Connecticut Bank Fraud Law
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United States of America v. Ronald Boyd
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New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Bank Fraud Scheme
Bridgeport Man Sentenced for Bank Fraud Scheme
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, an... More...
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(06-04-2024 - CT)
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United States of America v. Ronald Boyd
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Hartford, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer Lucas M. Watson represented the Defendant charged with Bank Fraud Scheme
Bridgeport Man Sentenced for Bank Fraud Scheme... More...
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(06-04-2024 - CT)
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United States of America v. Trovoy Dixon
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Harwinton, Connecticut criminal defense lawyerCameron Lee Atkinson represented the Defendant charged with Defrauding Social Security Administration
Bridgeport Man Sentenced to Pris... More...
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(06-04-2024 - CT)
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United States of America v. Vernon D. Oliver
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Bridgeport, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Scheme that Defrauded Social Security Administration
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(06-03-2024 - CT)
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United States of America v. Gino Rizzo
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New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Robbing 3 Supermarket Banks in 2022 . Middletown Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Robbing 3 Supermarket Banks in 2022.
Gino Rizzo, 29, of Middletown, was sentenced today by U... More...
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(04-17-2024 - CT)
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United States of America v. JOHN MATAVA
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New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fraudulently Obtaining COVID-19 Relief Funds.
Coventry Man Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for Fraudulently Obtaining COVID-19 Relief Funds
Vanessa Roberts A... More...
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(03-29-2024 - CT)
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United States of America v. JACOB DEUTSCH and ARON DEUTSCH
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Hartford, Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Mortgage Fraud Scheme Involving Hartford Apartment Buildings
Two New York men were sentenced in Hartford for engaging in a wide-ranging mortgage fraud scheme involving 24 mortgage loans on numerous multifamily housing proper... More...
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(01-08-2024 - CT)
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United States of America v. Pierre Joshwan Rodriguez also known as “Ochy”
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New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant Indicted on Cocaine Trafficker Charges
An investigation led by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service’s Bulk Cash Trafficking Task Force determined that Pierre Joshwan Rodriguez also known as “Ochy”z headed a cocaine trafficking operation in which parcels containing kilogram quan... More...
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(12-30-2023 - CT)
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United States of America v. Michael Castillero, a/k/a Michael Alejandro, Francine Lanaia, and Brian Martinsen
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New York City, New York criminal defense lawyers representing the Defendants charged with onspiracy, securities fraud, wire fraud, and investment adviser fraud in connection with their management of StraightPath Venture Partners LLC (“SPVP”), StraightPath Management LLC, and nine related StraightPath Funds. They were also charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice and obstruction of justice i... More...
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(11-29-2023 - CT)
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United States of America v. Erin Sullivan
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New Haven, Connecticu criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud and tax offenses stemming from an embezzlement scheme.
Erin Sullivan, age 53, of Cheshire, Connecticut, was employed as the office manager for a family-owned construction business, identified in court documents in “Company A,” based in Orange. Beginning at least as early as 2016, Sullivan made... More...
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(10-31-2023 - CT)
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Clifford Perkins v. Greater Bridgeport Transit Authority
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New Haven, Connecticut civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on a civil rights violation theory under 42 U.S.C. 1983.
In June 1998, GBTA hired Perkins, who identifies as African American, as a bus operator. L.R. 56(a)2 Statement of Facts ¶¶ 1-2, ECF No. 47 (“Pl.'s SMF”); L.R. 56(a)1 Statement of Facts ¶ 1, ECF No. 36-2 (“Defs.' SMF”). Bus operators a... More...
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(09-29-2023 - CT)
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United States of America v. Kenoy Stewart
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New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud.
"Federal wire fraud law is codified in 18 U.S.C. § 1343. It prohibits the use of interstate wire, radio, or television communications to defraud someone.
To convict someone of wire fraud, the government must prove the following elements:
The defendant devised or intend... More...
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(09-29-2023 - CT)
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United States of America v. Robert V. Matthews
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New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy, money laundering, and tax evasion offenses related to multiple schemes that defrauded investors and financial institutions out of tens of millions of dollars.
Robert V. Matthews, age 65, of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, was a real estate developer in charge of The Palm House Hotel (“PHH”), a ... More...
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(07-31-2023 - CT)
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United States of America v. Olajuwon Harrington, a/k/a "O.J. Harrington"
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New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraud offense related to his theft of pandemic unemployment benefits.
In March 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) was signed into law. The CARES Act created a new temporary federal unemployment insurance program for pandemic unemployment assistance (“Pandemic Un... More...
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(05-12-2023 - CT)
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United States of America v. Olga Aucapina, a/k/a Olga Aucapina Paredes
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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...
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(03-31-2023 - CT)
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United States of America v. Lauren DiMassa
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Hartford, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with stealing COVID-19 relief funds from the City of New Haven.
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Federal Courthouse - Hartford, Connecticut
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(03-23-2023 - CT)
United States of America v. Myron Ware
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New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with defrauding a computer technology company.
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Federal Courthouse - New Haven, Connecticut
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(03-10-2023 - CT)
United States of America v. David Kamal
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New Haven, Connecticut criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with tax evasion.
David Kamal, age 60, from Stafford, Connecticut, who formerly resided in Hebron, willfully evad... More...
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(12-07-2022 - CT)
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United States of America v. Edward F. Ziegler II
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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...
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(11-10-2022 - CT)
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United States of America v. Axion Specialty Contracting, LLC
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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...
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(11-07-2022 - CT)
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United States of America v. Lizbel Sanchez
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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...
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(10-18-2022 - CT)
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United States of America v. Mark Pagani
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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...
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(09-20-2022 - CT)
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United States of America v. Nicole M. Steiner
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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...
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(08-02-2022 - CT)
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United States of America v. Douglas Senerth
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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...
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(07-21-2022 - CT)
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United States of America v. William Sacco
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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...
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(07-08-2022 - cT)
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United States of America v. Keyante Paul
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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...
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(06-17-2022 - CT)
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United States of America v. Hakan Yalincak, Ayper Yalincak
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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...
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(03-29-2022 - CT)
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United States of America v. Matthew V. Blackwell
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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...
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(04-01-2022 - CT)
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United States of America v. Joseph Pina
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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...
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(03-02-2022 - CT)
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United States of America v. Oniel Wilks
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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...
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(12-22-2021 - CT)
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United States of America v. Tony Taun Pham
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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...
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(12-10-2021 - CT)
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United States of America v. Kathryn Pocock
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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...
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(09-11-2021 - CT)
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United States of America v. Cornell Scott Hill Health Corporation ("CSH")
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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...
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(08-12-2021 - CT)
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United States of America v. Stieve Fernandez
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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...
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(07-09-2021 - CT)
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United States of America v. Oleg Koshkin
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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...
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(06-22-2021 - CT)
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United States of America v. James G. Guerra
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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...
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(05-24-2021 - CT)
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United States of America v. Guy Smith
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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...
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(05-02-2021 - CT)
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United States of America v. Norman Newman
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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...
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(04-24-2021 - CT)
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United States of America v. Wali Muhammad
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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...
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(03-11-2021 - CT)
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United States of America v. Jason Whitehead
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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...
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(01-23-2021 - CT)
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