Navy | Enlisted | BAH Fraud | Career Saved | 19 Years
Our client, a Navy NCO two months from his 19-year mark, faced a general court-martial for BAH fraud. Career and retirement saved.
Air Force | E-9 | BAH Fraud | $50,000 | One Stripe Reduction | Retirement Saved
Our client, a chief master sergeant with nearly 25 years of service, was charged with stealing $50,000 through BAH fraud. The government sought jail time and a bad conduct discharge. We presented his lengthy and distinguished service record to a panel of officers and E-9s. He was reduced one rank, received no fine and no discharge, and retired as an E-8 with full benefits.
Air Force | E-6 | BAH Fraud | Single Mother | Two Courts-Martial | One Stripe Reduction | Career and Retirement Saved
Our client had nearly 20 years of service and had already been convicted at a special court-martial when the government charged her with a second round of BAH fraud: falsifying dependent information on her way to confinement. She was a single mother of two whose retirement was her family’s foundation. We demolished the false official statement charge and persuaded the government to drop it. She pleaded guilty to improperly retaining the overpayment. The government sought five months and a bad conduct discharge. The judge imposed a one-stripe reduction. She continued her career with two court-martial convictions on her record and her retirement intact.
Army | SFC | $130,000 Travel Voucher Fraud | No Jail | No Punitive Discharge | Retirement Saved
Our client pleaded guilty to filing fraudulent travel vouchers totaling more than $130,000 over two and a half years. We focused entirely on the sentencing phase, presenting his lengthy and distinguished service record. The judge reduced him two ranks and imposed a fine. No jail. No punitive discharge. He retired.
Air Force National Guard | Officer | False Claims | Larceny | No Jail
Our client, an Air National Guard officer called to active duty, was charged with making false claims under Article 132 and larceny under Article 121 for improperly filing travel vouchers and lodging receipts totaling more than $10,000, along with a false official statement charge. The prosecution sought 18 months. The judge imposed no jail time.
Navy | Enlisted | BAH Fraud | No Jail | Honorable Discharge
Our client was charged with false official statements and larceny of approximately $7,500 in BAH overpayments. On the eve of trial we made the strategic decision to plead guilty without a pretrial agreement, presenting an entirely clean sentencing case with no government rebuttal. No confinement. No punitive discharge. Our client separated at the end of his enlistment with an Honorable discharge.
Navy | Enlisted | BAH Fraud | $25,000 | Nine Years Service | No Jail | No Punitive Discharge
On the eve of separation, our client was charged with three counts of false official statements and larceny of $25,000 in BAH overpayments, with maximum exposure of a year in confinement and a bad conduct discharge. We pleaded guilty without a pretrial agreement and presented a strong sentencing case. The judge imposed no jail and no bad conduct discharge.
Army National Guard | Senior NCO | BAH Fraud | $20,000 | No Court-Martial | No NJP | No Reprimand
Our client faced a general court-martial for larceny and filing false claims totaling more than $20,000 in BAH overpayments. At the Article 32 hearing we raised multiple procedural objections and challenged the government’s calculations. We followed up with a detailed memorandum recommending administrative resolution. A senior prosecutor reviewed the record, agreed with our objections, and resolved the overpayment outside the UCMJ entirely. No court-martial. No NJP. No reprimand.
Navy | NCO | BAH Fraud | $70,000 | Rank Preserved | Returned to Duty
Our client faced charges involving more than $70,000 in BAH fraud. Pretrial negotiations, including direct communication with the carrier commander, produced a plea to reduced charges with protection for our client’s rank. No discharge. He returned to duty with his NCO rank intact.
Marine Corps | NCO | Recruiter Fraud | All Charges Dropped | NJP Dropped | Recruiter Ribbon Awarded
Our client faced multiple charges of recruiter fraud and misconduct at a bad conduct discharge special court-martial. Dozens of witnesses were flown in from across the country. Through aggressive witness work and sustained pretrial pressure, we got the charges dismissed at the special court-martial and the matter referred to NJP. We then prepared and presented the NJP case. The NJP was dropped. Our client was awarded a recruiter ribbon and assigned to a favorable PCS.
