Federal Crimes

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Chattanooga “Pill Mill” Owners and Employees Charged in Federal Court

September 13, 2012

On Tuesday, federal prosecutors announced the indictment and arrest of four Chattanooga, Tennessee owners and employees of pain management clinics that the government is calling “pill mills.” According to the government, the two men and two woman conspired to distribute various controlled substances and ran “drug-involved premises.” Two are charged with specific acts of distributing […

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North Carolina “Felon in Possession of Firearm” Conviction Overturned, Others May be Eligible for Release

August 22, 2012

Last year in United States v. Simmons, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled that certain state felony convictions in North Carolina would not trigger federal “felon-in-possession” gun laws. The ruling raised many questions about what would become of those hundreds or potentially thousands of people who had already been convicted and […]

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Outlaw Motorcycle Club and Hoodlums Motorcycle Club Raided by FBI in North Georgia

August 16, 2012

Six indictments and two criminal complaints have been returned in a large drug trafficking and firearms conspiracy case in North Georgia. Several of the people charged appeared in federal court in Gainesville today, and many will have bond hearings later this week or next week. This morning, federal agents raided the clubhouses of two Atlanta-area […]

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Federal Money Seizures Based on Alleged “Structuring” Violations are Unfair to Most Small Businesses

June 3, 2012

Yet another update – The IRS is sending letters to people who had bank accounts seized and money taken under the old policy suggesting they now submit new petitions requesting remission or mitigation. We have seen these letters and it’s a way people can get some of their money back. Call us if you received […]

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Federal Mortgage Fraud Indictments in Tennessee

May 12, 2012

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee has indicted two men for allegedly running a mortgage fraud operation in Tennessee, Florida, Georgia, Virginia, and California. The men, Joshua Dobson and Paul Gott III, are accused of swindling victims out of $45 million over the past two years. Federal prosecutors have charged then […]

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