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United States of America v. Janet Yamanaka Mello

San Antonio, Texas Fraud Lawyer represented Army Civilian Employee for Alleged $100 Million Fraud Scheme

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SAN ANTONIO – A federal grand jury in San Antonio returned an indictment today charging a San Antonio woman with 10 counts related to a fraud scheme she allegedly conducted while working as a civilian financial program manager at Fort Sam Hous... More...
   $0 (01-04-2024 - TX)

United States of America v. Cassandra Gonzale and Imajah Tierra Cervantes

Lubbock, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendants charged with making a straw purchase of a firearm.



Two women who purchased firearms for a member of a Mexican drug cartel.

Cassandra Gonzalez, 51, and Imajah Tierra Cervantes, her 29-year-old daughter, were indicted in March. Ms. Gonzales pleaded guilty in June to false state... More...
   $0 (01-04-2024 - TX)

United States of America v. Antonio Lavonne Locklear

Raleigh criminal defense lawyer represented Kilogram Drug Trafficker in Robeson County



RALEIGH, N.C. – A Maxton man was sentenced yesterday to 300 months in prison for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy responsible for moving kilograms of methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin from Mexico to Robeson County. Antonio Lavonne Locklear pled guilty to conspir... More...
   $0 (01-03-2024 - NC)

United States of America v. James Patten

Camden, New Jersey criminal defense lawyer represented A North Carolina Man Admitting to International Market Manipulation Scheme Related to New Jersey Deli




A North Carolina man today admitted orchestrating a large-scale market manipulation scheme related to two publicly traded companies, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

James Patten, 6... More...
   $0 (01-01-2024 - NJ)

Timothy J. Dwyer v. Capital Investors Management, LLC, et al.

Newark, New Jersey personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendants on fraudulent inducement negligent misrepresentation; breach of contract; breach of fiduciary duty; violations of the Federal Racketeer Influenced
and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1962(c) and (d) ; and conversion.


In a seven-count complaint, Dwyer asserts claims for... More...
   $0 (12-29-2023 - NJ)

United States of America v. Maria Alvarez

Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant Indicted on Drug Charges.


Burlington, Vermont – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont announced that Maria Alvarez, 43, of Rutland, was arraigned in U.S. District Court in Burlington on December 21, 2023. Previously, a federal grand jury sitting in Rutland, Vermont returned a one-coun... More...
   $0 (12-29-2023 - VT)

United States of America v. Ronald Coleman, Jr.

Defendant Ronald Coleman appeals the district court’s denial of
a motion to suppress the fruits of a warrant for vehicle tracking and a residential search warrant
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on the grounds that the warrants lacked probable cause and that law enforcement’s installation of
the vehicle tracker violated the Fourth Amendment. Because the wa... More...
   $0 (12-28-2023 - OH)

United States of America v. William Steele

Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with racketeering and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

After ten days of trial, a jury convicted Defendant William S. Steele (“Steele”) of (1) Racketeering Conspiracy (“RICO Conspiracy”) under 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d), and (2) Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug ... More...
   $0 (12-28-2023 - OH)

United States of America v. Sirous Asgari

In 2012, federal agents learned that Iranian scientist Sirous
Asgari was working on cutting-edge metallurgy research at Case Western Reserve University in
Cleveland, Ohio. The government suspected that Asgari had lied on his visa application and had
transmitted scientific information to Iran in violation of American sanctions laws. Investigators
applied for a warrant to searc... More...
   $0 (12-28-2023 - OH)

United States of America v. Tamela Lee


Defendant Tamela M. Lee (“Defendant” or “Lee”) appeals from
the district court judgment convicting her on six counts after a plea of not guilty and sentencing
her to a total term of sixty months’ imprisonment. Counts One through Four concerned
conspiracy to commit honest services mail and wire fraud, honest services mail fraud, Hobbs Act
conspiracy, and Hobbs A... More...
   $0 (12-28-2023 - OH)

United States of America v. Thomas Hughes Page and Jon Phillip Page, Jr.

PLano, Texas criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and money Laundering.

Two Dallas brothers have been sentenced for federal violal prison and Phillip Page was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison. The defendants were ordered to pay restitution of $3.2 million.
tions related to a fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Te... More...
   $0 (12-22-2023 - TX)

United States of America v. Benjamin Adu Acheampong

Cincinnati, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with romance-fraud conspiracy and making false statements on a COVID‑relief application.

From January 2019 through July 2021, Benjamin Adu Acheampong, 37, of Fairfield, Ohio, conspired with others to create false online profiles, which the conspirators used to express romantic interest in victims. Once the victi... More...
   $0 (12-07-2023 - OH)

United States of America v. Willie Pratt

Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing cocaine and fentanyl that caused the death of a 42-year-old North Olmstead, Ohio resident.

