St. Louis, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with stealing money from her municipal employer.

Donna Thompson, ate 76, was the econd former employee of Flordell Hills to be sentenced this week for stealing from the city, which is roughly six blocks square, has an annual budget of about $400,000 and a population of about 800. More than half of those residents li... More...   $0 (05-18-2023 - MO)

Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with medicaid fraud.

Bourret, through her company Agapi Behavior Consultants, billed Medicaid for services to treat Autism Spectrum Disorder that were either not rendered and/or a portion of the services billed to Medicaid were not provided.

Stamatina Bourret a/k/a Nina Bourret, 41, of Greenville, Sou... More...   $0 (05-17-2023 - SC)

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit fraud.

Robert J. Jesenik, 63, former chief executive officer of Aequitas and resident of Lake Oswego, Oregon; Andrew N. MacRitchie, 59, formerly of Palm Harbor, Florida; and Brian K. Rice, 56, of Portland were found guilty of conspiring with one another to commit mail and wire fraud and 28 ind... More...   $0 (05-17-2023 - OR)

Las Vegas, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with carrying out a scheme to submit more than $1.1 million dollars in fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan applications on behalf of himself and others.

According to court documents and statements made in court, beginning no later than on or about March 14, 2021, and continuing until at least on or about... More...   $0 (05-16-2023 - NV)

Sacramento, California criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with mail fraud and aggravated identity theft.

Roderick Rigmaiden, 37, and his wife Onjale Nettles, 33, both of Sacramento, stole mail, obtained the personal identifying information of others, and then assumed these victims’ identities to fraudulently purchase and finance almost $250,000 worth of cars from va... More...   $0 (05-16-2023 - CA)

Baltimore, Maryland criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with participation in a scheme that created an illegal licensing and employment shortcut for aspiring nurses have pled guilty to wire fraud conspiracy.

Krystal Lopez and Damian Lopez (both of Palm Beach County, Fla.); Francois Legagneur (of Nassau County, N.Y.), Reynoso Seide (of Union County, N.J.); and Yelva Sain... More...   $0 (05-16-2023 - FL)

Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with embezzlement.

“Ms. Tantico, Susana Tanico, age 62, from Renton, Washington, was a trusted financial professional who sadly used her skills to steal from organizations serving those most in need of help,â€� said U.S. Attorney Brown. “Each time she used the organization’s credit card for trips, gambling, ... More...   $0 (05-16-2023 - WA)

Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with lawfully seeking and receiving kickbacks from a home health agency as payment for the doctor’s referrals of Medicare patients.

DR. NDUDI ANIEMEKA owns Boycin Medical Clinic in Chicago, and his wife, OBIAGELI ANIEMEKA, serves as the clinic’s administrator. In 2009 and 2010, the Aniemekas asked for and receiv... More...   $0 (05-16-2023 - IL)

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with engaging in a multi-year scheme to bribe government officials in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the “RMI�) to pass legislation that would benefit his business interests.

Between 2016 and 2020, Cary Yan, a/k/a "Hong Uui Yan," a/k/a "Chen Hong," sought to develop a semi-autonomous region within a p... More...   $0 (05-16-2023 - NY)

Scranton, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud in connection with a scheme to obtain COVID-19 pandemic relief money he was not entitled to receive, mail fraud and tax evasion.

Between June 18, 2020 and February 2021, Jonathan Olivetti, age 43, of Philadelphia, a licensed attorney, applied for two Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and tw... More...   $0 (05-16-2023 - PA)

Bismarck, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with soliciting and accepting bribes and kickbacks from a contractor providing construction services on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota, which is the home of the MHA Nation.

Randall Judge Phelan, 58, of Mandaree, North Dakota, was an elected representative on the Tribal Business Council – t... More...   $0 (05-16-2023 - ND)

Toledo, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sex trafficking a minor.

Michael J. Zacharias, a priest, was charged with five counts of sex trafficking. The charges related to three victims, two of whom Zacharias trafficked when they were minors and as adults.

Evidence presented to the jury detailed how Zacharias paid the victims to engage in sex acts wi... More...   $0 (05-12-2023 - OH)

Camden, New Jersey criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraudulent spending hundreds of thousands of dollars using credit cards he fraudulently opened using the identities of others, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Robert Lourenco, 52, of Queens, New York, pleaded guilty to one count of an indictment charging him with access device fraud.

