| United States of America v. Kristin Renee Zelonish Edwards |
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Mizzoula, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud. he government alleged in court documents and at trial that Kristin Edwards defrauded Glacier Bank of over $170,000 by depositing 12 fraudulent savings bonds at four different bank branches in Northwest Montana. Edwards traveled from California to Montana to deposit the savings bonds, making four trips $ (02-18-2026 - MI) |
| United States of America v. Andrew Warner and Kishore Vangipuram |
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New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit securities and wire fraud. The Government alleges that Andrew Warner and Kishore Vangipuram, inflated Mobileum’s key financial metrics in advance of the company’s 2022 sale to an investment firm at an enterprise value of $915 million. Mobileum declared bankruptcy in 2024, after the $ (02-17-2026 - NY) |
| United States of America v. Daren Li |
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Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with International Money Laundering. Daren Li, 42, is a fugitive after cutting off his ankle electronic monitoring device and absconding in December 2025. He was sentenced by United States District Judge R. Gary Klausner, who will determine restitution at a later date. Li pleaded guilty in November 2024 to one $ (02-17-2026 - CA) |
| United States of America v. Donnita Wilson, Aariel Matthews, Raul Tellez Ojeda, Lazaro Alejandro Castello Rojas, and Robert Danger Correa |
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Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with mail fraud and honest services mail fraud. Donnita Wilson, 32; Aariel Matthews, 27; Raul Tellez Ojeda, 32; Lazaro Alejandro Castello Rojas, 37; and Robert Danger Correa, 41; were charged with Mail Fraud (14 counts), Mail Fraud Conspiracy (one count), Honest Services Mail Fraud (14 counts), Honest Services Mail $ (02-14-2026 - KY) |
| United States of America v. Mark Janbakhsh |
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Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Mark Janbakhsh, 51, of Brentwood, Tennessee, was with multiple multiple federal fraud charges, including Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud, Bank Fraud, Making False Statements to a Bank, Bankruptcy Fraud, and Making False Statements Under Oath Three other co-conspirators, each of $ (02-16-2026 - TN) |
| United States of America v. Matheus Duarte, Hari Vamsi Anne, Sayee Chaitanya Reddy Devagiri, Manaswi Mandadapu, and Tyler Thomas Bottenhorn, |
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San Jose, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with From November 2020 to February 2021, Matheus Duarte, 30, a Brazilian national residing in Hayward, Calif.; Hari Vamsi Anne, 31, of Cypress, Texas; Sayee Chaitanya Reddy Devagiri, 31, of Newport Beach, Calif.; Manaswi Mandadapu, 31, of Irvine, Calif.; and Tyler Thomas Bottenhorn, 30, of Dixon, Calif., worked $ (02-14-2026 - CA) |
| United States of America v. Jed Wood, Joshua Link, Tia Link, Taylor Bang, Royana Thompson |
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Fort Worth, Texas, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from an unlawful activity. Jed Wood of Fort Worth, Texas, charged with three counts of wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and one count of money laundering involving wiring more than $ (02-15-2026 - TX) |
| United States of America v. Eugene Christopher Acuff |
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Statesville, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with mail fraud. Gene Christopher Acuff, 62, was employed as a senior manager by Company A, a large retailer with stores throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico. As part of his duties, Acuff was responsible for reviewing property tax assessments on Company A’s stores and retaining real estate appra $ (02-14-2026 - NC) |
| U.S. ex rel. Downs v. Insect Shield LLC, et al. |
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Charlotte, North Carolina, qui tam lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a False Claims Act violation theory. The United States filed its complaint-in-intervention in December 2023 alleging that Insect Shield LLC, located in North Carolina, and the Estate of Richard Lane, a co-founder and co-owner of Insect Shield, a subcontractor to multiple defense contractors who manufacture Army unif $ (02-14-2026 - NC) |
| United States of America v. Isidro Arcenio Alvarado |
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Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with naturalization fraud. Alvarado confessed to having knowingly made materially false statements under oath and penalty of perjury on his naturalization application and during a naturalization interview with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS). He answered “No” to the following questions “Wer $ (02-14-2026 - NC) |
| United States of America v. Samer Kammo |
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Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a multi-million-dollar Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) fraud scheme. Samer Kammo, 46, and his co-conspirators tried to cheat the system by exploiting a federal relief program meant to help Americans in need. Let this case send a clear message: crime does not pay,” said Jennifer Runyan, Special Agent in C $ (02-13-2026 - MI) |
| United States of America v. Edilberto Torrez, Jr. |
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Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with smuggling goods into the United States and illegal possession of a machineguns. 18 U.S.C. 545, which provides: Whoever knowingly and willfully, with intent to defraud the United States, smuggles, or clandestinely introduces or attempts to smuggle or clandestinely introduce into the United States any merchand $ (02-11-2026 - OK) |
