Armstrong & Bradylyons PLLC | White-Collar Defense & Complex Litigation
Armstrong & Bradylyons PLLC is a federal white-collar defense and complex litigation boutique based in Washington, D.C. The firm defends individuals nationwide in fraud investigations and at trial. It also litigates on behalf of individuals and companies in high-stakes civil litigation.
Scott Armstrong and Drew Bradylyons founded Armstrong & Bradylyons PLLC after each served in senior roles at DOJ’s Fraud Section and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia for collectively over twenty years. With a foundation built on 25 federal jury trials involving complex, white-collar cases, the firm brings a highly skilled and experienced defense for individuals at any stage of a case: from a government investigation or regulatory inquiry, through federal indictment, and at trial.
The firm has a nationwide practice defending individuals facing investigation, indictment or trial for white-collar offenses, including healthcare fraud, cryptocurrency and digital asset fraud, securities and commodities fraud, insider trading, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations, procurement fraud, and money laundering.
In addition to its federal white-collar defense practice, the firm represents clients in high-stakes business disputes and in complex civil litigation. Clients turn to the firm to litigate on both sides of the “v.” for trial-ready advocacy in complex cases.
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DOJ Experience
Jury Trials
and Complex Litigation
Charged at DOJ
Anti-Kickback Defense
Money Laundering
Commodities Fraud
Procurement Fraud Defense
Digital Asset Recovery
Business Disputes
Over 25 Years of DOJ Experience and 25 Complex Federal Trials to Defend Professionals and Businesses Nationwide
Healthcare Fraud & Anti-Kickback Statute Defense
Armstrong & Bradylyons PLLC provides healthcare fraud and Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) defense for licensed medical professionals, including physicians, nurses, and pharmacists, and healthcare executives based on nearly a decade of combined DOJ experience at the nation’s preeminent law-enforcement healthcare unit: DOJ’s Fraud Section.
At DOJ, Scott Armstrong, Drew Bradylyons, and Andrea Savdie tried 17 federal jury trials in healthcare fraud cases alone. Their combined experience as former federal prosecutors in criminal healthcare fraud cases involved over $2.8 billion in false and fraudulent claims submitted to federal programs, like Medicare, Medicaid, and Tricare.
The firm's healthcare fraud defense practice spans healthcare services, including allegations involving wound care fraud, hospice and skilled-nursing facility fraud, home health services fraud, durable medical equipment (DME) fraud, Medicare Part B and Medicare Advantage fraud, laboratory and genetic testing fraud, telemedicine and telehealth fraud, compounding pharmacy fraud, behavioral health and substance abuse treatment fraud, “sober home” fraud, injection and infusion therapy fraud, and controlled substances diversion and illegal prescribing (pill mills).
Scott Armstrong, Drew Bradylyons, and Andrea Savdie aggressively defend medical professionals and healthcare executives using a robust strategy based on their trial experience, command of complex claims data, familiarity with vague coverage determinations, and skill at digesting complex patient files.
Crypto Fraud Defense & Money Laundering Defense
Armstrong & Bradylyons PLLC brings its trial experience and leading former-federal prosecutor background to defend individuals around the country against allegations involving complex, multi-million-dollar fraud, digital-asset misappropriation, market manipulation, and money laundering. The firm defends individuals in all corners of the cryptocurrency market, to include founders, traders, marketers, and defi developers.
Armstrong & Bradylyons PLLC also defends individuals under investigation and indictment for conduct that involves cryptocurrency, including ransomware attacks or exploits, identity theft, computer fraud, SIM swap attacks, and social engineering hacks or exploits.
As a former Assistant Chief at DOJ’s Fraud Section, Scott Armstrong supervised and led the Fraud Section’s cryptocurrency cases and investigations. Scott Armstrong supervised high-profile investigations and prosecutions around the nation involving crypto Ponzi schemes, “rug pulls” involving NFTs, “pig butchering” or affinity schemes involving international actors, “cherry picking” schemes involving registered advisors and cryptocurrency futures, and investment-fraud schemes involving cryptocurrencies. Scott Armstrong also tried in the Southern District of Florida the first-ever crypto manipulation case under Title 15 involving a digital asset and over $300 million in spoof orders and wash trades.
