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October 2008
Oct 1, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - ALEJANDRO MALDONADO, a/k/a “Adan Diaz-Maldonado,” 49, of Guerrero, Mexico, was sentenced today by United States District Judge J. Owen Forrester on charges of illegal re-entry into the United States after previous deportation and felony conviction.
DEPORTED MAN SENTENCED TO NEARLY FOUR YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR RE-ENTRY INTO UNITED STATES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
September 2008
Sep 25, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - A jury in federal district court returned a guilty verdict late today against SOUKSAKHONE PHAKNIKONE, a/k/a “BRUCE PHAKNIKONE,” a/k/a "Trigga", 26, of Dacula, Georgia, on seven counts of armed bank robbery, seven counts of use of a firearm during the commission of the armed bank robberies, and one count of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
“COUNTER-JUMPER” CAUGHT AND CONVICTED AFTER COMMITTING SEVEN ARMED BANK ROBBERIES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Sep 18, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - GREGORY CAMPION, 48, of Orlando, Florida, a former agent with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in Atlanta, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jack T. Camp to 21 months in prison for failing to report cash income for 2004.
FORMER U.S. D-E-A SPECIAL AGENT SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Sep 17, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - LESLIE ADGAR, 42, of Decatur, Georgia, and JON PATTON, 44, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, were sentenced today by United States Senior District Judge J. Owen Forrester for their involvement in a cocaine and heroin smuggling operation at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (HJIA). ANDRE MAYS, 24, of Atlanta, was also sentenced for entering a secure airport area in violation of federal screening requirements.
TSA AND DELTA EMPLOYEES SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR ROLES IN A DRUG-SMUGGLING CONSPIRACY AT HARTSFIELD-JACKSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Sep 17, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - Two indictments unsealed yesterday in Atlanta charge a total of 34 defendants involved with nationwide drug distribution and transportation “cells” that coordinated the distribution of millions of dollars worth of cocaine and marijuana in the United States and return of the proceeds to Mexico.
TWO ATLANTA “OPERATION CONFLUENCE” INDICTMENTS PART OF NATIONWIDE “PROJECT RECKONING” DRUG TAKEDOWN Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Sep 17, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - WALTER RONNIE (“Ron”) SAILOR, JR., 33, of Norcross, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Jack T. Camp on charges of money laundering and wire fraud.
RON SAILOR JR. SENTENCED TO OVER 5 YEARS ON FEDERAL CHARGES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Sep 12, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - FRANCISCO SANTILLAN ARELLANO, 36, of Atlanta, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to conspiracy to manufacture and sell fraudulent Government identification documents, including Social Security cards, Permanent Resident cards, and driver’s licenses, and to identification document fraud and aggravated identity theft. Seven other defendants previously pleaded guilty to related charges.
SO-CALLED “GODFATHER” PLEADS GUILTY TO MANUFACTURE AND SALE OF FRAUDULENT IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Sep 11, 2008
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a four year prison sentence for tax defier crimes committed by Sherry Peel Jackson, a former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee and tax preparer, the Justice Department announced today.
FOUR YEAR PRISON SENTENCE AFFIRMED FOR GEORGIA TAX DEFIER Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Sep 11, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - SUREN AGADZHANOV, 42, of Atlanta, was sentenced today to 3 years, 10 months in federal prison to be followed by 5 years of supervised release for his role in fraudulently applying for work visas for over 70 aliens and for using the proceeds from his visa fraud scheme to engage in mortgage fraud.
MAN SENTENCED FOR ILLEGALLY OBTAINING DOZENS OF ALIEN WORK VISAS AND FOR MORTGAGE FRAUD Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Sep 2, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - ANDRU WALLACE, 30, of Lithonia, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Clarence Cooper on charges that, while he was employed as a correctional officer at the United States Penitentiary-Atlanta, he accepted bribes from a federal inmate for bringing contraband items into the prison for the inmate.
FORMER USP-ATLANTA CORRECTIONAL OFFICER SENTENCED FOR ACCEPTING BRIBES FROM INMATE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
August 2008
Aug 28, 2008
NEWNAN, GA - HAROLD SPACE, 45, of Newnan, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Jack T. Camp on charges that he received child pornography via the Internet.
NEWNAN MAN SENTENCED TO A DECADE IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR RECEIVING CHILD PORNOGRAPY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Aug 28, 2008
ROME, GA – ANTHONY WARMUS, 56, of Powder Springs, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to mail fraud, related to a scheme to divert company money to personal use.
POWDER SPRINGS MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO DEFRAUDING HIS EMPLOYER OF OVER $500,000 Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Aug 26, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - EDGAR J. BEAUDREAULT, JR., 60, of Alpharetta, Georgia, HOWARD A. SPERLING, 43, of San Diego, California, and ROBERT B. SURLES, 62, of Canon City, Colorado, have been indicted by a federal grand jury on multiple charges relating to a scheme to defraud.
THREE MEN INDICTED IN CONSTRUCTION ESCROW FRAUD SCHEME Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Aug 25, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - CARLOS LOPEZ, 30, and DAVID RAY WHITE, 32, both active-duty soldiers from Camp Frank D. Merrill, a United States Army Ranger mountain training facility in Dahlonega, Georgia, were sentenced today for their roles in a conspiracy to rob a cocaine dealer at gunpoint.
ARMY RANGERS SENTENCED FOR CONSPIRING TO ROB DRUG TRAFFICKER Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Aug 20, 2008
GAINESVILLE, GA - MILTON SCOTT PRUITT, 40, of Forsyth County, Georgia, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of receiving and possessing child pornography.
FORMER FORSYTH DEPUTY SHERIFF INDICTED ON CHILD EXPLOITATION CHARGES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Aug 20, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - MANYU OGALE, 44, of Jacksonville, Florida, was arraigned today before United States Magistrate Judge Russell G. Vineyard on charges of wire fraud related to a "Ponzi" investment scheme.
MAN INDICTED IN SCHEME TO DEFRAUD HEDGE-FUND INVESTORS OUT OF MORE THAN $20 MILLION Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Aug 19, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - DONNA RENEE GAMBLE, 43, of Marietta, Georgia, was sentenced today by Chief United States District Judge Jack T. Camp on charges arising out of a scheme to defraud the Georgia Institute of Technology ("Georgia Tech") and the National Science Foundation (“NSF”), an agency of the United States Government.
FORMER GEORGIA TECH EMPLOYEE SENTENCED IN “P-CARD” SCHEME Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Aug 19, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - RENARD SHEALEY, 28, of Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Jack T. Camp on charges of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
FELON OUT ON BOND ON STATE GUN CHARGE SENTENCED IN FEDERAL COURT FOR POSSESSING YET ANOTHER FIREARM Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Aug 15, 2008
NEWNAN, GA - JARED ROBERT WHEAT, 36, of Alpharetta, Georgia; STEPHEN DOUGLAS SMITH, 40, of Duluth, Georgia; TOMASZ HOLDA, 45, of Duluth, Georgia; SERGIO OLIVEIRA, 48, of Hoschton, Georgia; and “HI-TECH PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.,” a company based in Norcross, Georgia, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to import and distribute adulterated, mislabeled and unapproved new drugs, and to commit mail and wire fraud.
FOUR DEFENDANTS, “HI-TECH PHARMACEUTICALS” PLEAD GUILTY TO IMPORTING AND DISTRIBUTING “KNOCK-OFF” PRESCRIPTION DRUGS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Aug 14, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - CASEY AUSTIN CARMICHAEL, 29, of Newnan, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal district court toa one count Criminal Information, charging that defendant CARMICHAEL knowingly attempted to transfer obscene matter on the Internet to a person under the age of 16.
CLAYTON COUNTY POLICE OFFICER PLEADS GUILTY IN OBSCENITY CASE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Aug 14, 2008
ROME, GA - JERALD WAYNE ANDERSON, 63, of Adairsville, Georgia, pleaded guilty today before Senior United States District Judge Robert L. Vining, Jr. to one count of receipt of child pornography.
ADAIRSVILLE MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CASE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Aug 8, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - RILEY GRAHAM, a/k/a “Riley Williams,” 42, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Thomas W. Thrash to 10 years in federal prison for his participation in a mortgage fraud and money laundering scheme that targeted the Atlanta metro housing market in 2001 through 2002.
ORGANIZER IN PHILLIP HILL MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME SENTENCED TO ANOTHER 10 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Aug 4, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - ANTHONY G. CHRISTOU, 57, of Dunwoody, Georgia, was sentenced today to over 9 years in federal prison by United States District Judge William S. Duffey on charges of wire fraud and money laundering arising from a multi-million dollar investment fraud scheme.
PERPETRATOR OF $14 MILLION INVESTMENT FRAUD SCHEME SENTENCED TO PRISON Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Aug 4, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - ANGELA D. ISLEY, 44, of Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Charles A. Pannell, Jr. to serve more than 5 years in prison on charges of health care fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering.
MEDICAL SUPPLY EXECUTIVE IMPRISONED FOR DEFRAUDING MEDICARE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
July 2008
July 31, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - ADAM J. SHORR, 38, of Clearwater, Florida, was found guilty this afternoon by a federal jury on charges of money laundering and conspiracy to launder drug money.
FLORIDA MAN CONVICTED BY FEDERAL JURY IN DRUG MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
July 31, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - R. CLAY HARRIS, 56, of Peachtree City, Georgia, was found guilty this morning by a federal jury on charges of bribery and conspiring to bribe a former Atlanta Public School (APS) official and to deprive APS and the citizens of Atlanta of that official’s honest services.
LOCAL BUSINESSMAN CONVICTED BY FEDERAL JURYON ALL COUNTS FOR BRIBING ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOL OFFICIAL Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
July 30, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - TREMAYNE DEON CRAWFORD, 29, of Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge William S. Duffey, Jr., to more than 19 years in prison on a charge of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
FELON WITH HANDGUN GETS FEDERAL SENTENCE OF NEARLY TWO DECADES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
July 29, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - A jury in federal district court has returned a guilty verdict against ARTHUR HARGRAVES, 67, of Douglasville, Georgia, and DANIEL PUFFENBERGER, 52, of Kissimmee, Florida, on charges of health care fraud, relating to fraudulent billings for a controversial back pain treatment known as Vertebral Axial Decompression or “VAX-D.” A co-defendant, HOWARD BERKOWITZ, 60, of Atlanta, Georgia, pleaded guilty in March 2007.
TWO CHIROPRACTORS FOUND GUILTY BY FEDERAL JURY IN “VAX-D” FRAUD SCHEME Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
July 29, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - KEVIN G. WIGGINS, 41, of Ellenwood, Georgia; along with an appraiser, FRANK W. ASTWOOD, 37, of Hampton, Georgia, and an office manager, LYDIA WIGGINS CHRISTOPHER, 59, of Union City, Georgia were sentenced today by United States District Judge Jack T. Camp on charges related to a large-scale mortgage fraud scheme that targeted West End neighborhoods in Atlanta in 2001 and 2002.
ORGANIZER, TWO OTHERS SENTENCED IN $15 MILLION MORTGAGE FRAUD AFFECTING 80 PROPERTIES IN ATLANTA’S WEST END Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
July 24, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - CLOVIS REEVES, 34, of Newark, New Jersey, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Clarence Cooper to over a dozen years in prison on charges of conspiracy to illegally purchase firearms, aiding and abetting the falsification of firearms records, and being a felon in possession of firearms.
NEW JERSEY MAN SENTENCED TO OVER 12 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR FIREARMS TRAFFICKING Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
July 22, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - SUSAN DENISE HARPER, 43, of Lithonia, Georgia, KEVIAN BATEMAN, 27, of Atlanta, Georgia, and OJINEKA JONES GODWIN, 51, of Alpharetta, Georgia, were sentenced today by United States Chief District Judge Jack T. Camp on charges of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud arising from a check fraud scheme against an insurance company.
THREE SENTENCED IN CHECK FRAUD SCHEME Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
July 16, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - QUANTAVIOUS GREENE, 28, of Jackson, Georgia, and ELIJAH CHANDLER, 21, of College Park, were sentenced today by United States District Judge Orinda D. Evans on charges of aiding and abetting one another in using the telephone to call in a false bomb threat to the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and later making false statements to FBI agents regarding the call.
TWO MEN SENTENCED FOR MAKING FALSE BOMB THREAT TO C-D-C Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
July 14, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - VICTOR ABILES GOMEZ, 20, OMAR MENDOZA-VILLEGAS, 19, and GERARDO SOLORIO REYES, a/k/a “Gera,” 23, all from Mexico and illegally in the United States, are making an initial appearance today before United States Magistrate Judge Janet King, on charges related to a drug-related kidnapping incident.
FEDERAL AUTHORITIES RESCUE HOSTAGE HELD CAPTIVE FOR NEARLY A WEEK IN ALLEGED DRUG-DEALING DISPUTE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
July 11, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - JAMES P. ROBINSON, 43, of Atlanta, Georgia, has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and two counts of tax evasion, arising out of a scheme to defraud Home Depot.
ANOTHER FORMER HOME DEPOT EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY TO VENDOR KICKBACK SCHEME AND TAX EVASION Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
July 8, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - The United States Attorney's Office today announced that St. Louis University, in St. Louis, Missouri, has agreed to pay $1 million to settle allegations raised in a “whistleblower” lawsuit that the University’s School of Public Health violated the federal False Claims Act by mischarging “additive” or “supplemental” pay for its faculty members to federally funded grants, contracts and cooperative agreements.
ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY AGREES TO PAY $1 MILLION TO SETTLE FEDERAL FALSE CLAIMS ACT ALLEGATIONS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
July 7, 2008
GAINESVILLE, GA - MOLLY A. SMITH, 50, of Lula, Georgia, was sentenced to prison today by United States District Judge William C. O’Kelley on tax-related fraud charges. The sentencing of her daughter, MAYKIE BLEVINS, 29, also of Lula, Georgia, was rescheduled from today until July 16, 2008, on related charges.
MOTHER SENTENCED IN FRAUD SCHEME Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
July 7, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - AMADOR CORTES-MEZA, a/k/a “Javier,” 34, JUAN CORTES-MEZA, 31, FRANCISCO CORTES-MEZA, a/k/a “Paco,” 25, and RAUL CORTES-MEZA, a/k/a “Oscar,” 21, all of Mexico and living in Norcross, Georgia, and EDISON WAGNER ROSA TORT, a/k/a “Caruso,” 69, of Uruguay and living in Cartersville, Georgia, were arraigned today before United States Magistrate Judge Janet F. King on a 31-count superseding indictment charging them with human trafficking and related offenses.
FIVE DEFENDANTS CHARGED IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING RING FOR BRINGING YOUNG WOMEN INTO THE U. S. FROM MEXICO Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
July 2, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - TERRENCE CLAY, 30, of Atlanta, Georgia, a former employee with the Atlanta-based Correctional Center Dismas Charities, Inc., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Richard W. Story to one year in prison for soliciting and taking bribes from a federal inmate.
FORMER EMPLOYEE AT ATLANTA HALFWAY HOUSE SENTENCED FOR SOLICITING AND TAKING BRIBES FROM A FEDERAL INMATE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
June 2008
June 30, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - ZACHARY HURLEY, 28, and JONATHAN PORTWOOD, 26, of Atlanta, GA, and STEPHEN PIWOWAR, 46, of Marietta, GA, were sentenced today by United States District Judge Beverly B. Martin on charges of conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit goods.
THREE SENTENCED IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR COUNTERFEIT GOODS SCHEME Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
June 30, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - ANTHONY M. TESVICH, 42, of Atlanta, Georgia, has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and three counts of tax evasion, arising out of a scheme to defraud Home Depot.
FORMER HOME DEPOT EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY TO VENDOR KICKBACK SCHEME AND TAX EVASION Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
June 27, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - MAJALAI WISDOM, 49, of Union City, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Beverly B. Martin on the charge of conspiracy to submit false claims to the United States in connection with a false income tax refund scheme.
UNION CITY WOMAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR CONSPIRACY TO SUBMIT FRAUDULENT INCOME TAX RETURNS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
June 20, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - GERALD MARCHELLETTA, JR., 42, GERALD MARCHELLETTA, SR., 73, and THERESA KOTTWITZ, 50, all of Alpharetta, Georgia, were sentenced today on charges of committing and conspiring to commit tax fraud.
