Knoxville, TN: Align Health and Holistic Medical Center, Inc. and Align Health Management, Inc., (collectively “Align”), Eric Anderson, P.A. d/b/a Anderson Chiropractic Clinic (“Anderson Chiropractic”), their owners and a former employee agreed to pay $163,400 to resolve allegations that they knowingly and improperly billed Medicare for electro-acupuncture using peri-auricular stimulation... More...   $0 (09-26-2021 - TN)

East St. Louis, IL: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with mail fraud.

Timothy P. Mayer, 42, of Waterloo, Ill., was indicted for defrauding his former employer, Jung Truck Service (“Jung
Truck”) of Mascoutah, Ill., out of more than $600,000.

In addition to operating its own trucks and warehouse facilities, Jung Truck also provides
maintenance ser... More...   $0 (09-24-2021 - IL)

Sherman, TX: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion.

Daniel Bennett, 38, was indicted for transportation of an individual in interstate commerce, knowing they would engage in illegal sex.

“We know human trafficking is basically modern-day slavery and the victims often feel they have no way out,” said Acting U.S... More...   $0 (09-24-2021 - TX)

Baltimore, MD: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to murder a witness and wi... More...   $0 (09-23-2021 - MD)

Abingdon, VA: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to receive and pay kickback... More...   $0 (09-23-2021 - VA)

Tulsa, OK - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.More...   $0 (09-22-2021 - ok)

Rochester, NY: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

Brian Bartz, 39, of Rochester, NY, was charged wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for, over a five year period,
selling and servicing policies and receiving commissions and bonuses for selling such policies. In connection with his employment, Bartz submitted appro... More...   $0 (09-22-2021 - NY)

Newark, NJ: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with illegal interstate sale of carving made of sperm whale ivory.

Richard Gontarek, 55, of Woodbridge, New Jersey, was charged with two counts of violating the Lacey Act, by selling to a buyer in Pennsylvania carvings made of sperm whale ivory that Gontarek should have known were possessed in violation of New Jersey State ... More...   $0 (09-22-2021 - NJ)

Detroit, MI: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with health care fraud.

Dr. Francis Patino, M.D., a/k/a Frank Pation, age 66, was indicted for masterminding a more than $100 million health car fraud scheme which included, attempt and conspiracy to commit fraud, health care fraud, conspiracy to defraud the United States, paying kickbacks and money laundering.

... More...   $0 (09-22-2021 - MI)

Brooklyn, NY: Criminal defense lawyers represented defendants charged with participating in a scheme involving the payment of bribes and kickback to obtain referrals of female patients across the United States for surgeries to remove transvaginal mesh (TVM) implants.

Christopher Walker, a licensed urogynecologist, was indited for participating in a scheme involving the payment of bribes... More...   $0 (09-22-2021 - NY)

Boston, MA: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud and to extort money from marijuana vendors.

Jasiel F. Correia II, the former Mayor of Fall River, Mass., was charged for his involvement in a scheme to defraud investors and extorting and conspiring to extort marijuana vendors for hundreds of thousands of dollars.

In October 2018, Correia... More...   $0 (09-22-2021 - MA)

New York, NY: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant doctor charged with unlawfully distributing medical uncessary drugs (oxycodone).

Ruvim Krupkin, a former New York state-licensed doctor, was indicted for conspiring to distribute medically unnecessary oxycodone unlawfully.

U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss said: “Dr. Ruvim Krupkin wrote medically unnecessary prescription... More...   $0 (09-21-2021 - NY)

Miami, FL: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, mail fraud and extortion.

Henrry Adrian Milla Campuzano, 37, from Lima, Peru, was charged with conspiring to commit mail fraud and wire fraud through two Peruvian call centers that he owned and operated. The defendant, along with his co-conspirators, used false statements and threats to... More...   $0 (09-21-2021 - FL)

Birmingham, AL: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud his former employer Chick-fil-A.

Larry James Black, Jr., 37, of Center Point, the former Director of Hospitality at Chick-fil-A Five Points, charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud. Black’s co-defendant, Joshua Daniel Powell, 40, of Moody, a former manager at the same ... More...   $0 (09-21-2021 - AL)

Greensboro, NC: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendants charged with conspiring to defraud the IRS and other federal employment tax and income tax violations.

From 1992 through the present, James Edwin Rice, M.D. was an orthopedic surgeon who owned and operated Sandhills Orthopaedic, a medical practice located in Pinehurst, North Carolina. His wife, Susan Rice, worked at Sandhills ... More...   $0 (09-20-2021 - NC)

Houston, TX: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with fraudulently obtaining more than $1.6 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

Lee Price III, 30, of Houston, submitted two fraudulent PPP loan applications to two different lenders on b... More...   $0 (09-20-2021 - TX)

Mobile, AL: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with lying to Social Security Administration (SSA) to get the benefits of vulnerable persons whom she overcharged for room and board in her group boarding homes in Mobile.

According to court documents and testimony at her sentencing hearing, Meoshi Shonta Nelson, 46, also known as Meoshi Williams, was previously convicted ... More...   $0 (09-20-2021 - AL)

Atlanta, GA: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy and wire fraud related to a Ponzi scheme, and for bank fraud, and making false statements to a financial institution related a fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan application.

Maurice Fayne planned to use the PPP program as a cover for his long-running Ponzi scheme. The funds the program supp... More...   $0 (09-20-2021 - GA)