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)

Seattle, Washington wire fraud charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Edwin Josue Herrera Rosales, A/k/a Josh Herrera, age 33, who was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with his operation of call centers that operated under the names “Sound Solutions Group,â€� “Community Assistance Center,â€� and California-based “Sienna Support Network."<... More...   $0 (02-09-2021 - WA)

Grand Rapids, Michigan fraud charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Wavy Curtis Shain, who was charged with conspiring to commit mail fraud.

In 2017, Shain was on supervised release for a prior federal mortgage fraud conviction when he conspired with an individual in the Western District of Michigan (“Person Aâ€�) to fraudulently obtain loans for an Okemos-based health ... More...   $0 (02-06-2021 - )

New Haven, Connecticut securities fraud criminal defense lawyer represented Michael Gramins, age 38, from North Carolina, with defrauding mortgage-backed securities customers of Nomura Securities International, where he was employed.

According to the evidence presented during his trial, Gramins was an Executive Director on the Residential Mortgage Backed Securities (“RMBS”) Desk at Nomu... More...   $0 (12-22-2020 - CT)

Billings, Montana wire fraud criminal defense lawyer represented defendant, Matthew Jason Welch, who was charged with illegally obtaining $35,000 from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), a federal loan program created to help businesses struggling during the coronavirus pandemic.

The indictment against Welch is the first PPP fraud case to be charged in Montana. The PPP program was cre... More...   $0 (12-19-2020 - MT)

Fresno, California real estate development fraud criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Sherman Smith, who was charged with wire fraud.

U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd said, “Mr. Smith is a con-man and a thief.”

“Smith’s actions in this case went far beyond ‘misappropriation,’” said U.S. Attorney Scott. “In asking for church donations to support his scheme, he targeted... More...   $0 (12-19-2020 - CA)

The Department of Justice’s U.S. Trustee Program (USTP announced today that it has entered into national agreements with three mortgage servicers to address past mortgage servicing deficiencies impacting homeowners in bankruptcy. The agreements with Nationstar Mortgage, LLC (Nationstar), U.S. Bank National Association (U.S. Bank), and PNC Bank, NA (PNC) address noncompliance with the Bankruptcy C... More...   $0 (12-08-2020 - DC)

Honolulu, Hawaii obstruction of justice criminal defense lawyers represented defendants, Louis Kealoha and Katherine Kealoha.

Former Honolulu Police Chief Louis Kealoha and his wife, former Honolulu prosecutor Katherine Kealoha, were sentenced in federal court this week to 84 months and 156 months in prison, respectively, for a range of criminal conduct, including framing their relative w... More...   $0 (12-03-2020 - HI)

Scranton, Pennsylvania bank fraud criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.

Dory L. Sater, age 46, of Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, was charged with bank fraud and aggravated identity theft offenses.


In August 2017, Sater forged a mortgage satisfaction piece and filed the instrument with the Luzerne County Recorder of... More...   $0 (11-13-2020 - PA)

Denver, Colorado bank fraud charge criminal defense lawyer represented Michael Scott Leslie, age 57, who was charged with bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.

According to the stipulated facts contained in Leslie’s plea agreement, Leslie owned, operated, or otherwise had an interest in several business entities, some of which were operated out of Colorado. These entities were involv... More...   $0 (11-10-2020 - CO)

Newark, New Jersey criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with tax fraud.

Between 2015 and 2016, Kenneth Crawford Jr. and his co-conspirators promoted and sold a “mortgage recovery” tax fraud scheme in which they obtained fraudulent refunds from the IRS for their clients. Crawford promoted the scheme to individuals who were facing foreclosure or behind on their mortgage pay... More...   $0 (11-03-2020 - NJ)

Honolulu, Hawaii wire fraud criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged in connection with a fraudulent mortgage relief scheme.

Anthony T. Williams, 49, of Pineville, Louisiana was charged with wire fraud and mail fraud in connection with a fraudulent mortgage relief scheme. A federal jury convicted Williams on March 3, 2020 of 32 counts of wire fraud and mail fraud after a four... More...   $0 (10-29-2020 - HI)

San Diego, California mortgage fraud criminal defense lawyer represented Guild Mortgage Company, which was charged by the United States of America with violating the False Claims Act and the common law by knowingly breaching material program requirements when it originated and underwrote mortgages insured by the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Federal Housing Administration (F... More...   $0 (10-24-2020 - DC)

New Haven, Connecticut fraud charge criminal defense lawyer represented Leon C. Vaccarelli, who wsa charged by the United States of America with wire fraud and money laundering.

According to court documents and the evidence presented during his trial last year, Vaccarelli was a registered representative of The Investment Center (“TIC”), a brokerage company, and was an investment adviser a... More...   $0 (10-21-2020 - CT)

Salt Lake City, Utah wire fraud and money laundering crime criminal defense lawyer represented defendant.

Christopher D. Hales, 39, of Lehi was charged with wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy in connection with a financial fraud scheme he and other co-conspirators devised while Hales was in a halfway house serving a sentence for another federal fraud case. The scheme r... More...   $0 (10-18-2020 - UT)

Central Islip, New York criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with wire fraud.

Joseph Falcone, age 60, who formerly operated a wine and liquor distribution business known as 3G’S VINO LLC, was with wire fraud in connection with his scheme to defraud investors.

“Falcone’s victims were reeled in by his “Shark Tank” pitch, but with sentence, the defendant became sq... More...   $0 (10-12-2020 - NY)