wire fraud

Jun 16, 2011

Former head of county planning commission now faces wire fraud charges

A federal grand jury today added a wire fraud charge to the indictment against Douglas Morgan, former chairman of the St. Louis County Planning Commission, who has already been charged with a $1.5 million bank fraud scheme.

Jan 13, 2011

Criminal Law: Wire Fraud – Sufficiency Of Evidence – Sentencing

U.S. v. McKanry (MLW No. 61660/Case No. 10-1027 – 16 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Riley, J.)

Jul 13, 2009

Criminal Law: Wire Fraud – Sufficiency Of Evidence – Sentencing

U.S. v. Anderson (MLW No.59288/Case No. 08-3402/3436 – 13 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Gruender, J.) Where the government showed that a defendant in a wire fraud case […]

Apr 8, 2009

Convicted diet-drug lawyers must forfeit $50M, jury says

Two Kentucky lawyers convicted of stealing from their clients in a fen-phen diet-drug injury-lawsuit settlement must forfeit $50 million, a jury said. William Gallion and Shirley Cunningham Jr. were convicted […]

Feb 5, 2009

New charges brought in alleged fake attack case

A federal grand jury added new charges on Wednesday against a woman accused of staging an attack to bolster a civil lawsuit and the man she allegedly hired to carry […]

Jan 23, 2009

Accountant, former attorney sentenced for wire fraud

A disbarred Kansas attorney received a prison sentence on Thursday for a scheme to steal from a business client. Christopher Lucas, who ran his own tax-preparation and accounting firm, admitted […]