Denver, Colorado hate crime charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Richard Holzer, age 28, who was charged with attempting to obstruct persons in the enjoyment of their free exercise of religious beliefs, through force, attempting to use an explosive or fire, attempting to damage and destroy a building used in interstate commerce by means of fire and explosives and use of fire and/o... More...   $0 (02-27-2021 - CO)

Houston, Texas Ponzi scheme charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Leroy King, 74, of Dickerson Bay, Antigua, was charge with one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice and one count of obstruction of justice for his role in obstructing the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigation into SIB.

He was extradited to the United States in November 2019. King is a d... More...   $0 (02-25-2021 - TX)

Miami, Florida human smuggling conspiracy charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Sri Kajamukam Chelliah, aka Mohan, a/k/a Richie, who was charged with his role in a scheme to smuggle aliens from Sri Lanka through the Caribbean and into the United States.

Sri Kajamukam Chelliah, aka Mohan, aka Richie, 55, of Sri Lanka, admitted to conspiring with others to facilitate the tra... More...   $0 (02-25-2021 - FL)

Los Angeles, California campaign law violation criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant, Imaad Shah Zuberi, 50, of Arcadia, California, who was with violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) by making false statements on a FARA filing, tax evasion, and making illegal campaign contributions. In June 2020, Zuberi pleaded guilty in a separate case to one count of obstruction of justi... More...   $0 (02-19-2021 - CA)

Sherman, Texas car truck wreck personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, Cheryl F. MacDonald, who sued Transplace International, Inc. and Celtic International, LLC on personal injury, auto negligence and responseat superior theories claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in damages and/or injuries as a direct result of an accident caused by one of Defendant's drivers.... More...   $0 (02-18-2021 - TX)

Newport News, Virginia computer intrusion fraud charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Obinwanne Okeke, who was charged for his involvement in a computer-based intrusion fraud scheme that caused approximately $11 million in known losses to his victims.

“Through subterfuge and impersonation, Obinwanne Okeke engaged in a multi-year global business email and computer hacking... More...   $0 (02-17-2021 - VA)

New York, New York money laundering charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Amit Agarwal, the operator of an international wholesale consumer electronics business based in New Jersey, was charged with conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmission business that operated primarily between Colombia and the United States.

Miguel Cespedes, Omar Mogollon, Luis Felipe G... More...   $0 (02-16-2021 - NY)

Boston, Massachusetts car wreck personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, Joanne Pritts, who sued Best Western International Inc. doing business as Best Western of Bordentown, New Jersey on a personal injury negligence theory claiming to have suffered $500,000 in injuries and/or damages in an accident caused by one or more of Defendant's employees.

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Atlanta, Georgia telephone scam charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Karla Suzanne Spiker, who was charged with laundering money for an international telephone scam.

According to Acting U.S. Attorney Erskine, the charges and other information presented in court: Spiker worked as a money launderer for scammers, who are believed to be located in India. Typically, the sc... More...   $0 (02-13-2021 - GA)

Charlotte, NC - Money laundering charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Aleksandr Musienko, 38, of Odessa, Ukraine, partnered with Eastern European computer hackers to obtain over $3 million from U.S. victims’ bank accounts and launder the stolen funds from U.S. bank accounts overseas. Musienko’s partners in the scheme hacked and stole information from victims in the United Stat... More...   $0 (02-12-2021 - NC)

Muskogee, OK - Drug conspiracy charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Lilliana Alvarez Soto, age 22, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma who was charged with Drug Conspiracy in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 846.

The Indictment alleged that beginning on November 4, 2016 and continuing until on or about the date of Indictment, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma ... More...   $0 (02-11-2021 - OK)

Minneapolis, Minnesota felony firearm possession criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Andrew Albert Comeaux, age 38, who was charged with once count of felony in possession of a firearm.

