State v. Mr. W (DMC No. 13130)

State v. Mr. W (DMC No. 13130) – Federal Bank and Wire Fraud ($1,000,000), Felony Fraud Schemes ($450,000 Misappropriated from Wire Amount), Felony Money Laundering, Felony Sale of an Unlicensed Security and Felony RICO – Not Charged – FBI Investigated.

Mr. W had two co-defendants that were in the process of trying to raise money for a new energy company venture. They had a primary investor out of China who was to wire $1 million to a bank in Singapore to begin the investment. The idea was that Mr. W and the two co-defendants were to purchase AAA rated “paper,” which they would buy at ¢.85 and sell at ¢.92. By doing these securities transaction sales, they were attempting to raise $5 billion for the energy startup company. These types of transactions are illegal in the United States.

After the initial $1 million wire was sent out, $100,000 was immediately misappropriated by one of the co-defendants. The other co-defendant took $450,000, and the remaining $450,000 was split between all three co-defendants in order to cover past expenses.

The FBI became involved on behalf of the alleged victim, and they issued a subpoena for Mr. W to testify in a Grand Jury proceeding in the New Jersey District Court. We then became involved and began talking to the FBI agent and the Assistant U.S. Attorney General involved in the case. We were able to work with them in order to show that one of the other co-defendants should be the actual target of the investigation. We ended up providing the documents that they were seeking, and we also made Mr. W available for interviews. Mr. W was never charged with any crimes, and he has no criminal record.

July 21, 2020

July 21, 2020March 15, 2023 By dmcantor 114 Theft and Fraud Pre-Charge Victories, 400 Theft / Fraud Crime Victories, 43A Fraudulent Schemes Pre-Charge Victories, 47 Miscellaneous Theft/Fraud Victories, 47D Bank, Mail and Wire Fraud (Federal Charge) Victories, 47E Money Laundering (Federal Charge) Victories, 47R Securities Fraud, 900 Pre-Charge Case Victories, Case Victories

State v. Mr. G (DMC No. 11956)

State v. Mr. G (DMC No. 11956) – Felony Securities Fraud ($1,747,000), Felony Bank and Wire Fraud, Felony Fraudulent Schemes and Felony Money Laundering – Not Charged – Private Law Firm Investigated and Resolved with Civil Settlement.

Mr. G was the manager of an LLC that bought foreclosure homes and flipped them for profit. The agreement was the LLC was to pay him 10% of the net profits. He had been paid approximately $180,000 – $200,000 from the LLC over time (roughly $2,000 per house sale). In addition, he had borrowed $30,000 to $35,000 from the LLC without their permission and had used landscapers and other contractors to perform work on his personal house without permission.

The LLC had secured a $400,000 and a $600,000 loan/investment from two individuals. These people were promised a 50/50 split of all of the profits of the sales. Ultimately, these people were never paid their money and they secured a private law firm to attempt to recover their money prior to filing a civil suit or contacting the authorities. The allegations were that the LLC engaged in a Sale of Unlicensed Securities, pursuant to A.R.S. 44-1801 (26). Also, Securities Fraud was alleged under the Arizona Securities Act, per Arizona Revised Statute 33-1991. That related to the $1 million Sale of Securities (i.e., the loan/investment) that was never paid back. In addition, the victims were entitled to a recovery which included interest, cost and attorney’s fees under Arizona Revised Statute 44-2001. This brought the total amount of loss to $1,747,017.

We became involved and we began working with the civil law firm, and the attorneys who represented the two principals of the LLC. Ultimately, the case was resolved with a civil settlement in which Mr. G paid the lowest amount of the three potential co-defendants. Because Mr. G had a prior felony conviction, it was very important to keep him from being charged. If he were to have been charged and found guilty of these crimes, the mandatory minimum would have been well over 10 years in prison due to the amount of loss and his previous felony convictions.

July 21, 2020

July 21, 2020March 15, 2023 By dmcantor 114 Theft and Fraud Pre-Charge Victories, 400 Theft / Fraud Crime Victories, 47 Miscellaneous Theft/Fraud Victories, 47C Racketeering (RICO) / Illegally Conducting an Enterprise (Federal Charge) Victories, 47D Bank, Mail and Wire Fraud (Federal Charge) Victories, 47R Securities Fraud, 900 Pre-Charge Case Victories, Case Victories

State v. Mr. F (DMC No. 14985)

State v. Mr. F (DMC No. 14985) – (2 Counts) Felony Conspiracy ($30,000,000) to Manufacture and Distribute a Controlled Substance Analogue, Felony Conspiracy to Defraud the US, Felony Adulteration or Misbranding of a Drug, and Forfeiture – Forfeiture Dismissed and Other Charges Reduced to Probation With Zero Days in Jail – United States District Court, District of Arizona (Case No. CR-14-01607-1-PHX-SRB and United States District Court, Southern District of Alabama, Case No. 14-00272-CB): Our client was a fitness buff who had a training facility in which he sold various body-building “supplements.” He was charged with Conspiracy in two different Federal courts (Arizona and Alabama). He was accused of importing chemicals from overseas, manufacturing chemical “analogues” to illegal drugs, packing and then distributing the drugs as “pot pourri” in various states.

