Pocatello, Idaho consumer credit law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on Fair Credit Reporting Act violation theory.

The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) , 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq., governs access to consumer credit report records and promotes accuracy, fairness, and the privacy of personal information assembled by Credit Reporting Agencies (CRAs).

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Boise, Idaho personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on Racketeering (RICO) Act and other theories.

Plaintiff Tuttle has asserted claims for (1) breach of contract, (2) violation of the
Idaho Consumer Protection Act (“ICPA�), (3) fraud, (4) conspiracy to violate the ICPA
and defraud Tuttle, (5) aiding and abetting fraud and vioaltions of the I... More...    $1 (02-05-2024 - ID)

Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraudulently obtaining and misusing a $338,958 Paycheck Protection Program loan that the Small Business Administration (SBA) guaranteed under the Coronavirus Relief Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.

Khadijah X. Chapman, 59, of Atlanta, worked with co-conspirators to falsify financial information and submit... More...    $0 (11-16-2023 - ID)

Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aiding and assisting in the preparation and prsentation of a false and fraudulent tax return, statement or other document.

Keveny Rosier, 45, operated a tax preparation business in Boise, Idaho and prepared tax returns for clients for the 2016 and 2017 tax years. On returns he prepared, Rosier routinely falsely i... More...    $0 (09-11-2023 - ID)

Boise, Idaho workers' compensation lawyer represented Claimant seeking workers compensation benefits for an on the job injury.

Watkins, a police officer with the Ponderay Police Department, injured his knee while chasing a suspect. Because Watkins was injured during the performance of his duties as a police officer, he was eligible to receive his full base salary during the perio... More...    $0 (08-15-2023 - ID)

Coeur d'Alene criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with
wire fraud.

Trina Welch, age 49, of Osburn, Idaho, was employed by Kasco of Idaho, LLC as a bookkeeper from 2012 until 2019. Kasco is a construction and telecommunication company that does work in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, and Alaska. Beginning in at least 2013 and continuing until the day she was termina... More...    $0 (09-19-2022 - ID)

Pocatello, ID: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with attempted sexual exploitation of a child and possession of child pornography.

Tel James Boam, age 39, was charged with attempted sexual exploitation of a child and one count of possession of child pornography.

Beginning in September 2019, after an individual reported finding videos of a nude minor on Boam... More...    $0 (09-22-2021 - iD)

Pocatello, Idaho bribery crime criminal defense lawyer represented defendant.

Robert Bailey, 63, of Centreville, Virginia, was charged with paying a bribe to a public official.

According to court records, in 2001, Bailey purchased L-1, a construction management and operations company located in Chantilly, Virginia. In 2008, Bailey became a business acquaintance of an FBI employee... More...    $0 (10-10-2020 - ID)

Boise, ID - Carol Miller sued Citicorp Credit Services, Inc. on a Family Medical Leave Act violation.... More...    $0 (03-02-2018 - ID)

Justin Vigos appeals the decision of the district court in Ada County reversing an order from the magistrate court granting his motion for summary judgment against MFG Financial, Inc. (MFG). MFG initiated this action to recover damages from a breach of contract. In 2007, Vigos purchased a vehicle from Karl Malone Toyota. The contract was assigned to Courtesy Auto Credit (Courtesy). After some time... More...    $0 (01-18-2018 - ID)

Medical Recovery Services, LLC (“MRS”) appeals a district court’s judgment denying its request for postjudgment attorney fees on an appeal. The dispute arose after MRS attempted to collect a debt owed by Robert Lopez (“Lopez”). The magistrate court entered a default judgment and awarded attorney fees to MRS. MRS continued to incur attorney fees while attempting to collect on the default judgment a... More...    $0 (02-19-2018 - ID)

