Federal Courthouse - Pocatello, Idaho

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Pocatello, Idaho criminal defense bankruptcy fraud charge lawyer represented Andrew Welch, 46, of Idaho Falls, was concealment of assets in bankruptcy.

According to court records, Welch, a former pharmacist in Ketchum, Idaho, filed a voluntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition on April 3, 2014, after the Idaho State Board of Pharmacy revoked his pharmacist license. In the bankruptcy petition... More...    $0 (01-09-2021 - ID)

Pocatello, Idaho criminal defense bankruptcy fraud lawyer

Andrew Welch, 46, of Idaho Falls, was charged with concealment of assets in bankruptcy.

According to court records, Welch, a former pharmacist in Ketchum, Idaho, filed a voluntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition on April 3, 2014, after the Idaho State Board of Pharmacy revoked his pharmacist license. In the bankruptcy petiti... More...    $0 (12-28-2020 - ID)

Coeur d'Alene, ID - The United States of America charged Laurcene Barnes Isenberg, a/k/a "Lori Isenberg" with wire fraud and theft of federal program funds.

The Government claimed that Defendant embezzled about $580,000 from funds th... More...    $0 (01-30-2019 - ID)

Missoula, MT - Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Concealing Assets During His Bankruptcy

Randall Alan Franz, a 59-year-old resident of Sandpoint, Idaho, was sentenced on Thursday to 8 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $205,084.79 in restitution after pleading guilty to concealing assets in bankruptcy. Chief U.S. District Judge Dana Christ... More...    $0 (08-20-2018 - ID)

This case arises from Richard Gomez’s breach of a real estate agreement for the sale and purchase of residential real estate from Todd Phillips in his capacity as Trustee of Trust “A” of the Elliott Family Trust. Phillips appeals the Ada County district court’s denial of Phillips’s request to recover actual damages. After a bench trial, the district court held that Phillips’s claim for breach of c... More...    $0 (11-08-2017 - ID)

COEUR D'ALENE, ID - Utah Couple Sentenced for Bank Fraud and Bankruptcy Fraud

Cortney S. Valentine, 40, and Nicolette P. Valentine, 37, husband and wife, both of Liberty, Utah, were sentenced Tuesday for bank fraud, false declaration under penalty of perjury and concealment of assets in connection with a bankruptcy case, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez announced. Senior U.S. Distric... More...    $0 (03-02-2017 - ID)

COEUR D’ALENE, ID - Utah Man Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud and Bankruptcy Fraud

Cortney S. Valentine, 39, of Liberty, Utah, pleaded guilty to bank fraud and false declaration under penalty of perjury and concealment of assets in connection with a bankruptcy case.

According to the plea agreement, Valentine defrauded U.S. Bank when he made material false statements which were relied ... More...    $0 (11-02-2016 - ID)

Pocatello, ID - Rigby Man Pleads Guilty to Bankruptcy Fraud

Kim Thompson, 49, of Rigby, Idaho, pleaded guilty in United States District Court to bankruptcy fraud. Thompson was charged by the U.S. Attorney’s Office on January 15, 2016.

According to the plea agreement, on October 14, 2010, defendant Kim Thompson filed bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Distr... More...    $0 (02-10-2016 - ID)

Pocatello, ID - Former Husband and Wife Plead Guilty to Bankruptcy Fraud

Benjamin Gunn, 46, of Rock Springs, Wyoming, and Melody Gunn, 45, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, pleaded guilty to bankruptcy fraud. The Gunns were charged by information on January 28, 2016.

According to the plea agreements, the Gunns filed for bankruptcy in May 2011, and

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Pocatello, ID - Former Husband and Wife Plead Guilty to Bankruptcy Fraud

Benjamin Gunn, 46, of Rock Springs, Wyoming, and Melody Gunn, 45, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, pleaded guilty yesterday to bankruptcy fraud. The Gunns were charged by information on January 28, 2016.

According to the plea agreements, the Gunns filed for bankruptcy in May 2011, and

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Bryana Bible stopped paying her student loan but later  agreed to a rehabilitation program, governed by 34 C.F.R.  §682.405, under which she paid $50 a month (not enough to cover even half of the monthly interest) in anticipation that  she would eventually resume making full payments, after  which the note would be sold to a new private lender. When  signing the rehabilitation contract, Bible prom... More...    $0 (10-11-2015 - ID)

Boise, ID - Utah Man Sentenced for Fraudulently Concealing and Transferring Assets in Bankruptcy

Farrell Larson, 67, of Meadow, Utah, was sentenced to five years of probation and 100 hours of community service for fraudulent transfer and concealment of assets in a bankruptcy. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Larson to pay restitution in the amount of $47,000.
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Kristi Hurles pleaded guilty to grand theft for embezzling from her employer, was sentenced to fourteen years with two years fixed, and was ordered to pay $204,174.61 in restitution. Hurles appealed, challenging the restitution order in a number of respects. The Court of Appeals initially considered the appeal, reversing the restitution order in part, affirming in part, and remanding the case to t... More...    $0 (05-21-2015 - Id)

Pocatello, ID - RaeLeigh Day, 42, of Burley, Idaho, was sentenced today in United States District Court to three years of probation for bankruptcy fraud, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Day pleaded guilty to the charge on October 29, 2014.