On October 30, 2021, Willie Pratt, age 35, sold the victim cocaine and heroin, which was actually fentanyl. This transaction was witnessed by the victim’s friend. The victim consumed the narcotics which ca... More...
   $0 (12-01-2023 - OH)

United States of America v. Dillon Colby Herrington

Washington, DC criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with f assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers on June 22, 2023.

Dillon Colby Herrington, 31, of Madison, Alabama, was charged with one count of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers on June 22, 2023.

on Jan. 6, 2021, Herrington attended the “Stop the Steal” rally on the Elli... More...
   $0 (12-01-2023 - DC)

Kendra Haley v. Equifax Information Services, LLC

Florenece, South Carolina consumer credit lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a Fair Credit Reporting Act violation theory.

"The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) is a federal law that regulates the collection, use, and disclosure of consumer credit information. The law was enacted in 1970 to protect consumers from inaccurate or unfair credit reporting practices.More...
   $1 (11-22-2023 - SC)

United States of America v. Carol Bragdon

Bangor, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and making false statements to a mortgage lending business.

Between November 2020 and April 2021, Carol Bragdon, 50, provided false statements and representations to a residential mortgage lender for the purpose of obtaining a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) backed loan. She used Google email ... More...
   $0 (11-20-2023 - ME)

United States of America v. Corey Sutor

Camden, New Jersey Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant accused of being an Armed Career Criminal



Corey Sutor, 42, of Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, formerly a Ventnor City firefighter, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Robert B. Kugler to an information charging him with con... More...
   $0 (11-17-2023 - NJ)

United States of America v. Alfredo Vladimir Andrade Medina and Heriberto Gonzalez-Gonzalez

Fayetteville, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Aiding and Abetting the Possession with Intent to Distribute a Mixture or Substance Containing a Detectable amount of Methamphetamine.

The Drug Enforcement Administration identified a mobile home in rural Benton County, Arkansas as a location which was receiving packages containing controlled substances... More...
   $0 (11-13-2023 - AR)

United States of America v. Kevin Gunn

Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to defraud the county out of over $2.3 million.

Kevin Gunn, 64, of West Bloomfield, pleaded guilty in January 2023. Gunn and fellow Wayne County employee John L. Gibson of Detroit engaged in a scheme to use taxpayer dollars to make unauthorized purchases of generators and other power equipment fro... More...
   $0 (11-08-2023 - MI)

United States of America v. Dawne Dorsey

Washington, DC criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with accepting bribes in return for giving out confidential information held by the D.C. Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD).

Dawne Dorsey, age 40,, former a program specialist with DHCD, accepted bribes in exchange for giving real estate developers Frederick Silvers and Brian Bailey confidential,... More...
   $0 (11-06-2023 - DC)

United States of America v. Michael Denard Brooks

Winston-Salem, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with knowingly shipping, transporting, receiving, possessing, distributing and/or purchasing cigarettes in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2342, which provides:

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to ship, transport, receive, possess, sell, distribute, or purchase contraband cigarettes or contrab... More...
   $0 (11-03-2023 - NC)

United States of America v. La Percy Demond Allen, a/k/a “Pete”

Beckley, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of fentanyl and for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

According to court documents and statements made in court, on July 27, 2021, La Percy Demond Allen, also known as “Pete,” 44, of Toledo, Ohio sold approximately 26 grams of fentanyl to a confidential informant in Beckley. Alle... More...
   $0 (11-03-2023 - WV)

United States of America v. Bobby Chris Mayes and Charles Gooch

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud, conspiracy, issuing forged securities, aggravated identity theft, and obstruction of justice.

“The extensive deception and manipulation employed by Bobby Chris Mayes, age 51, from Norman, in this fraud scheme continued after his conviction in seeking to deceive and manipulate his co-defend... More...
   $0 (11-03-2023 - OK)

Chretien v. New Hampshire State Prison

Concord, New Hamphire civil rights lawyers represented the Petitioner seeking a writ of habeas corpus.

The respondent, the Warden of the New Hampshire State Prison, has moved for summary judgment. After a hearing, and for the following reasons, the Warden's motion for summary judgment is granted in part and denied in part, and an evidentiary hearing will be scheduled to address Chretien's... More...
   $0 (11-02-2023 - NY)

United States of America v. Antoine Montrond

Portland, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to violate federal firearms laws.

In January 2020, Antoine Montrond, age 23, and a co-conspirator used a straw purchaser to buy two firearms from a store in Kittery. The purchaser falsely indicated they were the true purchaser of the firearms when in fact they were buying them for Montrond and his co... More...
   $0 (10-31-2023 - ME)

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