Mark Rankin Case Examples
- White-Collar Crimes & Corporate Offenses
- Federal & State Drug Crimes / Firearms
- Violent Crimes, Sex Offenses & Major Felonies
- DUIs, Traffic & Miscellaneous Matters
Federal – Tampa, FL (April 2026)
Physician client investigated for fraud related to the practice of medicine. Matter resolved with no criminal charges.
Federal – Sacramento, CA (April 2026)
Physician client investigated for Medicare Fraud and Anti-Kickback Statute violations, subject to a federal grand jury subpoena. Matter resolved with no repayment of government payments and no criminal charges.
Federal – Tampa and Sarasota, FL (March 2026)
Physician client investigated for Medicare Fraud and Anti-Kickback Statute violations via federal grand jury subpoena. Resolved with no repayment of government funds and no criminal charges.
Federal Court – Tampa (2025)
Local medical practice investigated for alleged Medicare fraud. After months of intensive defense advocacy, no charges were brought against the practice or its physicians.
Federal – Houston, TX (2024)
Client investigated for multi-million-dollar health care fraud. Pleading guilty solely to a single technical count of sending an international wire without the proper license (no health care fraud charges filed). Federal guidelines suggested 12–18 months; client sentenced to probation.
Federal Court – Tampa (2024)
Client’s businesses raided and searched in joint state-federal human trafficking investigation. Motion for return of seized property granted. No charges filed.
Federal Court – Tampa (2024)
Client charged with RICO and Medicaid Fraud offenses by the Statewide Prosecutor’s Office, facing sentencing guidelines exceeding ten years. Following intensive litigation, secured a favorable plea agreement resulting in a sentence of two and a half years.
Federal Court – Tampa (2024)
Client pleaded guilty to marriage and passport fraud; government sought prison time. Secured a sentence of probation.
Federal Court – Tampa (2024)
Client defrauded the U.S. of $271,000 in disability benefits (guidelines: 21–27 months; government sought 2 years). Secured a sentence of probation.
Federal Court – Ft. Myers (2023)
Client charged with multi-million-dollar business and personal tax evasion schemes. Over government objection, secured a sentence of 9 months in a minimum-security camp.
Federal Court – Tampa (2023)
Client charged with aggravated identity theft. Charges dismissed with prejudice.
Federal Court – Tampa (2023)
Client threatened with indictment for multi-million-dollar fraud. No charges filed based on successful statute of limitations defense.
Federal Court – Tampa (2022)
Client faced $300,000 Social Security fraud charges with government requesting 3 years in prison. Successfully reduced fraud loss calculation to $69,000; client sentenced to probation.
Federal Court – Tampa (2022)
Sued by U.S. for forfeiture of a luxury vehicle. Following evidentiary hearings and briefing, court dismissed the case, ruling the client owed nothing.
Federal Court – Tampa (2022)
Physician client investigated by the DEA for distribution of narcotics and Medicare fraud. No charges filed.
State Court – Polk County (2022)
Client charged with $700,000 embezzlement where the state argued for a long prison term. Court imposed probation.
State Court – Polk County (2021)
Client charged with COVID-Relief Funds fraud. One count dismissed; client sentenced to probation.
Tampa Federal Court (April 2026)
Defendant charged with possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime—an 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) charge carrying a mandatory 5-year prison term, found in a vehicle with 5 kilos of cocaine. Jury returned a unanimous verdict of not guilty after less than an hour of deliberations. (Identical result also secured in 2026 Tampa Federal Court).
Federal Court – Tampa (March 2026)
Client previously sentenced to 22 years in federal prison. Assisted client with a resentencing hearing where the sentence was successfully reduced to 15 years.
State and Federal Trafficking Case (2025)
Client charged in state court with trafficking >1 kilo of cocaine (facing 15 years minimum). Case successfully transitioned to federal court where client qualified for Safety Valve, receiving only 1 year and 1 day in federal prison.
Federal Court – Tampa (2025)
Client charged as an Armed Career Criminal in possession of a firearm. At trial, the jury found the client not guilty of being an Armed Career Criminal.
Federal Court – Tampa (2025)
Federal narcotics plea and sentencing (cocaine). Government sought 48 months; client sentenced to 18 months.
Pinellas County (2025)
Client charged with trafficking marijuana, facing mandatory prison. Sentenced to time-served with no probation.
Pinellas County (2025)
Client charged with multiple counts of armed narcotics trafficking, facing 10-year mandatory minimums per count. Charges reduced to simple distribution; client sentenced to 18 months.
Federal Court – Orlando (2020)
Client pleaded guilty to illegal possession of a machine gun. Government argued for prison; client sentenced to 1 year of probation.
Federal Court – Tampa (2022)
Client charged with trafficking firearms. Government sought prison time; client sentenced to probation.
Hillsborough County (2025)
Defendant charged with 14 felony counts related to state continuing care clinic matters. Case resolved with no criminal convictions, no jail, and no fines.
Hillsborough County (2025)
Client arrested for Aggravated Assault with a Firearm. State agreed to file no charges.
Hillsborough County (2025)
Client arrested for domestic battery. State agreed to file no charges.
Pinellas County (2024)
Client charged with first-degree murder. Charges dismissed.
Manatee County (2024)
Client arrested for felon in possession of a firearm. No charges filed.
Federal Court – Tampa (2024)
Client pleaded guilty to production of child pornography via sexting (facing 15-year minimum, government sought 23 years based on 19–24 year guidelines). Secured the absolute floor: the 10-year mandatory minimum sentence.
Pinellas County (2024)
Client indicted for first-degree murder. Following nine months of aggressive litigation and hearings, the State dismissed the charge and client was released the same day.
Federal Court – Tampa (2024)
Client arrested for domestic violence. State agreed not to file charges.
Federal Court – Tampa (2024)
Client charged with felony assault of a TSA Agent. Charge reduced to a misdemeanor with probation.
Polk County (2024)
Client charged in a $150,000 felony embezzlement scheme. Resolved via pre-trial diversion.
Hillsborough County (2024)
Client charged with $50,000 felony stock fraud and probation violation. New charge resolved with probation; VOP dismissed with no sanctions.
Pinellas County (2023)
Client charged with narcotics trafficking and felony use of a firearm. All charges dismissed via pre-trial diversion.
Hillsborough County (2023)
Client charged with felony domestic violence by strangulation. Charge reduced and dismissed to misdemeanor pre-trial intervention with no conviction.
Pinellas County (2021)
Client charged with battery on a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest. Charge dismissed.
Hillsborough County (2022)
Client arrested for violation of sex offender probation and obstruction of justice. No charges filed.
Hillsborough County (2022)
Client arrested for illegal possession of a firearm. No charges filed.
Pinellas County (2025)
Defendant charged with 4th DUI with a crash and leaving the scene. Charges successfully resolved as misdemeanors rather than felonies.
Pinellas County (2024)
Client charged with DUI and Second Refusal (asleep at stoplight, admitted to four drinks). Refusal dismissed pre-trial; jury acquitted client of the DUI.
Pinellas County (2024)
Client arrested for possession of methamphetamine following a traffic stop. No charges filed.
Marion County (2024)
Client charged with felony voter fraud. Charges dismissed after entering pre-trial diversion and sealing the case.
Hillsborough County (2023)
Client charged with two felony voting crimes. One charge dismissed; pled no contest to one count with no probation, no file, no court costs, and no jail.