United States of America v. Keion Rowell, a/k/a Keion J. Roswell, a/k/a Kuntzo

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking a minor. Defendant's motion to suppress certain evidence against him was denied.

Boston, Massachusetts health care fraud criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant. Over four years, Chang Goo Yoon submitted more than a million dollars in false health insurance claims, resulting in his conviction on two counts of health care fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1347. Yoon worked as a licensed physical therapist who owned and operated several clinics in Massachusetts. Between November 2014 and November 2018, Yoon submitted numerous claims to private health insurers, includi

United States of America v. Dennis Condron

Springfield, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making fraudulent and false statements. Over a three-year period, in addition to depositing customer payments to his company, D Condron Construction, Dennis Condron, 76, of Cheshire, hid over half a million dollars in customer checks by cashing them and diverting them to his personal accounts. When Condron had his taxes prepared, he did not tell his preparer about the checks he was cashing and diverting

United States of America v. Michael Andrew Rodgers

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with threatening interstate communications and extortion. On April 5, 2023, Michael Andrew Rodgers, 32, posted a threat on the Google review page of a Springfield medical practice that stated: “They gonna get what’s coming soon. […] Will be there in the morning to get them myself one way or another. Locked and loaded.” Beneath this text, Rodgers included an image of a hand holding a gun. On April 6, 2

United States of America v. Wuesley Pelaez Vela

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer Bryan Owens represented the Defendant charged with money laundering and conspiracy to distribute and poss with intent to distribute 200 grams or more of fentanyl. In 2019, an investigation began into a Colombia-based money laundering organization that was laundering drug proceeds on behalf of multiple drug trafficking organizations. Between 2020 and 2022, Wuesley Pelaez Vela, age 34, of Tallahassee, Florida, coordinated with an undercover agent

United States of America v. Abraham Heredia

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer Joseph Harty represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of Fentanyl. Abraham Heredia, 25, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl. From at least November 2022 to June 2023, Heredia conspired with others to distribute larges amounts of fentanyl throughout Western Massachusetts. On

United States of America v. Tuyet T. Martin

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to obstruct justice. Tuyet T. Martin, 55, of Pelham, N.H., was charged along with her brother Dean Tran, who was charged in a 28-count federal indictment for his fraudulent collection of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance benefits and his willful omission of consulting and rental income from his tax returns in 2020, 2021 and 2022. Tran’s unemployment benefits and tax fraud schemes, an investig

United States of America v. Kenneth Mattoon

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with embezzlement of labor union assets. Between May 2020 and May 2025, Kenneth Mattoon, 67, of West Yarmouth, embezzled funds from the Barnstable Massachusetts Department of Public Works Employees Local Number 3003 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO. Mattoon was an officer of the labor union at the time. The charge of embezzlement from a labor union provides for a se

United States of America v. Edward John Kay

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with cyberstalking in violaition of 18 U.S.C. § 2261A(2)(B), which provides: (A) places that person in reasonable fear of the death of, or serious bodily injury to— (i) that person; (ii) an immediate family member (as defined in section 115) of that person; (iii) a spouse or intimate partner of that person; or (iv) the pet, service animal, emotional support animal, or horse of that person; or (B) causes

United States of America v. Jesse El-Ghoul

Worcester, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft of government money, bank fraud, and money laundering. Jesse El-Ghoul, 31, owned and operated Affordable Motor Group in Leominster, Mass. and owed back taxes for the business. On March 29, 2024, El-Ghoul deposited a tax refund check for $1,344,863, payable to Affordable Motor Group into his business bank account. The check had been issued by the U.S. Treasury to a Canadian company, based on its 2021

United States of America v. Urvishkumar Vipulkumar Patel

Springfield, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. In early 2024, an elderly Berkshire County resident received a pop-up message on his computer claiming that his computer was frozen and directing him to call the number provided on the computer screen, purportedly associated with Microsoft. The victim’s call was routed to an individual who identified himself as a federal law enforcement officer with the U.S. Treasury D

United States of America v. John Michael Sacco

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with tax evasion. John Michael Sacco, 54, formerly of Quincy, managed construction projects under the name JMS Contracting. From 2014 through 2021, Sacco received over $9 million from JMS’s customers. Rather than depositing JMS’s gross receipts into business bank accounts, Sacco cashed most checks from customers, used proceeds to purchase supplies and pay subcontractors in cash and retained remaining cash to

