Peoria, Illinois criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with fraud and money laundering.

Gary Matthews and Monte Brannan collaborated on a project to redevelop and revitalize a landmark hotel in Peoria, Illinois. The project was ambitious, complex, and required Matthews and Brannan to arrange financing. But instead of satisfying their obligations to lenders, Matthews ... More...   $0 (07-07-2025 - IL)

Wichita, Kansas family law lawyers represent man and wife in an adoption case.

"1. On or about December 17, 2023[,] Baby Boy [S.] was born in Wichita, Sedgwick [C]ounty[,] Kansas.

"2. [R.S.] . . . is the natural mother of Baby Boy [S.]. [R.S.] has filed a consent to allow Baby Boy [S.] to be adopted.

"3. In connection with the adoption proceeding, [R.S.] f... More...   $0 (07-03-2025 - KS)

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with racketeering, wire fraud, money laundering, and Truth-In-Lending Act (“TILA”) offenses.

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Legal issue Can the government obtain clear title to forfeited substitute assets following a criminal conviction and resolution of all third-party claims?
Headnote

CRIMINAL LAW. FORFE... More...   $0 (07-03-2025 - NY)

San Antonio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with cyberstalking and making threats of injury in interstate communications.

Steven Daniel Weste was convicted for cyberstalking and sending threatening interstate communications.He filed a motion to suppress, contending that the warrantless search of his cell phone while in a halfway house violated the Fourth A... More...   $0 (07-03-2025 - TX)

Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of conspiring to possess and distribute over fifty grams of methamphetamine and one count of possessing over fifty grams of
methamphetamine with intent to distribute. See 21 U.S.C. §§ 841, 846.

Cabrera-Rivas grew up in Honduras. His formal schooling ended in third grade; he
starte... More...   $0 (07-03-2025 - NC)

Billings, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud.

18 U.S.C. 1343 provides:

Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, transmits or causes to be transmitted by means of wire, radio, or televisi... More...   $0 (07-02-2025 - MT)

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with selling fentanyl and meth.

The case grew out of a confidential informant’s statement that Mr. Dusty Harris was selling fentanyl and methamphetamine. After providing the statement, the informant agreed to help a law-enforcement officer (Agent Brady Patrick) gather evidence against Mr. Harris. Agent Patrick gav... More...   $0 (07-02-2025 - WY)

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1349.

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18 U.S.C. § 1349, which addresses Attempt and Conspiracy, makes it a federal crime to attempt or conspire to commit wire fraud. This means that if two or more people agree to carry out a fraudulent scheme involving electronic commu... More...   $0 (07-02-2025 - OK)

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with three counts of money laundering and one count of causing or attempting to cause a domestic financial institution to fail to file a currency transaction report under 31 U.S.C. § 5324(a)(1).

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The Fifth Amendment provides that “[n]o person shall be
held to answer for a . . . crime, unless on... More...   $0 (07-01-2025 - FL)

Jefferson City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank robbery by force or violence, felony possession of a firearm, and felony transportation of a firearm.

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Federal bank robbery, as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 2113, involves the taking or attempted taking of property from a bank by force, violence, or intimidation. This includes scenarios w... More...   $0 (06-27-2025 - MO)

Owensboro, Kentucky criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with fraud.

The defendants here were leading figures in a company called Infinity 2 Global, which the FBI later concluded was a pyramid scheme. The company extracted some $34 million from investors who paid to join the scheme, nearly all of whom lost money. After a 25-day trial, a jury convicted Richard Maike, ... More...   $0 (06-26-2025 - KY)

Chattanoog, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with meth distribution.

Daniel Lockridge is a decorated combat Marine and a methamphetamine trafficker. After
he returned to this country in 2009, he turned to methamphetamine—first to manage his post-
traumatic stress disorder, then to make money. He soon became his supplier’s supplier, sourcingMore...   $0 (06-26-2025 - OK)

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with:

Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud

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8 U.S.C. § 1349, titled "Attempt and Conspiracy," makes it a federal crime to attempt or conspire to commit any offense under Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the U.S. Code, which includes wire fraud. This means that even if a wire fraud scheme is not fully s... More...   $0 (06-26-2025 - OK)

Camden, New Jersey criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with attempt and conspiracy to commit mail fraud.

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Mail fraud is a federal crime involving the use of the U.S. Mail or other commercial carriers to execute a scheme to defraud. It requires proof of a scheme to defraud and the use of the mail to further that scheme. Conviction can lead to imprisonme... More...   $0 (06-23-2025 - NJ)

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with:

CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE AND TO POSSESS WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE 400 GRAMS OR MORE OF FENTANYL, FIVE KILOGRAMS OR MORE OF COCAINE, AND OTHER CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES,
DISTRIBUTION OF AND POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE 500 GRAMS OR MORE OF COCAINE; AIDING AND ABETTING,
POSSESSION OF A FIREARM ... More...   $0 (06-20-2025 - ma)

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with:

MONEY LAUNDERING CONSPIRACY,

MONETARY TRANSACTIONS IN CRIMINALLY DERIVED PROPERTY; AIDING AND ABETTING,

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LAUNDERING OF MONETARY INSTRUMENTS; AIDING AND ABETTING.... More...   $0 (06-20-2025 - MA)

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with:

21:846 - CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE AND TO POSSESS WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE FIVE KILOGRAMS OR MORE OF COCAINE AND 400 GRAMS OR MORE OF FENTANYL

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18:1956(h) - MONEY LAUNDERING CONSPIRACY... More...   $0 (06-20-2025 - MA)