Investigative journalism has long been a fixture in the American press, particularly with regard to food safety.1 In the early 1900s, Upton Sinclair highlighted conditions in the meat-packing industry in The Jungle, a novel based on his time working incognito in a packing plant.2 This case also originates in the agricultural sector�a secretly-filmed expos� of the operation of an Idaho dairy fa... More...    $0 (01-09-2018 - 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)

Boise, ID - Michigan Man Sentenced for Credit and Debit Card Fraud

Devin Arthur Searcy, 23, of Redford Charter Town, Michigan, was sentenced on August 17, 2017 to 24 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Searcy to pay $7,299.... More...    $0 (08-20-2017 - ID)

Boise, ID - Two Men From New York Plead Guilty to Identity Theft

Jason Morel, 22, and Kenith Quesada, 23, of Bronx, New York pleaded guilty August 3, 2017 in United States District Court to aggravated identity theft.

According to the plea agreements, Morel and Quesada traveled to Idaho to defraud AT&T stores and AT&T customers. Morel and Quesada fraudulently impersonated real AT&... More...    $0 (08-04-2017 - ID)

Boiese, ID - Charles Barker, et al. sued Credit Suisse, A.G., et al. on real property question issues under 28 U.S.C. 1331(s).

The claims made and defenses asserted, if any, are not available.... More...    $0 (04-24-2015 - ID)

Boise, ID - Michigan Residents Plead to Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud

Michigan residents Devin Arthur Searcy, 23, and Juwuan Demilo Gordon, 27, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Searcy pleaded guilty on May 8, 2017 and Gordon pleaded guilty on April 24. They were indicted by a federal grand jury in Boise in February 2017.

According to court proceedings, Searcy ... More...    $0 (05-08-2017 - ID)

Boise, ID - California Man Sentenced for Wire Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft

Derrick Courtney Franklin, II, 29, of Los Angeles, California, was sentenced to 42 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for the crimes of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Senior U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb of the Eastern District of California also ordered Frank... More...    $0 (12-15-2016 - ID)

Boise, ID - Woman Who Embezzled $852,041 from St. Luke’s Sentenced to 27 Months in Prison

Sara Curnow, 44, of Portland, Oregon, was sentenced to 27 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, a condition of which is home confinement for 6 months, for the crime of wire fraud, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordere... More...    $0 (10-23-2016 - ID)

Boise, ID - Meridian Man Sentenced to 12 Months in Prison for Oxycodone Distribution

Theodore Pena, 66, of Meridian, Idaho, was sentenced to 12 months in prison and three years of supervised release for distributing oxycodone. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered that Pena forfeit $3,200 in drug proceeds.

According to evidence presented at the entry of plea ... More...    $0 (09-06-2016 - ID)

Boise, ID - When A Federal Judge Tell You To Show Up - You Better Do It

Terrance Barimah, 28, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, was sentenced for failure to appear for sentencing and illegal possession of device-making equipment. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill sentenced Barimah to 70 months in prison and three years supervised release. Barimah was indicted by a federal grand jury in... More...    $0 (07-25-2016 - ID)

Boise, ID - Ninth Defendant from Georgia Sentenced in Credit Card Scheme

Kyandre Banks, 27, of Lilburn, Georgia, was sentenced to 60 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. He pleaded guilty on February 18, 2016. Visiting U.S. District Judge Stanley A. Bastia... More...    $0 (06-30-2016 - ID)

Boise, ID - Woman Who Embezzled $852,041 From St. Luke’s Pleads Guilty

Sara Curnow, 45, of Portland, Oregon, pleaded guilty to wire fraud in connection with her scheme to embezzle $852,041 from St. Luke’s Health System employees’ Flexible Spending Accounts.

According to the plea agreement, from approximately 2008 through 2015, Curnow was an employee of Pinnacle Pension Services ... More...    $0 (06-13-2016 - ID)

Boise, ID - California Woman Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft

Jassmine Pettaway, 27, of Inglewood, California, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Pettaway was indicted by a federal grand jury in Boise on October 14, 2015.