The total quantity of the alleged illegal drugs was in excess of 110 kilograms of raw chemical, which was used to manufacture hundreds of kilograms of finished product, calculated as the equivalent of over 19,350 kilograms of marijuana. The dollar amount alleged by the Government throughout the Conspiracy exceed $30,000,000.

We were involved in negotiations with the United States Attorneys’ Offices in several districts, as well as with the main Justice Department. It took over a year of intense work from a cooperation and a lengthy sentencing battle in order to achieve an offer in which the Probation Department recommended a sentence of 78 months of prison time in Arizona, and 60 months, followed by 36 months of prison time in the Alabama case (all to run consecutively). Due to our efforts, Mr. F was sentenced to Probation with Zero prison or jail time. Lastly, the Forfeiture allegations which would have taken everything that Mr. F owned, were dismissed. As part of the overall deal, any other charges which could have arisen out of any other Federal District Courts, were also permanently barred from being indicted. These could have included Conspiracy (18 USC § 371), Fraud (18 USC § 545), Misbranding—as pot pourri (18 USC §§ 331A and 333(A)(2)), and Distribution (18 USC § 331(A)).

August 15, 2015

August 15, 2015 By dmcantor 114 Theft and Fraud Pre-Charge Victories, 400 Theft / Fraud Crime Victories, 43A Fraudulent Schemes Pre-Charge Victories, 47C Racketeering (RICO) / Illegally Conducting an Enterprise (Federal Charge) Victories, 47D Bank, Mail and Wire Fraud (Federal Charge) Victories, 47E Money Laundering (Federal Charge) Victories, 47R Securities Fraud, 900 Pre-Charge Case Victories, Case Victories

U.S. v. Mr. N (DMC No. 7596)

NOT CHARGED | FEDERAL SECURITIES FRAUD/RICO/MONEY LAUNDERING/ BANK and WIRE FRAUD ($636,000) NOT CHARGED due to CIVIL SETTLEMENT – U.S. v. Mr. N. (DMC No. 7596) (FBI Investigated): Mr. N. owned a company which bought investments, fixed income investments, CD’s and bonds from banks and then sold them to various brokers. Mr. N. was accused of diverting approximately $600,000 of client’s money into a separate account in order to fund a separate business. We were able to explain to investigators that this was a “civil” issue, and not a criminal issue. We also resolved a civil law suit filed by a large investor, by making sure that all monies were returned to proper accounts. Mr. N. had been facing a large amount of prison time, along with the loss of his Securities licenses until we got involved. Ultimately, all law suits were dropped, no charges were brought against Mr. N. and his licenses were left intact.

August 14, 2015

August 14, 2015 By dmcantor 400 Theft / Fraud Crime Victories, 43 Fraudulent Schemes Reduced, 47R Securities Fraud, Case Victories, Maricopa County Superior Court Victories

State v. Ms. C (DMC No. 8534)

REDUCED | FRAUD SCHEMES/EMBEZZLEMENT ($506,000); REDUCED to THEFT with 1 YEAR in PRISON – State v. Ms. C. (DMC No. 8534) (Maricopa County Superior Court CR2009-143747): Ms. C. worked in the accounting department of a home mortgage company. She developed a gambling addiction and wrote 104 checks totaling $506,000 to herself over the course of several years. Although the money had been spent, we were able to have Ms. C. enrolled into a gambling addition program, and we secured an offer that capped mandated prison time at 1 ½ years. Through our mitigation efforts, the judge only sentenced Ms. C. to 1 year in prison. With early release and time off for good behavior, she was released after 7 months.

August 11, 2015

August 11, 2015 By dmcantor 114 Theft and Fraud Pre-Charge Victories, 400 Theft / Fraud Crime Victories, 43 Fraudulent Schemes Reduced, 47A Mortgage Fraud Victories, 47R Securities Fraud, 900 Pre-Charge Case Victories, Case Victories

State v. Mr. M (DMC No. 11094)

NOT CHARGED | FRAUDULENT SCHEMES/MORTGAGE FRAUD ($221,000) NOT CHARGED – State v. Mr. M. (DMC No. 11094) (Republic Mortgage Insurance Company Investigated): Mr. M. was accused of securing a loan for rental properties by submitting lease agreements from paying tenants. It was alleged that there were no paying tenants, and that he actually lived in several properties himself. Eventually, the real estate market crashed and he ended up selling both properties in a “short sale”. In order to attempt to recoup their losses against Countrywide Mortgage, the title insurance company began investigating Mr. M. We were able to interceded on Mr. M.’s behalf and ensure that no charges were brought against Mr. M. In addition, no civil suit was ever brought against him.

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