Cleveland, Ohio criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with being a “money mule” for various financial fraud schemes that targeted individuals in the United States and elsewhere.

From June 2018 to August 2020, Deborah Anderson, 30, of Nigeria, was part of a financial fraud conspiracy that obtained money from victims through fraudulent investment opportunities, romance scams... More...   $0 (09-23-2022 - OH)

Las Vegas, Nevada criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with
conspiracy to commit mail fraud.

According to court documents and admissions made in court, Okoye conspired with others, including co-defendant Jasmine-Royshell Kanisha Black, to obtain DETR and DES debit cards by submitting fraudulent unemployment insurance claims using other peoples’ personal identifying inf... More...   $0 (09-22-2022 - NV)

New York City, New York criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with securities fraud.

From in or about 2019 through in or about 2021, Joshua Burrell, age 39, from New York City, obtained millions of dollars of investments for the Activated Tax Advantaged Opportunity Fund, LLC and Activated Capital Opportunity Zone Fund II, LLC (collectively, the “Activated OZ Funds” or the ... More...   $0 (09-21-2022 - NY)

Detroit, Michigan criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with stealing the identities of ten people to commit bank fraud.

Raynell Roberts, age 39, from Redford, Michigan robbed four banks. Roberts was previously convicted of four bank robberies back in 2008. During all of the bank robberies, Roberts threatened tellers with a firearm, even firing a pistol inside the bank durin... More...   $0 (09-20-2022 - MI)

Sioux City, Iowa criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with
Theft of Government Funds and Money Laundering Conspiracy.

At the plea hearing, Mendenhall admitted to facilitating false claims for unemployment insurance benefits, which were intended for those in need due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in the names of other people and allowing those funds to be deposited into bank a... More...   $0 (09-20-2022 - IA)

New York City, New York criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with devising a fraudulent investment scheme in which he tricked at least 60 victims into providing loans to his organization, the World Sports Alliance, tied to a purported digital coin offering called IGObit.

Asa Saint Clair, falsely represented to investors that the World Sports Alliance was a close affiliate o... More...   $0 (09-20-2022 - NY)

East St. Louis, Illinois criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with identity theft.

Kenesha Burlison, 40, of St. Louis, Missouri, was the Director of Human Relations for Call for Help, Inc. from 2016 until her termination in 2020. Call for Help is a longstanding charitable organization in East St. Louis, Illinois, that helps people overcome a variety of personal crises, rangin... More...   $0 (09-19-2022 - IL)

San Diego, California criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with
fraudulently obtaining benefits related to coronavirus pandemic

As early as July and August of 2020, Cotton submitted at least sixteen fraudulent applications for unemployment using other people’s names, dates of birth, and social security numbers. Cotton used a relative’s address to submit the fraudulen... More...   $0 (09-19-2022 - CA)

Coeur d'Alene criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with
wire fraud.

Trina Welch, age 49, of Osburn, Idaho, was employed by Kasco of Idaho, LLC as a bookkeeper from 2012 until 2019. Kasco is a construction and telecommunication company that does work in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, and Alaska. Beginning in at least 2013 and continuing until the day she was termina... More...   $0 (09-19-2022 - ID)

San Diego, California criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with
fraud scheme.

Glenn Arcaro participated participation in BitConnect, a massive fraudulent cryptocurrency investment scheme, which defrauded thousands of investors from the United States and abroad.According to court documents, Glenn Arcaro, 44, conspired with others to exploit investor interest in cryptocurr... More...   $0 (09-16-2022 - CA)

Raleigh, North Carolina criminal law lawyers represented Defendants charged with violating the False Claims Act.

A jury found Chad Cline and BJ Trucking Company, Inc. liable for $1,679,086 worth of unauthorized fuel purchases under United States Postal Service contracts, in violation of the False Claims Act. The jury also found that while BJ Trucking was insolvent and owed a substantial ... More...   $0 (09-16-2022 - NC)

Brooklyn, New York criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with money laundering for his role as the owner and operator of a voice over internet protocol (VoIP) company that facilitated and profited from the introduction of fraudulent robocall traffic into the United States.

Jon J. Kahen, 48, of Great Neck, New York, was the owner and chief executive officer of Global Voicecom ... More...   $0 (09-16-2022 - NY)

Atlanta, Georgia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with identity theft.

Shenita Daniel and Wayne A. Lowe, Jr., were indicted for allegedly using numerous stolen identities to fraudulently claim Unemployment Insurance (“UI”) benefits under fictitious employer accounts registered with the Georgia Department of Labor. The scheme resulted in the fraudulent payment of more ... More...   $0 (09-14-2022 - GA)

Texarkana, Texas criminal law lawyer represented Defendants charged with Federal Bribery and Conspiracy Scheme.

Jeffrey Harrison, 44, of Texarkana, a former RRAD vendor, pleaded guilty on May 18, 2021, to bribing Jimmy Scarbrough, a former RRAD official, and was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison today by U.S. District Judge Robert W. Schroeder, III. Harrison was also ordered to fo... More...   $0 (09-13-2022 - TX)

San Francisco, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with engaging in a multi-million dollar Mortgage Fraud Scheme orchestrated a complex loan fraud and identity theft conspiracy

Mark Hicks admitted to being at the center of a conspiracy in which he directed a team of criminals who stole approximately $2 million from banks and lending institutions. Specifically,... More...   $0 (09-13-2022 - CA)

Richmond, Virginia criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with defrauding the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) Program, the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program, using victims’ personal identifying information that she obtained from her state government employment.

In the first of three fraud schemes, from May 2020 to Augu... More...   $0 (09-13-2022 - VA)

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with:
Conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

According to court documents, beginning in 2016 through May 2021, Olumide Obidare, 29, and Stephen Oseghale, 29, conspired with each other to use fictitious and stolen identities to engage in business email compromise (BEC) fraud schemes and pursue ... More...   $0 (09-12-2022 - )

Akron, Ohio criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with his role in an international criminal network engaged in a wide-ranging online auction fraud scheme that targeted victims in the Northern District of Ohio and elsewhere in the United States.

From July 2008 through August 2020, Costel Alecu, age 38, of Bucharest, Rominia and codefendant Madalin Ghinea, 35, of Alexandria, Roman... More...   $0 (09-12-2022 - OH)

Syracuse, New York criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud and filing false tax returns.

Glen Zinszer, age 52, of Liverpool, New York, admitted that he began operating the Brazzlebox company in 2012, which he represented to investors would be like Facebook for business. Beginning in April 2013 and continuing until approximately the summer of 2016, Zinszer made false ... More...   $0 (09-12-2022 - NY)

Memphis, Tennessee criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with fabrication of discharge monitoring reports required under the Clean Water Act and the submission of those fraudulent documents to state regulators in Tennessee and Mississippi.

DiAne Gordon, age 61, of Memphis, Tennessee, was the co-owner and chief executive officer of Environmental Compliance and Testing (ECT). ECT ... More...   $0 (09-12-2022 - TN)