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United States of America v. Robert L. Pryor, Elaine Pryor and Joshua L. Pryor

Memphis, Tennessee criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with preparing and filing false tax returns.

Robert L. Pryor, 46, Elaine Pryor, 43, and Joshua L. Pryor, 44, have been sentenced for preparing and filing false tax returns under the business name Better Dayz Tax Services, LLC. United States Attorney Kevin Ritz announced the sentences today.

According to informat

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The State of Texas v. Robert Michael Gault

Dallas, Texas – Criminal Defense lawyer represented defendant with a felony offense of murder charge.



On February 13, 2022, officers from the Jersey Village Police Department
were dispatched to an apartment complex related to a shooting. When they arrived,
the officers found the deceased body of an adult ma

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United States of America v. Michael Goldner

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged for his scheme to use his cash and his employer’s business bank accounts to hide his actual income and assets and therefore avoid paying his legitimate tax obligations.

In June 2022, the defendant, Michael Goldner, age 52, from Paoli, Pennsylvania, was convicted after trial of tax evasion and failing to file t

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United States of America v. Lorraine Pilitz, a/k/a Lorraine Christi, a/k/a Lorraine Storms

Central Islip, New York criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with illegally structuring financial transactions, corruptly obstructing the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and filing false tax returns.

“For years the defendant (Lorraine Pilitz, age 64) thought she could get away with hiding substantial amounts of cash and income, impeding the Internal Revenue Service, and ch

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United States of America v. Edward F. Ziegler II

New Haven, Connecticut criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraud and tax offenses stemming from a 15-year embezzlement scheme.

Edward F. Ziegler, II, age 63, of Bridgton, Maine, was employed as the office manager for a small, family-owned business, identified in court documents in “Company A,” based in Berlin, Connecticut. In approximately 2006, Ziegler opened a ba

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United States of America v. Thomas Addaquay

Atlanta, Georgia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with tax refund fraud scheme, including conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, money laundering conspiracy, and money laundering.

“Thomas Addaquay and his co-defendants used the personal information of taxpayers to enrich themselves,” said U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan. “Many of Addaquay’s victims testified

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United States of America v. Ricky Gonzales

Tampa, Florida criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to defraud the United States.

Ricky Gonzales owned and managed a construction company that purported to supply construction services and labor for construction contractors and subcontractors. In order to comply with Florida law, the company that Gonzales operated was requ

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United States of America v. Luke Joselin

Miami, Florida criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with committing PPP fraud.

Luke Joselin, 36, of Coral Springs, Florida, and his co-conspirators, Judlex Jean Louis and Renaldo Harrison, flooded online loan processors with multiple fraudulent PPP loan applications. They used increasingly brazen tactics and sought more and more money as the scheme progressed.

Joseli

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United States of America v. Debra Campbell

Denver, Colorado criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud and subscribing to a false tax return.

From 2009 through April 2018, Debra Campbell, age 66, from Grand Junction, Colorado, owned and operated a company called A Better Alternative Management (ABAM), which was hired by homeowners’ associations (HOAs) to manage their finances. Campbell had access to, and s

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United States of America v. Robert L. Pryor, Elaine Pryor, and Joshua L. Pryor

Memphis, Tennessee criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with preparing and filing false tax returns under the business name Better Dayz Tax Services, LLC.

Robert L. Pryor, age 46, owned a tax-preparation business, Better Dayz Tax Services, LLC, in Memphis, Tennessee. His wife Elaine Pryor, age 43, and his brother Joshua L. Pryor, age 43, also worked at Better Dayz. He and h

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United States of America v. Industrial Equipment and Supply Company, LLC (IESC), Mark Nystoriak and Sandra Nystoriak

Albany, New York civil litigation lawyers represented Defendants accused of violating the False Claims Act.

Industrial Equipment and Supply Company, LLC (IESC) and its principals, Mark Nystoriak and Sandra Nystoriak, of Latham, New York have agreed to pay $75,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act for selling counterfeit batteries to the federal government on a

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United States of America v. Jebara Igbara, a/k/a Jay Mazini

Brooklyn, New York criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud, wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering.

