New Haven, Connecticut criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraud and tax offenses stemming from a 15-year embezzlement scheme.

Edward F. Ziegler, II, age 63, of Bridgton, Maine, was employed as the office manager for a small, family-owned business, identified in court documents in “Company A,” based in Berlin, Connecticut. In approximately 2006, Ziegler opened a ba... More...    $0 (11-10-2022 - CT)

New Haven, Connecticut criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with participating in a bid rigging scheme targeting public and private entities in Connecticut.


Axion Speciality Contracting, LLC conspired with other insulation contractor to to rig bids on contracts for installing insulation around pipes and ducts on construction projects at universities, hospitals and other... More...    $0 (11-07-2022 - CT)

New Haven, Connecticut criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with tax fraud.

Lizbel Sanchez, aka Lizbel Diaz, age 47, from Broofield, Connecticut, is a minority owner of Danbury Food Corp. (“DFC”), which operates a C-Town grocery store in Danbury. Sanchez was responsible for DFC’s accounting and financial records, and for collecting and paying over certain federal taxes... More...    $0 (10-18-2022 - CT)

New Haven, Connecticut criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraud and tax evasion.

From 2013 to at least August 2015, Mark Pagani, age 61, from Bolton, Connecticut, conspired with another person (“K.S.”), who is now deceased, to defraud a victim investor of more than $1 million. K.S. arranged investment deals with the victim, including the purported acquisition of ... More...    $0 (09-20-2022 - CT)

New Haven, Connecticut criminal law lawyer represented defendant charged with being a "silent partner" in a scheme to bill Medicaid thousands of dollars for services she did not perform.

Nicole M. Steiner, age 32, of Edison, New Jersey was charged with committing health care fraud.... More...    $0 (08-02-2022 - CT)

New Haven, Connecticut criminal law lawyer represented defendant charged with wire fraud for stealing approximately $679,000 from his grandparents.

Between 2011 and 2019, Denerth Senerth, age 33, of South Windsor, defrauded his grandmother and his late grandfather by falsely claiming to be a college student and inducing them to give him approximately $419,000 to pay for nonexistent coll... More...    $0 (07-21-2022 - CT)

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged for his involvement in a construction fraud scheme.

William Sacco, age 49, of Pelham, New Hamphsire, was a project manager for a Massachusetts-based mechanical contractor. From June 2014 to December 2017, Sacco conspired to defraud his employer and the owners of certain projects he managed by inflating change or... More...    $0 (07-08-2022 - cT)

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with tax fraud.

Keyante Paul, age 33, from Florida, was indicted, traveling to Connecticut for part of the year to prepare returns for Connecticut clients. For the 2015 through 2018 tax years, Paul prepared numerous federal tax returns for clients that included false income “adjustments” that reduced taxpaye... More...    $0 (06-17-2022 - CT)

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented Defendants charged with fraud.

Appellants Ayfer and Hakan Yalincak (“Ayfer” and “Hakan,” respectively,
and collectively, the “Yalincaks”) appeal from an April 24, 2020 order of the
United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Janet Bond Arterton,
J.) denying their motions to declare Ayfer Y... More...    $0 (03-29-2022 - CT)

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with tax evasion and failure to pay over taxes.

Matthew Blackwell, age 44, from Woodbridge, was the Vice President of Operations at a family-owned food company based in 0Orange. Between approximately 2012 and 2016, Blackwell embezzled $927,143 from the company by creating false purchase orders and invoices that... More...    $0 (04-01-2022 - CT)

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with for child sex trafficking.

In October 2019, Joseph Pina, age 24, conspired with his associate, Joel Lindsay, to recruit, entice and transport a 16-year-old girl to engage in commercial sex acts. Specifically, on October 17, 2019, Pina, Lindsay and another individual picked up the minor victim and took her... More...    $0 (03-02-2022 - CT)

Hartford, Connecticut criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with drug possession, identity fraud and money laundering.

Oniel Wilks, 42, a citizen of Jamaica, was charged with narcotics, identity fraud and money laundering offenses.

In November 2018, members of the FBI’s Bridgeport Safe Streets Task Force arrested several individuals, including Louie McDowell... More...    $0 (12-22-2021 - CT)

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

Tony Tuan Pham, also known as “Anh Nguyen,” 52, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, was fraud for coaching federal inmates and prospective inmates, who would not otherwise require substance abuse treatment, how to lie to gain admission into a Federal Bureau of Prisons (“B... More...    $0 (12-10-2021 - CT)

New Haven, CT: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with tax evasion.

Since 1991, Kathryn Pocock, agte 58, has operated Sunshine Cleaners, LLC, a home cleaning business. Between 2015 and 2019, Pocock withdrew approximately $855,000 from the business and failed to report those proceeds on the relevant tax forms for the business and on her federal income tax returns. The ... More...    $0 (09-11-2021 - CT)

New Haven, Connecticut civil litigation lawyers represented Defendant charged with improperly billing the Connecticut Medicaid propgram for certain dental services.

Acting United States Attorney Leonard C Boyle and Connecticut Attorney General William Tong today announced that CORNELL SCOTT HILL HEALTH CORPORATION (“CSH”) has entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal ... More...    $0 (08-12-2021 - CT)

Bridgeport, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant indicted for operating lottery scams.

Stieve Fernandrez, 35, was indicted for operating lottery scams that defrauded victims of more than $1.8 million, including an elderly Connecticut victim who lost nearly $1.2 million.

In a lottery scam, a perpetrator fraudulently convinces a victim that the victim has won a... More...    $0 (07-09-2021 - CT)

New Haven, Connecticut conspiracy to commit computer fraud charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Oleg Koshkin, who was charged for his role in operating a “crypting” service used to conceal “Kelihos” malware from antivirus software, enabling hackers to systematically infect victim computers around the world with malicious software, including ransomware. Defendant, age 41,... More...    $0 (06-22-2021 - CT)

New Haven, Connecticut willful failure to collect and pay withholding taxes charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant.

JAMES G. GUERRA, 59, of Dix Hills, New York, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to three years of probation, the first two months of which Guerra must spend in home confinement, for a felony tax offense. Judge Bolden also... More...    $0 (05-24-2021 - CT)

New Haven, Connecticut criminal lawyer represented defendant charged with tax evasion.

Guy Smith, 63, of Shelton, was charged with tax evasion.

Smith owns and operates Centerline Interiors LLC, a business that specializes in commercial interior construction. Smith is also a professional poker player and has participated in poker tournaments at casinos in Connecticut and other l... More...    $0 (05-02-2021 - CT)

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, who was charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud.

Norman Newman, 74, of Croton-on-Hudson, New York, was part of a conspiracy to supply lists of potential victims to those conducting fraudulent mass-mailing schemes. From 2005 to 2016, Newman worked as a list broker and senior vice president at Macromark Inc., a Conne... More...    $0 (04-24-2021 - CT)

New Haven, Connecticut health care fraud charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Wali Muhammad, 45, of Branford, who was charged with one count of health care fraud.

According to court documents and statements made in court, from 2010 to 2019 Muhammad owned and operated Happy Family Clinical Services LLC (“Happy Family”), a mental health and social services agency. At v... More...    $0 (03-11-2021 - CT)

New Haven, Connecticut mail fraud charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Jason Whitehead, age 42, of Springfield, Massachusetts, was charged with defrauding multiple companies through a flexible spending account scheme.

According to court documents and statements made in court, Whitehead worked at PayFlex, a company that administered health care and dependent care spending ... More...    $0 (01-23-2021 - CT)