New Have, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States.



From approximately May 2013 to April 2017, OLGA AUCAPINA, also known as Olga Aucapina Paredes, 53, a citizen of Ecuador residing in Woodbridge, and several other Ecuadoran nationals participated in a scheme to illegally obtain tax refunds from the IRS. In o... More...   $0 (03-31-2023 - CT)

Providence, Rhode Island criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with coercing and sexually assaulting two minor females that he recorded and retained on his cell phone.

In pleading guilty to two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and one count of possession of child pornography, Francis Scott, 42, admitted that on February 14, 2017, while falsely posing as a ride-shar... More...   $0 (03-31-2023 - RI)

Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with stealing fentanyl from two hospitals where she worked.

Faith Naccarato, 42, of Kansas City, Missouri, pleaded guilty to two counts of tampering with a consumer product and two counts of possession of fentanyl by deception and subterfuge.

According to court documents, between January 2020 and April 20... More...   $0 (03-30-2023 - KS)

Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with receiving ammunition while under a felony indictment.

Christopher Ray Edwards, age 37, of Rock Hill, South Carolina, was charged with being a felon in possession of ammunition, possession of firearm not registered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record and receiving ammunition while under a fe... More...   $0 (03-30-2023 - WY)

New Orleans, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged for role in a scheme to illegally bring Honduran nationals to, and to distribute cocaine in, the United States.

Beginning in as early as January 2021, Josue Flores-Villeda, 36, and six co-conspirators schemed to bring Honduran nationals and cocaine from Honduras to the United States. In February 2022, Villeda and... More...   $0 (03-30-2023 - LA)

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with unlawful reentry of a removed alien in violation of 8 U.S.C. 1326, which provides:

(a) In generalSubject to subsection (b), any alien who—
(1) has been denied admission, excluded, deported, or removed or has departed the United States while an order of exclusion, deportation, or removal is outstanding, and th... More...   $0 (03-30-2023 - OK)

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer Scott Troy represented Defendant charged with failing to register as a sex offender.

18 U.S.C. 2250 provides:

(a) In General.—Whoever—
(1) is required to register under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act;
(2)
(A) is a sex offender as defined for the purposes of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification A... More...   $0 (03-30-2023 - OK)

New York, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with leading a sprawling scheme to defraud Medicaid of millions of dollars through the billing of fraudulent transportation claims.

From August 2017 to February 2020, KJ Transportation C Services Inc. (“KJ”) was paid more than $20 million for providing transportation services for Medicaid enrollees in the New Y... More...   $0 (03-29-2023 - NY)

Tulsa, Oklahoma intellectual property lawyers represented Plaintiff which sued Defendant on a trademark infringement theory.

15 U.S.C. 1114 provides:

(1) Any person who shall, without the consent of the registrant—
(a) use in commerce any reproduction, counterfeit, copy, or colorable imitation of a registered mark in connection with the sale, offering for sale, distribution... More...   $0 (03-29-2023 - OK)

Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with unlawful reentry into the United States after removal in violation of 8 U.S.C. 1325(a)(1).

(a) Improper time or place; avoidance of examination or inspection; misrepresentation and concealment of facts

Any alien who (1) enters or attempts to enter the United States at any time or place other than as de... More...   $0 (03-29-2023 - WA)

Yakima, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with Unlawful User of Controlled Substances and Person Convicted of Domestic Violence in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition.

On December 16, 2021, James Duane Deckard, age 25, of Yakima, Washington, was involved in a domestic dispute where Deckard pointed a firearm at his intimate partner. On December 18, 2021, o... More...   $0 (03-29-2023 - WA)

Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with drug trafficking while armed with multiple firearms.

Santos Gutierrez-Fosella, age 24, of Mount Vernon, Washington, was indicted with two others on March 30, 2022. Robert Johnny was purchasing pills from Gutierrez-Fosella. He was sentenced in January 2023, to six years in prison. A third co-defendant, Steven Lo... More...   $0 (03-29-2023 - WA)

Pensacola, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with acting with a conflict of interest.