According to the plea agreement, Day filed for bankruptcy in December 2009 and omitted from the filed petitions, schedules, and statement of f... More...    $0 (01-16-2015 - ID)

BOISE, ID – Steven Gregory, 66, of Boise, was sentenced to 30 months in prison and three years of supervised release for one count of bankruptcy fraud by asset concealment, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Gregory to pay $165,343 in restitution. Gregory pleaded guilty to the charge on October 21, 2014.

According to the plea a... More...    $0 (01-06-2015 - ID)

BOISE, ID –Steven Gregory, 66, of Boise, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison and three years of supervised release for one count of bankruptcy fraud by asset concealment, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Gregory to pay $165,343 in restitution. Gregory pleaded guilty to the charge on October 21, 2014.

According to the p... More...    $0 (01-06-2015 - ID)

This is an appeal out of Ada County by Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center from a jury verdict awarding damages totaling $52,084,513 against it for breach of contract and tortious conduct regarding MRI Associates, LLP, and its two limited partnerships that owned and operated magnetic resonance imaging scanners. The respondents also cross-appealed the $4.6 million judgment obtained by Saint Alp... More...    $0 (08-04-2014 - ID)

Robert Johnson (“Johnson�) appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Agrisource, Inc. (“Agrisource�) on Agrisource’s breach of contract claim. The
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Bonneville County district court held that there was no genuine disputed issue of material fact as to Johnson’s lack of disclosure of his agency and alleged principal. Johnson argues on appeal that Agriso... More...    $0 (08-18-2014 - ID)

This is a permissive appeal out of Ada County from an order denying the appellants’ motions for summary judgment. The central issue is whether an attorney who, as counsel for a corporation, issues an opinion letter stating that a stock redemption agreement does not violate the law can be held liable to the shareholder whose stock was redeemed if the opinion was incorrect and the redemption agree... More...    $0 (08-27-2014 - ID)

This case arises from the breach of a residential construction agreement. Homeowners Louis and Patricia Caravella appeal from the district court’s judgment, following a court trial, dismissing their fraud counterclaim against respondents, Frontier Development Group, LLC (FDG) and Michael Horn, FDG’s owner/manager. The Caravellas also appeal from the district court’s decision that Horn was no... More...    $0 (08-28-2014 - ID)

BOISE, ID – Chief United States District Court Judge B. Lynn Winmill today sentenced the last two DBSI defendants convicted at trial to federal prison terms, announced Wendy J. Olson, U.S. Attorney for Idaho. David D. Swenson, 38, of Boise, Idaho, and Jeremy A. Swenson, 41, of Meridian, Idaho, were each sentenced to 36 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and a $4,400... More...    $0 (08-21-2014 - ID)

EISMANN, Justice.
This is an appeal out of Ada County from an order denying a motion to compel nonparties to a contract to arbitrate pursuant to an arbitration clause in the contract. We affirm the order of the district court.
I.
Factual Background.
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In February 2010, Mark Boling, an attorney residing in California, received a packet dated February 1, 2010, from Clearwater Rea... More...    $0 (02-11-2014 - ID)

This is an appeal out of Ada County by Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center from a jury verdict awarding damages totaling $52,084,513 against it for breach of contract and tortious conduct regarding MRI Associates, LLP, and its two limited partnerships that owned and operated magnetic resonance imaging scanners. The respondents also cross-appealed the $4.6 million judgment obtained by Saint Alp... More...    $0 (06-17-2014 - ID)

This is an appeal out of Bannock County from a summary judgment dismissing an action to enforce an oral agreement to guaranty the debt of another on the ground that the agreement is barred by the statute of frauds. We affirm the judgment of the district court.

I.

Factual Background.

In January 2009, Lesa Darlene Horrocks was one of the owners of Sunshine Secretarial Serv... More...    $0 (03-29-2013 - ID)

This is an appeal from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of respondents, Spiral Butte Development, LLC and Jim Horkley (collectively “Spiral Butteâ€�). Norman and Robin Riley initiated this action against Spiral Butte for breach of contract and sought specific performance of the parties’ Lease Option Agreement. The district court granted Spiral Butte’s motion for summ... More...    $0 (11-26-2013 - ID)

This is an appeal from a district court order dismissing Appellants’, Robby and Kim Mowrey (“the Mowreysâ€�), negligence action against Respondent, Chevron Pipe Line Co. (“Chevronâ€�). The district court, on July 13, 2011, ruled that because the Mowreys failed to disclose this claim as an asset in their Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceeding, they were judicially estopped from pursuing this claim a... More...    $0 (12-06-2013 - ID)

