Georgia False Pretense Law
 

United States of America v. Milan Patel

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Options Trading Scheme

Five Defendants Sentenced in Options Trading Scheme



Milan Patel has been sentenced to prison in connection with a years-long market ... More...
   $0 (01-24-2025 - GA)

United States of America v. Calah Williams

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with stealing Economic Injury Disaster Loan (“EIDL”), Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”), and unemployment insurance

Florida Woman Sentenced to Prison for Pandemic-Related Fraud

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   $0 (12-17-2024 - GA)

State of Georgia v. Hiram Abernathy


Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with "aggravated battery, aggravated assault, armed robbery, kidnapping with bodily injury, false imprisonment, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, and possession of marijuana.


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   $0 (11-13-2024 - GA)

United States of America v. Mitchell C. Simpson

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud

Former Used-Car Dealer Sentenced to Federal Prison for $3 Million Fraud Scheme



Mitchell C. Simpson, who stole $3 million from companies that pr... More...
   $0 (11-12-2024 - GA)

Project Veritas v. Cable New Network, Inc.


Atlanta, Georgia personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a defamation theory.


On February 11, 2021, Twitter1 suspended from its platform
Project Veritas (“Veritas”)—an investigative journalistic
organization most well-known for its undercover reporting.
Veritas’s suspension made headlines. On February 15, Ana
Cabrera and Brian St... More...
   $0 (11-07-2024 - GA)

State of Georgia v. Leilani Simon


Savannah, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.


Leilani Simon was accused of killing her 20-month-old toddler son Quinton Simon on October 5, 2022, and was indicted on 19 charges, including malice murder, felony murder, concealing the death of another and making false statements in the death of her son.

The child's body was ... More...
   $0 (10-26-2024 - GA)

United States of America v. Micky Lee Wagner, aka “Clifton Leigh Wagner Martin,” “Mickey Lee Wagner,” “Leigh Wagner,” “Michy Wagner,” “Lee Wagner,” and “Dr. Leigh”

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Defrauding Factoring Companies

Man Sentenced for Multimillion-Dollar Scheme to Defraud Factoring Companies



Micky Lee Wagner, also known as “Clifton Leig... More...
   $0 (09-18-2024 - GA)

United States of America v. Roderick Billingslea

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with obtaining a fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan and operating illegal trucking businesses.

Georgia Trucker Sentenced for PPP Fraud



Roderick... More...
   $0 (08-15-2024 - GA)

United States of America v. Alvin Demar; Joshua Carter; Jamal Plunkett

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Trafficking Firearms and Other Gun-Related Offenses

Three Men Sentenced for Trafficking Firearms and Other Gun-Related Offenses



Alvin Demar and Joshua Ca... More...
   $0 (08-05-2024 - GA)

United States of America v. Teresa Carter and Sharon Crowder

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Stealing Social Security Benefits

Two Georgia Women Sentenced for Stealing Social Security Benefits



Teresa Carter and Sharon Crowder have been sentenced f... More...
   $0 (07-12-2024 - GA)

United States of America v. Thomas Charles Bridges; Errol Michael Gilyot; LiJordan Alexander Lucas; Tranealius Lashun Abrams; Emerson Trevaun Striveson, Jr.; Ashir Davonte-Jovonta Hogue; Amartinez Carson

Mobile, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with organized scheme to commit bank fraud

Tacoma Company Pleads Guilty and Sentenced for False Declarations on Timber Imports



Several defendants from Mobile we... More...
   $0 (06-14-2024 - GA)

United States of America v. James Lewallen Meeks; Jamey Michael Latty; Mark Anthony Powell

Rome, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Trafficking Drugs and Firearms

Three Men Sentenced for Trafficking Drugs and Firearms



James Lewallen Meeks, a Georgia Department of Corrections inmate, an... More...
   $0 (05-30-2024 - GA)

United States of America v. James Lewallen Meeks; Jamey Michael Latty; Mark Anthony Powell

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Trafficking Drugs and Firearms

Three Men Sentenced for Trafficking Drugs and Firearms



James Lewallen Meeks, a Georgia Department of Corrections inmate, ... More...
   $0 (05-30-2024 - GA)

United States of America v. Justin Daniels

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Filing False Tax Returns.

Dog Broker Sentenced to Federal Prison for Filing False Tax Returns



Justin Daniels was sentenced for filing false tax returns in connection with his dog-brokeri... More...
   $0 (04-25-2024 - GA)

United States of America v. Shaquandra Woods

Savannah, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with COVID-19 fraud scheme.