OWNERS AND FORMER BOOKKEEPER OF COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION FIRM SENTENCED IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR TAX FRAUD SCHEME Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
June 19, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - CARLOS LOPEZ, 30, and RANDY SPIVEY, 32, both active-duty Army Rangers, pleaded guilty today before United States District Court Judge Beverly B. Martin to their roles in a conspiracy to rob a cocaine dealer. DAVID RAY WHITE, 28, also a Ranger, is scheduled to plead guilty tomorrow before a United States District Judge.
ARMY RANGERS PLEAD GUILTY TO CONSPIRING TO ROB DRUG TRAFFICKER Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
June 19, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - In a brief news conference, the head of the FBI's Atlanta Division and the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia said this afternoon that mortgage fraud continues to be a serious problem and a major focus of federal law enforcement in metro Atlanta, with significant cases being brought as recently as yesterday.
ATLANTA, NORTH GEORGIA STILL HOT AREA FOR MORTGAGE FRAUD & “OPERATION MALICIOUS MORTGAGE” Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
June 18, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - DOSSEY RICHARDS, 36, of Atlanta, Georgia; LOVIE HOBBS, a/k/a “Lovie Hobbs Hagwood,” 47, of Lithonia, Georgia; MONTRA McKENZIE, 29, of Atlanta, Georgia; CYRUS DAVIS, 42, of Atlanta, Georgia; MARCUS VICKERS, 35, of Ellenwood, Georgia; RAYSHUAN HARMON, 27, of East Point, Georgia; and MICHELLE DAVILA, 35, of Atlanta, Georgia, have been arrested on a federal criminal complaint related to a mortgage fraud scheme.
MAJOR MORTGAGE FRAUD SCAM BUSTED Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
June 18, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - LESLIE ADGAR, 42, of Decatur, Georgia, ANDRE MAYS, 24, of Atlanta, Georgia, and JON PATTON, 44, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, pleaded guilty today to their involvement in a cocaine and heroin smuggling operation at Hartsfield Jackson International Airport.
TSA AND DELTA EMPLOYEES PLEAD GUILTY IN DRUG SMUGGLING STING AT HARTSFIELD JACKSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
June 18, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - MALIKA GARRETT, 42, of Woodstock, Georgia, her husband, RUSSELL GARRETT, 43, a Forsyth County Deputy Sheriff, also of Woodstock, Georgia, and her father-in-law, D. WILLIAM GARRETT, Jr., 72, a Fulton County Magistrate Judge, of Alpharetta, Georgia, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in a nine-count indictment, charging the defendants with human trafficking, alien harboring, witness tampering, and making false statements.
THREE FAMILY MEMBERS INDICTED ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND RELATED CHARGES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
June 18, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - JAMES BARTHOLOMEW “BART” HUSKEY, 38, of LaFayette, Georgia, has been arrested by federal, state and local law enforcement authorities on a federal criminal complaint charging him with manufacturing child pornography and uploading it to the Internet.
NORTHWEST GEORGIA MAN ALLEGED TO HAVE PRODUCED AN INTERNATIONALLY-KNOWN SERIES OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY IMAGES ARRESTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
June 17, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - WALTER RONNIE ("RON") SAILOR, JR., 33, of Norcross, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to a superseding information charging him with wire fraud in connection with a fraudulently obtained loan, as well as laundering and attempting to launder what he believed to be $375,000 in drug proceeds.
FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVE RON SAILOR JR. PLEADS GUILTY TO ADDITIONAL FEDERAL CHARGES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
June 12, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - JAMES P. ROBINSON, 43, of Atlanta, Georgia, was charged today in a Criminal Information with two counts of income tax evasion and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud against Home Depot, relating to a kickback scheme involving overseas vendors.
SECOND FORMER HOME DEPOT EMPLOYEE CHARGED IN ALLEGED VENDOR KICKBACK SCHEME Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
June 5, 2008
ROME, GA - BARRY WALLACE, 41, of Cedartown, Georgia, was sentenced today to one year, one month in federal prison by United States District Judge Harold L. Murphy for stealing firearms while employed as a captain by the Polk County Police Department.
FORMER POLK COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT CAPTAIN SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR POSSESSING STOLEN FIREARMS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
June 5, 2008
ROME, GA - WILLIAM “Billy” WILLS, JR., 48, former Chief of the Polk County Police Department, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Harold L. Murphy for making false statements to federal agents.
FORMER POLK COUNTY POLICE CHIEF SENTENCED IN FEDERAL COURT FOR MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
June 3, 2008
ROME, GA - DANIEL VILLENAS-REYES, 36, of Cedartown, Georgia, was sentenced to life in prison plus 160 years, and HOUSTON SHANE ROSSER, 36, of Centre, Alabama, was sentenced to life plus 50 years, as a federal district court completed the sentencing of the first 23 of a total of 30 defendants who were convicted earlier this year of crimes ranging from murder to racketeering, methamphetamine trafficking, and firearms offenses.
DEFENDANTS SENTENCED TO MULTIPLE LIFE PRISON TERMS IN ROME RACKETEERING CASE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
June 2, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - DANIEL BETTS, 26, of Rockmart, Georgia, was sentenced today on a charge of taking payoffs for “extra jobs” that really involved the performance of his normal duties as a police officer while on duty.
ATLANTA POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED FOR TAKING “EXTRA JOB” PAYMENTS TO PERFORM OFFICIAL DUTIES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
May 2008
May 29, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - Dr. PHILLIP C. ASTIN, III, 52, of Carrollton, Georgia, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on additional charges relating to overprescribing prescription drugs.
MORE CHARGES AGAINST DOCTOR FOR ILLEGAL DRUG DISTRIBUTION Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
May 29, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - ANTHONY M. TESVICH, 42, of Atlanta, Georgia, was charged today in a Criminal Information with three counts of tax evasion and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud against Home Depot, relating to a kickback scheme from vendors.
FORMER EMPLOYEE CHARGED WITH DEFRAUDING HOME DEPOT IN VENDOR KICKBACK SCHEME AND TAX EVASION Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
May 21, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - After a two-week trial, a federal jury has returned a guilty verdict against KIRK WRIGHT, 37, of Marietta, Georgia, on charges of mail fraud, securities fraud, and money laundering, relating to the 2006 collapse of WRIGHT’s Atlanta-based hedge fund company, International Management Associates (“IMA”).
ATLANTA HEDGE FUND MANAGER CONVICTED IN $150 MILLION FRAUD SCHEME Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
May 20, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - TRAVIS WALTER CORK, 50, of Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge William S. Duffey on charges of threatening to assault a federal Magistrate Judge and intimidating and impeding a federal probation officer from performing her duties.
MAN JUST RELEASED FROM PRISON RETURNED TO PRISON FOR THREATENING FEDERAL JUDGE AND PROBATION OFFICER Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
May 14, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - HASMUKH C. PATEL, 52, a Business Interface Representative for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and former USCIS Adjudication Officer, and his wife, NITIGNA H. PATEL, 46, both of McDonough, Georgia, were indicted by a federal grand jury on May 13, 2008.
TWO INDICTED IN VISA PROGRAM FRAUD Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
May 13, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - DONNA RENEE GAMBLE, 43, of Marietta, Georgia, has pleaded guilty to charges arising out of a scheme to defraud the Georgia Institute of Technology ("Georgia Tech") and the National Science Foundation (“NSF”), an agency of the United States Government.
FORMER GEORGIA TECH EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY IN “P-CARD” SCHEME Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
May 12, 2008
ROME, GA - BRENTON JAMES GARMON, 36, of Cartersville, Georgia, was sentenced today in federal district court by Judge Robert L. Vining, Jr. for embezzling and converting $80,493.78 in public funds to his own use while GARMON worked as a Captain for the Bartow County Sheriff’s Office.
FORMER CAPTAIN WITH BARTOW COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SENTENCED FOR EMBEZZLING COUNTY FUNDS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
May 6, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - HERIBERTO TORRES-ROMERO, 57, of Bogota, Colombia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Charles A. Pannell, Jr., for his role in a conspiracy to launder the proceeds of drug trafficking.
“OPERATION RAINMAKER” RESULTS IN NEARLY THREE DOZEN CONVICTIONS OF MONEY LAUNDERERS & DRUG TRAFFICKERS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
May 1, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - CLOVIS REEVES, 34, of Newark, New Jersey, was found guilty today by a federal jury on charges of conspiracy to illegally purchase firearms, aiding and abetting the falsification of firearms records, and being a felon in possession of firearms.
JURY FINDS NEWARK MAN GUILTY IN EAST COAST GUN TRAFFICKING OPERATION Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
April 2008
Apr 29, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - TERRENCE CLAY, 30, of Atlanta, Georgia, a former employee with the Atlanta-based Correctional Center Dismas Charities, Inc., pleaded guilty today in federal district court to soliciting and taking bribes from a federal inmate.
FORMER EMPLOYEE AT ATLANTA HALFWAY HOUSE PLEADS GUILTY TO SOLICITING AND TAKING BRIBES FROM A FEDERAL INMATE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Apr 28, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - Following a two week trial, a jury in federal district court returned a guilty verdict earlier today against ANGELA D. ISLEY, 44, of Atlanta, Georgia, on charges of health care fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering.
JURY CONVICTS FORMER MEDICAL SUPPLY EXECUTIVE IN MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Apr 28, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - WAYNE TALIAFERRO, 56, of Alpharetta, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States Magistrate Judge Alan J. Baverman on his guilty plea to a misdemeanor charge of illegally importing a leopard skin and skull from South Africa, a violation of the federal Endangered Species Act.
ILLEGAL IMPORT OF SKULL & LEOPARD SKIN LEADS TO $20,000 FINE FOR VIOLATING ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Apr 25, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - After a bench trial in district court, a federal judge today returned a guilty verdict against KELLY FARLEY, 39, of McKinney, Texas on charges of crossing state lines to have sex with a child under 12 and using a computer to entice a child to engage in unlawful sexual activity.
TEXAS MAN GUILTY OF TRAVELING GEORGIA TO HAVE SEX WITH A CHILD Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Apr 23, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - AARON TERRY, 55, of Wichita Falls, Texas; TIMOTHY THOMAS, 51, of Powder Springs, Georgia; JAMES MCMANN, 43, of Kent, Washington; and ERIC AUYANG, 56, of Mobile, Alabama, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Atlanta on charges of conspiracy and major fraud against the United States relating to a defense procurement fraud scheme.
CURRENT & EX -ARMY OFFICIALS & TWO CONTRACTORS INDICTED ON DEFENSE PROCUREMENT FRAUD CHARGES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Apr 22, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - Eight illegal immigrants have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiring to unlawfully manufacture and possess fraudulent identification documents, including Social Security cards, permanent resident cards, and driver’s licenses and identification cards from multiple states, and to encourage and induce aliens to reside in the United States in violation of the law. Five of the defendants were also charged with aggravated identity theft.
EIGHT DEFENDANTS INDICTED IN FAKE I-D DOCUMENT CONSPIRACY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Apr 22, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - WILLIAM CARTER GORMAN, 54, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, was sentenced today to a term of 10 years in federal prison for receiving child pornography.
GWINNETT PHARMACIST SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR COLLECTING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Apr 17, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - VIRGINIA ROSE NOVRIT, 67, of Hilton Head, South Carolina, CLARENCE LORENZO DAVIS, 68, of Hilton Head, South Carolina, GREGORY JEROME WINGS, JR., 25, of Atlanta, Georgia, OLYMPIA D. AMMONS, 31, of St. Louis, Missouri, and RONALD DENZIL MARTIN, JR., 37, of Lithonia, Georgia, were sentenced this week by United States District Judge Beverly B. Martin on charges of conspiracy, bank fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering related to a multi-million dollar mortgage fraud scheme.
FIVE SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR MORTGAGE FRAUD Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Apr 17, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - CHARDRIQUEZ DURDEN, 24, of Lithonia, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge J. Owen Forrester on charges of assaulting federal agents with a firearm; making false statements to a federal licensed firearms dealer in order to straw purchase a firearm; possession of cocaine, cocaine base and marijuana with intent to distribute; and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
DURDEN SENTENCED TO OVER 43 YEARS IN PRISON FOR SHOOTING AT ATF AGENTS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Apr 16, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - Ten defendants were indicted by a federal grand jury late yesterday on charges of conspiring to induce undocumented aliens to remain in the United States by providing them with employment, predominantly at Chinese restaurants, and transporting aliens to the restaurants, all for commercial gain, in violation federal law.
OWNERS OF EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES INDICTED Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Apr 15, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - BRUCE ALLEN HUGHES, 47, of Blairsville, Georgia, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, three counts of armed bank robbery, and four counts of use and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent felony.
“CROWN ROYAL BANDIT” BAGGED Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Apr 15, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - BRIAN RICHARDSON, 45, originally of Huntsville, Alabama, and a federal inmate, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on a charge of premeditated murder of another inmate at the United States Penitentiary in Atlanta.
FEDERAL INMATE INDICTED FOR MURDER Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Apr 11, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - The United States Attorney’s Office today announced that more tax-related fraud cases are being pursued by IRS investigators and federal prosecutors, and three more tax-related cases were indicted within the past few days by a federal grand jury as the tax filing deadline approaches.
AS APRIL 15 TAX DEADLINE APPROACHES, MORE FEDERAL PROSECUTIONS SEND MESSAGE THAT TAX FRAUD CAN MEAN PRISON TIME Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Apr 2, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - AL AMIN PATNI, 47, of Marietta, Georgia, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of misuse of a social security number, aggravated identity theft, and illegal reentry.
FIRST CASE PROSECUTED UNDER NEW IDENTITY THEFT INITIATIVE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Apr 1, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - Former professional wrestler HARRISON NORRIS, Jr., 42, a/k/a "Hardbody Harrison," of Cartersville, Georgia, was sentenced today to life in prison for committing multiple violations of federal sex trafficking and forced labor statutes in connection with a scheme to force women into prostitution.
 FORMER WRESTLER SENTENCED TO LIFE ON FEDERAL SEX TRAFFICKING & FORCED LABOR CHARGES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
March 2008
Mar 27, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - A news conference this morning marked the first anniversary of the David G. Wilhelm OCDETF Strike Force, a special cooperative drug task force based in metro Atlanta that is named after the slain U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Assistant Special Agent In Charge.
“DAVID G. WILHELM OCDETF STRIKE FORCE”
ANNOUNCES RESULTS FROM ITS FIRST YEAR OF OPERATIONS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Mar 27, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - CLIFFORD J. HARRIS, JR., an entertainer also known as "T.I.," 27, of College Park, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to possession of unregistered machine guns and silencers, unlawful possession of machine guns, and possession of firearms by a convicted felon.
ENTERTAINER CLIFFORD HARRIS, a/k/a “T.I.,” PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL FIREARMS CHARGES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Mar 24, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - Atlanta Police Officer WILBERT STALLINGS, 44, of Conyers, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to conspiring to violate civil rights by executing a search of a private residence without benefit of a search warrant. Late this afternoon, STALLINGS was expected to be released on $25,000 bond set by a United States Magistrate Judge.
ATLANTA POLICE OFFICER PLEADS GUILTY
TO CIVIL RIGHTS CONSPIRACY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Mar 20, 2008
GAINESVILLE, GA - ROBERT MERICKLE, 59, of Dawsonville, Georgia was sentenced today in federal court on a charge of filing a false tax return in 2001, which failed to report substantial amounts of income from a company he owned and operated, “East Coast Marketing,” d/b/a “Blue Haven Pools.”
DAWSONVILLE MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR TAX FRAUD Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Mar 20, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - TRAVIS E. CORRELL, 31, of Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced to federal prison today by United States District Judge Orinda D. Evans on a charge of wire fraud related to a so-called “Ponzi” scheme.
ATLANTA MAN SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON IN $29 MILLION “PONZI” SCHEME Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Mar 20, 2008
GAINESVILLE, GA - KEVIN FELTS, 60, of Brazoria, Texas, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge William C. O’Kelley on money laundering and weapon charges related to a multi-state drug operation.
TEXAS MAN SENTENCED TO OVER 17 YEARS IN PRISON FOR ROLE IN MONEY LAUNDERING CONSPIRACY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Mar 20, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - DONALD FRANK SMITH, 37, of Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Beverly B. Martin on charges of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, related to an incident in which an Atlanta Police Department Officer was assaulted.
FELON WHO ASSAULTED ATLANTA POLICE OFFICER WITH GUN GETS 10 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Mar 18, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - WALTER RONNIE ("Ron") SAILOR, JR., 33, of Norcross, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to a felony criminal information charging him with laundering and attempting to launder what he believed to be drug proceeds, after taking possession and agreeing to launder a total of approximately $375,000 of cash from the purported sale of cocaine.
