United States Attorney Karen P. Hewitt and Nathan J. Hochman, Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice Tax Division, announced that Daryl Ragsdale pled guilty in federal court in San Diego to tax evasion and mail fraud. Ragsdale entered his guilty plea on November 7, 2008, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Leo Papas, admitting to […]

PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Antawone Williams, 26, of Phoenix, was sentenced here on November 10, 2008, to 144 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow. Williams pleaded guilty on July 21, 2008, to one count of armed bank robbery and one count of using a firearm during a crime of violence. On

Washington, D.C., Nov. 13, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that it has completed its 14th Annual International Institute for Securities Enforcement and Market Oversight. It was held from November 3 to November 7 at SEC headquarters in Washington, D.C. Along with an International Institute for Securities Market Development, which is

(LAWFUEL) – A 38-year-old Congolese man faced the Perth Magistrates Court today charged with possessing a false passport. The man arrived in Australia from South Africa through Perth International Airport on November 9 and presented a false French passport. Enquiries by the multi-agency Identity Security Strike Team (ISST) revealed the man was not the original

There are thousands of different situations that can ultimately cause an individual to become the victim in a traumatic motorcycle accident at Ehline Law. An individual can do everything that is humanly possible to ensure that they are going to be safe while they are riding their motorcycle and an accident can still happen. Things

PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Eladio Cabrera-Dominguez, 33, of Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James A. Teilborg to 134 months prison. Cabrera-Dominguez pleaded guilty on February 21, 2008 to Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. Co-defendant Vidal Isaisa Montijo-Beltran was sentenced to 134 Months prison on October 29, 2008. After

Washington, D.C., Nov. 12, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged North Carolina resident J.V. Huffman and his company, Biltmore Financial Group, Inc., with securities fraud for conducting a Ponzi scheme where more than $25 million was raised from investors and used primarily to fund Huffman’s lavish lifestyle. The SEC also obtained

PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – David Steven Goldfarb, 60, of Paradise Valley, Ariz., was found guilty by a federal jury in Phoenix on Monday of Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud and Mail Fraud. The case was tried before U.S. District Court Judge David G. Campbell between October 21 through November 10, 2008. Sentencing is set before Judge

PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Juan Hernandez-Guzman, 28, of Michoacan, Mexico, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roslyn O. Silver to 132 months in federal prison on November 10, 2008. Hernandez-Guzman was convicted by a federal jury on June 3, 2008, for Illegal Re-Entry After Deportation. Hernandez-Guzman is a repeat offender with a long criminal history in