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United States of America v. Cody Holmes, Steven Taylor

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Fraud in Public Homelessness Funds, seven counts of bank fraud, one count of aggravated identity theft, and one count of money laundering.

Federal law enforcement today announced the arrest of the former chief financial officer at a downtown Los Angeles-based developer of affordable housing and crimin

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United States of America v. Juan Espinoza Martinez

Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Soliciting the Murder of Senior Law Enforcement Official.

An alleged ranking member of a Chicago street gang has been charged in federal court with soliciting the murder of a senior law enforcement official involved in the immigration enforcement operation known as “Operation Midway Blitz.”

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United States of America v. Kate Carson

Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with international parental kidnapping.

Kate Carson, 38, of Lewisburg, Tennessee was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for international parental kidnapping.

“Protecting vulnerable children from harm is the highest priority of our office,” said Acting United States Attorney Robert E. McGuire

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United States of America v. Victor Manuel Castro-Huerta

Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta, 597 U.S. 629 (2022), was a United States Supreme Court case related to McGirt v. Oklahoma, decided in 2020. In McGirt, the Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. Congress never properly disestablished the Indian reservations of the Five Civilized Tribes in Oklahoma when granting its statehood, and thus almost half the state was still considered to be Native American land. As

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United States of America v. Javier Cornelio Cruz-Nava

Houston, TX criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assaulting an office

A 36-year-old Mexican national who illegally resided in Houston has been charged for assaulting an officer which resulted in deep head wounds, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.

Javier Cornelio Cruz-Nava is now in custody pending further criminal proceedings.

On Oct.

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United States of America v. Kyung Heo

Sherman, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a string of bank robberies

A Lewisville man has been sentenced to federal prison for bank robbery in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.

Kyung Heo, 31, pleaded guilty to bank robbery and was sentenced to 71 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Amos L.

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United States of America v. Keaton Overton Gunnels

Albuquerque, New Mexico, pro se defendant charged with two counts of making a false statement on a loan or credit application.

Mr. Gunnels was indicted by a federal grand jury on February 27, 2019, for two counts of making a false statement on a loan or credit application. Doc. 2. He pled guilty to Count 2 of the Indictment on May 25, 2021. Doc. 51, 53. He admitted that he had committed t

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George Santos v. James C. Kimmel, aka Jimmy Kimmel, et al.

New York, New York, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on copyright infringement and state law claims.

Former Congressman George Santos sued Jimmy Kimmel, American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. (“ABC”), which airs Kimmel’s
late-night show Jimmy Kimmel Live! (“JKL”), and ABC’s parent company, The Walt Disney Company. Santos’s suit aro

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The People of the State of California v. Vaagn Galustyan and Armin Martirosya

San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with cheating at poke at casino.

Two felony criminal charges were filed against two men who won more than $30,000 at two local casinos by working together to gain an unfair advantage at poker tables by marking cards. Vaagn Galustyan, 52, and Armin Martirosyan, 53, have been charged with two felony counts of c

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United States of America v. Kyung Heo

Sherman, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank robbery

A Lewisville man has been sentenced to federal prison for bank robbery in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.

Kyung Heo, 31, pleaded guilty to bank robbery and was sentenced to 71 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Amos L. Mazzant, III o

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United States of America v. Kyung Heo

Sherman, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank robbery
A Lewisville man has been sentenced to federal prison for bank robbery in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.

Kyung Heo, 31, pleaded guilty to bank robbery and was sentenced to 71 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Amos L. Mazzant, III on S

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United States of America v. David Cornejo Fernandez

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Defrauding Spanish-Speaking US Consumers

A Peruvian national was sentenced yesterday to 80 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $3,000,000 in restitution for his participation in transnational fraud schemes that victimized vulnerable consumers in the U.S.

According to court documents, David Co

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United States of America v. Tochuwku Albert Nnebocha

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with operating a transnational inheritance fraud scheme.