As Chief of EDVA’s Financial Crimes and Public Corruption Unit, Drew Bradylyons also supervised and led the nation’s foremost cryptocurrency investigations and cases. Drew Bradylyons supervised and led crypto fraud cases involving “rug pulls,” “pig butchering” schemes, “pump and dump” or market manipulation schemes, and a crypto Ponzi scheme with hundreds of millions of dollars in losses.
Scott Armstrong and Drew Bradylyons have the critical trial and investigative experience to defend individuals nationwide in crypto fraud cases. They also rely on the same experience to defend individuals in money laundering cases involving tumblers and mixers, chain-hopping, privacy coins, defi protocols, and movement across international exchanges.
Securities Fraud Defense & Commodities Fraud Defense
Armstrong & Bradylyons PLLC provides securities and commodities fraud defense for executives, traders, financial advisors, and investment professionals. This defense practice is built on over a decade of combined experience as federal prosecutors at the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, Fraud Section, and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA).
As an Assistant Chief at DOJ’s Fraud Section, Scott Armstrong tried and supervised complex multi-million-dollar fraud cases in federal courts around the country. These federal jury trials involved high-profile Ponzi schemes that laundered hundreds of millions of dollars through financial institutions, market manipulation in various financial products, commodities fraud in precious metals futures, crypto fraud and manipulation involving over $300 million of spoof orders and wash trades, private-investment fraud, and insider trading involving corporate executives.
As the Chief of EDVA’s Financial Crimes and Public Corruption Unit, Drew Bradylyons supervised and led a team of federal prosecutors investigating and charging complex investment frauds, often involving securities and commodities. Drew’s unit charged multiple Ponzi schemes involving tens of millions of dollars in losses, precious metals schemes, pump-and-dump schemes in the equities market, crypto investment fraud, and insider trading schemes. While at DOJ’s Fraud Section, Drew also prosecuted a kickback conspiracy and commodities insider trading ring.
The firm’s securities and commodities defense practice draws on Scott Armstrong’s and Drew Bradylyons’ trial skills, experience with complex trading data, and knowledge of financial markets to defend individuals in cases brought by DOJ; the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA); the New York State Attorney General (NYAG); and state securities regulators.
False Claims Act (FCA) Defense & Procurement Fraud
Armstrong & Bradylyons PLLC defends nationwide healthcare providers, government contractors, and executives against False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. §§ 3729–3733) investigations, qui tam whistleblower lawsuits, and procurement fraud allegations. The firm represents clients at every stage of an FCA enforcement case: from responding to Civil Investigative Demands (CIDs) from DOJ’s Civil Fraud Branch and Civil Fraud Units of United States Attorneys’ Offices, pre-intervention investigations through DOJ intervention decisions, settlement negotiations, and at trial. Because FCA investigations often carry potential criminal exposure in parallel proceedings and collateral consequences like risk of OIG exclusion or debarment from federal programs, the firm draws on its experience as former federal prosecutors to defend clients across the full spectrum of civil, criminal, and administrative proceedings.
The firm’s FCA healthcare defense practice is built on its former federal prosecutor trial experience in criminal healthcare fraud cases involving over $2.8 billion in false and fraudulent claims. The firm defends clients facing investigations and cases alleging upcoding, medically unnecessary billing, and Anti-Kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b) violations across wound care, home health, telehealth, pharmacy, and Medicare Part B services.
The firm's procurement fraud defense practice spans bid-rigging, cost-mischarging, defective pricing, product substitution, and fraud involving SBA programs. These cases are often investigated by DCIS, FBI, and federal Inspectors General.
