| United States of America v. John O’Brien |
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John O’Brien of Masury, Ohio, engaged in a scheme with others to defraud Primary Health Network, a non-profit medical organization headquartered in Sharon, Pennsylvania, through the submission of fraudulent invoices, including from the telecommunications company O’Brien controlled. The four other defendants in the case all previously pleaded guilty, including three leaders of the organization $ (02-23-2026 - PA) |
| United States of America v. Geoffrey Magistrate |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with money laundering. The Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation (“IRS-CI”) Global Illicit Financial Team (“GIFT”) identified David Metcalf announced that Geoffrey Magistrate, 61, a current resident of Limassol, Cyprus, and a prior resident of Pennsylvania, as a corporate service provider $ (02-23-2026 - PA) |
| United States of America v. Zynex, Inc. |
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Providence, Rhode Island, quit tam lawyers represented the Defendant accused of r participating in a conspiracy to commit health care fraud, securities fraud, mail fraud, and other violations. In the Statement of Facts included in the NPA, Zynex also admits the following: Zynex fraudulently obtained millions of dollars from government and private health care payors and patients by subm $ (02-22-2026 - RI) |
| United States of America v. Michael Kirouac |
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Concord, New Hampshire, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Michael Kirouac, 38, stole over a million dollars from taxpayers amidst one of the worst health and economic crises in a century,” said U.S. Attorney Creegan. “This office will continue to vigilantly investigate and prosecute those who defraud pandemic relief programs. “The defendant misa $ (02-22-2026 - NH) |
| 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. 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. Edward Allen and Deandre Rodgers |
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Memphis, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murdering by gunshot a fellow gang member who they suspected of betraying the gang. Edward Allen, also known as E-Money, 42, and Deandre Rodgers, a.k.a. Dre, 29, both of Memphis, were high-ranking members of a criminal enterprise that controlled territory throughout the entire city of Memphis and extended beyond $ (02-16-2026 - TN) |
| 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. Bryce Hill |
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute drugs. Bryce Hill, age 28, of Seattle, Washington, was a member of the Phoenix-based Monarrez Drug Trafficking Organization—a transnational criminal organization responsible for the distribution of millions of fentanyl pills, hundreds of pounds of methamphe $ (02-12-2026 - PA) |
| 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. Juan Gomez, et al. |
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Omaha, Nebraska criminal defense lawyers represented 31 Defendants charged with conspiracy to deploy malware and steal millions of dollars from ATMs in the United States, a crime commonly referred to as “ATM jackpotting.” Fifty-six others have already been charged. Many of the defendants charged in this Homeland Security Task Force operation are Venezuelan and Colombian nationals including ill $ (02-09-2026 - NE) |
| United States of America v. Brandi Ellis |
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer Kathleen Quinn represented the Defendant Brandi Ellis who is charged with bank fraud, larceny and theft, and fraud with identification documents. Brandi Ellis, the finance director of the non-profit, and Flanders, the non-profit’s Chief Financial Officer, engaged in a scheme to issue unauthorized checks to themselves and third parties on the non-p $ (02-06-2026 - Wi) |
| 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) |
| 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. Dion Daniel |
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Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud. Dion Daniel, 36, of Kansas City, Missouri, submitted false information on applications for disaster relief loans resulting in a loss of $522,000 for the Small Business Administration (SBA). The Paycheck Protection Program ("PPP") was intended to provide financial relief to business owners dealing wi $ (01-29-2026 - KS) |
| United States of America v. Adrian Cheama |
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury. On June 16, 2025, Adrian Cheama, 37, an enrolled member of the Zuni Pueblo, stabbed an unarmed man in the abdomen with a sharp metal object without apparent provocation, then disposed of the weapon, preventing law enforcement from rec $ (01-29-2026 - NM) |
| United States of America v. Rogelio Pena |
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Tacoma, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing drugs. Rogelio Pena, 22, distributed large amounts of fentanyl pills. Rogelio Pena, 22, is one of thirteen people who was indicted in the case in May 2024. The 18-month wiretap investigation revealed that Pena was a trusted member of the conspiracy both for delivering drugs and for having access t $ (01-29-2026 - WA) |
| United States of America v. Christie Engle |
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Springfield, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with mail fraud scheme in which false documents were submitted to the Missouri Department of Revenue to obtain mechanics liens and titles for vehicles that had previously been reported stolen. Christie Engle, 49, worked as an employee for Dennis Cleveland, the owner of Affordable Towing. Cleveland directed his emp $ (01-27-2026 - MO) |
| United States of America v. Tuyet T. Martin |
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Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to obstruct justice. Tuyet T. Martin, 55, of Pelham, N.H., was charged along with her brother Dean Tran, who was charged in a 28-count federal indictment for his fraudulent collection of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance benefits and his willful omission of consulting and rental income from his tax $ (01-23-2026 - MA) |
| United States of America v. Hetzon Marroquin Reyes |
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Clarksburg, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer John Pizzo represented the Defendant charged with employing illegal aliens and tax fraud. Hetzon Maroquin Reyes, also known as “Hector,” age 41, was the owenr and operator of A&M Homes, LLC in Morgantown, West Virginia and hired and harbored illegal workers for his construction company. Reyes, a Guatemalan resident, in the United States on a $ (01-22-2026 - WV) |
| K.G.M. v. TIKTOK, Inc., e tal. |
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Los Angeles, California, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiffs product liability, tort and intentional tort theories. K.G.M. v. Snap refers to a major lawsuit where a plaintiff (K.G.M.) sued Snap Inc., alleging its social media platform was intentionally designed to be addictive, causing mental health issues, with Snap recently settling the case, while other platforms like Meta and $ (01-21-2026 - CA) |
| United States of America v. Jesse El-Ghoul |
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Worcester, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft of government money, bank fraud, and money laundering. Jesse El-Ghoul, 31, owned and operated Affordable Motor Group in Leominster, Mass. and owed back taxes for the business. On March 29, 2024, El-Ghoul deposited a tax refund check for $1,344,863, payable to Affordable Motor Group into his business b $ (01-20-2026 - MA) |
| United States of America v. Rodney Quinn Rupe |
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Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted to steal more than $2 million in tax credits and wire fraud. On April 15, 2022, Rodney Quinn Rupe, 47, of Syracuse, Utah, an employee of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, accessed the IRS systems and moved tax credits in the amount of $2,021,986 from ExxonMobil’s taxpayer account to a taxpayer acco $ (01-16-2026 - UT) |
| Dr. James Taylor, ex rel. United States of America v. Kaiser Permanente |
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San Francisco, California, qui tam lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendant on a False Claims Act violation theory. Under the Medicare Advantage (MA) Program, also known as Medicare Part C, Medicare beneficiaries may opt out of traditional Medicare and enroll in private health plans offered by insurance companies known as Medicare Advantage Organizations, or MAOs. The Centers f $556000000 (01-15-2026 - CA) |
| United States of America v. Paul Jorgensen |
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New York, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with committing securities fraud in connection with a multimillion-dollar scheme to trade in stock and options of Doximity based on inside information in advance of the company’s quarterly earnings calls. Former Chief Revenue Officer Paul Jorgensen Admits to Repeated Illegal Trading in Doximity in Advance of Quarte $ (01-09-2026 - NY) |
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