| United States of America v. Sylvester Green Bryd |
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Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of first-degree grand theft and over 50 counts of fraudulent use or possession of personal identification information. Sylvester Green Byrd, 35, accused of stealing U.S. Treasury checks. $ (02-13-2026 - FL) |
| United States of America v. Burhan Mirza and Kashif Iqbal |
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Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with health care fraud and money laundering. In 2023 and 2024, BURHAN MIRZA and KASHIF IQBAL, along with several co-schemers, used nominee-owned laboratories and durable medical equipment providers to submit fraudulent claims to Medicare and private healthcare benefit programs for items and services that were not prov $ (02-13-2026 - IL) |
| United States of America v. Jingui Liu |
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New Orleans, Louisiana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of fraudulent immigration documents. $ (02-11-2026 - LA) |
| United States of America v. Braden John Karony |
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Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to commit mail fraud, and interstate commerce money laundering. Braden John Karony, the Chief Executive Officer of SafeMoon US LLC, a digital asset company registered in Utah (SafeMoon) lied to investors from all walks of life—including military veterans and h $ (02-11-2026 - NY) |
| United States of America v. Dennis Condron |
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Springfield, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making fraudulent and false statements. Over a three-year period, in addition to depositing customer payments to his company, D Condron Construction, Dennis Condron, 76, of Cheshire, hid over half a million dollars in customer checks by cashing them and diverting them to his personal accounts. When Condro $ (02-10-2026 - ma) |
| United States of America v. Jalen Jace Cancel |
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Muskogee, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and money laundering. Jalen Jace Cancel, age 25, of Chicago, Illinois, conspired with others to obtain money from area businesses through materially false and fraudulent pretenses. According to investigators, the businesses received emails claiming to be from legitimate vendors with instructions to wi $ (02-10-2026 - OK) |
| United States of America v. Benedicta Okunlola |
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Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Benedicta Okunlola, 32, of Salt Lake City, used her position as a Merchant Growth Specialist to issue 2,343 prepaid gift cards to herself, her online art business, and family members. In her role, she had access to her company’s credit card for marketing promotions and incentives and was the only $ (02-10-2026 - UT) |
| United States of America v. Natasha Harris-Johnson |
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Paducah, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with false claims and wire fraud. Natasha Harris-Johnson, 52, of Paducah, filed eight tax returns for the 2018 and 2019 tax years on behalf of trusts she created, altogether demanding nearly $30 million in tax refunds she was not entitled to. Harris-Johnson also filed a fraudulent application with the Small Business A $ (02-06-2026 - KY) |
| United States of America v. Mark Janbakhsh |
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Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud, Bank Fraud, Making False Statements to a Bank, Bankruptcy Fraud, and Making False Statements Under Oath. Mark Janbakhsh, 51, of Brentwood, Tennessee, was the chief executive officer and majority owner of a car dealership company named Auto Masters. In addition to Auto Masters, J $ (02-06-2026 - TN) |
| United States of America v. Amanda Kate Walker Bass |
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Memphis, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with to one count of wire fraud and one count of fraudulent use of military medals, otherwise known as “Stolen Valor.” Amanda Kate Walker Bass, 36, of Fayette County, claimed to be a multiple-time deployed U.S. Marine Corps veteran who was the lone survivor of an enemy ambush in Afghanistan in 2010 that left her $ (02-06-2026 - TN) |
| United States of America v. Robin Black |
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Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraudulent activity involving food stamps and identity theft. Robin Black, age 64, is accused of working with others from 2023 to 2025 to buy, use, and sell other people’s SNAP benefits. Police say he would purchase SNAP benefits and account numbers for about half their value, use the benefits at stores, then res $ (02-05-2026 - OK) |
| Janice Steidley, David Iski, and Bryce Lair v. John Singer |
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Claremore, Oklahoma, personal injury lawyers represented the Defendants on defamation theories (Libel/Slander). On May 22, 2013, Singer filed grievance forms with the Oklahoma Bar Association against Steidley, Iski, Lair, and three other district attorneys from District 12. He attached to the grievances a 28-page document outlining his complaints about the district attorneys and a CD of materia $ (01-25-2026 - OK) |
| United States of America v. Leonardo Ayala |
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Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer Stephen Natoli represented the Defendant charged with money laundering and bank bribery. From June 2023 to November 2023, Leonado Ayala, 25, of Homestead, Florida, then a TD Bank employee in Doral, Florida, accepted bribes and leveraged his position to facilitate a money laundering network’s expatriation of over $5.5 million from the United States $ (02-02-2026 - NJ) |
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