According to the court proceedings, Pettaway admitted that she agreed to travel to Idaho for the purpose of m... More...    $0 (04-05-2016 - ID)

COEUR D'ALENE, ID - Post Falls Banker Sentenced for Bank Fraud

Randy Gard Teall, 67, of Post Falls, Idaho, was sentenced in United States District Court to 12 months and one day in prison followed by five years of supervised release for bank fraud. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge will determine the amount of restitution Teall will be ordered to pay. Teall pleaded guilty to t... More...    $0 (01-27-2016 - ID)

Boise, ID - Third Defendant Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud and Possession of Counterfeit Credit Cards

Rafael Perez, 31, of Guaymas, Mexico, pleaded guilty today in federal court to one count of wire fraud and one count of possession of fifteen or more counterfeit credit cards, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.

According to the plea agreement, Perez and his co-defendants, Javie... More...    $0 (08-11-2015 - ID)

On November 14, 2002, the grand jury sitting in Ada County indicted Abdullah on one count of murder in the first degree, a felony, Idaho Code sections 18-4001 to -4003; one count of arson in the first degree, a felony, Idaho Code section 18-802; three counts of attempted murder in the first degree, a felony, Idaho Code sections 18-4001 and 18-306; and one count of injury to a child, a felony, Idah... More...    $0 (08-12-2015 - ID)

As this appeal hinges on the regulation of Indian gaming, we begin with a brief introduction to the IGRA. Congress passed the IGRA in 1988 “in order to provide a statutory basis for the operation and regulation of gaming by Indian tribes.” Seminole Tribe of Fla. v. Florida, 517 U.S. 44, 48 (1996). “The Act divides gaming on Indian lands into three classes—I, II, and III—and provides a different... More...    $0 (07-25-2015 - ID)

Boise, ID - Tampa, Florida Woman Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft

Yinet Quintana Isalgue, 27, of Tampa, Florida, pleaded guilty today in federal court to one count of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Quintana Isalgue was indicted by a federal grand jury on February 11, 2015.

As described in th... More...    $0 (07-21-2015 - ID)

The Coeur d’Alene Tribe (“Tribe”) appeals the
preliminary injunction prohibiting the Tribe from offering
Texas Hold’em (“Hold’em”) poker. The Tribe argues that
tribal sovereign immunity was not abrogated and that venue
was improper under the terms of the Tribal-State Gaming
Compact (“Compact”). We affirm because the Indian
Gaming Regulatory Act (“IGRA”) severed tribal immun... More...    $0 (07-22-2015 - ID)

This is an appeal out of Ada County from a declaratory judgment holding that TracFone
is a telecommunication provider under Idaho Code section 31-4802(15)(d). We affirm that
judgment.

I.
Factual Background.
TracFone Wireless, Inc., is a non-facilities-based commercial mobile radio service
provider (a pure wireless reseller) that provides prepaid wireless telecommunicat... More...    $0 (06-23-2015 - ID)

POCATELLO, ID - Michael Justin Hoopes, 41, of Rexburg, Idaho, was sentenced today to 24 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, including 200 hours of community service, for wire fraud and monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activity, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Hoopes to pay $620,00... More...    $0 (06-16-2015 - ID)

BOISE – Vachik Babayan, 42, of Tujunga, California, was sentenced to 11months and 25 days in prison for access device fraud for possessing fifteen or more unauthorized credit card account numbers, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Babayan to pay a $10,500 fine, to pay restitution in the amount of $9,999, and to serve three months of home de... More...    $0 (06-08-2015 - ID)

BOISE, ID – Arleen Cifuentes, 32, of Riverside, California, was sentenced to 71 months in federal prison for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Cifuentes to serve three years of supervised release, to pay $107,538.19 in restitution, and to forfeit $26,777.13 in cash proceeds of the charged offenses. Cifuentes pleaded guilty on Janua... More...    $0 (05-27-2015 - ID)