UC San Diego Health Pays $2.98 Million to Resolve Allegations of Ordering Unnecessary Genetic Testing

Assistant U. S. Attorneys Joseph Price (619) 546-7642 and Joseph Purcell (619) 546-7643 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – January 11, 2022 SAN DIEGO – UC San Diego Health, the academic health system of…

Conroe man charged with funneling money to India

HOUSTON – A 48-year-old local man has been taken into custody on charges of obtaining over $600,000 from elderly victims throughout the country, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer Lowery. Authorities arrested Anthony Munigety,…

U.S. Attorney’s Office Recognizes National Human Trafficking Prevention Month

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina reaffirms its commitment to combating all forms of human…

Former Financial Controller Sentenced to Prison for Embezzling Almost Half a Million Dollars from Family-Owned San Diego Business

Assistant U. S. Attorney Rebecca S. Kanter (619) 546-7304 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – January 10, 2022 SAN DIEGO – Derick Jonathan Cameron of Vancouver, Washington, was sentenced in federal court today to…

Wolfe County Man Sentenced to 120 Months for Drug Trafficking

LEXINGTON, Ky.— A Campton, Ky., man, Johnathan E. Garland, 34, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison on Monday, by Senior U.S. District Judge Joseph Hood, after pleading guilty to distribution…

Convicted Felon Pleads Guilty in Macon PSN Case

MACON, Ga. – A Macon resident with prior felony convictions who was found in possession of a firearm during the course of an investigation into a check cashing scheme has pleaded guilty to…

Darlington County Woman arrested for soliciting minor, sending nude photos

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Christina Lucille-Kathleen Brown, 34, of Florence, S.C., on six charges connected to the sexual exploitation of a minor. Internet…

262 Month Prison Sentence for Repeat Felon Convicted in Meth Case, Apprehended Following Helicopter, K-9 Search

MACON, Ga. – A Middle Georgia armed robbery parolee with fourteen prior felony convictions was sentenced in federal court for distributing methamphetamine in a case involving a multi-agency search for the escaped defendant,…

Former Alderman Received Federal Sentence

Jackson, TN – Former Selmer, TN Alderman, Nickolas Atkins, 42, has been sentenced to federal prison for 48 months for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine. U.S. Attorney…

Convicted Felon, Wanted on Aggravated Assault Charge, Pleads Guilty to Illegally Possessing a Firearm

MACON, Ga. – A Middle Georgia resident with a prior felony found in illegal possession of multiple weapons on two separate occasions—at one time while wanted for aggravated assault in Monroe County, Georgia—pleaded…

11 Indicted in Alleged Drug Conspiracy

Jackson, TN – A total of 11 individuals have been indicted for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana and fentanyl. U.S. Attorney Joseph C. Murphy Jr. announced the indictments today.…

Huntersville, N.C. Man Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – U.S. Attorney Dena J. King announced today that Benjamin Padua Jr, 56, of Huntersville, N.C., appeared in federal court and pleaded guilty to wire fraud, for embezzling hundreds of…

United States Attorney Announces Flint, MI, Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Aggravated Identity Theft

BISMARCK – United States Attorney Nicholas W. Chase announced that U.S. District Court Judge Daniel M. Traynor sentenced Patrick Robert McKee, a/k/a William Patrick O’Hara, Age 77 from Flint, MI, to two…

Archdale, N.C. Man Is Sentenced To Almost Three Years In Prison For COVID-19 Relief Fraud

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Today, U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell sentenced Maurice Kamgaing, 42, formerly of Charlotte currently residing in Archdale, N.C., to 33 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining more than…

Project LEAD Graduates 25 Students in the Municipality of Bayamón

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico– Last December, a total of 25 students from the Epifanio Fernández Vanga Elementary School and the Mariano Feliú Balseiro Middle School in Bayamón graduated from the Project LEAD…

New Questions Emerge Over Maxwell Trial After Juror’s First Interviews

Sebastian Hughes on January 5, 2022 A juror in the Ghislaine Maxwell trial says he cannot remember if he disclosed his own experience of childhood sex abuse during his selection, which prompted…

Federal Grand Jury A Indictments Announced- January 2022

United States Attorney Clint Johnson today announced the results of the January 2022 Federal Grand Jury A. The following individuals have been charged with violations of United States law in indictments returned…

Justice Department Awards Over $5.1 Million in Grants to State of Louisiana

U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced that the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance has awarded $5,186,242 collectively to the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement, the Louisiana District Attorney’s Association,…

Hampton Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Elderly Victims and Tax Evasion

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – A Hampton man pleaded guilty yesterday to defrauding victims in the Hampton Roads area out of more than $630,000 and evading the assessment of more than $50,000 in…

Department of Justice Awards More Than $125 Million in Grants Under The Stop School Violence Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Justice today announced nearly $126 million in funding to advance school safety under the STOP School Violence Act. The grants, awarded by the Office of Justice…

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