Florida attorney sentenced to federal prison for role in COVID-19 fraud scheme.



A Florida attorney has been sentenced to federal prison and ordered to pay restitution for ... More...
   $0 (04-17-2024 - GA)

Angie McDaniel v. Nathan McDaniel

Atlanta, Georgia personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on "malicious prosecution, false imprisonment, false-light invasion of privacy, damage to reputation and intentional infliction of emotional distress theories.... More...    $0 (03-13-2024 - GA)

United States of America v. David Shemtov

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud .


California Man Sentenced for Cell Phone Trade-in Fraud Scheme



David Shemtov was sentenced after a jury convicted him of wire fraud based on a scheme ... More...    $0 (03-30-2024 - GA)

United States of America v. David Shemtov

Alanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Cell Phone Trade-in Fraud Scheme.


California Man Sentenced for Cell Phone Trade-in Fraud Scheme



David Shemtov was sentenced after a jury convicted him of wire frau... More...    $0 (03-27-2024 - GA)

United States of America v. Matthew Allen Dickason

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Stealing Millions from Clients.


Disbarred Real Estate Attorney Sentenced to Federal Prison for Stealing Millions from Clients



Matthew Allen Dickason, a disbarred attorney who was pr... More...
   $0 (03-04-2024 - GA)

United States of America v. John J. Woods

Alanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a decade-long Ponzi scheme.




John J. Woods has been sentenced to nearly eight years in federal prison for operating a 13-year Ponzi scheme that victimized more than 400 investors and ... More...
   $0 (02-08-2024 - GA)

United States of America v. Juan Martinez, Joseph Pascua

Savannah, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a conspiracy to steal aircraft design secrets.


Each defendant was convicted in 2023 jury trials



Two California men have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a co... More...
   $0 (02-09-2024 - GA)

United States of America v. Jalal Hajavi

Alanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with shipping heavy equipment to Iran in violation of U.S. sanctions




Jalal Hajavi has been sentenced for conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulatio... More...
   $0 (01-18-2024 - GA)

United States of America v. Ronald Bell

Atlanta, Georgia Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant who extorted Georgia Tech



Northern District of Georgia



Ronald Bell has been sentenced to two years and nine months in prison for extorting Georgia Tech. Bell recruited a security guard to f... More...
   $0 (07-27-2023 - GA)

United States of America v. Shaquandra Woods

Savannah, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with participating in a scheme to illegally obtain funding from a federal COVID-19 small business relief program.

Shaquandra Woods, 40, of Jacksonville, Fla., was convicted after a four-day trial in U.S. District Court on a charge of Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, said Jill E. Steinberg, U.S. Attorney for the S... More...
   $0 (12-12-2023 - GA)

United States of America v. Jess Kinmont and John P. Wenz, Jr.

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with operating a timeshare resale scam business that affected more than 8,000 victims nationwide, many of them elderly.

“The defendants monetized their clients’ trust to commit a multi-state fraud scheme that enabled them to steal millions of dollars from more than 8,000 victims, including many seniors who w... More...
   $0 (10-20-2023 - GA)

State of Georgia v. Kenneth Chesebro

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to filed false documents.

Kenneth Chesebro, a former attorney for Donald Trump was charged under Georgia's racketeering laws for his involvement with others who were trying to change the outcome of the 2020 election for President in Georgia.

"Georgia racketeering law, codified at O.C.G.A. ... More...
   $0 (10-20-2023 - GA)

United States of America v. DeAndre Cannon

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States.

A previously deported undocumented alien with a violent criminal history, and a former school paraprofessional who fatally abandoned a dog in a hot car while straw purchasing firearms, have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in trafficking guns later used ... More...
   $0 (10-10-2023 - GA)

United States of America v. Joseph Oluwafemi Kolawole Akoshile

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with tax fraud scheme relating to false tax returns claiming fuel tax credits.

Joseph Oluwafemi Kolawole Akoshile, age 57, of Mansfield, Texas, used multiple aliases to steal millions of dollars from American taxpayers by fraudulently using a tax credit designed to aid business owners, according to U.S. Attorney R... More...
   $0 (09-22-2023 - GA)

United States of America v. Lonnise Janelle Andrews

Macon, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making and subscrib ing to a false tax return, making false claims for tax credits, and making false claims for tax refunds.

