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March 15, 2010
Posted on Author By dmcantor Categories 2100 Superior Court Victories, 400 Theft / Fraud Crime Victories, 43 Fraudulent Schemes Reduced, 45 Theft Reduced, Case Victories, Maricopa County Superior Court Victories

State v. Mr. M. (DMC No. 6028)

REDUCED | FRAUD SCHEMES/THEFT  – Mr. M was charged with ten counts of Class 2 Felony Fraud Schemes (i.e., Mortgage Fraud).  The State had alleged that Mr. M was a loan officer who issued fraudulent loans to either unknowing adults or minor children which resulted in a total loss of $1,500,000.00.  We ultimately resolved his case with a plea agreement to a single count of Class 4 Felony Forgery, which involved four years of probation, $9,999.99 of restitution (i.e., below $10,000.00, thereby avoiding any deportation issues), and two months of jail with work release.

Maricopa County Superior Court No CR2005-011595

March 15, 2010
Posted on Author By dmcantor Categories 2100 Superior Court Victories, 400 Theft / Fraud Crime Victories, 43 Fraudulent Schemes Reduced, 45 Theft Reduced, Case Victories, Maricopa County Superior Court Victories

State v. Mr. R (DMC No 9261)

REDUCED | SECURITIES FRAUD / THEFT – Mr. R was a prominent estate planning attorney in Scottsdale who was charged with 103 Felony counts ranging from Sale of Unlicensed Securities, to Fraud Schemes and Theft.  Mr. R was an unwitting partner to a concert promoter who was selling investment contracts with a high rate of return.  Mr. R invested his own money, his family’s money, and assisted in many of his clients investing their money with the promoter.  Eventually, the promoter stole $25,000,000.00 and absconded.  We were able to demonstrate that Mr. R was also a victim, who should not be treated as a co-conspirator (due to the fact that he also lost large sums of money).  Ultimately, his case was resolved with four counts of a Class 6 Open Felony for Solicitation of Sale of Unregistered Securities.  On the day of sentencing the judge designated all 4 felony counts as outright misdemeanors, and placed Mr. R on what became unsupervised probation with a low level of restitution.  No jail time was involved.

Maricopa County Superior Court No CR2008-006750

March 15, 2010
Posted on Author By dmcantor Categories 100B Conspiracy Victories, 1900 Federal Court Victories, 400 Theft / Fraud Crime Victories, 42 Fraudulent Schemes Dismissals, 44 Theft Dismissals, 47A Mortgage Fraud Victories, 47D Bank, Mail and Wire Fraud (Federal Charge) Victories, 47E Money Laundering (Federal Charge) Victories, Case Victories

U.S. v. Ms. V (DMC No.)

DISMISSED | MORTGAGE FRAUD – Ms. V. was employed as an escrow officer in Phoenix and was charged with 37 Felony counts, including Wire Fraud, Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering, Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, and Engaging in Illegal Monetary Transactions Greater than $10,000.00. While she was an escrow officer she submitted to lenders several preliminary HUD-1 forms, also known as “Pre-audit” and final HUD-1 forms.  Other defendants and their family members were buyers (or the backers of “straw buyers”) of several homes (27 total) where Ms. V. was the escrow agent.  The alleged “cash back scheme” stemmed from these HUD-1 forms Ms. V. drafted that resulted in large sums of unearned/undeserved monies to be distributed to the buyer.  The charges against Ms. V. and the other Defendants arose from these illegal pay-outs.  Per the Assistant United States Attorney, the range of loss was between $2,500,000.00 and $7,000,000.00.  Ms. V. was unwittingly duped into submitting these HUD-1 forms without knowing illegal kickbacks were taking place.  Her charges were ultimately dismissed in full.

May 15, 2008
Posted on Author By dmcantor Categories 114 Theft and Fraud Pre-Charge Victories, 400 Theft / Fraud Crime Victories, 43A Fraudulent Schemes Pre-Charge Victories, 47J Forgery Victories, 47O Identity Theft Victories, 900 Pre-Charge Case Victories, Case Victories

State vs. Ms. B (DMC No. 10014)

NOT CHARGED | IDENTITY THEFT AND FRAUD FORGERY – (DMC No. 10014) (Tempe Police Department): Ms. B. was accused of forging a letter from her son’s previous employer and sending it to his current employer. The letter claimed that Ms. B.’s son was under investigation for possible theft. Ms. B. was very upset at her son for previous acts that he had committed. We were able to work with all parties involved and the police department and prevent any charges from being filed. If charges were filed, Ms. B. would have been charged with identity theft and forgery (for falsifying the signature on the letter of the store manager) and she could have faced several years in prison.

December 8, 2007
Posted on Author By dmcantor Categories 114 Theft and Fraud Pre-Charge Victories, 1900 Federal Court Victories, 400 Theft / Fraud Crime Victories, 43A Fraudulent Schemes Pre-Charge Victories, 900 Pre-Charge Case Victories, Case Victories

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

NOT CHARGED | UNLICENSED SECURITIES SALES  – In 2006, Mr. N, an investment broker, was accused of selling unlicensed securities. By working with the Plaintiff’s attorney, we were able to liquidate all securities involved and provide the Plaintiff all of his invested money back (plus interest). This resolved the case through the civil process rather than the criminal courts. The amounts involved were close to 1 million dollars.

