In Kendrick’s first trial where he faced federal charges of trafficking in marijuana and possession of a firearm he was acquitted. Shortly after his acquittal, he was indicted for the charge of smuggling an alien into the U.S. for purpose of financial gain 8 U.S.C. 1324(a)(2)(B)(ii). The Defendant claimed his…
Defendant Register pled guilty to 17 counts of tax related offenses. Thirteen counts concerned his failure to pay to the I.R.S. taxes that had been withheld from wages of his company’s employees. The remaining counts concerned falsifying his individual federal income tax return. The defendant challenged the district court’s guideline…
The defendant, an attorney in Dixie County Florida, was convicted of mail fraud and money laundering charges relating to two separate fraudulent schemes. One scheme involved the defendant’s conversion of funds developers gave him to hold in trust for future expenses associated with a development (River Shores Scheme). The other…
In U.S. v. White, former Commissioner White of Jefferson County, Alabama, was convicted of the federal crime of conspiracy to take a bribe in connection with federal funds. White was also convicted of the substantive federal crime of bribery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 666. In writing the opinion,…
U.S. v. Singletary is a classic example of mortgage fraud seen in Miami and other parts of Florida. Singletary was charged with conspiracy to defraud a federally insured bank in violation of 18 U.S.C. §1344 and other federal criminal charges stemming from a scheme to defraud mortgage lenders and the…
U.S. v Langford is about a politician who went bad. Langford took more than $240,000 in bribes in the form of cash, clothing, and jewelry from codefendant William Blount while serving as a county commissioner in Jefferson County Alabama. Blount ran investment banking firm that specialized in underwriting and marketing…
In U.S. v. Barrington, the defendant and some friends at Florida A & M University decided to improve their grades for graduate school applications. They devised a plan to access the school’s internet based grading system using keylogger software, a program which captures every keystroke made on a computer. A…
Bradley and codefendants were convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering along with other federal statutes. Bradley, the lead defendant, owned “Bio-Med Plus,” a pharmaceutical wholesaler that purchased and sold blood-derivatives (intravenous immune globulin) used to treat patients with HIV. The fraud Bradley committed was…
The facts of U.S. v. Hill can be summarized as a scheme to obtain over 300 mortgage-backed loans for buyers who used the loans to purchase houses and condominiums from Hill and his associates for more than market value. Almost all of the loans went into default causing losses of…
On May 27, 2011, the U.S. Attorney Miami filed charges against four individuals in connection with the Scott Rothstein’s fraudulent Ponzie scheme. Rothstein has already pled guilty and sentenced to 50 years for operating the fraudulent operation from 2005 through November 2009, through his law firm, Rothstein, Rosenfeldt, and Adler,…