Jebara Igbara, also known as “Jay Mazini,” age 27, from Edgewater, New Jersey, pleaded guilty in federal court in Brooklyn to a three count information charging him with wire fraud, wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering. As set forth in the informa

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United States of America v. Adedayo Ilori

New York, New York criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with engaging in a fraudulent scheme to obtain more than $10 million in government-guaranteed loans designed to provide relief to small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

From at least in or about August 2020 through at least in or about October 2021, Adedayo ILORI and his co-defendant, Chris Recamier, engaged in

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United States of America v. David Wright

Houston, Texas criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraudulently filing tax returns from 2014 to 2017.

David Wright and his employees prepared and submitted 43 fraudulent tax returns for 16 clients. They consistently used false Schedule C Business Income or Loss deductions to inflate tax refunds for clients.

They included fake expenses such as advertising, vehic

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United States of America v. Billy Joe Taylor

Fort Smith, Arkansas criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud and money laundering.

Billy Joe Taylor, 43, admitted that from approximately November 2017 through approximately May 2021, he and his co-conspirators submitted and received payment for thousands of Medicare claims totaling millions of dollars for lab tests that had never been

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United States of America v. Bradley C. Reifler

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

Bradley C. Reifler, 62, of New York, was the CEO and founder of Forefront Capital Holdings and was responsible for investing approximately $34 million of the insurance company’s assets according to guidelines contained in a trust agreement and investment advisor agreement. Rather than investing the ass

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United States of America v. Honeywell International, Inc.

Washington, DC: civil litigation lawyers represented Defendant accused of violating the False Claims Act by selling defective material for bullet proof vests used by law enforcement officers.

The United States alleged that, between 2000 and 2005, Honeywell sold its patented Z Shield material to Armor Holdings, a bullet proof vest manufacturer, despite Honeywell knowing that Z Shield degr

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United States of America v. Anthony Woodley

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with illegal possession of a firearm.

Anthony Woodley was arrested and charged after he attacked his pregnant girlfriend, threatened her with a gun, and strangled her.

Woodley's possession of a firearm violated 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1), which provides:

(g) It shall be unlawful for any person—

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United States of America v. Brijonre Hamilton

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with violating 28 U.S.C. 924, which provides:

(a)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, subsection (b), (c), (f), or (p) of this section, or in section 929, whoever—

(A) knowingly makes any false statement or representation with respect to the information required by this chapter to be kept

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United States of America v. Robert Lee Fisher

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with


Robert Lee Fisher, 49, of Yukon, Oklahoma, was sentenced on October 11, 2022, to 14 months in federal prison. According to public record, Fisher had an active victim’s protection order (VPO) and a conviction for domestic assault and battery; he was inside a bedroom he shared with his girlfriend and in p

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Carolyn Grace Riley v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas

San Antonio, Texas insurance law lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a breach of contract theory claiming to have been wrongfully denied employee benefits under E.R.I.S.A.

29 U.S.C. §1001. Congressional findings and declaration of policy

(a) Benefit plans as affecting interstate commerce and the Federal taxing power

The Congress finds that the growth in

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United States of America v. Brett Leonza Freeman

Martinsburg, West Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute drugs.

Brett Leonza Freeman, 38, from Wiley Ford, West Virgina, pleaded guilty to one count of “Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and to Distribute Cocaine Hydrochloride and Cocaine Base.” Freeman admitted to working with others to sell cocain

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United States of America v. Trevor Dean Williams

Huntington, West Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.

On May 19, 2022, law enforcement officers responded to Tevor Dean Williams’ Huntington residence after a home alarm system alerted 911. Officer observed suspected drug paraphernalia including a blender containing a powder substance, needles and torn plastic bags as well as am

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United States of America v. Melvin Theophilius Hill

Huntington, West Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.

On May 2, 2022, law enforcement officers conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle driven by Hill near 13th Street and Ninth Avenue in Huntington. Officers searched the vehicle and found a loaded FN 509 9mm handgun in the passenger seat rear pocket. Melvin Theophilius Hil

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Matheus Plazzi, et al. v. Fedex Ground Package System, Inc.

Boston, Massachusetts employment law lawyers represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendant on Wage and Hour Act violation theories.

Matheus Plazzi, Joshua Prescott, and Tulio Brito Costa ("Plaintiffs") worked as delivery drivers for Eloah Delivery ("Eloah"), a service provider for FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. ("FedEx"). Plaintiffs allege that their supervisor told them he was withholding

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