STATE REPRESENTATIVE RON SAILOR JR. PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL DRUG MONEY LAUNDERING CHARGE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Mar 17, 2008
GAINESVILLE, GA - MAYKIE BLEVINS, 29, and her mother, MOLLY A. SMITH, 50, both of Lula, Georgia, have pleaded guilty in federal district court to tax-related fraud charges.
DAUGHTER & MOTHER PLEAD GUILTY TO FRAUD CHARGES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Mar 13, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - CEDRIC JACKSON, 41, of Atlanta, Georgia and AIMEE ALLEN, 37, formerly of Cartersville, Georgia, and now of Clarence, New York, were sentenced today by United States District Judge Jack T. Camp on charges of conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking, related to a sex trafficking organization led by former professional wrestler “Hardbody” HARRISON NORRIS. MICHELLE ACHUFF, 25, of Lafayette, Tennessee, and LESLIE SMITH, 22, of Macon, Georgia, were also sentenced today for making false statements to FBI agents regarding NORRIS’ criminal activities.
DEFENDANTS SENTENCED FOR ROLES IN FORMER WRESTLER’S SEX TRAFFICKING RING Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Mar 13, 2008
ATLANTA, GA – GILBERTO PEREZ-BANUCHI, 42, of Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Richard Story on a charge of making false statements to a federal agency, relating to a Drug Enforcement Agency drug investigation.
ATLANTA MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR MAKING FALSE STATEMENT TO DEA Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Mar 12, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - GREGORY CAMPION, 46, of Orlando, Florida, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to failing to report more than $200,000 in cash income he obtained in 2004, while serving as a Special Agent with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in Atlanta, Georgia.
FORMER DEA SPECIAL AGENT PLEADS GUILTY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Mar 12, 2008
ROME, GA - BARRY WALLACE, 40, of Cedartown, Georgia pleaded guilty today in federal district court to stealing firearms while employed as a Captain by the Polk County Police Department.
FORMER POLK COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT CAPTAIN PLEADS GUILTY TO POSSESSING STOLEN FIREARMS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Mar 10, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - Sentencing hearings for 11 key defendants were completed today in the $2.8 million “Xquisite Empire” car loan fraud ring based in Atlanta.
INSIDERS SENTENCED IN $2.8 MILLION “XQUISITE EMPIRE” FRAUD RING Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Mar 7, 2008
ROME, GA - CARLOS URIOSTIGUI, 19 ; RODOLFO CHAVEZ MASCOTE, 25; DANIEL CAMPOS, JR., 21; and JOSHUA PAUL SMITH, 27, all of Cedartown, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to charges involving drug trafficking, firearms, and carjacking crimes in the Cedartown area in July 2007.
FOUR PLEAD GUILTY TO SHOOTING AND CARJACKING RELATED TO DRUG TRAFFICKING Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Mar 7, 2008
ROME, GA - Former Polk County Police Department Chief WILLIAM “Billy” WILLS, JR., 48, pleaded guilty today to making false statements to federal law enforcement officers in connection with an investigation involving firearms stolen from the Police Department.
FORMER POLK COUNTY POLICE CHIEF PLEADS GUILTY TO MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Mar 4, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - DONNA RENEE GAMBLE, 43, of Marietta, Georgia, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges arising out of a scheme to defraud the Georgia Institute of Technology ("Georgia Tech") and the National Science Foundation (“NSF”), an agency of the United States Government.
FORMER GEORGIA TECH EMPLOYEE INDICTED
IN “P-CARD” SCHEME Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Mar 3, 2008
ROME, GA - Former Rockmart Police Officer CAREY HIGGINS, 29, of Cartersville, Georgia, pleaded guilty today to a charge of making materially false statements to federal authorities and the FBI in connection with the submission of false fingerprints to the Rockmart Police Department by his co-defendant Jedson Leist, a convicted felon.
FORMER CITY OF ROCKMART POLICE OFFICER PLEADS GUILTY IN FAKE FINGERPRINT SCHEME Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
February 2008
Feb 29, 2008
ROME, GA - KARY DEAN HEAD, 50, of Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Harold L. Murphy on a wire fraud charge arising from a scheme to defraud bidders on eBay, the Internet auction service, of over $150,000.
FORT OGLETHORPE MAN SENTENCED FOR INTERNET FRAUD Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Feb 28, 2008
ROME, GA - JEDSON EDWARD LEIST, 36, of Acworth, Georgia, was sentenced this morning to 20 years in federal prison by United States District Judge Robert L. Vining, Jr., for crimes including false statements; wire and mail fraud; possession of a firearm by a felon and by a domestic violence misdemeanant; and a mail and wire fraud scheme involving the use of fake fingerprints.
FORMER CITY OF ROCKMART POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Feb 27, 2008
ROME, GA - BRENTON JAMES GARMON, 36, of Cartersville, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to embezzling approximately $80,493 in public funds that were under the care and control of the Bartow County Sheriff’s Office while GARMON worked there as a Captain.
FORMER CAPTAIN WITH BARTOW COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE PLEADS GUILTY TO EMBEZZLING FUNDS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Feb 26, 2008
NEWNAN, GA - DERYL PARKER, 44, of Newnan, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Jack T. Camp on a charge of transporting hazardous waste material without proper documentation, in violation of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
NEWNAN MAN SENTENCED TO OVER A YEAR IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR ILLEGAL TRANSPORTATION OF HAZARDOUS WASTE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Feb 25, 2008
ROME, GA - Five defendants were convicted today by a jury in federal district court of criminal charges that include racketeering, murder, attempted murder, assault, methamphetamine trafficking, and numerous related firearms offenses.
FIVE DEFENDANTS FROM NORTHEAST GEORGIA DRUG GANG CONVICTED OF RACKETEERING, MURDER, DRUG, AND FIREARMS CRIMES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Feb 22, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - Thirteen high-ranking members of the “Sur-13” street gang in the metro Atlanta area were sentenced to federal prison this week by United States District Judge Charles A. Pannell, Jr., for crimes including murder, drive-by shootings, armed robberies, carjacking, and drug dealing. Four of the defendants were sentenced to life without parole for murder.
THIRTEEN MEMBERS OF “SUR-13" GANG SENTENCED TO PRISON Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Feb 22, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - Following a five day trial, a jury in federal district court returned a guilty verdict late yesterday against ANTHONY G. CHRISTOU, 57, of Dunwoody, Georgia, on charges of wire fraud and money laundering relating to an investment fraud scheme.
JURY CONVICTS GEORGIA MAN IN $29 MILLION INVESTMENT FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Feb 21, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - CHIEN DINH NGUYEN, 34, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, and NGUYEN VAN NGUYEN, 34, of Randolph, Massachusetts, were sentenced to federal prison today by United States District Judge Thomas W. Thrash.
GUN TRAFFICKERS SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Feb 19, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - LESLIE ADGAR, 42, of Decatur, Georgia, ANDRE MAYS, 24, of Atlanta, Georgia, and JON PATTON, 44, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, were indicted today by a federal grand jury on charges relating to a drug-smuggling operation at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (“HJIA”).
TSA AND DELTA EMPLOYEES INDICTED IN DRUG SMUGGLING STING AT HARTSFIELD JACKSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Feb 14, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - LESLIE RECTOR, 35, of Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced to federal prison today by United States District Judge Thomas W. Thrash, Jr. for his participation in a massive mortgage fraud scheme that targeted the Atlanta metro housing and condo market from 2000 through part of 2003.
SECOND-IN-COMMAND IN MASSIVE PHILLIP HILL MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Feb 14, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - RICARDO QUINONES CRUZ, 33, ENRIQUE CRISTOBAL MARTINEZ, 35, IVAN RAUL GARCIA, 37, MANUEL DOZANO ORTIZ, 28, and, ARMANDO NUNEZ-BRISENO, 38, all of Cobb County, Georgia, were sentenced late yesterday by United States District Judge Orinda D. Evans on charges of conspiring to possess and transfer fraudulent identification documents, including Social Security cards, immigration documents, state driver’s licenses and identification cards.
FIVE DEFENDANTS SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR MANUFACTURING FAKE DOCUMENTS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Feb 12, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - RICHARD E. LONG, 63, and DEBRA L. LONG, 44, both of St. Augustine, Florida, and MACK S. SMITH, 56, of Bladenboro, North Carolina, have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiracy, bribery of a public official, wire fraud, and money laundering.
FORMER ARMY OFFICIAL, HIS WIFE, AND A BUSINESSMAN INDICTED ON BRIBERY CHARGES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Feb 12, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - Following a two-week trial, a jury in federal district court returned guilty verdicts late yesterday against KEITH GARNER, 48, GREGG SAVAGE, 24, SHALONDA HARRIS, 36, all of Atlanta, Georgia, and LATESHA GARNER, 27, of Durham, North Carolina, on charges of conspiracy to commit mortgage fraud and wire fraud related to $6 million in fraudulent real estate financing from SunTrust Mortgage Company ("SunTrust Mortgage") over a ten week period in the summer of 2006.
JURY CONVICTS MORTGAGE FRAUD RING Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Feb 12, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - DAVID ANTHONY FLOOD, 32, of Atlanta, Georgia was sentenced to federal prison late yesterday on a charge of using a telephone to willfully and maliciously convey false information concerning an alleged attempt to damage and destroy buildings and to injure and kill people at the Richard Russell Federal Building at 75 Spring Street and the Woodruff Arts Center, located at 1280 Peachtree Street, both in Atlanta.
MAN WHO MADE FALSE BOMB THREAT TO COURTHOUSE, WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER NOW GOES TO PRISON Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Feb 11, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - JASON SLAUGHTER, 43, of McDonough, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Timothy Batten to serve 10 years in prison for defrauding Branch Banking and Trust (BB&T) of approximately $6 million.
FORMER “BUSINESSMAN OF THE YEAR” SENTENCED FOR FRAUD Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Feb 1, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - RAYMOND JOSEPH COSTANZO, Jr., 63, of Clayton, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Beverly B. Martin on charges of bank fraud and conspiracy related to a multi-million dollar mortgage fraud scheme.
CLOSING ATTORNEY SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR MORTGAGE FRAUD Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
January 2008
Jan 30, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - SANDEO PABLO DYSON, 44, of Gainesville, Georgia, has been charged in a criminal complaint with arson and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine.
FIFTH SOLDIER FROM NORTH GEORGIA ARRESTED Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jan 30, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - DOUGLAS YUTAKA RHOADES, 42, a security guard from Jonesboro, Georgia, has been charged in a criminal complaint with possession of child pornography and impersonation of a federal agent.
SECURITY GUARD CHARGED WITH POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND IMPERSONATING AN FBI AGENT INVESTIGATING CHILD EXPLOITATION Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jan 29, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - RONALD AUBERY NELSON, 60, of Montgomery, Alabama, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to using the internet to entice a child to engage in sexual activity.
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CHILD ENTICEMENT Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jan 28, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - ALLEN L. SOUTHMAYD, 63, of Jonesboro, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge J. Owen Forrester on a charge of interstate transportation of stolen monies.
ARMY HANDWRITING EXPERT SENTENCED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jan 25, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - CARLOS LOPEZ, 30, DAVID RAY WHITE, 28, RANDY SPIVEY, 32, all active-duty Army Rangers, and STEFAN ANDRE CHAMPAGNE, 28, an Army medic, all stationed at Camp Frank D. Merrill, a United States Army Ranger mountain training facility in Dahlonega, Georgia, have been charged with conspiring to possess with intent to distribute five or more kilograms of cocaine and using firearms in connection with that conspiracy.
THREE ARMY RANGERS, ONE OTHER SOLDIER ARRESTED FOR CONSPIRING TO ROB DRUG TRAFFICKER Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jan 24, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - JIMMIE LEE JONES, also known as "Mike Spade," 32, of Stone Mountain, Georgia, was sentenced today to serve 15 years in federal prison on charges of conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking and transporting young women across state lines for purposes of prostitution.
STONE MOUNTAIN MAN SENTENCED ON FEDERAL SEX TRAFFICKING AND INTERSTATE PROSTITUTION CHARGES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jan 24, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - Atlanta Police Officer DANIEL BETTS, 26, of Rockmart, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to taking payoffs to perform his normal duties as a police officer while on duty.
ATLANTA POLICE OFFICER PLEADS GUILTY TO TAKING PAYOFFS TO PERFORM OFFICAL DUTIES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jan 24, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - TOTADA R. SHANTHAVEERAPPA, M.D., a/k/a "T.R. Shantha, M.D.," 73, of Stone Mountain, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Richard W. Story on charges of health care fraud.
LOCAL DOCTOR SENTENCED IN HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEME Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jan 18, 2008
ATLANTA, GA – After a 5-day trial, CHARDRIQUEZ ANTUAN DURDEN, 24, of Lithonia, Georgia, was convicted by a federal jury this afternoon on charges of assaulting seven federal agents; discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence; possession with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base (crack); possession with intent to distribute marijuana; possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, and aiding and abetting the making of false statements to a federally licensed gun dealer.
ARMED DRUG DEALER WHO FIRED AT ATF AGENTS CONVICTED BY JURY ON MULTIPLE CHARGES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jan 17, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - MICHAEL DISCH, 38, originally from Wheaton, Illinois, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Richard Story on charges of mailing a threatening communication to a federal judge and making false statements to federal officials regarding a threatening communication to another federal judge.
INMATE SENTENCED TO 15 ADDITIONAL YEARS FOR MAILING THREATS TO FEDERAL JUDGES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jan 17, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - After a six-day trial, a federal jury late yesterday returned guilty verdicts against ONESSIMUS M. GOVEREH, also known as “Tony Govereh,” 28, of Stone Mountain, Georgia, on charges of willfully filing false personal income tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service.
GUILTY VERDICT IN TAX FRAUD TRIAL Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jan 16, 2008
ATLANTA, GA -AARINTON GRIFFIN, a/k/a “Saint,” 18, of Alpharetta, Georgia, made his first appearance before a federal magistrate today on a federal indictment charging him with possession of an unregistered machine gun and possession of stolen firearms. GRIFFIN was indicted by a grand jury on January 9, 2007.
SO-CALLED “G-SQUAD” MEMBER MAKES APPEARANCE AFTER INDICTMENT FOR STEALING POLICE WEAPONS
Jan 14, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - A jury in federal district court has returned guilty verdicts against JESUS HECTOR FLORES, 38, of Laredo, Texas, and JOE LOUIS LOPEZ, 40, of Dallas, Texas.
GUILTY VERDICTS IN MEXICAN COCAINE CARTEL TRIAL Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jan 11, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - DARRYL L. COOPER, 27, of Decatur, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Thomas W. Thrash, Jr., for a scheme to defraud mortgage lenders by creating fraudulent appraisals that reflected completed construction.
APPRAISER SENTENCED TO PRISON IN MORTGAGE FRAUD Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jan 10, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - WILLIAM BRYANT, 38, of Norcross, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Thomas W. Thrash on a charge of hacking-knowingly causing the transmission of information to a computer used in interstate commerce, and, as a result, intentionally and without authorization causing damage to that computer.
NORCROSS MAN SENTENCED FOR HACKING COX COMMUNICATIONS’ COMPUTER AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jan 3, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - GILBERTO PEREZ-BANUCHI, 42, of Atlanta, Georgia, today pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Richard Story to a charge of making false statements to a federal agency, relating to a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) investigation.
INFORMANT PLEADS GUILTY TO LYING TO DEA Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jan 3, 2008
ATLANTA, GA - ALFREDO SANTIAGO MORENO, also known as "CHAGO," 35, of Tepalcatepec, Mexico, was sentenced to life in prison by U.S. District Judge Clarence Cooper today on charges related to the manufacturing of methamphetamine and operation of the meth “Superlab” that DEA seized and dismantled in a residential neighborhood in Smyrna, Georgia, in February 2005.
METHAMPHETAMINE “SUPERLAB” DEFENDANT GETS LIFE IN PRISON Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
December 2007
Dec 21, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - Saint Joseph’s Hospital of Atlanta, Inc. and Saint Joseph’s Health System, Inc. have agreed to pay $26 million to settle allegations raised in a so-called “whistleblower” lawsuit that the hospital violated the federal False Claims Act with regard to billing for inpatient admissions and other services.
SAINT JOSEPH’S HOSPITAL OF ATLANTA PAYS $26 MILLION TO SETTLE FALSE CLAIMS ACT ALLEGATIONS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Dec 20, 2007
GAINESVILLE, GA - A criminal information was filed today in federal district court against ROBERT MERICKLE, 59, of Dawsonville, Georgia. The information charges that ROBERT MERICKLE filed a false tax return in 2001, which failed to report substantial amounts of income from a company he owned and operated, East Coast Marketing, d/b/a Blue Haven Pools.
