty to wire fraud.


From April 2005 until March 7, 2022, Burke withdrew $350,634.23 of his deceased mother’s Social Security Retirement, Survivors and Disability (RSDI) benefits and Veterans Affairs death pension benefit pa

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United States of America v. Andrew Do

Newark, N.J. criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fraudulent Billing Practices and Kickbacks

An Orange County, California resident entered into settlement agreements with the United States resolving allegations that he violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks in exchange for the referral of certain prescriptions, Acting U.S. Attorney and Special Attorne

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Anushka Bubey, et al. v. Department of Homeland Security

Chicago, Illinois, immigration lawyers represented the Plaintiffs seeking review of adverse administrative decisions made by HHS.

Five citizens of India, who came to the United States as students with F-1 visas, returned home for short periods and sought reentry. Officials at the air- ports where they arrived revoked their visas. The officials ordered expedited removal with respect to fou

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United States of America v. Joseph Osei, a/k/a/ “Kyngjo,”

Albany, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a fraudulent scheme to obtain COVID-19 pandemic-related unemployment insurance benefits using stolen identities.

Joseph Osei, a/k/a/ “Kyngjo,” age 30, a Canadian citizen formerly of Albany, was sentenced on Tuesday to 54 months in prison for engaging in a fraudulent scheme to obtain COVID-19 pandemic-relat

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United States of America, et al. v. Amazon, Inc.

Seattle, Washington, commercial litigation lawyers represented Amazon accused of consumer fraud and abuse.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the states and territories of New York,
Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,
Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Rhode
Island, Vermont, an

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United States of America v. Michael Palleschi

New York, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Accounting Fraud

United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, announced that MICHAEL PALLESCHI, the former chairman and Chief Executive Officer of FTE Networks, Inc. (“FTE”), was sentenced today to 12 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon for leading a year

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United States of America v. Allen Brown

Augusta, GA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud conspiracy

On September 25, 2025, a Richmond County man who operated a “ghost” tax preparation business in Augusta, Georgia, has been sentenced to federal prison and ordered to pay restitution for defrauding the IRS.

Allen Brown, 41, of Augusta, Georgia, was sentenced to 46 months in prison

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United States of America v. Juan Francisco Ramirez

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Multimillion-Dollar Wire Fraud Conspiracy

The chairman of the board of Nodus International Bank (Nodus), a Puerto Rican international banking entity, pleaded guilty on Sept. 22 for his role in leading a scheme to fraudulently obtain more than $13.6 million from Nodus, which ultimately led to the bank’s failur

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United States of America v. Dr. Samuel R. Chacon

Reno, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with defrauding health care benefit programs

An OB-GYN in Reno made his initial court appearance today for allegedly defrauding health care benefit programs by submitting false claims for unnecessary gynecologic tests and surgical procedures, some resulting in serious medical complications.

According to court

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United States of America v. Raymond Marcellous Blair

Great Falls, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of wire fraud and two counts of money laundering one count of wire fraud and two counts of money laundering

A Great Falls man with prior felony convictions who lied about his income and his criminal history to obtain COVID funds was found guilty by Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris yeste

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United States of America v. Raymond Marcellous Blair

Great Falls, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and money laundering for fraudulent use of COVID funds

A Great Falls man with prior felony convictions who lied about his income and his criminal history to obtain COVID funds was found guilty by Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris yesterday, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.

Follo

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United States of America v. Malik Jones

ST. Louis, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with

U.S. District Judge Catherine D. Perry on Friday sentenced a man to 42 months in prison for orchestrating a check fraud scheme using checks that had been stolen from the mail.

Malik Jones, 28, of Berkeley, Missouri, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis in October to one count of b

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United States of America v. Keith Davenport III,

Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making false statements on federal firearms forms

The leader of a large-scale gun trafficking operation was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 72 months in prison.

Keith Davenport III, 22, of Columbus, and five others were indicted by a federal grand jury in October 2024 for conspiring to commit

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State of New York v. Gregory Mathieu

Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with o first-degree corrupting the government.

Gregory Mathieu, ate 41, of Canarsie, Brooklyn, was accused of stealing $624,000 in pension benefits.

The defendant reactivated suspended pension payments of a deceased Department of Sanitation supervisor, stealing retroactive payments of approximately $242

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United States of America v. Bill Dessaps

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of wire fraud conspiracy, two counts of wire fraud conspiracy, one count of money laundering, and one count of bank fraud

An Easton man was convicted today, following an eight-day trial of using Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds to secretly purchase a home in the name of a close relative.

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United States of America v. Susie Files

Portland, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Theft of Government Money

A Poland woman was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Portland for Social Security fraud and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) fraud.

U.S. District Judge Nancy Torresen sentenced Susie Files, 65, to 36 months of probation and ordered her to pay $165,878 i

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United States of America v. Julie Michelle Shuler, Taylor Skiey Bradham

Tallahassee, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy, Fraud, And Aggravated Identity Theft

Julie Michelle Shuler, 32, and Taylor Skiey Bradham, 26, both of Tallahassee, Florida, were sentenced to 36 months and seven months in federal prison, respectively, after previously pleading guilty in federal court to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and ag

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