Army | Enlisted | Larceny | GPS Devices | Marijuana | Dishonorable Discharge Avoided | Sentence Reduced by One Third
Our client faced charges for theft of more than $7,000 in GPS devices and marijuana use. He had made incriminating statements to his supervisor and the stolen items were found at his residence. Conviction was likely. We negotiated a plea to a single larceny count, dropped the remaining three charges, and secured a cap on confinement. The judge sentenced him to 12 months and a dishonorable discharge. Because of the pretrial agreement, his confinement was reduced by a third and the dishonorable discharge was replaced.
Marine Corps | NCO | Travel Voucher Fraud | Adultery | Cohabitation | Acquitted on All Charges
Our client, a decorated Marine NCO, faced what the government called a slam-dunk court-martial: travel voucher fraud, adultery, and wrongful cohabitation, with witnesses and documents it claimed proved guilt beyond doubt. The adultery charge was dropped before trial. We convinced the judge to dismiss the cohabitation charge and one fraud count. The panel acquitted on everything that remained. Career, rank, and pay saved.
Marine Corps | Enlisted | Larceny | Six Counts | Acquitted on Five | No Jail
Our client was charged with stealing from a fellow Marine’s bank account on six occasions. The government had bank records, cell phone records, receipts, and expert handwriting analysis. The panel acquitted on five of the six counts. At sentencing the government asked for two months and a bad conduct discharge. Our client received no jail and no discharge.
Army | Field Grade Officer | Gun Smuggling | Multiple Charges Dropped | Associated Press Coverage
Our client, a commissioned field grade officer, faced highly publicized gun smuggling charges. During cross-examination of government witnesses we exposed the deals they had made with prosecutors, undercutting their credibility. The government dropped multiple charges as unfounded. Our cross-examination of military law enforcement agents was picked up by the Associated Press and published in newspapers across the United States and abroad.
Air Force | Enlisted | False Travel Voucher | $10,000 | Acquitted
Our client, a young airman on her first military move, was charged with filing a false travel voucher and fraudulently obtaining $10,000. We put the travel voucher system on trial, demonstrating that she received inadequate training and supervision from the government travel manager, and exposing accounting errors committed by finance personnel on cross-examination. Acquitted on all charges.
Air Force | Enlisted | Conspiracy | Computer Theft | Acquitted
Our client, a young newlywed, faced multiple conspiracy charges surrounding the theft of computers from a base repair shop. Her non-military husband associated with people who were committing crimes. We demonstrated she was a new spouse in over her head, argued the evidence found in their home was more consistent with her husband’s conduct than hers, and destroyed the government’s star witness on cross-examination. Acquitted on all charges.
Air Force | Enlisted | Computer Fraud | All Charges Dismissed With Prejudice | Released From Confinement
Our client, a young airman applying to college, was charged with computer fraud against a government system and placed in pretrial confinement. Despite our repeated speedy trial demands, he languished in jail. We brought a motion to dismiss. After cross-examining three JAGs, the Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, and the Chief Trial Judge of the Eastern Circuit, the court found the government had violated our client’s rights. All charges were dismissed with prejudice. He was released.
Air Force | NCO | 19 Years | Eight Fraud Counts | No Jail | No Discharge | Retirement Saved
Our client, two months from retirement, was charged with eight counts of fraud and solicitation to commit fraud. We won acquittals on three counts by attacking the government’s specific intent theory and demonstrating that its evidence at trial bore little resemblance to what it had promised in opening. At sentencing the government sought a year in confinement, reduction to the lowest enlisted rank, and a punitive discharge. The judge imposed a three-grade reduction, no jail, and no discharge. Hundreds of thousands of dollars in retirement pay saved.
Air Force | Enlisted | Stolen Property | Domestic Violence Victim | One Month | No Punitive Discharge
Our client, an enlisted single mother, was charged with receipt of stolen property. We demonstrated that her boyfriend had stolen the items and that domestic violence was the reason she had allowed them to be stored at her home. The government sought four months and a bad conduct discharge. She received one month and no punitive discharge.
Air Force | NCO | Identity Theft | Three Months vs. Three Years
Our client, an NCO with a stellar record, was convicted of identity theft against fellow airmen. We presented evidence that he ranked among the top two percent of his peers. The panel sentenced him to three months. The government had sought three years.