Court – FBI Investigated

March 15, 2007
Posted on Author By dmcantor Categories 114 Theft and Fraud Pre-Charge Victories, 400 Theft / Fraud Crime Victories, 43A Fraudulent Schemes Pre-Charge Victories, 900 Pre-Charge Case Victories, Case Victories, City Court Victories, Glendale City Court Victories

State vs. Mr. B (DMC No. 8601)

NOT CHARGED | FRAUD SCHEMES, FALSE REPORTING AND DEFRAUDING  A SECURED CREDITOR (DMC No. 8601) State vs. Mr. B. (Glendale Police Department): Mr. B.’s fiancé had purchased a vehicle from a local car dealership. Two months later, Mr. B. and his fiancé filed a police report that the vehicle had been stolen. Police later found the vehicle at a co-workers house of Mr. B., and it had various performance upgrades made to the vehicle. The co-worker said that he had bought the car from Mr. B. We were able to poke holes in the co-workers claim in that he had no receipt for cash that he had supposedly given Mr. B. for the vehicle. We informed detectives that he most likely had duplicated Mr. B.’s keys and stole the vehicle in the middle of the night from Mr. B.’s fiancé’s house as she had claimed. No charges were brought against Mr. B., even though he was currently on probation for a prior possession of stolen property charge. In addition, he had a prior fraud schemes conviction several years earlier. He was originally facing well over 2 decades in prison, yet was not charged with any crime.

October 28, 2005
Posted on Author By dmcantor Categories 2000 Juvenile Court Victories, 2100 Superior Court Victories, 400 Theft / Fraud Crime Victories, 43 Fraudulent Schemes Reduced, Case Victories, Maricopa County Superior Court Victories

State v. Mr. M (DMC No. 5295)

REDUCED | FRAUD SCHEMES REDUCED to THEFT of CREDIT CARD with ZERO DAYS JAIL – State v. Mr. M. (DMC No. 5295) (Maricopa County Juvenile Court JV536764): Mr. M. was accused of taking the identity of others and opening credit card accounts. He would then have Apple computers shipped to his house. Upon execution of a search warrant, various items were found implicating him to fraudulent schemes. He was subsequently charged with identify theft, theft of a credit card and fraud schemes. We were able to keep the case in juvenile court, and reduce his charges to a simple credit card theft, which involved probation and 40 hours of community service only.

May 3, 2005
Posted on Author By dmcantor Categories 1200 Dismissed at Trial, 400 Theft / Fraud Crime Victories, 47L Shoplifting Victories, Case Victories, Jury Trial Victories, Phoenix City Court / Phoenix Municipal Court Victories

State v. Mr. R (DMC No. 5248)

DISMISSED at JURY TRIAL | SHOPLIFTING  – State v. Mr. R. (DMC No. 5248) (Phoenix City Court 3204962): Mr. R. was accused of going to a Robinson’s May store and picking up a water purifier from the sales floor, then taking it to the front register to try to and return it.  Loss Prevention Officer’s stated they had recognized him from previous incidents, and he was arrested for shoplifting.  The case was set for jury trial, and at the time of trial the State could not meet its burden with the proper Loss Prevention witnesses.  The case was dismissed in its entirety.

October 31, 1999
Posted on Author By dmcantor Categories 1000 Complete Jury Trial Acquittals / All Criminal Charges, 100B Conspiracy Victories, 1900 Federal Court Victories, 40 Theft and Fraud Jury/Bench Trial Victories, 400 Theft / Fraud Crime Victories, 47D Bank, Mail and Wire Fraud (Federal Charge) Victories, Case Victories, Jury Trial Victories

U.S. V Mr. J (DMC No. 1153)

NOT GUILTY / COMPLETE ACQUITTAL | FELONY 6 COUNTS BANK AND WIRE FRAUD – Mr. J was a partner in JWJ Construction and Contracting.  This company handled projects that included paving the runways for the Sky Harbor Airport, amongst other large scale jobs.  At the direction of his partner and their accountant, he was tricked into signing various loan documents which did not properly reflect JWJ’s assets and liabilities.  Eventually, the loans defaulted which resulted in a $1,500,000.00 loss to the bank, and $18,000,000.00 loss to the bonding company.  Mr. J was subsequently charged with one count of Bank Fraud, three counts of Wire Fraud, one count of Conspiracy, and one count of False Statements to a Federally Insured Institution.  His case went to Jury Trial and David Cantor received a Not Guilty verdict on all six counts (a Complete Acquittal).  Mr. J’s partner and accountant each cut a deal with the prosecution to testify against Mr. J.  The accountant received a felony and was placed on probation, and Mr. J’s partner was sentenced to over one year in prison.

US District Court of Arizona No CR98-809-PHX-EHC

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