United States of America v. Stephen L. Hochberg

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States and to obstruction of justice. Stephen Hochberg, age 77, of Marlborough, and Charles D. Katz agreed in as early as 2014 to cheat the IRS. They agreed that Hochberg, who served as the Director of Corporate Services at Katz’s accounting firm and as Chief Operating Officer at Katz’s real estate firm, would be paid significant compensation off the books so that Hochb

United States of America v. Lonnie Smith-Matthews

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud, theft of government money, bank fraud, and money laundering. Lonnie Smith-Matthews, 33, was charged with two counts of wire fraud; one count of theft of government funds; two counts of bank fraud; and two counts of money laundering. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Denise J. Casper scheduled sentencing for March 19, 2026. In June 2025, Smith-Matthews was arrested and charged by criminal complaint

United States of America v. Ajinomoto Cambrooke, Inc.

Boston, Massachusetts, commercial litigation lawyers represented the Defendant accused of violating the False Claims Act by obtaining a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan for which it was not eligible. Congress enacted the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) on March 29, 2020, to provide emergency financial assistance to the millions of Americans who were suffering the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The CARES Act authorized forgivable loans to small

Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Hedweens Quetant

Dedham, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant, Hedweens Quetant, 21, charged with manslaughter. Witnesses told Massachusetts State Police that they saw the 2019 Honda Civic driven by the defendant crash into the 2018 Chevrolet Tahoe driven by the victim on I-93 North near Exit 6 in Braintree. Quetant was driving with his headlights off at a speed in excess of 100 mph and accelerating in competition with another vehicle before striking the rear of the victim’s

Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Hedweens Quetant

Dedham, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant, Stefon Diggs, was charged with assault and battery with attempted strangulation.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Stefon Diggs

Dedham, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant, Stefon Diggs, who is charged with with felony strangulation or suffocation and misdemeanor assault and battery involving a dispute with his personal chef.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Aamir Sylvia and Atiana Suazo adn

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represent the Defendants charged with armed carjacking in Dorchester. One suspect pointed a gun at the victim and that a second suspect was armed, according to the Boston Police Department. The suspects fled the scene with the stolen vehicle, which was later recovered. Aamir Sylvia, 19, and Atiana Suazo, 20, were charged. A minor involved in the carjacking was also arrested.

United States of America v. Santo Leandro Duverge Tejeda, a/k/a “La Niña”

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possess with intent to distribute fentanyl. anto Leandro Duverge Tejeda, a/k/a “La Niña,” 29, was indicted on two counts of distribution of and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and one count of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. The defendant will be arraigned in federal court in Boston at a future date. Duverge Tejeda was previously arrested and charged by complaint on Nov. 20,

United States of America v. Isaiah Johnson

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawfully purchasing a semi-automatic pistol for an unlicensed individual. In February 2024, Isaiah Johnson, 24, of Merrimack, N.H., purchased a tan-colored 9-millimeter Glock 19X semi-automatic pistol from a gun store in New Hampshire, for a co-conspirator who was ineligible for a gun license. Johnson ultimately delivered the firearm to the co-conspirator approximately one week later. firearm In Decemb

Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Brian Walshe

Dedham, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. Brian Walshe was accused of killing his wife Ana Walshe, age 39,, who went missing on January 1, 2023, and whose body was never found. Norfolk County is located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. At the 2020 census, the population was around 725,981. Its county seat is Dedham. The county was named after the English county of the same name. Two towns, Cohasset and Brookline, are excl

United States of America v. Cory Primo

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking conspiracy. <P> From in and around April 2023 until August 2023, Cory Primo, 43, of Fall River, conspired with others to traffic a Massachusetts adult woman and two minors. Primo indicated that she started helping her co-defendant sell the victims because she was “broke.” Primo sent pictures of the victims to sex buyers, communicated with sex buyers to schedule commercial sex acts and ne

Yoav G. Stearns v. Harvard University

Boston, Massachusetts civil rights lawyers represented the the Plaintiff who accused university of acting with indifference to his complaints about campus protesters who he said had harassed him because he is Jewish. Yoav G. Stearns v. Harvard University refers to a significant antisemitism lawsuit filed by former Harvard Business School student Yoav Segev, alleging Harvard's "deliberate indifference" to anti-Jewish harassment and a violent 2023 campus protest where he was assaulted; while a

United States of America v. Spinefrontier, Inc.