DAWSONVILLE MAN CHARGED WITH TAX FRAUD Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Dec 20, 2007
ROME, GA - MARIO ARMAS, a/k/a “Mario Doninelli,” 45, of Rome, Georgia, was sentenced today on charges of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana and money laundering relating to a violent drug operation in Northwest Georgia.
ROME BUSINESSMAN, CO-CONSPIRATOR SENTENCED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING & MONEY LAUNDERING Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Dec 19, 2007
ROME, GA - WILLIAM “Billy” WILLS, JR., 48, the Chief of the Polk County Police Department, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of possessing stolen firearms and making false statements to federal law enforcement agents.
POLK COUNTY POLICE CHIEF CHARGED WITH POSSESSING FIREARMS STOLEN FROM THE COUNTY & MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS TO FEDERAL AGENTS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Dec 19, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - JOSEPH MICHAEL MOONEY, 57, of Farmington, Missouri, was sentenced to 30 years in prison today by United States District Judge Thomas W. Thrash, Jr., on charges of attempting to entice a child to engage in unlawful sexual activity and crossing a state line with the intent to have sex with a child under the age of 12.
MISSOURI MAN SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR TRAVELING TO GEORGIA TO TRY TO HAVE SEX WITH A 10-YEAR-OLD CHILD Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Dec 18, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - ANTHONY M. RAMUNNO, a/k/a Mick Ramunno, 47, of Alpharetta, Georgia was sentenced today by United States District Judge Thomas W. Thrash, Jr. in a multi-million dollar investment fraud scheme that bilked dozens of investors around the United States.
COMMODITY FUTURES SCAM LEADER SENTENCED TO ALMOST 20 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR DEFRAUDING INVESTORS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Dec 14, 2007
GAINESVILLE, GA - RANDALL LANE SCOTT, 49, of Sugar Hill, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge William C. O’Kelley on charges of manufacturing methamphetamine and storing chemicals and equipment for the purpose of manufacturing methamphetamine.
MAJOR MANUFACTURER OF METHAMPHETAMINE SENTENCED Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Dec 14, 2007
ROME, GA - BARRY WALLACE, 40, of Cedartown, Georgia, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of stealing firearms while employed as a captain by the Polk County Police Department.
FORMER POLK COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT CAPTAIN CHARGED WITH POSSESSING STOLEN FIREARMS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Dec 13, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - EMMA GERALD, 56, of Kennesaw, Georgia, RUY BRASIL SILVA, 46, of Roswell, Georgia, DOUGLAS ROSS, 30, of Kennesaw, Georgia, and HUDSON ARAUJO, 28, of Brockton, Massachusetts, were convicted today by a federal jury on charges of conspiracy, money laundering and making false statements related to a fraud scheme targeting illegal aliens, after a trial which lasted 11 days.
GERALD, OTHERS CONVICTED ON ALL COUNTS BY FEDERAL JURY IN MULTI-STATE AMNESTY FRAUD CONSPIRACY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Dec 12, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - STEVE KIM, 39, of Duluth, Georgia, MUZA KIM, 68, of Duluth, Georgia, and their company “STAR GRAPHICS, Inc.,” were sentenced today by United States District Judge Orinda Evans on charges of manufacturing counterfeit clothing.
SON AND FATHER SENTENCED FOR MANUFACTURING COUNTERFEIT “FAT ALBERT” CLOTHING Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Dec 12, 2007
ATLANTA, GA – TOROS SEHER, 39, of Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Timothy C. Batten on charges related to a scheme to launder drug money.
LOCAL JEWELER AND CORPORATIONS SENTENCED FOR LAUNDERING DRUG MONEY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Dec 07, 2007
ATLANTA, GA – Federal, state and local agents have completed the initial searches and arrests in two multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency investigations coordinated through the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) program.
DOZENS OF FEDERAL ARREST & SEARCH WARRANTS EXECUTED AROUND ATLANTA AREA IN TAKEDOWN OF TWO MAJOR DRUG ORGANIZATIONS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Dec 04, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - DON MITCHELL, 56, of Atlanta, Georgia, a former Fulton County, Georgia, erosion control inspector, was sentenced today to ten months in prison in federal district court for soliciting and taking cash and other bribes from a contractor whose work MITCHELL was inspecting for the County.
FORMER FULTON COUNTY INSPECTOR SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR SOLICITING AND TAKING BRIBES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Dec 03, 2007
GAINESVILLE, GA - KEVIN FELTS, 59, of Brazoria, Texas, was convicted today by a federal jury on money laundering and weapon charges related to a large scale cocaine distribution ring.
FEDERAL JURY IN GAINESVILLE FINDS TEXAS MAN GUILTY FOR ROLE IN MONEY-LAUNDERING CONSPIRACY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
November 2007
Nov 30, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - TRAVIS E. CORRELL, 31, of Atlanta, Georgia, pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge Orinda D. Evans to a federal wire fraud charge related to a so-called “Ponzi” scheme.
ATLANTA MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN $29 MILLION “PONZI” SCHEME Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Nov 29, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - TERRILL MARION CRANE, 47, of Atlanta, Georgia, was arrested by the FBI’s Safe Child Task Force this afternoon on a federal charge of producing child pornography relating to photographs that depict his explicit sexual activity with numerous young girls in the Simpson Road area of Atlanta.
TERRILL MARION CRANE ARRESTED FOR PRODUCTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY INVOLVING HIS ALLEGED SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF NUMEROUS YOUNG GIRLS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Nov 28, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - United States Attorney David E. Nahmias today announced that, during the government’s fiscal year 2007 that ended on September 30, 2007, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia collected $71.7 million from individuals and businesses that committed federal crimes or are civilly indebted to the United States and who reside and conduct business in the District.
U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE COLLECTS MORE THAN $70 MILLION FROM CRIMINAL AND CIVIL ACTIONS IN FISCAL YEAR 2007 Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Nov 21, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - A federal jury returned guilty verdicts today against former professional wrestler HARRISON NORRIS, Jr., 41, a/k/a “Hardbody Harrison,” from Cartersville, Georgia, on multiple charges of sex trafficking and forced labor related to a scheme to force women into prostitution.
FORMER WRESTLER FOUND GUILTY BY FEDERAL JURY ON FEDERAL SEX TRAFFICKING AND FORCED LABOR CHARGES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Nov 20, 2007
NEWNAN, GA - DERYL PARKER, 44, of Newnan, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to transporting hazardous waste without proper documentation, in violation of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
NEWNAN MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO ILLEGAL TRANSPORTATION OF HAZARDOUS WASTE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Nov 20, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - ERIC FRIEDMAN, 46, of Atlanta, Georgia, BRIANNE FRIEDMAN, 28, of Tucker, Georgia, and TIMOTHY BAUER, 51, of Braselton, Georgia were sentenced today by United States District Judge Orinda D. Evans. Last Friday, November 16, 2007, Judge Evans also sentenced co-defendant and former attorney MICHAEL HIPE, 43, of Cumming, Georgia.
MORTGAGE FRAUD DEFENDANTS SENTENCED TO PRISON Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Nov 16, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - MATTHEW BEVAN COX, 38, formerly of Nashville, Atlanta, and Tampa, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Timothy C. Batten, Sr., on charges of mortgage fraud, identity theft, passport fraud and violation of the terms of his probation.
MATTHEW COX SENTENCED TO OVER 26 YEARS IN PRISON FOR ATLANTA, NASHVILLE, AND TAMPA MORTGAGE FRAUDS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Nov 15, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - STEVEN J. GONKA, 37, of Hampton, Virginia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Charles A. Pannell to over 11 years in federal prison on the charge of using the internet to attempt to entice a child to engage in sexual activity.
VIRGINIA MAN SENTENCED FOR TRYING TO ENTICE A CHILD IN ATLANTA; COOPERATION LEADS TO OTHER ARRESTS IN MISSOURI AND VIRGINIA Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Nov 15, 2007
ROME, GA - After a six-day trial, a federal jury today returned guilty verdicts against former Rockmart Police Officer JEDSON LEIST, 36, and his wife INGRID ARNETH, 46, both of Acworth, Georgia.
FORMER CITY OF ROCKMART POLICE OFFICER, WIFE, FOUND GUILTY IN GUN POSSESSION AND FAKE FINGERPRINT SCHEME Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Nov 09, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - DONNA WRIGHT HODGE, 52, of Riverdale, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to aiding and assisting in the preparation of false income tax returns.
RIVERDALE WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO PREPARING FALSE INCOME TAX RETURNS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Nov 08, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - TODD RICHARD, 33, of Cumming, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to trafficking in counterfeit products.
CUMMING MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO SELLING COUNTERFEIT CISCO COMPUTER COMPONENTS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
October 2007
Oct 31, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - STEVEN HOLLANDER, 46, of Atlanta, Georgia, and JULIO
JEVELES, 29, of Miami, Florida, were sentenced today for their roles in a prescription drug distribution ring operating in Atlanta and Miami.
ATLANTA PODIATRIST& MIAMI MAN SENTENCED IN PRESCRIPTION DRUG DIVERSION SCHEME Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Oct 30, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - SHERRY JACKSON, 45, of Stone Mountain, Georgia, was found guilty this afternoon by a federal jury on multiple charges relating to her failure to file income tax returns in violation of federal law.
FORMER I-R-S EMPLOYEE FOUND GUILTY BY JURY FOR FAILURE TO FILE INCOME TAX RETURNS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Oct 26, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - JEFFERY ALAN TEAGUE, a/k/a “Jeffrey Allen Bryant,” 49, of Atlanta, Georgia and formerly of Montgomery and Prince Georges County, Maryland, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Thomas W. Thrash, Jr., on charges relating to two builder-based mortgage fraud schemes involving $15 million in fraudulent loans.
TEAGUE SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON
FOR SALE OF NON-EXISTENT/PARTIAL HOUSES IN TWO COUNTIES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Oct 25, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - After a trial lasting more than two weeks, a jury in federal district court returned guilty verdicts late this afternoon against FREDDIE SANDOVAL, 23, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, ANGEL MAZARIEGOS, 24, of Doraville, Georgia, and LUIS ALBERTO NANDY, 27, of Atlanta, Georgia, on federal charges relating to their violent criminal activity as members of a street gang known as Sureños-13,” or “SUR-13.”
THREE MORE “SUR-13” GANG MEMBERS CONVICTED Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Oct 19, 2007
WASHINGTON D.C. – Five employees of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia have received Justice Department Director’s Awards.
ATLANTA U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE EMPLOYEES RECEIVE NATIONAL AWARDS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Oct 18, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - DANTE M. SUGUITAN, 39, of San Jose, California, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to charges of making telephonic bomb threats.
CALIFORNIA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO MAKING BOMB THREATS TO TURNER FIELD Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Oct 17, 2007
GAINESVILLE, GA - BRETT JARRARD, 46, of Clayton, Georgia today pleaded guilty to six counts of unlawfully manufacturing and transferring distilled liquor and failing to pay taxes on such an operation and to one count of unlawful receipt of untaxed liquor.
PAIR OF ILLEGAL LIQUOR PRODUCERS PLEAD GUILTY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Oct 17, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - CLIFFORD HARRIS, 27, an entertainer also known as T.I., of College Park, Georgia, was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Atlanta on charges of possessing unregistered machine guns and silencers; unlawfully possessing machine guns; and of being a convicted felon in possession of firearms.
HARRIS INDICTED ON FEDERAL FIREARMS CHARGES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Oct 17, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - KEVIN G. WIGGINS, 41, of Ellenwood, Georgia pleaded guilty today in federal district court to charges related to a large-scale mortgage fraud scheme that targeted West End neighborhoods in Atlanta in 2001 and 2002.
ORGANIZER PLEADS GUILTY IN $15 MILLION MORTGAGE FRAUD AFFECTING 80 PROPERTIES IN ATLANTA’S WEST END Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Oct 15, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - CLIFFORD HARRIS, 27, an entertainer also known as "T.I.," of College Park, Georgia, was arrested in Atlanta at approximately 2:30 p.m. today by agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), as he allegedly took possession of three machine guns and two silencers.
CLIFFORD HARRIS, a/k/a “T.I.,” ARRESTED ON FEDERAL FIREARMS CHARGES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Oct 09, 2007
ROME, GA - MARIO ARMAS, a/k/a “Mario Doninelli,” 46, of Rome, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana and two counts of money laundering.
ROME BUSINESSMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO DRUG TRAFFICKING & MONEY LAUNDERING CHARGES IN MIDDLE OF HIS JURY TRIAL Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Oct 03, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - A federal jury has returned a guilty verdict against GERALD MARCHELLETTA, SR., 74, GERALD MARCHELLETTA, JR., 41, and THERESA KOTTWITZ, 49, all of Alpharetta, Georgia, on charges of tax fraud and conspiracy to commit tax fraud.
OWNERS AND FORMER BOOKKEEPER OF LARGE COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION FIRM FOUND GUILTY OF MILLION-DOLLAR TAX FRAUD SCHEME Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Oct 02, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - LARRY VONZELL BLACK, 53, of Canton, Georgia was sentenced today by United States District Judge Jack T. Camp on charges of filing false claims with the Internal Revenue Service.
PHONY TAX RETURN PREPARER SENTENCED TO PRISON Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
September 2007
Sep 26, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - ARTHUR SCOTT, 47, of Tyrone, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Clarence Cooper in connection with a bribery scheme involving the federal “E-Rate” program. His wife, EVELYN MYERS SCOTT, 42, was also sentenced today for her role in conspiring to commit fraud and deprive the citizens of Atlanta and the Atlanta Public Schools of their honest services.
FORMER SCHOOLS TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR SENTENCED TO OVER 3 YEARS IN PRISON FOR FRAUD AND BRIBERY INVOLVING FEDERAL E-RATE FUNDS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Sep 26, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - WILLIAM BRYANT, 38, of Norcross, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to knowingly causing the transmission of information to a computer used in interstate commerce, and as a result intentionally and without authorization causing damage to that computer.
NORCROSS MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO HACKING FORMER EMPLOYER’S COMPUTER AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Sep 26, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - MARLA NICOLE WELLS, 38, of Union City, Georgia was sentenced today by United States District Judge Thomas Thrash on charges of conspiring to defraud the United States by assisting others in filing false claims for income tax refunds with the Internal Revenue Service.
UNION CITY WOMAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR PROVIDING FRAUDULENT W-2's USED TO FILE FALSE TAX RETURNS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Sep 21, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - JAMES F. STOVALL III, 56, of Roswell, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to charges of conspiracy to commit bank, mail and wire fraud, bank loan application fraud, money laundering, and wire fraud.
ROSWELL CLOSING ATTORNEY PLEADS GUILTY IN MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Sep 21, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - PHILLIP E. HILL, 51, of Sumatra, Florida, was sentenced today to serve 28 years in prison by United States District Judge Thomas W. Thrash Jr., for perpetrating a massive mortgage fraud scheme that targeted the metro Atlanta housing and condo market from 2000 through 2003.
ORGANIZER OF MASSIVE MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME SENTENCED TO 28 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Sep 18, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - GREGORY C. KAPORDELIS, 46, of Gainesville, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Charles A. Pannell, Jr., on charges of production, receipt, and possession of sexually explicit images of children.
DOCTOR SENTENCED TO 35 YEARS IN PRISON FOR PRODUCING, RECEIVING, AND POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Sep 17, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - Defendant GENE A. O'NEAL, 36, of Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced today to 12 years in prison by United States District Judge Beverly B. Martin, for perpetrating a scheme to defraud investors in “Pinnacle Development Partners, LLC,” a $60 million real estate investment fund formerly run by O’NEAL.
O’NEAL, PERPETRATOR OF MASSIVE “PINNACLE” REAL ESTATE PONZI SCHEME SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Sep 11, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - DAVID ANTHONY FLOOD, 31, of Atlanta, Georgia pleaded guilty today in federal district court to one count of using a telephone to willfully and maliciously convey false information concerning an alleged attempt to damage and destroy buildings and to injure and kill people at the Richard Russell Federal Building and the Woodruff Arts Center.
MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO MAKING FALSE BOMB THREAT TO FEDERAL COURTHOUSE, WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Sep 06, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - After a month-long trial, a federal jury late this afternoon has returned guilty verdicts against ARMANDO PRUDENTE, 34, ROBERTO SANDOVAL, 25, ISRAEL CRUZ, 29, JORGE FLORES, 28, and RICARDO GAMA, 29, all of Atlanta, Georgia, on multiple federal charges relating to criminal activity as members of a street gang known as “Sureños-13,” or “SUR-13.
FIVE MEMBERS OF “SUR-13" GANG CONVICTED Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Sep 06, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - DONNA RENAE WOODS LAWRENCE, 43, of Decatur, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Beverly B. Martin on charges of conspiracy to commit mortgage fraud and bankruptcy fraud.
FORMER MORTGAGE BROKER AND UNDERWRITER OF FHA GUARANTEED LOANS SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
August 2007
Aug 31, 2007
GAINESVILLE, GA - NORA AGUIAR, 54, of Laredo, Texas, was sentenced today by United States District Judge William C. O’Kelley to serve more than two decades in federal prison on charges of drug trafficking and money laundering.
WOMAN SENTENCED TO 21 YEARS IN PRISON FOR ROLE IN DRUG TRAFFICKING CONSPIRACY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Aug 30, 2007
ROME, GA - CARL MITCHELL HOOPER, 28, of Signal Mountain, Tennessee, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to charges of inducing an individual to travel across state lines to engage in criminal sexual activity, and transporting a minor with the intent that the minor engage in criminal sexual activity.
TENNESSEE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO TRANSPORTING 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL FOR SEX Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Aug 29, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - CLOVIS REEVES, 33, of Newark, New Jersey; RICHARD WASHINGTON, 29, of Lawrenceville, Georgia; ANTONIO SUTTON, 28, of Stone Mountain, Georgia; KWAME WALKER, 31, of Lawrenceville, Georgia; TAISHA KENYETTA CLAYTON, 30, of Lawrenceville, Georgia; SAKINAH TOMS, 23, of Atlanta, Georgia; CRAIG JEROME BIRDSONG, 27, of Lawrenceville, Georgia; and LATOVIA DANYELL CUNNINGHAM, 23, of Norcross, Georgia were indicted late yesterday by a federal grand jury on multiple charges relating to a gun buying scheme, often through so-called “straw purchases,” which resulted in violent crimes outside of Georgia.
EIGHT INDICTED IN EAST COAST GUN TRAFFICKING OPERATION Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Aug 28, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - JIMMIE LEE JONES, also known as “Mike Spade,” 31, of Stone Mountain, Georgia, pleaded guilty yesterday to federal charges of conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking and transporting young women across state lines for purposes of prostitution.
MAN PLEADS GUILTY AS TRIAL IS ABOUT TO BEGIN ON FEDERAL SEX TRAFFICKING AND MANN ACT CHARGES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Aug 28, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - R. CLAY HARRIS, 55, of Fairburn, Georgia has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiring to bribe a former Atlanta Public School (APS) official and to deprive APS of that official’s honest services.
LOCAL BUSINESSMAN INDICTED FOR BRIBING ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOL OFFICIAL Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Aug 28, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - BRIAN SCHUMAKER, 57, of Mississagua, Ontario, Canada, was indicted today by a federal grand jury on charges that he used the internet to attempt to entice a child to engage in sexual activity, traveled across State lines to engage in sexual activity with a child under 12, and distributed child pornography.
CANADIAN MAN INDICTED FOR TRAVELING TO HAVE SEX WITH AN 11 YEAR-OLD CHILD IN ATLANTA AND DISTRIBUTING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Aug 24, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - CHRISTOPHER MUOMAH, 50, of Mableton, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Julie E. Carnes on 53 counts of health care fraud, 41 counts of paying illegal kickbacks, and 3 counts of money laundering.
OWNER OF MEDICAL SUPPLY COMPANY IMPRISONED FOR DEFRAUDING MEDICARE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Aug 24, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - NATHAN PARKER, 49, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the ringleader of a $4 million mortgage fraud scheme, was sentenced today to serve 9 years, 7 months in federal prison by United States District Judge Orinda D. Evans on charges of conspiracy to commit mortgage fraud and mail fraud.
MORTGAGE FRAUD RINGLEADER SENTENCED TO PRISON Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Aug 17, 2007
NEWNAN, GA - RONALD WALTON, 58, of Buford, Georgia; JOSEPH E. WHITE, 50, of Atlanta, Georgia; SOUTHERN LENDERS MORTGAGE CORPORATION, formerly located in Newnan, Georgia; MICHAEL JONES, 49, of Alpharetta, Georgia; and INFINITY MORTGAGE, formerly located in Alpharetta, have been sentenced in federal court in Newnan, relating to a multi-million dollar bank fraud scheme.
MORTGAGE BROKERS, THEIR COMPANIES AND BANK OFFICER SENTENCED IN $11 MILLION FRAUD ON “nBANK” Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Aug 17, 2007
NEWNAN, GA - JASON SOUTH, 27, of Newnan and Roswell, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Jack T. Camp on charges of possession of a sawed-off shotgun; two counts of possession, manufacturing, and transferring pipe bombs; and distribution of methamphetamine.
MAN SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS FOR MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTING PIPE BOMBS & SAWED OFF SHOTGUN, METH CHARGE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Aug 15, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - WILLIAM CARTER GORMAN, 54, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, was arraigned today on charges of receiving and possessing child pornography.
GWINNETT PHARMACIST INDICTED FOR COLLECTING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Aug 14, 2007
ATLANTA, GA – A total of 25 defendants have been charged in a federal indictment, unsealed today in Atlanta, in connection with a large number of indoor marijuana growing operations in a coordinated law enforcement action known as “Hooked On ‘Ponics.”
INDOOR MARIJUANA “GROW HOUSES,” OVER TWO DOZEN DEFENDANTS TAKEN DOWN WITH FEDERAL INDICTMENT AFTER LOCAL & STATE ACTIONS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Aug 10, 2007
NEWNAN, GA - RONALD WALTON, 58, of Buford, Georgia, was sentenced late yesterday in federal court in Newnan, Georgia, on charges relating to a multi-million dollar bank fraud scheme that resulted in the closure of a Georgia bank called “nBank.”
BANK OFFICER SENTENCED IN $11 MILLION FRAUD ON “nBANK” Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Aug 10, 2007
ROME, GA - DOUGLAS DAMIANO, 37, of Buchanan, Georgia, was sentenced today in federal district court for depriving Hispanic motorists of their civil rights by stealing money from them during traffic stops which he conducted while employed as a police officer by the Cedartown Police Department.
FORMER CEDARTOWN POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED FOR STEALING MONEY FROM HISPANIC MOTORISTS DURING TRAFFIC STOPS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Aug 08, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - JUSTIN E. HARRISON, 26, of Oxford, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Orinda D. Evans on charges of trafficking in illicit certificates of authenticity intended to accompany copyrighted computer software.
OXFORD, GEORGIA MAN SENTENCED FOR TRAFFICKING ILLICIT COMPUTER SOFTWARE LABELS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Aug 08, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - CHRISTOPHER HALCOMB, 45, of Cumming, Georgia, a former Atlanta area real estate closing attorney, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Thomas W. Thrash, Jr., on charges of conspiracy to commit bank, mail and wire fraud, loan application fraud and money laundering.
CLOSING ATTORNEY SENTENCED TO OVER 3 YEARS IN PRISON IN MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Aug 07, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - SARP YAMAN, 27, of Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Richard W. Story on charges of aggravated identity theft, relating to an international scheme to steal identities.
ATLANTA MAN SENTENCED FOR STEALING 225 PERSONS’ IDENTITIES THROUGH WORLDWIDE IDENTITY THEFT SCAM Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Aug 03, 2007
GAINESVILLE, GA - BRETT JARRARD, 46, MAX MOSS, 69, and TERRY SINGLETON, 63, all of Clayton, Georgia; and KELLY STANDRIDGE, 65, of Westminster, South Carolina, were arraigned in federal court today on charges of unlawful manufacture, possession, transportation, and transfer of liquor (“moonshine”), and related tax evasion charges.
ILLEGAL LIQUOR PRODUCERS PROSECUTED Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
July 2007
Jul 27, 2007
GAINESVILLE, GA - ARNULFO FLORES-RODRIGUEZ, 35, of Gainesville, Georgia; CARLOS M. ALONZO, 38, of Port Arthur, Texas; JOSE LUIS GALVAN, 32, of Gainesville, Georgia; and, JORGE ARMANDO SEGOVIA-ROSALES, 26, of Gainesville, Georgia, were sentenced today by United States District Judge William C. O’Kelley on charges of participating in a conspiracy to distribute 100 kilograms of cocaine.
FOUR DEFENDANTS SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR 100 KILOGRAMS OF COCAINE DELIVERED TO GAINESVILLE DURING LABOR DAY WEEKEND 2006 Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jul 25, 2007
ATLANTA, GA – In an indictment unsealed today, charges were announced against 16 members of the Black Mafia Family, a violent cocaine distribution organization that has been the focus of federal prosecution here in Atlanta, in Detroit, and in Orlando.
SIXTEEN MEMBERS OF BLACK MAFIA FAMILY CHARGED IN COCAINE DISTRIBUTION CONSPIRACY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jul 23, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - A jury in federal district court has returned a guilty verdict against JOSEPH MICHAEL MOONEY, 57, of Farmington, Missouri on charges of using a computer connected to the Internet to entice a child to engage in sexual activity and with traveling across state lines with the intent to have sex with a child under the age of 12.
MISSOURI MAN CONVICTED OF TRAVELING TO GEORGIA TO HAVE SEX WITH TEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jul 18, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - JAMES EDWARD SOMMERVILLE, 54, of Rossville, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Orinda D. Evans on charges of distribution and possession of child exploitation images.
ROSSVILLE, GEORGIA MAN SENTENCED ON CHILD EXPLOITATION CHARGES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jul 17, 2007
ROME, GA - MITESH PATEL, 29, of Ringgold, Georgia, and ALPESH PATEL, 31, of Rossville, Georgia, were sentenced by United States District Court Judge Harold Murphy on charges of distributing ephedrine and pseudoephedrine and other products that they knew would be used to manufacture methamphetamine, and on money laundering charges.
FINAL DEFENDANTS SENTENCED IN “METH MERCHANT” CASES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jul 13, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - DAVID MAURICE WEAVER, a/k/a “D-Weave,” 24, of Buena Vista, Georgia, was arraigned today before United States Magistrate Russell Vineyard on federal charges of sex trafficking of a child; inducement to travel for prostitution and criminal sexual activity; and transportation of a minor for prostitution and criminal sexual activity.
BUENA VISTA MAN ARRAIGNED ON CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING CHARGES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jul 10, 2007
David E. Nahmias, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, issued the following statement regarding the videotape from State of Georgia v. GENARLOW WILSON.
STATEMENT REGARDING THE VIDEOTAPE FROM STATE OF GEORGIA V. GENARLOW WILSON Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jul 09, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - DON MITCHELL, 57, of Atlanta, Georgia, a Fulton County, Georgia, erosion control inspector, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to soliciting and taking cash and other bribes from a contractor whose work MITCHELL was inspecting for the County.
FULTON COUNTY INSPECTOR PLEADS GUILTY TO SOLICITING AND TAKING BRIBES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jul 03, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - GENE A. O'NEAL, 36, of Atlanta, Georgia, pled guilty today before United States District Judge Beverly B. Martin to two counts of mail and wire fraud related to a scheme to defraud investors in Pinnacle Development Partners, LLC, a real estate investment fund formerly run by O'NEAL.
HEAD OF $62 MILLION REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT FUND PLEADS GUILTY TO DEFRAUDING INVESTORS IN PONZI SCHEME Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jul 02, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - Dr. PHILLIPPE C. ASTIN, III, 52, of Carrollton, Georgia, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for illegal distribution of prescription drugs, including Percocet, Adderall, Lorcet, and Xanax, outside the usual scope of medical practice and not for legitimate medical purposes.
DOCTOR CHARGED WITH ILLEGAL DRUG DISTRIBUTION Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
June 2007
Jun 29, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - ACUITY SPECIALTY PRODUCTS GROUP, INC., a company that has a manufacturing plant in Atlanta, Georgia, pled guilty today to knowingly violating of the Clean Water Act.
ACUITY SPECIALTY PRODUCTS GROUP PLEADS GUILTY TO FELONY VIOLATION OF CLEAN WATER ACT Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jun 28, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - ADAM WAYNE LEBOWITZ, 48, of DeKalb County, Georgia pleaded guilty today to multiple charges before United States District Judge Richard W. Story.
CHILD PREDATOR PLEADS GUILTY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jun 27, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - STEPHEN E. TAYLOR, 34, of Canton, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Orinda D. Evans for a scheme that defrauded his business clients of more than $4 million dollars.
STEPHEN E. TAYLOR SENTENCED IN $4 MILLION DOLLAR FRAUD SCHEME Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jun 25, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - RAMESH PATEL, 51, and CHIRAG PATEL, 26, both of Union City, Georgia, were arraigned today before United States Magistrate Linda T. Walker on federal charges of mail fraud, related to a scheme to defraud the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of funds allocated for victims of Hurricane Katrina.
HOTEL OWNERS FACE CHARGES FOR KATRINA FRAUD Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jun 21, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - MOUKARIM ADEGBAYI, 41, of College Park, Georgia; MOYO AKEEN KASIM, 44, of Hampton, Georgia; ABIOYE KASSIM, 44, of Sharpsburg, Georgia; TUNDE AYINLA MOSHUD, 35, of Doraville, Georgia; HAMEED ADAGE OSIEFA, 41, of College Park, Georgia; and GODWIN STEPHEN, 35, of Covington, Georgia, have been charged with wire fraud and conspiracy in a scheme that allegedly defrauded three major television home shopping networks of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
NINE CHARGED IN TELEVISION SHOPPING NETWORK FRAUD Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jun 15, 2007
ROME, GA - BEAULIEU GROUP, LLC, of Dalton, Georgia, pleaded guilty today to a binding plea in federal district court to one count of filing a false tax return.
BEAULIEU PLEADS GUILTY TO TAX FRAUD Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jun 14, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - ALI RAZA, a/k/a “Hassan Ali Raza,” 54, of Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Thomas W. Thrash, Jr., on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and to defraud the United States by making materially false representations.
ATLANTA MAN SENTENCED FOR FRAUDULENT SALES OF LUXURY AUTOMOBILES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jun 13, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - JERALD JEROME DORSEY, 53, of Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced late today by United States District Judge Orinda D. Evans on a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, which made him an armed career criminal.
ARMED CAREER CRIMINAL SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jun 13, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - MOHAMMED HAGHIGHI, 24, of Decatur, Georgia, pled guilty today to charges arising from his targeting of a DeKalb County Police Helicopter with a laser device.
GEORGIA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO LYING ABOUT TARGETING POLICE HELICOPTER WITH LASER Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jun 13, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - GILBERTO PEREZ-BANUCHI, 42, of Atlanta, Georgia, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on a charge of making false statements to a federal agency, relating to a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) investigation.
DEA INFORMANT INDICTED ON FALSE STATEMENT CHARGE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jun 12, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - KENNETH DAVID HARVEY, 29, of Atlanta, Georgia, today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud before United States District Judge Jack T. Camp in connection with a car loan fraud ring operating under the name of “Xquisite Empire.”
LEADERS OF “XQUISITE EMPIRE” FRAUD RING PLEAD GUILTY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jun 08, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - HOANG NGUYEN, 41, and TERRI NGUYEN, 34, both of Duluth, Georgia, were sentenced today by United States District Judge Beverly B. Martin for laundering in excess of fifteen million dollars in drug money.
DULUTH COUPLE SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR LAUNDERING MILLIONS IN DRUG MONEY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jun 06, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - MICHAEL ROBERT DEJONG, 22, of Lawrenceville, Ga., was indicted by a federal grand jury late yesterday on charges of mailing a letter in which he threatened to kill the President of the United States.
LAWRENCEVILLE MAN INDICTED FOR MAILING THREATS TO KILL THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jun 06, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - MARC EUGENE NOBLITT, 39, formerly of Riverdale, Georgia, was sentenced Monday by United States District Judge Clarence Cooper for orchestrating the largest ecstasy manufacturing operation prosecuted in Georgia.
LEAD DEFENDANT SENTENCED IN GEORGIA’S LARGEST ECSTASY MANUFACTURING CASE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
May 2007
May 30, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - BABAR HAKEEM KHAN, 60, of Marietta, Georgia, has been charged by a federal grand jury with three counts of money laundering, two counts of structuring financial transactions, and two counts of currency transaction reporting violations relating to a so-called “hawala” scheme.
