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)

Peoria, Illinois criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charge with sex trafficing of children or by force, fraud or coercion in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1591.

A jury convicted Dana Curtin of attempted sex trafficking of a minor. The government based the charge on text communications between Curtin and a federal agent posing as the father of a 12-year-old girl. The two discussed... More...   $0 (07-07-2025 - IL)

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Scheme to Fraudulently Obtain $1.3 Million in COVID-19 Jobless Benefits

Inglewood Woman Arrested on Federal Indictment Alleging Scheme to Fraudulently Obtain $1.3 Million in COVID-19 Jobless Benefi... More...   $0 (07-03-2025 - CA)

Indianapolis, Indiana criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with fraud.

On January 31, 2023, a jury convicted Brian Fenner and Dennis Birkley of seventeen counts, all stemming from one overarching fraud.1 Like many fraud schemes, underlying the intricate machinations of this ploy is clear-cut malfeasance.

Under Indiana’s mechanic’s lien statute, an indiv... More...   $0 (07-03-2025 - IN)

San Angelo, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with production of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. 225

18 U.S.C. § 225 outlines the federal crime of engaging in a Continuing Financial Crimes Enterprise (CFCE). It specifically targets individuals who organize, manage, or supervise a series of financial crimes, and who personally receive substantial ... More...   $0 (07-03-2025 - TX)

Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with raudulently obtaining more than $14 million in small business loans under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act.

California Businessman Pleads Guilty in Federal Court to... More...   $0 (07-03-2025 - IL)

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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Shreveport, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking offense.... More...   $0 (07-03-2025 - LA)

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)

Memphis, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and swindles in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1349 and 18 U.S.C. 1341.... More...   $0 (07-03-2025 - TN)

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud, bank fraud and and conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud.

George Guldi worked with his former girlfriend Victoria Davidson to persuade a mortgage servicer to wire her $253,236 that did not belong to either of them. ... More...   $0 (07-03-2025 - NY)

Brooklyn, New York consumer law lawyers represented the Plaintiff in a class action consumer fraud case.

Plaintiffs Gladys Honigman and D. Joseph Kurtz brought two separate class action lawsuits against Defendant Kimberly-Clark Corporation, each alleging that Defendant had falsely advertised their moist bathroom wipes as “flushable.” According to Plaintiffs, this led purchasers to pay... More...   $0 (07-03-2025 - ny)

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)

Memphis, Tennessee criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud.

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Brooklyn, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud in connection with their involvement in a notorious FIFA corruption scandal.

Although the district court (Chen, J.) had previously denied pre-trial motions to dismiss the indictment that raised similar arguments, it granted Defendants’ post-trial motions. Th... More...   $0 (07-02-2025 - NY)

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)

East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud and conspiracy to commit bank fraud. ... More...   $0 (07-01-2025 - IL)