As a former Chief of the Eastern District of Virginia's Financial Crimes and Public Corruption Unit, Drew Bradylyons led and supervised a wide range of prosecutions of frauds on the government, including procurement fraud and government contracting fraud. Drew investigated and supervised cases involving overbilling, product substitution, bid rigging, false certifications, and federal loan fraud. Drew partnered with dozens of federal agencies and inspectors general to investigate and prosecute frauds involving hundreds of millions of dollars in government contracts.
Based on over 25 years of investigating and trying complex cases involving government-program fraud in federal courts nationwide, the firm defends clients by understanding how federal prosecutors build FCA cases, structure parallel investigations, and make intervention decisions. The firm pairs this prosecutorial and trial experience with a deep familiarity with federal rules and regulations to navigate civil fraud matters. At the same time, the firm protects a client’s long-term interests in any potential parallel criminal investigation.
Cryptocurrency Litigation & Digital Asset Recovery
Armstrong & Bradylyons PLLC brings trial-tested cryptocurrency litigation experience to represent clients in complex disputes involving digital assets, blockchain technology, and crypto investments.
The firm handles for its clients both offensive and defensive cryptocurrency and digital asset litigation. Armstrong & Bradylyons PLLC prosecutes claims to recover lost or misappropriated cryptocurrency and investment losses and defends clients’ digital assets against government and third-party freeze orders, asset seizure, and civil and criminal forfeiture proceedings.
Armstrong & Bradylyons PLLC has particular experience in smart contract disputes and navigating the complex technical and legal challenges of recovering digital assets that have become inaccessible through failed, exploited or disputed smart-contract executions.
Armstrong & Bradylyons PLLC also defends clients against efforts by law enforcement and private litigants to freeze or restrain crypto assets. The firm defends clients facing Temporary Restraining Orders (TROs) seeking to freeze crypto wallets, digital asset holdings, and accounts at centralized exchanges. It also defends clients against claw back and disgorgement actions brought by federal receivers in CFTC and SEC enforcement cases following findings of fraud.
Armstrong & Bradylyons PLLC defends its clients by bringing its trial-oriented approach and federal-prosecutor experience to crypto and digital asset disputes involving DeFi protocols, centralized and decentralized exchanges, tokenized assets and securities, stablecoins, and cross-chain transactions. The firm's familiarity with blockchain technology, on-chain tracing, and the evolving federal regulatory landscape, including new guidance and rules from DOJ, the SEC, the CFTC, and FinCEN, allows it to aggressively defend its clients’ interests in crypto and digital asset disputes.
Complex Civil Litigation & Business Disputes
Armstrong & Bradylyons PLLC represents businesses, executives, and individuals in high-stakes disputes and complex civil litigation in federal courts nationwide. The firm handles breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty claims, business fraud and conversion actions, partnership disputes, trade secret misappropriation, tortious interference, and investment disputes involving allegations of false and misleading representations, unjust enrichment, and fraudulent inducement.
The firm brings to these civil matters the same trial-oriented approach and investigative rigor that define its federal white-collar defense practice. In particular, the firm leverages its experience in complex criminal fraud cases to litigate business disputes involving civil allegations of fraud, concealment, and misrepresentation.
Armstrong & Bradylyons PLLC also litigates complex business disputes in the same heavily regulated industries where it defends clients in criminal and FCA matters, including healthcare, financial services, government contracting, and digital assets. These cases often require fluency in federal regulations, compliance frameworks, and industry-specific standards that the firm regularly navigates. This regulatory depth allows the firm to litigate civil disputes where the underlying subject matter is as complex as the legal claims themselves.
The firm's litigation strategy is built on over twenty-five years of combined experience trying complex cases before federal juries. That experience informs how the firm develops case theories, takes and defends depositions, manages discovery in document-intensive matters, and presents evidence at trial. Whether pursuing or defending claims, Armstrong & Bradylyons PLLC approaches every civil dispute with trial preparation as its baseline, positioning clients for the strongest possible outcome whether reached through early resolution, dispositive motion, or verdict at trial.