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with giving kickbacks in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS), 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b. An executive may have impliedly waived a corporation's attorney-client privilege by indicating his intent to invoke an "involvement-of-counsel" defense at his criminal trial. Aditya Humad, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of SpineFrontier, Inc., a medical device company.

United States of America v. Li Wen Tang, a/k/a Tony Tang

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with robbery. Tang pled committed two robberies, roughly an hour apart with co-defendants Jonas Nunez and Alfeu Barbosa, at massage businesses in Brookline and Stoneham, Massachusetts.

Cayse Llorens v. Lexshare, Inc.

Boston, Massachusetts, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a job discrimination Civil Rights Act violation theory.

United States of America v. Lerei Gooding

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with, conspiracy to distribut and posses with intent to distribute cocaine, fentanyl, methamphetamine and other controlled substance.<br> <br>

Jason R. Nelson v. Navistar, Inc., et al.

Boston, Massachusetts personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who sued on product liability theories.<br> <br> AI Overview<br> <br> Massachusetts product liability law holds manufacturers, distributors, and sellers strictly liable for injuries caused by defective products, meaning you don't need to prove negligence.<br> <br> You can file a claim for a product that has a design defect, manufacturing defect, or a failure to warn. The statute of limitations for filing a personal injury cl

United States of America v. Patrick Harris

Worcester, Massachusetts, pro se Defendant without a lawyer represented himself on a charged of possession of materials constituting child porn.

Colleen M. Strapponi and Mark Strapponi v. Town of Blackstone, et al.

Worcester, Massachusetts personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on civil rights violation theories.<br> <br> This case was filed in the Worcester Superior Court, 2485CV01203 and was removed to federal court by the Defendants.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Jorge A. Castillo

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with five counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under fourteen, in violation of G. L. c. 265, § 13B, and intimidation of a witness, in violation of G. L. c. 268, § 13B.<br> <br> On one occasion, J.S. was at the defendant's home when she came in from playing outside to get something from the kitchen. While she stood at the refrigerator, the defendant came up from behind her and touched her vaginal

Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Quahir Q.

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented juvenille Defendant charged with possession of a firearm.<br> <br> On March 28, 2022, administrators at the Dearborn School in the Roxbury section of Boston learned that a student might be in possession of a weapon. School administrators performed an administrative search, which revealed that the juvenile possessed a nine millimeter Glock pistol with six rounds of ammunition inside his "fanny pack" on his person. Consequently, Boston pol

Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Michael Lewis

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of manslaughter rom 1984 and 1993 pleaded guilty to manslaughter.<br> <br> On or about July 16 or 17 of 1984, Lewis and another man, both of whom were involved in the South Boston drug trade, were driving in South Boston in search of another drug dealer. Their purpose was to stop that dealer from operating in South Boston. <br> <br> While looking for the dealer, Lewis and the second man encountered

Emily MacIntyre v. Curry College

Boston, Massachusetts employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a Fair Labor Standard Act violation theory.

United States of America v. Michael Whitfield

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Janes Doe v. City of Springfield, et al.

Springfield, Massachusetts, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> <br> The claims made and defenses asserted by the parties are not available.

United States of America v. Kenneth Gianatasio

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of distributing child pornography and two counts of possessing child pornography.<br> <br> The statute for the distribution count carries a minimum of 5 years (60 months) and a maximum of 20 years (240 months) in prison. And the statute for the possession counts carries a maximum of 20 years (240 months) in prison. The sentencing guidelines suggested a prison term between 210 and 262 months. But after

Guistina Aprileo v. Cheryl Claporood, et al.