Tochuwku Albert Nnebocha, 43, of Nigeria was extradited from the Republic of Poland and faces federal charges of engaging in a transnational criminal organization that operated an inheritance fraud scheme that cheated many American seniors out of their savings.

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United States of America v. Kate Carson

Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with International Parental Kidnapping

Kate Carson, 38, of Lewisburg, Tennessee was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison today for international parental kidnapping, announced Robert E. McGuire, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.

“Protecting vulnerable children

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United States of America v. Crandall Speights

Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with filing false claims on government benefit programs

U.S. Attorney Julianne E. Murray of the District of Delaware announced today that a Wilmington man was sentenced on September 18, 2025, to 70 months in prison for amassing over $900,000 in fraudulent proceeds through multiple fraud schemes over the course

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United States of America v. Joseph Osei, a/k/a/ “Kyngjo,”

Albany, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a fraudulent scheme to obtain COVID-19 pandemic-related unemployment insurance benefits using stolen identities.

Joseph Osei, a/k/a/ “Kyngjo,” age 30, a Canadian citizen formerly of Albany, was sentenced on Tuesday to 54 months in prison for engaging in a fraudulent scheme to obtain COVID-19 pandemic-relat

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United States of America v. Allen Brown

Augusta, GA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud conspiracy

On September 25, 2025, a Richmond County man who operated a “ghost” tax preparation business in Augusta, Georgia, has been sentenced to federal prison and ordered to pay restitution for defrauding the IRS.

Allen Brown, 41, of Augusta, Georgia, was sentenced to 46 months in prison

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Thomas L. Ford v. Daniel P. Discroll, Secretary of the Army

Richmond, Virginia, pro se Plaintiff, unsuccessfully attempted to present himself without the help of a lawyer on multiple employment-related claims, including claims brought pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e to 2000e-17, the American with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 to 12213, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.

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United States of America v. Kevin Delgado

Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Threating Public Official

U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Timothy VerHey today announced that Keith Smith, 46, from Kalamazoo, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.

VerHey said, “A thirty-year sentence is a long time,

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United States of America v. Keith Smith

GraU.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Timothy VerHey today announced that Keith Smith, 46, from Kalamazoo, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.

VerHey said, “A thirty-year sentence is a long time, but Keith Smith worked hard to earn it. He got federal attention because his drug trafficking was killing people in Ka

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United States of America v. Austin Willard Tanton, Kayla Lynn Thompson

Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit malicious use of explosive materials and using explosive materials in the commission of a felony

Two Montgomery County residents have been indicted in connection with the November 2023 firebombing of the Huyen Trang Buddhist Meditation Center, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.

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United States of America v. Qwmaine Raekwon Knott, Andre Khan, Terrance Hargrove, Keith Bagle, Shamar Evans

Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with possession with intent
to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl.

U.S. Attorney Ellis Boyle, along with federal and local law enforcement, announced that five individuals have been charged in separate federal cases as part of a coordinated enforcement operation. In addition to the federal charg

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United States of America v. Qingzhou Wang a/k/a “Bruce”, Yiyi Chen a/k/a “Chiron”

New York, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fentanyl Precursor Importation And Money Laundering Offenses

United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, and Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), Terrance C. Cole, announced that QINGZHOU WANG, a/k/a “Bruce,” and YIYI CHEN, a/k/a “Chiron

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United States of America v. Bill Dessaps

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of wire fraud conspiracy, two counts of wire fraud conspiracy, one count of money laundering, and one count of bank fraud

An Easton man was convicted today, following an eight-day trial of using Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds to secretly purchase a home in the name of a close relative.

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Lashonda Peeples v. National Data Research, Inc. and Background Information Group, LLC d/b/a Integrascan, et al.

Atlanta, Georgia, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Credit Reporting Act violation theory.

In 2021, Lashonda Peeples applied to a pre-medical program at the
American International College of Arts and Sciences – Antigua
(“AICASA”) for which prospective students had to submit a crimi-
nal background report. AICASA required that the backgro

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