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)

New York, New York criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with failure to maintain an effective anti-money laundering program in violation of the Bank Secrecy Act as part of a scheme to bring lucrative and high-risk international financial business to a small, unsophisticated credit union.

From 2014 to 2016, Hanan Ofer, 69, of New York City, operated the New York State Employees Fe... More...   $0 (09-13-2022 - OK)

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)

Miami, Florida criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with involuntary manslaughter.

ChristopherJones, 58, and AlisonGracey, 55, owned the Key Largo Scuba Shack, LLC, a business that operated charter scuba diving trips in the Florida Keys from approximately June 2010 to December 2011. They operated a 24.8-foot vessel named the M/V Get Wet as part of the business. On December 18, ... More...   $0 (09-09-2022 - FL)

New York City, New York criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with bank fraud and money laundering.

Natalia Korzha and Vladislav Neceaev conspired to commit bank fraud in connection with a scheme to launder money derived from an online vehicle sale scam that generated at least $5.3 million from dozens of defrauded consumers.

U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: “Natali... More...   $0 (09-07-2022 - NY)

Pocatello Idaho criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with Trafficking Fentanyl in Eastern Idaho

According to court records, Lopez was arrested on July 19, 2021, after detectives with the BADGES Task Force conducted an investigation and found a bag containing 1,694 pills that tested positive for fentanyl in Lopez’s vehicle during a traffic stop. The approximate street value of t... More...   $0 (09-02-2022 - ID)

Alexandria, Virginia criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with aiding and abetting the transportation of a woman for purposes of prostitution.

From 2009 to 2010, Ramon Raudel Campos Murillo, 45, of Michoacan, Mexico, along with other individuals, conspired to operate a sex trafficking organization. In 2010, he aided and abetted those who drove a young woman from Maryland to loca... More...   $0 (09-02-2022 - VA)

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with 15 counts of mail fraud, four counts of aggravated identity theft, one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit aggravated identity theft.

Mensah and Opare were involved in an international scheme in which co-conspirators, often located in Ghana, would steal victims’ identit... More...   $0 (09-02-2022 - PA)

Shreveport, Louisiana criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with making false statements to a federal agency.

In March 2020 Congress enacted the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act which was designed to provide emergency financial assistance to the millions of Americans who were suffering the economic effects caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of the CA... More...   $0 (09-01-2022 - LA)

Baltimore, Maryland criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraud based on a business email compromise scheme ("BEC scheme").

A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging four defendants with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, and aggravated identity theft. Charged in the indictment are:

Raissa Kaossele, age 22, of Baltimore, Maryland;

D... More...   $0 (09-01-2022 - MD)

Houston, Texas personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendant on a product liability theory.

Roundup is an herbicide used to kill weeds. Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Roundup. In 1985, the Environmental Protection Agency briefly classified glyphosate as a possible human carcinogen after a study found that “glyphosate was oncogenic in male mice.” Since then... More...   $0 (08-31-2022 - TX)

Seattle, Washington criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with international Drug Trafficking.

One of the leaders of a violent international drug trafficking organization that distributed heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine in the Puget Sound region pleaded guilty Monday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Seattle. Jose Elias Barbosa, 37, of Kent, Washington, faces a mandatory ... More...   $0 (08-30-2022 - WA)

Indianapolis, Indiana criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with mail fraud, use of a fictitious name in furtherance of mail fraud, conspiracy to commit mail fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

In 2018, an international group of scammers working with Edwin Agbi, age 29, of Indianapolis, created fake profiles on OurTime, an online dating service designed for adults o... More...   $0 (08-25-2022 - IN)

Louisville, Kentucky civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendants claiming that they were discrminated against because of their race.


BLK is a trucking company that has terminals at the Chicago O'Hare International Airport and Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport. [DE 19]. Garrett is the president and owner of BLK. [Id.]. Lindsey, Garrett's wife, is an em... More...   $0 (08-25-2022 - KY)

Missoula, Montana criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with transporting illegal aliens.

Miguel Angel Medina, 62, of Seattle, Washington, and Leslie Patricia Rivera, age 51, also from Seattle, on Aug. 23 transported illegal aliens who crossed into the United States through a remote area in Lincoln County. Montana.

“Rivera and Medina, motivated by money, transported six... More...   $0 (08-24-2022 - MT)

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in a contract and arbitration dispute case.

Courts will disturb an arbitration award only in limited
circumstances, but those circumstances do occasionally arise.
Under the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”), a court may, for
example, vacate an award that was procured by fraud, and
fraud is exactly ... More...   $0 (08-22-2022 - PA)

Plaintiff Crawford: Jordan-A brings this action to declare that he is a member of the Yamassee Native Americans of the Creek Nation; that as a tribal member, he is not a citizen of the United States, of any State, or of any local municipality; that he is governed by divine law and not the man-made laws of any nation, State, or municipality; and that therefore any documents, contracts, or instrumen... More...   $0 (08-19-2022 - MO)

Fort Lauderdale, Florida criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with lottery fraud.

Greg Warren Clarke, 29, of Montego Bay, Jamaica, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud for his role in a Jamaica-based fraudulent lottery scheme that convinced American victims – many of whom were elderly – to pay money to collect fictitious lottery winnings. An... More...   $0 (08-19-2022 - FL)

New York City, New York criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiring to traffic in millions of dollars in rhinoceros horns and elephant ivory, both endangered wildlife species, which involved the illegal poaching of more than approximately 35 rhinoceros and more than 100 elephants.

Mozsu Kromah, a/k/a “Ayoub,” a/k/a “Ayuba,” a/k/a “Kampala Man," pled guilty to... More...   $0 (08-18-2022 - NY)

Miami, Florida civil litigation lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant.

John Annesser, a partner and shareholder of the law firm Annesser Armenteros, PLLC, appeals the trial court's denial of his motion for costs and fees following dismissal of a complaint in which he was named as a defendant. As explained below, we affirm as to the denial of fees, but reverse and remand as to... More...   $0 (08-17-2022 - FL)

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering.

According to United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam, Nneji conspired with his codefendant brother, Chima Nneji, codefendant Alex Mgbolu, and other unnamed individuals between July 2002 and May 2010, to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, and money... More...   $0 (08-14-2022 - PA)