During... More...   $0 (05-12-2023 - NJ)

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraud.

Eric Lyons, 52, was accused of defrauding an investor of $72,000.

Between 2015 and 2017, Lyons participated in the operation of multiple investment funds, including the Synchrony Value Fund LP. Lyons defrauded an investor by allowing for the distribution of that investor’s gains, as well as... More...   $0 (05-12-2023 - MA)

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraud offense related to his theft of pandemic unemployment benefits.

In March 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Actâ€�) was signed into law. The CARES Act created a new temporary federal unemployment insurance program for pandemic unemployment assistance (“Pandemic Un... More...   $0 (05-12-2023 - CT)

Portland, Maine civil litigation lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a False Claims Act violation theory.

Gary S. Winn, D.O., the false former medical director and owner of a family medical practice in Biddeford and Sanford, Provider’s Care, submitted false claims to Medicare and MaineCare (Maine’s Medicaid program) from January 2014 through November 2017. MaineCare is... More...   $0 (05-12-2023 - Me)

Salt Lake City, Utah personal injury lawyer sued Defendants on negligence and breach of fiduciary theories claiming that Navarro-a medical assistant at Planned Parenthood-had publicized Aguila's private health information and that Planned Parenthood was vicariously liable for Navarro's actions. Aguila also made direct claims against Planned Parenthood for negligent hiring, training, and supervisio... More...   $0 (05-11-2023 - Ut)

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with delaying and destroying immigration mail that was intended for delivery.

Diana K. Molyneux, was working at a USPS plant known as the Processing and Delivery Center (P&DC) in Salt Lake City, Utah. Working the nightshift, Molyneux sorted and processed Express and Priority Mail intended to be delivered locally or... More...   $0 (05-10-2023 - UT)

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with stealing gigabytes of Company 1's data.

In December 2020, SHARP secretly stole gigabytes of Company-1’s data. While purportedly working to remediate the security breach he created, SHARP extorted the company, as an anonymous hacker, for nearly $2 million for the return of the files and the identificatio... More...   $0 (05-10-2023 - NY)

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant cared with cyberstalking and multiple schemes that involve computer hacking, including the July 2020 hack of Twitter.

Joseph James O’Connor, aka PlugwalkJoe, 23, was extradited from Spain on April 26.

“O’Connor’s criminal activities were flagrant and malicious, and his conduct impacted multiple peopleâ... More...   $0 (05-10-2023 - NY)

Memphis, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with unlawfully distributing controlled substances and health care fraud.

Kelly McCallum, 41, of Dyersburg, was an advance practice registered nurse who operated Convenient Care Clinic and held a registration from the DEA, which allowed her to prescribe controlled substances. From January 2017 until early 2021, McCal... More...   $0 (05-09-2023 - TN)

Juneau, Alaska criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with conspiracy to violate the Indian Arts and Crafts Act for crimes committed when they owned and operated several businesses in Ketchikan, Alaska, involving the sale of Philippine produced stone carvings and wood totem poles as authentic Alaska Native produced artwork.

Between April 2016 through December 8, 2021, C... More...   $0 (05-08-2023 - AK)

Seattle, Washington civil litigation lawyers represented Defendant accused for fraudulently billing the federal government for health care services that were never performed.

The U.S. Department of Justice, the Washington State Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Division, accused United Wound Healing, P.S. with violating the False Claims Act by improperly billing Medicare and Med... More...   $0 (05-08-2023 - WA)

Fresno, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with preparing and filing false tax returns, and committing wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

On Jan. 26, 2023, after a three-day trial, a jury found Deena Vang Lee, age 41, from Fresno, guilty of 13 felony counts, including three counts of wire fraud, two counts of aggravated identity theft, five counts of p... More...   $0 (05-08-2023 - CA)

Scranton, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with with theft of money from programs receiving federal funds.

From approximately July 30, 2021, to April 22, 2022, Jeffrey J. Vaughn, age 50, a former patrol sargent in the Scranton police department, knowingly obtained by fraud over $5,000.00 in compensation that was paid to him for certain extra duty patrol s... More...   $0 (05-05-2023 - PA)