June 2010 - Federal Criminal Law Center

Indictments Sought for Police Who Shot Woman After Chase

Posted by Marcia Shein
On June 30, 2010
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Two Glynn County police officers shot a woman on June 18. She was killed after a half-hour low-speed chase that ended in a residential neighborhood. The victim was Caroline Small, 35 of Glynn County. Police had blocked her vehicle in Waverly Pines with two squad cars. Her tires had been flattened with spike strips. The […]

Posted by Marcia Shein
On June 28, 2010
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An American-born man alleged to be the head of a Mexican drug cartel was charged on June 11 in an indictment in an Atlanta federal court in a case that a Drug Enforcement Administration spokesman says “strikes directly at the core of Mexican drug cartel leadership.” The indictment alleges that 36-year-old Edgar Valdez Villareal, born […]

Posted by Marcia Shein
On June 25, 2010
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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is asking for $178 million to fight mortgage fraud in 2011. If efforts to combat the crime next year will yield results as impressive as those realized the past few months nationwide, the U.S. Department of Justice just might get that money. Operation Stolen Dream, the largest federal mortgage fraud […]

Posted by Marcia Shein
On June 18, 2010
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The former executive director of the Medical Association of Atlanta, Sharon Rice, pled guilty to wire fraud on Thursday. She had embezzled almost $300,000 from the Association. Atlanta embezzlement attorneys note that the maximum penalty for wire fraud is twenty years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The manner in which Rice was able to […]

Posted by Marcia Shein
On June 14, 2010
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A recent appeal to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals sought to overturn the convictions of nineteen defendants for crimes related to a mortgage fraud scheme. Atlanta mortgage fraud attorneys paid close attention to the case. Mainly, though, the grounds for appeal seemed related to the particulars of this mortgage fraud case. In 2007, real […]

Posted by Marcia Shein
On June 14, 2010
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Posted by Marcia Shein
On June 10, 2010
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A juvenile who was convicted of armed robbery appealed his sentence all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. For two armed robberies, committed when he was 16 and 17 years of age, Terrance Graham was sentenced in Florida to life in prison without chance of parole. The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that such a […]

Posted by Marcia Shein
On June 8, 2010
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Atlanta appeals attorneys have been reading closely a recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Berghuis v. Thompkins. On June 1, the court decided that a man (Thompkins) who was convicted of murder had waived his right to remain silent when interrogated by the police. The circumstances of the case made […]

Posted by Marcia Shein
On June 4, 2010
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Atlanta insurance fraud attorneys noted the recent search warrants issued by the Georgia Insurance Commissioner’s Office. They were served on two women in Bibb County who are suspected of obtaining $130,000 through insurance fraud. The investigation was launched because of complaints from Aetna and Golden Rule insurance companies. The two women, Sharon and Jessica Marberry, […]

Posted by Marcia Shein
On June 2, 2010
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The economy is terrible (had you heard about that?). And one consequence is that more people are either tempted by the immediate financial appeal of embezzlement, or they are pursued by desperate employers anxious to accuse employees of embezzlement to cover a business’s failure. Anyone facing an accusation of embezzlement should consider finding an experienced […]

Indictments Sought for Police Who Shot Woman After Chase

Alleged Drug Smuggler Indicted in Atlanta Federal Court

Nationwide Mortgage Fraud Sting Includes Georgia Arrests

Guilty Plea in Atlanta Embezzlement

Mortgage Fraud Federal Appeal – Issues of Immunity & Jury

Mortgage Fraud Federal Appeal – Issues of Immunity & Jury

Cruel & Unusual to Imprison Some Juveniles For Life

U.S. Supreme Court: Right to silence waived if you talk

Georgia Insurance Fraud: Attorney for Accused is “Concerned”

Atlanta Embezzlement Attorneys Getting Busier