Kathryn Drey, 55, of Pensacola, Florida, directed contracts from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida to companies in which her spouse had a financial interest, including while she served as chief of the office’s Civil Division. Drey concealed he... More...   $0 (03-29-2023 - FL)

Los Angles, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraud.

Ze’Shawn Stanley Campbell, 35, from Fontana, was accused of defrauding eight women - some of whom he developed romantic relationships with - and nine businesses and then laundering the proceeds.

Campbell pleaded guilty in October 2022 to one count of wire fraud and one count of money launde... More...   $0 (03-29-2023 - CA)

Seattle, Washington consumer law lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendants on Telephone Consumer Protection Act violation theories.

Defendants claimed to have identified “a real question” regarding the viability of plaintiffs' autodialer claims, and plaintiffs have not shown that they will be prejudiced if a stay is ordered. Wood v. McEwen, 644 F.2d 797, 802 (9th Cir. 1981).<... More...   $0 (03-28-2023 - WA)

San Diego, California criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with conspiring to smuggle and distribute pesticides and veterinary drugs not approved for use in the United States.

Otilio Rodriguez Toledo and Alicia Aispuro Hernandez, husband and wife from Thermal, California, acknowledged that since at least December of 2018, they had been engaged in smuggling pesticides a... More...   $0 (03-28-2023 - CA)

Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and felon in possession of a firearm.

On November 10, 2020, Pima County Sheriff’s deputies stopped a vehicle driven by David Wayne Radde, age 60, of Tucson, for multiple traffic violations. A drug detection canine was called to the scene and alerted to the pres... More...   $0 (03-28-2023 - AZ)

Denver, Colorado criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud for receiving more than $3.3 million of fraudulent COVID-19 loans.

On March 27, 2020, the President of the United States signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act, which provided emergency assistance to small business owners suffering adverse economic effects c... More...   $0 (03-27-2023 - CO)

St. Louis, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm and meth.

Mosley Jumon Williams, now 32, was accused on March 28, 2019 of kidnapping an elderly man at gunpoint to learn the location of William’s ex-wife, who had an order of protection naming Williams. St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department officers arrested Williams, but co... More...   $0 (03-27-2023 - MO)

New York, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with health care fraud.

Dr. Sady Ribeiro, among others, was involved in an extensive fraud scheme through which fraud scheme participants defrauded businesses and insurance companies by staging trip-and-fall accidents and filing fraudulent lawsuits arising from those staged trip-and-fall accidents.

The fraud... More...   $0 (03-27-2023 - NY)

Council Bluffs, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with distributing drugs and felony possession of a firearm.

Keven Leroy Spanel, 59, distributed methamphetamine in the Council Bluffs and Omaha metro areas. In early 2022, Spanel was arrested carrying a firearm, which he used to protect himself and his drug trafficking activities. In July 2022, while on temporary r... More...   $0 (03-24-2023 - IA)

Mobile, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with selling controlled drugs.

Federal law makes it illegal to sell a “controlled substance” without authorization. 21 U.S.C. § 841(a). The baseline penalties for violations are set forth in § 841(b)(1)(C). Larger quantities of drugs authorize (and sometimes require) higher penalties. Id. § 841(b)(1)(A), (B). But... More...   $0 (03-24-2023 - AL)

Tallahassee, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charge with felony possession of a firearm.

After he pleaded guilty to several counts, including two violations of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), the district court sentenced Keith Penn fo the mandatory minimum sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act. In doing so, the court concluded that Penn’s two prior convictions for sel... More...   $0 (03-24-2023 - FL)

Sherman, Texas civil litigation lawyers represented Defendant accused of paying kickbacks to optometrists to induce referrals of patients who were candidates for cataract surgery in in violation of the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute.

Arlington Ophthalmology Association, P.L.L.C. d/b/a Kleiman Evangelista Eye Centers (“K&E”), with offices located in Arlington, Dallas, Plano... More...   $0 (03-24-2023 - TX)

White Plains, New York personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendants on racketeering theories.

18 U.S.C. 1962 provides:

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person who has received any income derived, directly or indirectly, from a pattern of racketeering activity or through collection of an unlawful debt in which such person has participated as a principal within... More...   $0 (03-24-2023 - NY)