MARIETTA MAN CHARGED, SEARCH WARRANTS EXECUTED IN MONEY-EXCHANGING “HAWALA” SCHEME Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
May 30, 2007
Atlanta, GA - DON MITCHELL, 56, of Atlanta, Georgia, an erosion control inspector employed by Fulton County, Georgia, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of bribery and defrauding the citizens of Fulton County of their right to expect his faithful and honest services.
FULTON COUNTY INSPECTOR INDICTED ON BRIBERY CHARGES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
May 29, 2007
Atlanta, GA - WILLIAM DOUGLAS MONEY, 63, of Lexington, Kentucky, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Julie E. Carnes on charges of using a computer to entice a child to engage in sexual activity.
63-YEAR OLD KENTUCKY MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR ATTEMPTING TO ENTICE A 10-YEAR OLD GIRL TO ENGAGE IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
May 24, 2007
Atlanta, GA - EVERETT TRIPODIS, 30, of Fayetteville, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Orinda D. Evans on charges of tampering with a vehicle identification number (VIN), mail fraud and conspiracy to transport a stolen motor vehicle in interstate commerce.

LEADER OF CAR THEFT AND FRAUDULENT CAR TITLE RING SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
May 24, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - GREGORY C. KAPORDELIS, 46, of Gainesville, Georgia, was convicted today by a federal jury on charges of production, receipt, and possession of sexually explicit images of children, after a three-week-long trial in federal court in Atlanta.
JURY FINDS DR. KAPORDELIS GUILTY ON CHILD PORN CHARGES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
May 24, 2007
ATLANTA, GA – ONESSIMUS GOVEREH, a/k/a “Tony,” 27, of Zimbabwe, Africa, has been indicted by a federal grand jury and this morning made his initial appearance on multiple charges relating to a false tax refund scheme.
NORCROSS RETURN PREPARER INDICTED FOR CLAIMING FRAUDULENT TELEPHONE EXCISE TAX REFUNDS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
May 23, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - JOYA WILLIAMS, 42, of Norcross, Georgia, and IBRAHIM DIMSON, 31, of Bronx, New York, were sentenced today by United States District Judge J. Owen Forrester on a charge of conspiring to steal and sell trade secrets of The Coca-Cola Company.
EX-EMPLOYEE OF THE COCA COLA COMPANY AND CO-DEFENDANT SENTENCED FOR STEALING TRADE SECRETS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
May 21, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - BARRY S. DRUCKER, 54, of Woodbridge, Virginia, has been charged in a federal criminal complaint with using a computer attached to the internet to entice a minor to have sex with him and to transmit obscene matter to a minor.
VIRGINIA MAN CHARGED WITH USING THE INTERNET TO ENTICE A GEORGIA CHILD TO HAVE SEX Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
May 18, 2007
NEWNAN, GA - JASON SOUTH, 28, of Newnan and Roswell, Georgia, was found guilty by a jury today in federal district court on charges of possession of firearms by a convicted felon; possession of a sawed-off shotgun; possession, manufacturing, and transferring improvised explosive pipe bombs; and distribution of methamphetamine.
FEDERAL JURY CONVICTS GEORGIA MAN OF MANUFACTURING & DISTRIBUTING PIPE BOMBS, POSSESSION OF FIREARMS, & DISTRIBUTION OF METHAMPHETAMINE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
May 15, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - STEVEN HOLLANDER, 46, of Atlanta has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiring to distribute Schedule III and IV narcotics.
PODIATRIST ARRESTED IN DRUG DISTRIBUTION SCHEME Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
May 14, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - A United States District Judge unsealed a criminal information charging CAUDELL JONES, 55, of Atlanta, Georgia, the former Chief Deputy of the Fulton County Sheriff’s Department, with defrauding the citizenry of Fulton County of its right to expect JONES’s faithful and honest services.
FORMER FULTON COUNTY CHIEF DEPUTY SHERIFF PLEADS GUILTY TO ACCEPTING CORRUPT PAYMENTS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
May 9, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - PAUL LEE LONGORIA, 35, of Cumming, Georgia; and JESSIE STEVE URBINA, 39, and EDWARD LOPEZ, 40, both of Alamo, Texas, have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of possession with the intent to distribute cocaine and conspiracy to distribute cocaine.
200 KILOGRAMS OF COCAINE & $3,000,000 IN DRUG PROCEEDS SEIZED FROM FORSYTH COUNTY BUSINESS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
May 8, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - WILLIAM A. LEDEE III, 64, of Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced to nearly six years federal prison today by United States District Judge Beverly B. Martin on fraud and money laundering charges.
LEDEE SENTENCED FOR INSURANCE FRAUD Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
May 2, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - RODNEY REID, a/k/a “Rodney Reed,” 33, of Jonesboro, Georgia; CHARMAINE POWELL, 31, of Lawrenceville, Georgia; STEPHANIE MYRICK, 37, of Lithonia, Georgia; SHAWAN BROWN, 32, of Austell, Georgia; JO L. DAVENPORT, 45, of Smyrna, Georgia; STEVENSON BROOKS, 54, of Covington, Georgia; DWAYNE NEWBY, a/k/a “Dwane Brown,” 45, of Austell, Georgia; KEITH DIXON, 26, of Decatur, Georgia; RENITA BOND, 32, of Riverdale, Georgia; ALBERT GRAHAM, a/k/a “Al Graham,” 32, of Ellenwood, Georgia; FNU LNU #1, a/k/a “Bob Davis,” age and residence unknown; FNU LNU #2, a/k/a “Donald Wright,” age and residence unknown, have been charged with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
GROUP OF ATLANTA TELEMARKETERS CHARGED WITH SCAM OF ELDERLY VICTIMS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
May 2, 2007
ATLANTA, GA – The former technology director of Atlanta Public Schools, ARTHUR R. SCOTT, 47, and his wife, EVELYN MYERS SCOTT, 42, both of Tyrone, Georgia, today pleaded guilty in federal district court to a Criminal Information.
FORMER TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR FOR ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS PLEADS GUILTY IN “E-RATE” CORRUPTION SCHEME Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
May 2, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - JOHN TARECK TANABE, 27, whose last known address was in Doraville, Georgia, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of making false statements to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, by telling authorities that there were plots to bomb both a federal courthouse and a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) facility in Atlanta.
MAN INDICTED FOR MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS REGARDING BOMB THREATS TO FEDERAL COURTHOUSE AND CDC Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
May 1, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - ANTHONY M. RAMUNNO, JR., a/k/a "Mick Ramunno," 46, of Alpharetta, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to charges of wire and mail fraud related to a scheme to defraud investors in his commodity pool and to steal their invested capital.
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADER PLEADS GUILTY TO FRAUD AND EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
April 2007
Apr 26, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - Paul L. Howard, Jr., Fulton County District Attorney; David E. Nahmias, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia; Wan Kim, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department Justice; Gregory Jones, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation; and Vernon Keenan, Director, Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced that three Atlanta Police Department (APD) officers have been charged in connection with the fatal police shooting of Kathryn Johnson, a 92-year old woman, at her home in Atlanta during the execution of a search warrant on November 21, 2006.
THREE ATLANTA POLICE OFFICERS CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH THE FATAL SHOOTING OF AN ELDERLY ATLANTA WOMAN Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Apr 19, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - RICARDO QUINONES CRUZ, 33, ALLEN CARMONA, 21, JUAN CASTILLO, 36, ENRIQUE CRISTOBAL MARTINEZ, 34, IVAN RAUL GARCIA, 40, MANUEL DOZANO ORTIZ, 28, CINDY SALINAS, 19, and, ARMANDO NUNEZ-BRISENO, 29, all of Cobb County, Georgia, have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiring to possess fraudulent identification documents, including Social Security cards, immigration documents, state driver’s licenses and identification cards, and to encourage and induce aliens to reside illegally in the United States.
INDICTMENT HANDED DOWN IN DOCUMENT MANUFACTURING RING BASED IN COBB COUNTY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Apr 19, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - WILLIAM ALLEN CUNNINGHAM, 41, of Stockbridge, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Julie E. Carnes on a charge of communicating false information that soup he fed his children had been factory contaminated when, in fact, CUNNINGHAM himself tampered with the soup before feeding it to his young children.
CUNNINGHAM SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON FOR MAKING FALSE CLAIMS THAT ADULTERATED SOUP HE FED HIS CHILDREN WAS FACTORY CONTAMINATED Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Apr 18, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - STEPHEN E. TAYLOR, 34, of Canton, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal district court in Atlanta to a scheme to defraud his business clients of more than $4 million dollars.
STEPHEN E. TAYLOR PLEADS GUILTY TO FRAUD OF MORE THAN $4 MILLION DOLLARS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Apr 18, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - Former Delta Airlines Captain ROBERT W. HUGHES, a/k/a “Bob Hughes,” 61, of Suwanee, Georgia, pleaded guilty late yesterday in federal district court to charges of mail fraud and bank fraud.
FORMER DELTA AIRLINES CAPTAIN PLEADS GUILTY TO MAIL FRAUD & BANK FRAUD Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Apr 16, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - Former federal prison guard CHRISTOPHER HOLCOMB, 32, of Fairburn, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Thomas W. Thrash, Jr. on two counts of accepting cash payments in return for smuggling a prohibited item and one count of smuggling a prohibited item, a cellular telephone, into the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary for an inmate.
PRISON GUARD SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR TAKING PAYOFFS AND SMUGGLING CONTRABAND Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Apr 16, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - MOHAMMED HAGHIGHI, 24, of Decatur, Georgia, has been arrested on charges of lying to federal agents about targeting a DeKalb County Police Helicopter with a laser device.
GEORGIA MAN CHARGED WITH LYING ABOUT TARGETING POLICE HELICOPTER WITH LASER Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Apr 16, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - JIMMY JOEL BEASLEY, 47, of DeKalb County, Georgia, and Pascagoula, Mississippi, made his initial appearance before a federal magistrate today after having been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of failing to register as a sex offender.
FEDS CHARGE SEX OFFENDER FOR MOVING TO GEORGIA AND FAILING TO REGISTER Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Apr 13, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - ALFREDO SANTIAGO MORENO, also known as "Chago," 35, of Tepalcatepec, Mexico, was convicted by a federal jury on charges related to the manufacturing of methamphetamine and operation of a“Superlab” that DEA seized and dismantled in February 2005 in Smyrna, Georgia.
DEFENDANT CONVICTED IN METHAMPHETAMINE “SUPERLAB” CASE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Apr 12, 2007
ROME, GA - WILLIAM G. COFFMAN, Jr., 46, of Dallas, Georgia, was taken into federal custody today by agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) when he was released by Paulding County authorities, and will appear in federal court to face charges of possessing and manufacturing improvised explosive devices and doing so after having been convicted of a felony offense.
PAULDING COUNTY MAN BROUGHT TO FEDERAL COURT ON CHARGES OF POSSESSING PIPE BOMBS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Apr 12, 2007
ROME, GA - MITCHELL ALAN SALMERON, 19, of Trenton, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Robert L. Vining, Jr., on charges of threatening to damage Dade County High School with a bomb.
TRENTON, GEORGIA MAN SENTENCED FOR BOMB HOAX Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Apr 11, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - United States Attorney David E. Nahmias today announced that more tax-related fraud cases are being pursued by IRS investigators and federal prosecutors, and reminded taxpayers that the upcoming April 17th tax deadline “should not serve as a last-minute temptation to cheat on taxes, for either taxpayers or tax preparers.”
TAX PROSECUTIONS SHOW CONTINUED EFFORTS TO FIGHT TAX FRAUD AS APRIL 17 DEADLINE APPROACHES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Apr 10, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - MATTHEW BEVAN COX, 37, formerly of Nashville, Atlanta and Tampa, pleaded guilty today in federal district court in Atlanta to mortgage fraud, identity theft, passport fraud, and probation violation charges.
MATTHEW COX PLEADS GUILTY TO ATLANTA, GEORGIA, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE AND TAMPA, FLORIDA MORTGAGE FRAUDS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Apr 06, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - JOSEPH UDOGU, 34, of Marietta, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Thomas W. Thrash, Jr. on charges that he and unknown others used the internet to commit mail and wire fraud.
MARIETTA MAN SENTENCED FOR INTERNET FRAUD SCHEME Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Apr 03, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - DONALD LANES, 35, of Ellenwood, Georgia, was arrested today on charges of aiding and abetting the theft of firearms.
ARREST IN THEFT OF 20 GUNS FROM PEACHTREE SUMMIT FEDERAL BUILDING IN ATLANTA Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Apr 03, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - FRANK R. V. LOOMANS, 37, of Atlanta, Georgia, formerly manager of investor relations for Cox Communications, Inc. ("Cox"), is considered a fugitive, following his indictment for conspiracy, insider trading, false statements to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and obstruction of a federal securities fraud investigation.
FEDERAL AUTHORITIES SEEKING FUGITIVE FORMER COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC. INVESTOR RELATIONS MANAGER Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
March 2007
Mar 26, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - AARON M. HUROWITZ, 57, of Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Beverly B. Martin on federal charges of health care fraud related to a scheme to defraud the State of Georgia Medicaid Program.
ATLANTA PHYSICIAN SENTENCED FOR MEDICAID FRAUD Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Mar 21, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - DR. HOWARD BERKOWITZ, 59, of Atlanta, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal court to one count of an indictment that charged a $3 million scheme to commit health care insurance fraud.
MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF HEALTH CARE NETWORK PLEADS GUILTY TO $3 MILLION INSURANCE FRAUD SCAM Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Mar 19, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - MARY REAGAN, 39, of Alpharetta, Georgia, was arrested this morning by the FBI and made her initial appearance in federal court in connection with an alleged mortgage fraud scheme.
CLOSING ATTORNEY CHARGED IN MORTGAGE FRAUD CONSPIRACY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Mar 14, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - After an eight week trial, a federal jury today returned guilty verdicts against ten defendants charged with multiple counts in a mortgage fraud scheme that targeted the Atlanta metro housing and condo market from 2000 through part of 2003.
GUILTY VERDICTS IN MAJOR MORTGAGE FRAUD TRIAL Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Mar 13, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta has issued its decision affirming the convictions and life sentences of MELVIN WALKER, 42, of Lithonia, Georgia, and DAVID RAMSEY, 35, of St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands, for the December 2000 murder of DeKalb County Sheriff-Elect Derwin Brown.
DERWIN BROWN KILLERS LOSE FEDERAL APPEAL Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Mar 12, 2007
ROME, GA - DOUGLAS DAMIANO, 37, of Buchanan, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to depriving Hispanic motorists of their civil rights by stealing money from them during traffic stops which he conducted while employed as a police officer by the Cedartown Police Department.
FORMER CEDARTOWN POLICE OFFICER PLEADS GUILTY TO STEALING MONEY FROM HISPANIC MOTORISTS DURING TRAFFIC STOPS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Mar 12, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - BARRON HAYS HARPER, JR., 60, of Covington, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal court to charges of placing a hoax explosive device on a natural gas line in Covington, and making false statements about the incident to the FBI.
COVINGTON MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO PLANTING HOAX EXPLOSIVE DEVICE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Mar 08, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - GENE A. O'NEAL, 36, of Atlanta, Georgia, made an initial appearance today before a United States Magistrate Judge on federal charges of mail and wire fraud. O’NEAL allegedly ran a scheme that defrauded investors in Pinnacle Development Partners, LLC ("Pinnacle"), a purported real estate investment fund based in Atlanta.
HEAD OF PURPORTED REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT FUND INDICTED IN $69 MILLION PONZI SCHEME; MAKES FIRST APPEARANCE IN COURT Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
February 2007
Feb 27, 2007
ROME, GA - MOHAMED SHORBAGI, 42, of the Rome, Georgia, area was sentenced today to serve 7 years, 8 months in federal prison, by United States District Judge Harold L. Murphy, on a charge of providing material support to HAMAS, a foreign terrorist organization.
ROME, GEORGIA MAN SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR MATERIAL SUPPORT OF FOREIGN TERRORIST GROUP Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Feb 22, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - TOROS SEHER, 38, of Atlanta, Georgia, was convicted by a federal jury late today relating to a money laundering scheme that concealed illegal drug proceeds among legitimate sales made, among other places, at SEHER’s two jewelry stores, “Chaplin’s” and “Chaplin’s Midtown,” which were also charged and convicted by the jury.
