Baltimore, Maryland criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with for conspiracy to commit access device fraud.

In 2020, Idown Raji, age 40, of Baltimore, Maryland, conspired with multiple other individuals to defraud, use, and traffic in unauthorized access devices and obtain more than $900,000 in unemployment insurance and other COVID-19 related benefits. Moreover, from Oc... More...   $0 (05-23-2022 - MD)

Greenville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyers represented defendants charged with multimillion-dollar health care fraud scheme.

Peter Bolos and his co-conspirators, Michael Palso, Andrew Assad, Scott Roix, Larry Smith, Mihir Taneja, Arun Kapoor and Maikel Bolos, as well as various companies owned or controlled by some of these individuals, deceived pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), suc... More...   $0 (05-20-2022 - FN)

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud and to money laundering for masterminding a scheme to obtain 14 fraudulent loans totaling approximately $11.1 million from the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”). To date, a total of twenty-three individuals have been charged in connection with the fraudulent scheme. More...   $0 (05-20-2022 - GA)

Tallahassee, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with wire and bank fraud.

Brian Brainard Wedgeworth (a/k/a “Dr. Brian Anderson,” a/k/a “Dr. Anthony Watkins,” a/k/a “Dr. Brian Adams,” a/k/a “Dr. Edward Chen,” a/k/a “Dr. Brian Chris,” a/k/a “Dr. Chris Williamson,” a/k/a “Dr. Brian Christopher Williamson,” a/k/a “Dr. Brian Edmonds,” ... More...   $0 (05-20-2022 - FL)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyers represented defendants charged with securities fraud.

Felix Granowski, 58, of Matawan, and Alec Morgunov, 34, of Manalapan, admitted that between 2012 and 2016, they engaged in a scheme to sell high-mileage, used vehicles with false, low-mileage readings entered on the vehicles’ odometers and titles. According to court filings, the de... More...   $0 (05-20-2022 - OK)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with mail fraud.

Between June and July 2020, Amanda Fairfax, age 37, knowingly filed claims for PUA benefits on behalf of five individuals, all of which contained fraudulent statements. The U.S. Postal Service transported the resulting benefits to two addresses associated with Fairfax. In total, Fairfax fraudul... More...   $0 (05-19-2022 - PA)

Miami, Florida white collar criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant charged wit submitting false claims to Medicare for reimbursement.

The United States alleged that, from January 2016 to December 2020, VirtuOx violated the False Claims Act by falsely identifying the place of service for certain services it performed to obtain a higher rate of reimbursement from Medicare. In par... More...   $0 (05-19-2022 - FL)

Missoula, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

ennifer Don Smith, 37, was indicted for committing wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Co-defendant Michael Thomas Kullberg, 34, Smith’s husband, was indicted for theft of mail, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft on May12.

U.S. District Judge Susan... More...   $0 (05-19-2022 - MT)

San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with fraud and identity theft.

Gustavo De Avila Moreira Farinha was one of give Brazilian nationals charged with engaging in a nationwide conspiracy to establish fraudulent driver accounts with multiple internet and app-based rideshare and food delivery companies, including by using identities stolen from the cust... More...   $0 (05-18-2022 - CA)

Central Islip, New York criminal defense lawyers represented defendants charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, fraudulent use of fictitious names and aiding and abetting other mail fraud schemes.

In August 2020, Sean Novis, age 51, and Gary Denkberg, age 58, were charged with operating mass mailing fraud schemes that tricked thousands of victims, many of wh... More...   $0 (05-18-2022 - NY)

White Plains, New York criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with fraud and misbranding drugs introduced into interstate commerce.

Gabriel Letizia, Jr. pleaded guilty of defrauding customers of his consumer products testing company and causing misbranded drugs to be introduced into interstate commerce.

LETIZIA was the owner and executive director of AMA Laborator... More...   $0 (05-18-2022 - NY)

Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

Andrew Taylor Jr., 28, pleaded guilty in December 2021 to one count of wire fraud arising from a broad-based scheme to defraud the Unemployment Insurance Agencies of several states, along with numerous banks and retailers. He also pleaded guilty at that time to one count ... More...   $0 (05-16-2022 - ML)

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with wire fraud and money laundering.

Attorney Calvin Curtis, age 61, of Salt Lake City, pleaded guilty in November of 2021, to embezzling millions of dollars from clients of his estate planning law firm based in Salt Lake City, known as Calvin Curtis Attorney at Law PLLC, and Curtiselderlaw.com. By the time of hi... More...   $0 (05-16-2022 - UT)

Pekin, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with unlawfully giving back a confiscated firearm to his son.

Jeffrey Heinking was accused of giving a firearm to his son, who had been a mental health patient and who was prohibited from possessing a firearm for five years.

§ 24-1.  Unlawful use of weapons.

(a) A person commits the offense of u... More...   $0 (05-13-2022 - IL)

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

Jesmina Ramirez, 50, of Miami Gardens, laundered hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraud proceeds by cashing checks written from five fraudulent medical supply companies and returning that cash, minus a fee, to her co-conspirators. The five fraudulent medical supply companie... More...   $0 (05-13-2022 - FL)

Eugene, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with wire fraud.

Thomas Gerard Mautone, 43, formerly of Newark, New Jersey, was one of five individuals who together perpetrated a monthslong scheme to convince an elderly man to invest $1 million in a fraudulent high-yield international investment scheme. In July 2015, one of Mautone’s co-defendants, Jared Mack, 46, ... More...   $0 (05-13-2022 - OR)

New Orleans, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with mail fraud.

Donmonick Martin, age 30, of Chalmette, conspired to defraud commercial airlines through the submission of false claims for reimbursement for lost baggage. In January 2021, MARTIN’s co-conspirator Pernell Jones, Jr. (“JONES”) took a flight to New Orleans under a fictitious identity. Short... More...   $0 (05-12-2022 - LA)

New York, New York criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to provide material support or resources to Hizaballh.

Alexei Saab, age 44, received military-type training from Hezbollah Islamic Jihad Organization.

According to court documents and evidence at trial:

Hizballah is a Lebanon-based Shia Islamic organization with political, social, ... More...   $0 (05-11-2022 - NY)

Orlando, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to possess an unauthorized access device.

from at least 2015 through 2020, Jean Elie Doreus Jovin (34, of Loganville, GA.), Alessandro Doreus, (29, of Port St. Lucie, FL.), and Djouman Doreus (29, of North Miami, Fl., conspired to knowingly, and with intent to defraud, possess tens of thousands of count... More...   $0 (05-11-2022 - FL)

Miami, Florida qui tam lawyers represented the United States, which sued SHC Home Health Services-Ocala, LLC., et al. on a False Claims Act whistleblower theory claiming Defendant improperly billing the Medicare Program for home health services provided to beneficiaries living in Florida.

Signature HomeNow operated home healthcare services in Florida and its corporate headquarters are lo... More...   $2100000 (05-11-2022 - FL)

Sacramento, California criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with bank fraud scheme that sought to fraudulently eliminate home mortgages and then profit on the subsequent home sales.

On Aug. 2, 2021, a jury found James Christopher Castle, age 57, formerly of Petaluma, was found guilty of 35 counts of bank fraud. According to evidence at trial, in May 2020, Castle was extra... More...   $0 (05-10-2022 - CA)