Category Archives: Criminal Law

Tennessee Tax Return Preparer Indicted for Preparing False Tax Returns

Tax preparation can be a profitable business.  Done incorrectly, it can also be a very costly one. This is a lesson that Kevin Mendell Walker apparently didn’t know.  Walker, a 44 year old resident of Hixson, Tennessee, owns K&R Enterprises, a business specializing in the preparation and presentation of taxes. According to the nine-count indictment

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Knoxville Trio Indicted for Bank Fraud

The charges state that the Mubaraks and Sanders conspired to defraud 5 banks over a 4 year period, from 2007 to 2011, relieving the financial institutions of $6.7 million through the use of fraudulent loans. Ray Mubarak in particular is also charged with engaging in multiple unlawful monetary transactions, tacking on an extra $10,000 in

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Chattanooga, Tennessee Pain Clinic Owner Convicted of Drug Trafficking And Financial Crimes

According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Chattanooga, Tennessee resident Barbara Lang was convicted in December, 2014, for participating in a conspiracy to illegally distribute controlled substances. Ms. Lang owned and operated two pain clinics where Xanax and oxycodone were illegally distributed. This crime is sometimes referred to as “drug diversion.” She

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Doctor and Wife Allegedly Responsible for 7 Overdose Deaths at “Pill Mill” in Ohio

Dayton, Ohio – In December of 2014, David Kirkwood, 59, and Beverly Kirkwood, 47, were indicted on numerous counts of conspiracy, distributing prescription pills, and health care fraud. Federal Agents raided the couple’s office in October on suspicion that the location was being used at a “pill mill,” providing controlled substances in large amounts to

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Kevin Scott Thibault Sentenced For Forgery Of Signature Of A U.S. District Court Judge And Mail Fraud

On Dec. 18, 2014, Knoxville resident Kevin Scott Thibault, 49, was sentenced to 60 months in prison for forgery and 72 months for mail fraud. He was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $380,340.12 and given three years of probation upon release. Thibault pled guilty to forging the signatures of U.S. District

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