LOCAL JEWELER AND CORPORATIONS CONVICTED AFTER TRIAL FOR LAUNDERING DRUG MONEY, FACE MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR FORFEITURE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Feb 22, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - ANTHONY M. RAMUNNO, JR., a/k/a “Mick Ramunno,” 46, of Alpharetta, Georgia has been arraigned before a United States Magistrate Judge on federal charges of mail and wire fraud, related to a scheme to defraud investors in his commodity pool.
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADER MAKES FIRST APPEARANCE ON FRAUD AND EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Feb 21, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - LAWRENCE DALE ROBERTS, 43, and CHRISTINA McFADD ROBERTS, 36, husband and wife defendants of Marietta, Georgia, were sentenced today by Chief United States District Judge Jack T. Camp on charges of conspiracy to defraud CheckFree Corporation ("CheckFree"), defendant DALE ROBERTS' former employer.
HUSBAND AND WIFE SENTENCED IN FRAUD CONSPIRACY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Feb 20, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - A federal grand jury handed down two separate health care fraud indictments today, charging a total of five health care providers with fraudulently billing approximately $6 million, principally for a back pain procedure known as Vertebral Axial Decompression (“VAX-D”).
2 SEPARATE INDICTMENTS HANDED DOWN CHARGING ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON AND FOUR HIROPRACTORS IN HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEMES TOTALING $6 MILLION Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Feb 16, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - JONATHAN REMBERT, 22, DWAYNE BARROW, 23, both of Queens, New York; CLARENCE SHELTON, 22, of Hempstead, New York, and ANDWELE BUTLER, 26, of Richmond, Virginia, were arraigned today on internet fraud charges.
FOUR DEFENDANTS ARRAIGNED IN HALF-MILLION DOLLAR eBAY FRAUD SCHEME Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Feb 15, 2007
CHICAGO, IL - ROBERT WAYNE HALLOCK, 63, of Barrington, Illinois, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Matthew F. Kennelly on one count of tax evasion for attempting to hide from the government over $1,000,000 obtained by selling fraudulent Certificates of Deposit (CDs).
ATTORNEY SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR FAILURE TO REPORT TO IRS OVER $1 MILLION IN INCOME FROM SELLING FRAUDULENT CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Feb 13, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - DAVID A. BRADY, 40, and DAVID D. JOHNSON, 38, both of Pinehurst, North Carolina, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to their involvement in a scheme and conspiracy relating to the “Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals, Inc.” case, which is ongoing.
TWO FORMER “HI-TECH PHARMACEUTICALS” CONSPIRATORS PLEAD GUILTY IN SCHEME TO SELL “GENERIC” PILLS OVER THE INTERNET Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Feb 13, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - CHARLES FEMERY PEEBLES, 56, of Flowery Branch, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Richard Story on charges of mail fraud and aggravated identity theft.
EX-PLAINTIFF’S LAWYER SENTENCED FOR STEALING FROM CLIENTS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Feb 09, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - AHMED DAWUD BRYANT, 32, of Decatur, Georgia, was sentenced today in federal district court by United States District Judge Thomas W. Thrash on charges of unlawful dealing in firearms and selling stolen firearms.
DECATUR MAN SENTENCED FOR SELLING STOLEN FIREARMS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Feb 08, 2007
ROME, GA - MITCHELL ALAN SALMERON, 19, of Trenton, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to threatening to blow up Dade County High School on January 26, 2006.
TRENTON, GEORGIA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO BOMB THREAT Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Feb 07, 2007
NEWNAN, GA - A federal grand jury today indicted WILLIAM J. FOWLER, 60, of Tyrone, Georgia, on charges of distribution and possession of child pornography.
FAYETTE COUNTY, GEORGIA MAN INDICTED ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Feb 06, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - WILLIAM ALLEN CUNNINGHAM, 41, of Stockbridge, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to communicating false information, relating to a claim that soup he fed his children was contaminated by its manufacturer, when in fact CUNNINGHAM himself tampered with the product.
CUNNINGHAM PLEADS GUILTY TO MAKING FALSE CLAIMS THAT ADULTERATED SOUP HE FED HIS CHILDREN WAS FACTORY CONTAMINATED Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Feb 02, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - A federal jury today found JOYA WILLIAMS, 41, of Norcross, Georgia, guilty on the charge of conspiring to steal and sell The Coca Cola Company’s trade secrets.
JURY FINDS FORMER COKE EMPLOYEE GUILTY IN CONSPIRACY TO STEAL AND SELL COCA COLA TRADE SECRETS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
January 2007
Jan 25, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - JEDSON LEIST, 36, of Acworth, Georgia and CAREY HIGGINS, 29, of Cartersville, Georgia, have been indicted by a federal grand jury, and today made their initial appearance before a federal magistrate.
TWO FORMER CITY OF ROCKMART POLICE OFFICERS INDICTED, MAKE FIRST APPEARANCE BEFORE A FEDERAL MAGISTRATE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jan 23, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - ROBERT WILSON, 51, of Ellenwood, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Jack T. Camp on charges of filing false reports when he worked as an inspector for the Transportation Safety Administration (“TSA”), Department of Homeland Security, at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
FORMER TRANSPORTATION SAFETY ADMINISTRATION EMPLOYEE SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR FILING FALSE INSPECTION REPORTS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jan 19, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - CHARDRIQUEZ ANTUAN DURDEN, 23, SONIA LYNETTE REED, 25, and PAUL ANDREW THOMPSON, 20, all of Lithonia, Georgia, have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges resulting from the straw purchasing of two firearms by DURDEN and REED and the subsequent execution of a federal search warrant at the residence occupied by DURDEN and THOMPSON, during which DURDEN allegedly shot at federal agents, wounding one of them. THOMPSON and REED made their initial appearance this afternoon before Magistrate Judge Janet King.
3 INDICTED ON WEAPONS, DRUG CHARGES RELATING TO THE SHOOTING OF AN ATF AGENT Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jan 19, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - 12 defendants convicted in a racketeering conspiracy case against members of the street gang “Brownside Locos” or “BSL” have now been sentenced by United States District Judge Beverly B. Martin
FINAL MEMBERS OF “BROWNSIDE LOCOS” STREET GANG SENTENCED IN FEDERAL RICO CASE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jan 16, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - TOM CONTRERAS, 27, and HECTOR SUAREZ-BLANCA, 26, who are believed to be from Mexico, have been indicted by a federal grand jury on multiple drug trafficking charges, including conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 1000 kilograms of marijuana and more than 5 kilograms of cocaine.
TWO INDICTED ON DRUG TRAFFICKING AND CONSPIRACY CHARGES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jan 05, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - David E. Nahmias, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, and Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General for the State of Georgia, announce that AARON M. HUROWITZ, 56, of Atlanta, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to having perpetrated a scheme to defraud the State of Georgia Medicaid Program.
ATLANTA PHYSICIAN PLEADS GUILTY TO MEDICAID FRAUD Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jan 03, 2007
ATLANTA, GA - DOLORES EVELYN CROSS, 70, of Chicago, Illinois, and PARVESH SINGH, 64, of Valparaiso, Indiana, were sentenced on charges relating to a financial aid fraud scheme at Morris Brown College, a private, non-profit historically black college in Atlanta. Both pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Julie Carnes on May 1, 2006.
FORMER MORRIS BROWN COLLEGE PRESIDENT, FINANCIAL AID DIRECTOR SENTENCED IN FEDERAL COURT ON FRAUD CHARGES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
December 2006
Dec 21, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - ARNULFO NUNEZ-VILLANUEVA, 26, MIGUEL ANGEL GONZALEZ, 20, RAFAEL GARCIA-NUNEZ, 33, and MAURICIO MEDINO-MOJICA, 26, all undocumented aliens believed to be from Mexico, were indicted by a federal grand jury late yesterday on charges relating to a large scale methamphetamine and cocaine trafficking conspiracy.
FOUR CHARGED IN LARGE SCALE METHAMPHETAMINE AND COCAINE TRAFFICKING CONSPIRACY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Dec 19, 2006
United States Attorney David E. Nahmias and a group of federal, state and local law enforcement and community representatives have completed the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s Gang Prevention Summit, held at Georgia State University today.
GANG PREVENTION SUMMIT FOCUSES ON EDUCATION AND LONG-TERM RESULTS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Dec 18, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - JOHN GREGORY JAROSZYNSKI, 44, of Indian Trail, North Carolina, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Charles A. Pannell, Jr., on charges of using the internet to attempt to entice a child to engage in sexual activity.
NORTH CAROLINA MAN SENTENCED TO ELEVEN YEARS FOR TRAVELING TO HAVE SEX WITH A TEN-YEAR-OLD CHILD IN ATLANTA Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Dec 18, 2006
ATLANTA, GA--United States Attorney David E. Nahmias today announced that during the federal government’s fiscal year 2006 that ended on September 30, 2006, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia collected $37.1 million from individuals and businesses who committed federal crimes or are civilly indebted to the United States and who reside and conduct business in the District.
U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE COLLECTS MORE THAN $37 MILLION IN CRIMINAL AND CIVIL ACTIONS IN FISCAL YEAR 2006Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Dec 15, 2006
ROME, GA - TERRELL BELT, 40, and SHARON DENISE BELT, 43, both of Cartersville, Georgia, were sentenced today by United States District Judge Harold L. Murphy after being convicted of conspiracy to falsify firearms purchase forms and falsifying firearms purchase forms.
TWO SENTENCED FOR ILLEGALLY BUYING & SELLING GUNS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Dec 14, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - DR. CHARLES BRUCE FRAELICH, 58, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Beverly B. Martin on charges of traveling interstate to have sex with an eleven-yearold and using the Internet to attempt to coerce and entice a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity
CHILD PSYCHOLOGIST SENTENCED TO OVER 11 YEARS IN PRISON FOR TRAVELING TO GEORGIA TO MOLEST AN 11-YEAR OLD CHILD Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Dec 13, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - VIRGIL A. BROWN, 39, of College Park, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Willis B. Hunt, Jr., on charges of manufacturing, dealing, and possessing counterfeit currency, conspiracy, and possessing with intent to distribute over 100 marijuana plants.
COLLEGE PARK MAN GOES TO PRISON FOR CULTIVATING MARIJUANA, MAKING COUNTERFEIT MONEY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Dec 12, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - JOSEPH JOHN PALASSIO, 65, of Kingston, Ontario, Canada, was sentenced today by United States District Judge J. Owen Forrester on charges of using the internet to attempt to entice a child to engage in sexual activity and traveling across state lines with the intent to engage in sexual activity with a 10-year-old girl.
CANADIAN MAN SENTENCED FOR TRAVELING TO GEORGIA TO HAVE SEX WITH A 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Dec 07, 2006
ROME, GA - ROSEMBERG BERRERA BELTRAN, 40, of Cedartown, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Harold L. Murphy on drug conspiracy charges, as part of a 25-defendant scheme to possess with the intent to distribute controlled substances, including methamphetamine, marijuana, and various prescription drugs, including anti-depressants (Xanax) and pain killers (Lorcet), and the unlawful possession and/or use of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime.
BELTRAN SENTENCED TO OVER 21 YEARS IN PRISON AS PART OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA DRUG CONSPIRACY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
November 2006
Nov 30, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - FREDERICK E. VARGAS, 38, of Miami, Florida, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Thomas W. Thrash on charges of bank fraud and conspiracy.
FORMER BANK OFFICER SENTENCED TO PRISON Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Nov 30, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - UDO UDO EKPO, JR., 64, of Stone Mountain, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Richard W. Story to 2 years, 3 months in federal prison to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution of $164,590 in connection with a Medicare fraud scheme
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT SUPPLIER
SENTENCED TO OVER TWO YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Nov 30, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - PATRICK ANDERSON, 56, of Lilburn, Georgia, a former officer with Tucker, Georgia-based “Eagle Bancshares, Inc”. (NASDAQ: EBSI) and its subsidiary Tucker Federal Bank, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to insider trading based on his purchases of Eagle Bancshares stock in 2002.
FORMER BANK OFFICER PLEADS GUILTY
TO INSIDER TRADING JUST BEFORE TRIAL WAS TO BEGIN Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Nov 30, 2006
ATLANTA, GA -United States Attorney David E. Nahmias of the Northern District of Georgia, along with Sherri Strange, Special Agent In Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, and a partnership of law enforcement, education and health officials commemorated “National Methamphetamine Awareness Day,” by announcing at a news conference at the State Capitol a unique approach to getting out the message of the dangers of methamphetamine.
LOCAL, STATE, FEDERAL OFFICIALS ANNOUNCE UNIQUE E-MAIL EFFORT TO EDUCATE GEORGIA STUDENTS FOR NATIONAL “METH AWARENESS DAY” Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Nov 29, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - The United States Attorney’s Office in Atlanta today announced two separate court actions involving fraud schemes that could potentially involve more victims, and that serve as a warning to citizens to be careful about both the use of their identities and their investments.
TWO SEPARATE FRAUD SCHEMES SERVE AS WARNING
TO POTENTIAL VICTIMS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Nov 28, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - GARFIELD NORRIES ROYES, 37, of Woodstock, Georgia was sentenced today by United States District Judge Charles A. Pannell, Jr. on a charge of possessing an unregistered sawed-off shotgun and a homemade firearm silencer.
MAN WHO IMPERSONATED ATF AGENT SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS FOR POSSESSING SAWED-OFF SHOTGUN Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Nov 28, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - RANDY HICKMAN, 49, of Cumming, Georgia, was sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison today by United States District Judge Marvin H. Shoob on a charge of using a computer connected to the internet to entice and persuade a minor to engage in sexual activity.
CUMMING, GEORGIA MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR ENTICING CHILD TO ENGAGE IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Nov 28, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - JEFFERY ALAN TEAGUE, a/k/a Jeffrey Allen Bryant, 49, of Atlanta, Georgia, formerly of Montgomery and Prince Georges County, Maryland, pleaded guilty late yesterday in federal district court to two counts of wire fraud charging a scheme to defraud mortgage lenders by arranging loans for the purchase of incomplete homes in the names of California, New York, and Florida "investors."
ATLANTA BUILDER PLEADS GUILTY TO SALE OF INCOMPLETE OR NON-EXISTENT HOUSES IN FORSYTH COUNTY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Nov 28, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - BARRON HAYS HARPER, JR., 60, of Covington, Georgia, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of placing a hoax bomb device at a natural gas switching station in the City of Covington, and making false statements to FBI agents during the investigation.
COVINGTON MAN INDICTED FOR HOAX BOMB DEVICE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Nov 17, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - A jury in federal district court has returned guilty verdicts against ANDREW JONAH, 29, of Atlanta, Georgia; RICARDO WILSON, 30, of New Orleans, Louisiana; GEORGE RICHARDSON, 41, of Atlanta, Georgia, and PROSPER SENAO COKER-OFORI, 53, of Washington, D.C. in connection with an international ring smuggling heroin and ecstasy into the United States.
TRIAL ENDS IN CONVICTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL HEROIN AND ECSTASY RING MEMBERS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Nov 17, 2006
ROME, GA - ROBERT LEE PARKER, 54, of Rome, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Harold L. Murphy on charges of conspiracy and interstate transportation of stolen property that stemmed from a scheme to defraud Berry College of profits from timber on its land.
EX-BERRY COLLEGE OFFICIAL SENTENCED FOR DEFRAUDING BERRY COLLEGE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Nov 15, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - REBECCA MARIE HAUCK, 34, of Tampa, FL, Las Vegas, Nevada and most recently Houston, Texas, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Timothy C. Batten, Sr. on charges of mortgage fraud conspiracy and bank fraud.
HAUCK SENTENCED FOR MORTGAGE FRAUD; COX STILL AT LARGE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader

WANTED POSTER FOR FEDERAL FUGITIVE MATTHEW COX Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Nov 15, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - BYRON RAINNER, 35, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a former investment advisor with MetLife Financial Services, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Willis B. Hunt on a charge of wire fraud.
FORMER INVESTMENT ADVISOR SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR DEFRAUDING FULTON COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Nov 14, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - WILLIAM WALKER, 50, of Decatur, Georgia, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy C. Batten, Sr. on charges of health care fraud.
MAN POSING AS CHIROPRACTOR SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Nov 14, 2006
ATLANTA, GA – BRIDGETTE L. DAVIDSON, 37, formerly of Atlanta, Georgia, currently residing in Washington, D.C., and DARRICK O. FRAZIER, 32, of Atlanta, Georgia, were indicted late this afternoon by a federal grand jury on multiple charges related to defrauding the Department of Veterans Affairs and conflict of interest.