Lonnise Janelle Andrews, 43, of Macon, pleaded guilty to one count of making and subscribing a false return, one count of false claim for a tax credit and one count of false claim for a re... More...
   $0 (09-12-2023 - GA)

United States of America v. Maurice Lawson

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with obtaining nearly a half a million dollars by submitting multiple fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (“EIDL”) applications.

“Congress enacted the Paycheck Protection Program to provide emergency financial assistance to millions of Americans suffering the econ... More...
   $0 (08-16-2023 - GA)

United States of America v. Juan Martinez

Savannah, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to steal aircraft design and testing information in a plot to shorten the regulatory approval process for another company’s aircraft technology.

Juan Martinez, 53, of Yorba Linda, California, was convicted after a five-day trial in U.S. District Court in Savannah on one count of Conspiracy to Steal T... More...
   $0 (08-30-2023 - GA)

State of Georgi v. Donald Trump, et al.

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyers are representing Defendants on multiple criminal counts.

INTRODUCTION Defendant Donald JohnTrump lostthe United States presidential election held on November 3, 2020. One ofthe states he lost was Georgia. Trump andthe otherDefendants charged in this Indictment refused to accept thatTrump lost, and they knowingly and willfully joined a conspiracy ... More...
   $0 (08-14-2023 - GA)

Anthony Bernard Juniper v. Melvin C. Davis, et al.

Richmond, Virginia criminal defense lawyers represented Plaintiff convicted of capital murder.

This habeas case returns to us after a remand for an evidentiary hearing. Petitioner Anthony Juniper argues that the Commonwealth of Virginia's[1] suppression of evidence and knowing presentation of false or misleading testimony were cumulatively material under Brady v. Maryland and Napue v. Ill... More...
   $0 (08-23-2023 - GA)

United States of America v. UBS, AG

Atlanta, Georgia civil litigation commerical lawyers lawyer represented Defendant accused for misconduct related to UBS’ underwriting and issuance of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) issued in 2006 and 2007.

Following an extensive investigation, the United States filed a complaint alleging that UBS defrauded investors in connection with the sale of 40 RMBS issued in 2006 a... More...
   $0 (08-21-2023 - ga)

United States of America v. Lakisha Swope

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) applications fraud.

Lakisha Swope operated a nationwide scheme seeking to obtain fraudulent PPP funds. The investigation revealed that dozens of false PPP applications were filed from Swope’s residence.

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CA... More...
   $0 (08-10-2023 - GA)

United States of America v. Jessica Diane Higginbotham aka Jessica Harriod aka Jessica Jones

Macon, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sending a threatening message to bomb their local headquarters the day before the U.S. Senators from Georgia were in town for campaign events.

Jessica Diane Higginbotham aka Jessica Harriod aka Jessica Jones, 35, of Elberton, Georgia, was pleaded guilty to one count of communicating a bomb threat on May 16.
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   $0 (08-02-2023 - GA)

United States of America v. Ronald Bell

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with extortion.

“Ronald Bell tried to extort Georgia Tech and ruin the reputation of its basketball coach,” said U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan. “As federal prosecutors, we have a responsibility to the citizens of this district to pursue accountability and justice for crimes of sexual violence. But in this case... More...
   $0 (07-27-2023 - GA)

United States of America v. Eugene R. Britt, III, a/k/a Trey Britt

Statesboro, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with tax evasion.

Eugene R. Britt III, aka Trey Britt, 53, of Milledgeville, Ga., was pleaded guilty to Tax Evasion, as jointly announced by Deputy Assistant Attorney General David A. Hubbert of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Jill E. Steinberg of the Southern District of Georgia. U.S. Dis... More...
   $0 (06-26-2023 - GA)

United States of America v. Jose Fernandez

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with filing false tax returns using stolen identities, using credit cards he obtained with stolen identities, and check fraud. He ultimately obtained more than $2 million in fraudulent funds, which he then used for his personal benefit.

“Fernandez committed a litany of frauds, including an attempt to steal millions o... More...
   $0 (06-30-2023 - GA)

United States of America ex rel. et al v. Georgia Pain Management, P.C. et al.

Atlanta, Georgia civil litigation lawyer represented Defendants accused of violating the False Claims Act.

James Ellner, M.D., and his Woodstock, Georgia pain management practice, Georgia Pain Management, P.C., and ambulatory surgical center, Samson Pain Center, P.C, agreed to pay $625,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by submitting improper claims t... More...
   $0 (05-30-2023 - GA)

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