Federal Trial Attorney and White-Collar Defense

In high-stakes disputes, experience and talent matters. Scott Armstrong has both. Scott has tried 16 criminal cases in federal courts around the country involving a range of multimillion-dollar fraud schemes and white-collar offenses.

Scott’s clients can confidently rely on his experience, judgment, and hard-earned trial skills to advocate on their behalf when it matters most.

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Tried and Tested Across The USA

Over fifteen years, Scott’s federal jury trial and litigation experience has spanned the United States, to include:

  • Alexandria, Virginia

  • Atlanta, Georgia

  • Chicago, Illinois

  • Columbus, Ohio

  • Dallas, Texas

  • Denver, Colorado

  • Detroit, Michigan

  • Greenbelt, Maryland

  • Houston, Texas

  • Knoxville, Tennessee

  • Los Angeles, California

  • Miami, Florida

  • Nashville, Tennessee

  • New Orleans, Louisiana

  • Newark, New Jersey

  • New York, New York

  • Washington, DC

Scott’s Representative Federal Trial and Investigation Defense

  • Served as lead trial counsel defending a businessman against federal trafficking and other offenses in the Eastern District of Virginia (Alexandria)

  • Represented individuals in connection with DOJ investigation into alleged customs fraud and mismarking imports to evade tariffs

  • Represented a foreign national against a federal indictment for computer fraud and other charges related to the operation of largest “botnet” that allegedly used illicit VPN services to defraud customers and other federal programs out of billions of dollars

  • Represented a foreign national against a federal indictment charging conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering for allegedly orchestrating a $260 million “social engineering” crypto heist

  • Represented at trial a former BP executive who was acquitted on federal charges of obstruction of justice and false statements in connection with the BP oil spill

  • Represented at trial a former Blackwater security guard tried over ten weeks for his role during a shootout in Iraq

  • At DOJ, served as co-lead trial counsel against two senior traders at Bank of America who were convicted after a two-week trial for defrauding other market participants in a years-long manipulation scheme in the futures markets for several precious metals.

  • At DOJ, served as lead trial counsel against three defendants, including a physician and two clinic owners, convicted after a week-long trial for a $26 million scheme involving claims paid by Medicare for medical services that were medically unnecessary and fraudulently induced by kickbacks.

  • At DOJ, served as lead trial counsel in a week-long trial in the first-ever trial conviction for conspiracy to commit securities price manipulation under Title 15 involving cryptocurrency and over $300 million in spoof orders and wash trades placed via an automated trading bot.

  • At DOJ, served as co-lead trial counsel against a physician convicted following a week-long trial for unlawfully prescribing medical injections and other medical services in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute.

  • At DOJ, served as lead trial counsel against a registered nurse and Director of Nursing at a health clinic convicted after a week-long trial for a $20 million scheme involving claims paid by Medicare for medical services that were medically unnecessary and fraudulently induced by kickbacks.

  • At DOJ, served as lead trial counsel in the Fraud Section’s first-ever use of data analytics to investigate, prosecute, and convict after a two-week trial a physician and clinic owner for conspiring to dispense over 2 million opioid pills unlawfully.