Mincey Bell Rhoades represents clients in investigations, enforcement actions, prosecutions and civil disputes that are international in scope and often existential in consequence. The matters below reflect the firm’s experience in cross-border and domestic cases involving major regulators, public scrutiny and high-stakes exposure.

International

  • Represented Truth Social whistleblower Will Wilkerson, co-founder of Trump Media & Technology Group, in a federal investigation concerning alleged securities fraud and suspicious loans involving a Caribbean bank tied to Kremlin-linked interests.
  • Represented Morgan Stanley whistleblower Mark Coffey, a former registered investment advisory chief compliance officer, in exposing an alleged international conspiracy led by senior Venezuelan officials to launder $2 billion from PDVSA through major U.S. financial institutions.
  • Represented an international audit firm in a multi-billion-dollar prosecution involving alleged money laundering through Malta, alongside parallel SEC enforcement proceedings and a public corruption prosecution tied to an attempted bribery of the North Carolina Insurance Commissioner.
  • Obtained a probationary sentence and the return of more than $3 million seized by the Department of Justice for the owner of a dietary supplement company in a Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act case involving supplements imported from Southeast Asia and China.
  • Represented a client in an investigation into an American organization allegedly facilitating illicit Latin American gold mining, a Turkish cryptocurrency exchange, and Russian-backed weapons smuggling and narcotrafficking operations through the African Maghreb.
  • Represented a client in an investigation into an alleged international money-laundering-for-hire network accused of facilitating funding for narcotrafficking of cocaine precursor chemicals from China and Cameroon to Latin America.
  • Represented the chief executive officer of a renewable energy biogas company operating in the United States and Ukraine in a multijurisdictional federal and state investigation concerning alleged securities and tax fraud.
  • Obtained dismissal of federal and state claims against an American lawyer arising from an alleged defense-contractor scheme to move firearms and ammunition through the United Kingdom to cargo vessels off Somalia and the Horn of Africa for U.S. Department of Defense anti-piracy missions.- Represented world-renowned photographer David Alan Harvey in the United Kingdom in a #MeToo investigation at Magnum Photos.
  • Represented a Singaporean cargo-vessel owner in environmental-crimes prosecutions in the Southern District of Texas, Eastern District of Louisiana, and Eastern District of North Carolina concerning alleged use of a “magic pipe” on an oily water separator.
  • Represented a Colorado software firm in a multi-million-dollar federal securities fraud prosecution and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigation concerning procurement for Somali refugee camps in Kenya, resulting in no charges filed.
  • Represented a high-end automotive dealer in a Department of Commerce investigation in the Southern District of Texas concerning Chinese export practices, resulting in no charges filed.
  • Represented two American physicians in the District of North Dakota in an international fentanyl trafficking conspiracy involving illicit manufacturers in China operating through Canada; the matter was described as the first use of the federal Kingpin Statute in a fentanyl-ring prosecution.

Domestic

  • Represented a real estate company in the Northern District of Georgia in an alleged $1.3 billion tax fraud matter involving syndicated conservation easements.
  • Represented the chief executive officer of one of the largest residential real estate brokerages in Arizona, Nevada, and Southern California in a Department of Justice antitrust investigation in the District of Nevada, with no enforcement action and parallel multi-billion-dollar class actions in the Northern District of Illinois and Western District of Missouri.
  • Represented a national online retailer in criminal antitrust grand jury investigations in the Northern District of Illinois and Eastern District of Tennessee concerning alleged manipulation of the Amazon Marketplace, resulting in no charges against the client.
  • Represented a client in the District of Columbia concerning the events of January 6, 2021, at the United States Capitol and the election of the President of the United States.
  • Represented a political campaign concerning #MeToo allegations against a former U.S. congressional candidate.
  • Represented an addiction treatment provider in the Eastern District of North Carolina in False Claims Act investigation and litigation concerning alleged qui tam retaliation tied to Department of Housing and Urban Development funding.
  • Represented a North Carolina physician and medical practice in a Medicaid fraud and medical licensing enforcement action involving $176 million in alleged liabilities.
  • Represented a urine-testing laboratory owner in the Western District of North Carolina in a Department of Justice False Claims Act enforcement matter concerning alleged Anti-Kickback violations tied to Medicare payments totaling $136 million.
  • Represented an accounting firm in the Northern District of California in an investigation concerning alleged financial fraud exceeding $10 million within the leadership of a religious organization.
  • Represented clients at the North Carolina General Assembly, US Congress, and Federal and State regulatory bodies.