This is an appeal from a district court trial regarding a dispute over two liens on real property: a deed of trust and a mortgage. Appellants (“Insightâ€�) are assignees of a mortgage secured by 160 acres of real property owned by Summitt, Inc. (“Summittâ€�), which includes an 18-acre parcel of land that Summitt purchased from the Respondents (“the Guntersâ€�). The Gunters hold a deed of tru... More...    $0 (01-24-2013 - ID)

A builder sued a homebuyer in a Utah state district court for failing to pay some charges for his home’s construction; the homebuyer counterclaimed, alleging that the construction was defective. Shortly before the Utah state court rendered a judgment, the homebuyer sued the builder in an Idaho state district court, seeking to void the builder’s allegedly fraudulent transfer of a ranch and appu... More...    $0 (01-29-2013 - ID)

This is an appeal from a district court order dismissing Plaintiff-Appellant (Jerry Doherty) as a party in a medical malpractice action against Respondents (Dr. Gordon E. Dixon and Blackfoot Medical Clinic). The judgment was certified under Rule 54(b) of the Idaho Rules of Civil Procedure on November 24, 2010. The district court, on September 16, 2010, ruled that because Doherty failed to disclose... More...    $0 (02-01-2013 - ID)

Justin S. Reynolds, Kristine Reynolds, and their construction company, Sunrise Development, LLC (collectively, Reynolds) brought a malpractice action against their law firm, Trout Jones Gledhill Fuhrman, P.A., and its attorney-employee, David T. Krueck (collectively, Trout Jones). Reynolds alleged professional negligence in both the drafting of a real estate agreement between Reynolds and Quasar D... More...    $0 (01-23-2013 - ID)

This is an appeal from a district court trial regarding a dispute over two liens on real property: a deed of trust and a mortgage. Appellants (“Insightâ€�) are assignees of a mortgage secured by 160 acres of real property owned by Summitt, Inc. (“Summittâ€�), which includes an 18-acre parcel of land that Summitt purchased from the Respondents (“the Guntersâ€�). The Gunters hold a deed of tr... More...    $0 (01-24-2013 - ID)

This is an appeal from Power County in which the appellants challenge a judgment ejecting them from real property purchased by the respondent at a mortgage foreclosure sale. The appellants’ primary complaint is that the district court denied their claim for unjust enrichment under which they sought to recover damages for improvements they had made to the real property prior to the foreclosure sa... More...    $0 (09-14-2012 - ID)

This case comes before this Court from the district court’s grant of summary judgment against Tanner Mickelsen (Mickelsen) and for Broadway Ford, Inc. (Broadway Ford). Mickelsen, who had leased a truck from Broadway Ford, brought a complaint alleging fraud in the inducement and asking for rescission based on that fraud or, alternatively, on mutual mistake. The district court granted summary judg... More...    $0 (06-15-2012 - ID)

EISMANN, Justice. In this case, a jury returned a special verdict that: (a) awarded damages against an attorney and his girlfriend based upon the jury’s finding that they had breached their fiduciary duties to a former client of the attorney by purchasing half of his stock in a closely held corporation for less than its fair market value, and (b) cancelled debts owing by the corporation to the a... More...    $0 (05-29-2012 - ID)

This is an appeal from a judgment holding that records relating to a contract executed by a county, a former county prosecuting attorney, and a city under which the prosecuting attorney would perform prosecutorial services for the city using county employees are not public records subject to disclosure under the Public Records Act. We hold that such records are public records, but in this case the... More...    $0 (01-05-2012 - ID)

Greenbriar Estates Homeowner’s Association (Greenbriar HOA or the HOA) and developer Asbury Park, LLC assert conflicting interests in a Greenbriar Estates Subdivision (Greenbriar Estates or the subdivision) lot upon which Asbury Park constructed storage facilities. The district court granted partial summary judgment in favor of Asbury Park. Greenbriar HOA appeals and asserts that the district co... More...    $0 (01-11-2012 - ID)

Idaho Development, LLC (“Idaho Developmentâ€�) advanced $1,100,000.00 to Teton View Golf Estates, LLC (“Teton Viewâ€�), a joint venture made up of Idaho Development as a 33.3% owner and Rothchild Properties, LLC as a 66.7% owner. Teton View granted Idaho Development a promissory note secured by a deed of trust that specified a set monthly payment and stated that the entire amount was to be pai... More...    $0 (12-12-2011 - ID)

Lesia Knowlton appeals the Industrial Commission’s determination that she is not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits because she failed to demonstrate that her medical symptoms were causally related to an accident that occurred during the course of her employment. We affirm.

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Factual and Procedural Background

During all times relevant to this appeal, Lesia Knowlto... More...    $0 (06-26-2011 - ID)

This matter comes before this Court on an appeal from the Industrial Commission’s (“the Commissionâ€�) order entered on remand from the case of Frank v. Bunker Hill Co., 142 Idaho 126, 124 P.3d 1002 (2005). On appeal Paul Frank argues that the Commission erred in failing to award him reimbursement for the cost of past and future medical insurance, which he claims is required to pay for his med... More...    $0 (11-29-2010 - ID)