Springfield, Massachusetts, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on an excessive force claim.<br> <br> In 2018, Guistina Aprileo requested police assistance with resolving a disagreement at her<br> home between her adult children. Soon after the police arrived, she found herself in a dispute with one of the officers, which led to her arrest on charges including disorderly conduct. Rather than admit to any wrongdoing or go to trial, Aprileo agreed with the Commonwealth to three months

United States of America v. Matthew Farwell

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Allegedly Causing the Death of His Victim's Unborn Baby.<br> <br> A former Stoughton police officer who was previously indicted for allegedly murdering Sandra Birchmore, a pregnant woman, to prevent her from disclosing information about his sexual exploitation of her beginning when she was a minor, has been indicted for allegedly causing the death of Birchmore’s unborn son.<br> <br> Matthew Farwell, 39, o

Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Thomas Patak

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with smash-and-grab burglaries.<br> <br> HOMAS PATAK, 55, pleaded guilty to numerous breaking and entering, larceny from a building and destruction of property charges in BMC Central and received a sentence of 2.5 years in the House of Correction followed by two years of probation with orders to stay away from all crime locations and wear a GPS monitoring device. He was also ordered to undergo mental health evaluati

United States of America v. Aderito Patrick Amado

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, fentanyl analogue, and cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(b)(1)(A)(vi), and 841(b)(1)(B)(ii); three counts of possession with intent to distribute those substances.<br> <br> In late 2020 and early 2021, Massachusetts law enforcement investigated a suspected drug trafficking organization (DTO) in the South Shore area. Ev

Rohini Meka, et al. v. Hani Haddad, et al.

Springfield, Massachusetts, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiffs on a medical malpractice claim.<br> <br> The plaintiffs, Rohini Meka and her husband, Suresh Chirumamilla, filed suit on September 18, 2020, in the District of Massachusetts. They named as defendants Dr. Hani Haddad, Valley Women's Health Group, LLC, and Jane/John Doe (collectively, "the defendants"). The complaint, premised on diversity jurisdiction, see 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a), asserted various Massachusetts law claim

United States of America v. Robert Burnham

Boston criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sexual Exploitation of a Minor and Possession of Child Pornography.<br> <br> A Gloucester man was indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston for sexual exploiting a minor and possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM).<br> <br> Robert Burnham, 44, was indicted on one count of sexual exploitation of a minor and one count of possession of child pornography. Burnham was arrested and charged by criminal complaint in September 2

United States of America v. Robert Burnham

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sexual Exploitation of a Minor and Possession of Child Pornography<br> <br> A Gloucester man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston for sexual exploiting a minor and possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM).<br> <br> Robert Burnham, 44, was indicted on one count of sexual exploitation of a minor and one count of possession of child pornography. Burnham was arrested and charged by criminal compl

Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Nathaniel Roderiguez

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.<br> <br> A member of the Lowell police department's gang unit created an undercover profile on the social media<br> platform Snapchat. After becoming Snapchat "friends" with the defendant, the officer observed a video recording posted by the defendant on Snapchat in which the defendant is seen discharging a firearm out the window of a car. The defendant was<br> subsequently charg

Jason R. Nelson v. Altec Industries, Inc.

Boston, Massachusetts, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiffs on breach of contract theories.<br> <br> This was a class-action lawsuit filed against Altec Industries regarding wage and hour claims, which was settled in a private mediation in 2021. The lawsuit sought to address violations related to wages, and the settlement agreement, entered into by Class Counsel and Altec, was deemed fair and reasonable for the class member.

United States of America v. Elvis Trujillo, Yeferson Vallecillo Cambar

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with “racketeering conspiracy” or “RICO conspiracy” <br> <br> Two Honduran nationals have been extradited to the United States to face racketeering charges. Each defendant – both of whom are alleged members of the Trinitarios – is charged with participating in two murders. They are alleged to have been in the United States illegally at the time of the murders and fled to Honduras

United States of America v. Marcus Hicks

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking <br> <br> A Springfield, Mass. man was convicted today of drug trafficking following a three-day trial in Springfield.<br> <br> Marcus Hicks, 43, was convicted of one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine, one count of possession of cocaine base, also known as crack cocaine, and one count of possession with intent to distribute marijuana. U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastro

United States of America v. Fredi Rios-Nolasco

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally reentering the United States after deportation.<br> <br> A Mexican national unlawfully residing in Hudson, Mass. was sentenced in federal court in Boston for illegally reentering the United States after deportation.<br> <br> Fredi Rios-Nolasco, 34, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Myong J. Joun to six months in prison. The defendant is subject to deportation upon completion of the imposed sen