Five Indicted In Insurance Fraud Scheme Involving A Staged Accident

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced today the Indictment of DAMIAN K. LABEAUD (“LABEAUD”), age 47, of New Orleans and LUCINDA THOMAS (“THOMAS”), age 63, MARY WADE (“WADE”), age 55, JUDY WILLIAMS (“WILLIAMS”),  age 59, and DASHONTAE YOUNG (“YOUNG”), age 25, all of Houma, Louisiana. These five defendants were charged in a six-count federal indictment with one (1) count of Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371 and…

Lawyers for Irvin Mayfield and business partner fighting to keep auditor’s secret recordings out of evidence in trial

By David Hammer | WWL | October 2, 2019 Three months before their scheduled federal trial on 23 counts of conspiracy, fraud and money laundering, lawyers for Grammy-winning trumpeter Irvin Mayfield and his longtime partner tried to convince a federal judge Wednesday to keep out of evidence audio recordings an investigative auditor secretly made of…