According to COMEAUX’s guilty plea and documents filed with the court, on June 15, 2020, multiple law enforcement agencies executed a search warrant at COMEAUX’s residence. During the search... More...   $0 (02-09-2021 - MN)

Des Moines, Iowa computer hacking charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Rachel Manna, age 33, of West Des Moines, was acquainted with Danielle Taff, who was employed as a contractor paralegal by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa. Taff was assigned to the office’s Civil Division, where she worked exclusively on matters related to civil forfeiture and ... More...   $0 (02-06-2021 - IA)

Houston, Texas embezzlement criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Robert Andrew Bishop, who was charged with embezzling over $2 million from a local oil services company.

Bishop was the vice president of resource management at International Professional Management (IPM), an oil services company located in Houston. As part of his duties, he was in charge of securing short term loa... More...   $0 (02-05-2021 - TX)

New York, New York investment advisor fraud criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, David Hu, who was charged with investment adviser fraud, securities fraud, and wire fraud.

According to the allegations contained in the Information and based on statements made in Manhattan federal court:

Background of IIG

HU and a co-conspirator (“CC-1â... More...   $0 (02-01-2021 - )

Miami, Florida money laundering charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Armengol Alfonso Cevallos Diaz, age 58, who was charged with bribery and money laundering scheme that funneled bribes to then-public officials of Empresa Pública de Hidrocarburos del Ecuador (PetroEcuador), the state-owned and state-controlled oil company of Ecuador.

According to his plea, Armengol Alfo... More...   $0 (01-28-2021 - FL)

New Haven, Connecticut death threat charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Gary Joseph Gravelle, who was charged with making numerous hoax threats, and for violating the conditions of his supervised release that followed his earlier federal convictions for sending threatening communications.

According to court documents and statements made in court, on July 19, 2013, Gravel... More...   $0 (01-28-2021 - CT)

Martinsburg, West Virginia international kidnapping charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Elizabeth Jo Shirley, who was charged with unlawfully retaining documents containing national defense information and international parental kidnapping.

Shirley, 47, pleaded guilty to one count of willful retention of national defense information and one count of international parent... More...   $0 (01-26-2021 - WV)

Los Angeles, CA - False imprisonment criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Johnathon Lomeli, a former Transportation Security Administration agent, was charged with false imprisonment for tricking a traveler into showing her breasts as she went through security at Los Angeles International Airport.

On or about June 10, 2019, in the County ofLos Angeles, defendant JOHNATHON LOMELI... More...   $0 (01-24-2021 - CA)

Des Moines, Iowa mail fraud charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Jeffrey Scott Dworek, age 55, formerly from the Des Moines area, was charged with fraudulently stealing $1.6 million from the Metro Waste Authority (MWA).

Jeff Dworek served as the Director of Operations at MWA. Over the course of nearly five years, Dworek stole money from MWA. Dworek created a front compan... More...   $0 (01-18-2021 - IA)

New York, New York money laundering charged criminal defense lawyer represented Sefira Capital LLC (“Sefiraâ€�) and 31 subsidiary corporations, which own high-end commercial and residential real estate throughout the United States. The Government’s complaint, which was filed on January 8, 2021, alleged that the defendant corporations accepted millions of dollars of narcotics proceeds launder... More...   $0 (01-14-2021 - NY)

Honolulu, Hawaii criminal trespassing charge lawyer represented Nicholas R. Ochs who was charged with Unlawful Entry into Restricted Buildings or Grounds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1752(a).

The defendant was arrested last evening in Honolulu, Hawaii, at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport.

According to court filings, the charge stems from Och... More...   $0 (01-09-2021 - HI)

New York, New York computer hacking charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Andrei Tyurin, a/k/a "Andrei Tiurin", who was charged with computer intrusion, wire fraud, bank fraud, and illegal online gambling offenses in connection with his involvement in a massive computer hacking campaign targeting U.S. financial institutions, brokerage firms, financial news publishers, and other Ame... More...   $0 (01-08-2021 - NY)

Laredo, TX - Conspiracy to bring an Alien to the United States criminal defense lawyer represented defendant.

Moktar Hossain admitted that from March 2017 to August 2018, he conspired to bring, and did bring, Bangladeshi nationals to the United States at the Texas border in exchange for payment. Hossain operated out of Monterrey, Mexico, where he maintained a hotel that housed aliens on t... More...   $0 (01-08-2021 - TX)