FORMER EMPLOYEE AND EX-BOYFRIEND INDICTED FOR DEFRAUDING DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Nov 08, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - Eleven defendants were sentenced today in federal court on charges of unlawful manufacture, sale and possession of machine guns from early 1999 through early 2004.
ELEVEN MEN SENTENCED IN MACHINE GUN CASE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Nov 08, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - ALFREDO SANTIAGO MORENO, a/k/a "Chago," 35, of Tepalcatepec, Mexico, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges related to the manufacturing of methamphetamine and the operation of the meth “superlab” that DEA seized and dismantled in February 2005.
NEW DEFENDANT INDICTED IN “SUPERLAB” METHAMPHETAMINE CASE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Nov 08, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - Former City Corrections Officer NATHANIEL GRAY, 42, of College Park, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Beverly B. Martin on charges of attempting to provide contraband to an inmate and accepting a bribe in return for bringing contraband to the Atlanta City Detention Center.
JAIL GUARD SENTENCED FOR BRIBERY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Nov 06, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - CHARLES FEMERY PEEBLES, 56, of Flowery Branch, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.
PLAINTIFF’S LAWYER PLEADS GUILTY TO STEALING FROM CLIENTS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Nov 01, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - United States Attorney David E. Nahmias announced today that William Toliver, Assistant United States Attorney, will lead the efforts of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Atlanta in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 7, 2006 general elections.
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE PREPARED TO INVESTIGATE ELECTION FRAUD OR ABUSES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
October 2006
Oct 27, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - DANNY FERNANDEZ, 33, RAMON FERNANDEZ, 28, JUAN GARCIA, 38, RICARDO MARTINEZ, 40, JOSE ADOLFO TAVAREZ, 51, and FABIO TAVAREZ, a/k/a “Eduardo,” 52, all of Douglasville, Georgia, have been charged in two indictments for shipping stolen merchandise in interstate commerce knowing that the merchandise had been stolen.
STORE OWNERS CHARGED WITH BUYING AND SHIPPING STOLEN INFANT FORMULA AND OTHER GOODS FOR RE-SALE IN NEW YORK Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Oct 26, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - DENNIS A. MARTIN, 37, of Marietta, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Timothy C. Batten, Sr. on charges of mail fraud stemming from MARTIN’s scheme to steal more than $6.6 million from the investors he advised.
FINANCIAL ADVISOR SENTENCED FOR DEFRAUDING INVESTORS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Oct 26, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - CHRISTOPHER MOCK, 45, of Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison today by United States District Judge Clarence Cooper on multiple charges of arson.
ATLANTA SERIAL ARSONIST SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Oct 25, 2006
CHICAGO, IL - A federal judge in Chicago convicted ROBERT WAYNE HALLOCK, 62, an attorney from Chicago, Illinois, today of tax evasion for attempting to hide from the government over $1,000,000 obtained by selling three fraudulent Certificates of Deposits.
ATTORNEY CONVICTED FOR FAILURE TO REPORT OVER $1 MILLION FROM SELLING FRAUDULENT CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Oct 24, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - CARL F. HAIRSTON, 32, and JANICE REENA HAIRSTON, a/k/a “Cheryl Owens,” 38, of Roswell, GA, were sentenced today by United States District Judge Charles A. Pannell, Jr. on charges of bank fraud and conspiracy to commit mortgage fraud, bankruptcy fraud, identity theft, money laundering and obstruction of justice.
FORMER BRANCH MANAGER AND WIFE SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR MORTGAGE AND BANKRUPTCY FRAUD Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Oct 24, 2006
ATLANTA, GA -The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the United States Attorney’s Office today announced the filing of a federal criminal complaint against LEONARDO GARCIA-MIRANDA, 30, of Hapeville, Georgia; RAMON LUIS SOTO-MACIEL, 29, and RAFAEL HEREDIA-RAMOS, 42, both residing in Jonesboro, Georgia and all citizens of Mexico, on charges of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and crystal methamphetamine (‘ice”).
ANOTHER HUGE DRUG BUST IN METRO ATLANTA Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Oct 23, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - IBRAHIM DIMSON, 30, of Bronx, New York, and EDMUND DUHANEY, 43, of Decatur, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to a charge of conspiring with each other and another defendant, Joya Williams, to steal and sell The Coca-Cola Company’s trade secrets.
TWO DEFENDANTS PLEAD GUILTY IN COCA-COLA TRADE SECRETS CASE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Oct 20, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - Northside Hospital in Atlanta has agreed to pay approximately $5.72 million, and two physician-owned entities, Blood and Marrow Transplant Group of Georgia (BMTGA) and Atlanta Blood Services (ABS), have agreed to pay $650,000, to resolve allegations raised in a “whistleblower” lawsuit.
NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL AND DOCTORS’ GROUPS PAY $6.37 MILLION TO U.S. TO SETTLE FALSE CLAIMS ACT SUIT Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Oct 20, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - The United States Attorney's Office today announced two Assistant United States Attorneys from Atlanta have received prestigious awards from the Department of Justice in Washington D.C.
TWO ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEYS FROM ATLANTA RECEIVE PRESTIGIOUS AWARD FROM DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Oct 19, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - ALEX ROMERO, a/k/a “Stranger,” 29, and RUBEN HERNANDEZ, a/k/a “Boxer,” 25, both of the Lawrenceville, Georgia, area pleaded guilty late Wednesday to charges of RICO (Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organization) Conspiracy, which included their involvement in three gang-related murders.
TWO FINAL DEFENDANTS PLEAD GUILTY IN “BROWNSIDE LOCOS" GANG CASE JUST BEFORE TRIAL Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Oct 17, 2006
ROME, GA- JAMES R. GARMON, 52, of Cartersville, Georgia, a former special agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, was sentenced today to one year and a day in federal prison by United States District Judge Harold L. Murphy for receiving illegal kickback payments and failing to properly maintain firearms records.
FORMER GBI AGENT SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR RECEIVING KICKBACKS IN GUN SELLING SCHEME Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Oct 17, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - Two defendants convicted of operating a methamphetamine “superlab” in a residential neighborhood in Cobb County were sentenced today to federal prison by U.S. District Judge Clarence Cooper.
DEFENDANTS FROM METH “SUPERLAB” IN SMYRNA SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Oct 16, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - MARK A. GROSSMAN, 45, of Bradenton, Florida, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Beverly B. Martin on charges of using the internet to attempt to entice a child to engage in sexual activity and crossing state lines with the intent to engage in a sexual act with a person under the age of 12.
FLORIDA CHILD MOLESTER SENTENCED ON FEDERAL CHARGES IN GEORGIA Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Oct 13, 2006
ROME, GA - MOHAMED SHORBAGI, 42, of the Rome, Georgia, area has pleaded guilty in federal district court to providing material support to HAMAS, a designated foreign terrorist organization.
ROME, GEORGIA RESIDENT PLEADS GUILTY TO MATERIAL SUPPORT OF FOREIGN TERRORIST GROUP Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
CRIMINAL INFORMATION AND PLEA AGREEMENT FILED IN OPEN COURT Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Oct 11, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - A jury in federal district court has returned a guilty verdict against WILLIAM ELLIOTT HICKS, 45, of Kennesaw, Georgia, on four charges of armed bank robbery.
KENNESAW MAN CONVICTED OF MULTIPLE BANK ROBBERIES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Oct 10, 2006
NEWNAN, GA - JOSEPH E. WHITE, 50, of Atlanta, Georgia, and “SOUTHERN LENDERS MORTGAGE CORPORATION,” located in Newnan, Georgia, have been indicted on charges of defrauding its lender of approximately $3.7 million.
NEWNAN MORTGAGE BROKER AND ITS PRINCIPAL INDICTED FOR BANK FRAUD Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Oct 10, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - CHRISTOPHER HOLCOMB, 31, of Fayetteville, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to two counts of accepting cash payments in return for smuggling a prohibited item into the prison, and one count of smuggling a prohibited item, a cellular telephone, into the prison and providing it to an inmate.
PRISON GUARD PLEADS GUIILTY TO TAKING PAYOFFS, SMUGGLING Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Oct 05, 2006
ROME, GA - MARIO ARMAS, a/k/a “Mario Doninelli,” 45, of Rome, Georgia, along with LONNIE MERREN and KEVIN REDSTROM, ages unknown, both of Rockmart, Georgia, have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana, and money laundering.
ROME BUSINESSMAN, 2 OTHERS INDICTED ON DRUG TRAFFICKING AND MONEY LAUNDERING CHARGES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
September 2006
Sept 28, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - JAMES HERMAN BARTHOLOMAI, 35, of Johnson City, Tennessee, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Richard W. Story on charges of threatening to kill the President, Vice President and three cabinet-level officials.
MAN WHO THREATENED PRESIDENT, OTHERS SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Sept 26, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - MICHAEL M. HIPE, 42, of Snellville, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to conspiracy to commit mortgage fraud.
SNELLVILLE LAWYER PLEADS GUILTY IN MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Sept 21, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - A jury in federal district court today convicted ROBIN CULLEY O’NEILL, 53, of Tooele, Utah, on charges of using a computer connected to the Internet to attempt to entice a minor to engage in criminal sexual conduct and crossing a state line to have sex with a person under 12 years of age.
UTAH MAN CONVICTED OF TRAVELING TO GEORGIA TO HAVE SEX WITH A NINE-YEAR-OLD GIRL Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Sept 21, 2006
ROME, GA - KARY DEAN HEAD, 48, of Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia, has been arraigned before a federal magistrate in Rome this afternoon after being indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of mail fraud and wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud customers of eBay, the nationwide internet auction service.
FT. OGLETHORPE MAN CHARGED WITH FRAUD SCHEME OVER eBAY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Sept 21, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - ROBERT JAMES CLYMORE, 38, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, was arraigned in federal court today after having been indicted by a federal grand jury on June 13, 2006, on charges of unlawful importation, possession, transportation, and transfer of machine guns.
FORMER SOLDIER INDICTED IN ILLEGAL MACHINE GUN CASE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Sept 20, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - Eleven individuals and an Atlanta-based company have been indicted by a federal grand jury on multiple felony charges relating to a scheme to sell adulterated and unapproved new drugs over the Internet.
HI-TECH PHARMACEUTICALS & 11 INDIVIDUALS INDICTED FOR “GENERIC” PILL FRAUD SCHEME Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Sept 18,
2006
ATLANTA, GA - TERRON VASSELL VERNON, 24, and MARCELLUS LEVAN HENDERSON, 24, both of Orlando, Florida, were sentenced today to life in federal prison without parole by United States District Judge Willis B. Hunt on charges of causing the death of bank teller Angela Towle during an attempted bank robbery, using firearms during and in relation to a crime of violence thereby causing Ms. Towle’s death, and conspiracy to commit robbery in violation of federal law.
FLORIDA MEN SENTENCED IN MURDER OF ROSWELL BANK TELLER Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Sept 14,
2006
ATLANTA, GA - LISA MELINDA LYLE, 39, of Winder, Georgia, pleaded guilty yesterday in federal district court to six counts of making false claims against the United States by filing false tax returns, and four counts of knowingly using other persons’ names and Social Security numbers to make false claims against the United States.
WINDER WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY IN TAX FRAUD AND IDENTITY THEFT SCHEME Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Sept 13,
2006
ATLANTA, GA - Four federal prosecutors from the United States Attorney’s Office in Atlanta have been awarded the John Marshall Award by the Attorney General of the United States for their excellence in legal performance relating to the Eric Rudolph bombing case.
ATTORNEY GENERAL HONORS FOUR FEDERAL PROSECUTORS FROM ATLANTA FOR WORK ON RUDOLPH BOMBING CASE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Sept 12,
2006
GAINESVILLE, GA - Initial appearances have just concluded this afternoon in Gainesville for defendants allegedly involved in the shipment of approximately 100 kilograms of cocaine recently seized in the Gainesville area, related to an ongoing drug investigation.
100 KILOGRAMS OF COCAINE SEIZED IN GAINESVILLE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Sept 11,
2006
ATLANTA, GA - MERLE TEMPLE, JR., a former Deputy State School Superintendent under LINDA C. SCHRENKO, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Clarence Cooper to 8 years in federal prison for conspiring to steal public funds and funnel them into Schrenko’s failed gubernatorial campaign in 2002.
FORMER DEPUTY STATE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT MERLE TEMPLE SENTENCED TO OVER 8 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Sept 06,
2006
ATLANTA, GA - DONALD FRANK SMITH, 36, of Atlanta, Georgia has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, in connection with the pistol whipping of an Atlanta police officer responding to a call.
FELON INDICTED ON FEDERAL GUN CHARGE AFTER PISTOL WHIPPING ATLANTA POLICE OFFICER WHO ARRESTED HIM Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Sept 01,
2006
ROME, GA - ROBERT LEE PARKER, 54, of Rome, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal court to charges of conspiracy and interstate transportation of stolen property, relating to a scheme to defraud Berry College of approximately $2.5 million in profits from the sale of timber on its land.
EX-BERRY COLLEGE OFFICIAL PLEADS GUILTY TO THEFT OF BERRY COLLEGE TIMBER Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Sept 01,
2006
ATLANTA, GA - The operator of a wheelchair supply business was convicted by a jury today in Federal District Court on eleven counts of having engaged in a Medicare fraud scheme.
FEDERAL JURY CONVICTS MEDICAL SUPPLIER OF MEDICARE FRAUD Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
August 2006
August 30, 2006
ATLANTA, GA – A federal criminal complaint has been filed against three brothers, ALEJANDRO MARTINEZ-MENERA, 23, SOCORRO MARTINEZ-MENERA, 25, and SACARIAS MARTINEZ-MENERA, 21, charging them with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
HUGE METH SEIZURE SHATTERS GEORGIA RECORD SET JUST TWO WEEKS AGO Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
August 24, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - BEAU S. YOON, 33, of Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced in federal court to 3 years, 6 months in prison for orchestrating dozens of fraudulent small business loans, totaling nearly $4.5 million.
MASTERMIND BEHIND $4.5 MILLION LOAN FRAUD SCHEME SENTENCED Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
August 24, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - RICHARD LEONARD, 44, of Augusta, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Clarence Cooper to one year of probation and a fine of $3,000 for attempted witness tampering in an effort to dissuade an individual from providing truthful information to federal law enforcement agents regarding the source of cash contributions to the gubernatorial campaign of Linda Schrenko in 2002.
FORMER CAMPAIGN MANAGER FOR LINDA SCHRENKO SENTENCED FOR ATTEMPTED WITNESS TAMPERING Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
August 24, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - NATHANIEL GRAY, 41, of Riverdale, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to accepting money in exchange for bringing contraband into the Atlanta City Detention Center.
PRISON GUARD PLEADS GUILTY TO BRIBERY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
August 22, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - LEE SELLERS, 45, ISMAEL ESTRADA, 41, LESLIE ANDERSON, 38, all of Atlanta, were indicted today by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiring to distribute cocaine, money laundering, and structuring financial transactions to avoid currency reporting requirements.
ATLANTA BUSINESSMAN INDICTED ON DRUG AND MONEY LAUNDERING CHARGES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
August 14, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - WILLIAM A. LEDEE III, 63, of Atlanta, Georgia, pleaded guilty on Saturday before United States District Judge Beverly B. Martin on fraud and money laundering charges.
LEDEE PLEADS GUILTY JUST BEFORE TRIAL IN INSURANCE FRAUD CASE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
August 11, 2006
GAINESVILLE, GA - DAVID RAMIREZ, 24; CARLOS ALVARADO-CASTILLO, 22; ADAM CRUZ, 24; RENE ANTONIO ORTIZ-PENADO, 22; and JUAN RAMIREZ, 28, all of Gainesville, were sentenced today by United States District Judge Richard W. Story on charges of violating the federal Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute by operating the criminal street gang “Killing Every Spot.” (“KES”).
MEMBERS OF “KILLING EVERY SPOT” STREET GANG SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
August 10, 2006
ATLANTA, GA -CLARENCE J. BROWN, 42 of College Park, Georgia, was arraigned today on federal charges of devising a scheme to defraud the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the American Red Cross of $34,553.02 in Hurricane Katrina disaster assistance funds.
COLLEGE PARK, GEORGIA MAN CHARGED WITH STEALING RED CROSS AND FEMA FUNDS INTENDED FOR VICTIMS OF HURRICANE KATRINA Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
August 10, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - CHRISTOPHER STOUFFLET, 38, of Woodstock, Georgia; TROY SOBERT, 36, of Anderson, South Carolina; VLADIMIR ANDRIES, M.D., 60, of Montgomery, New York; THU ANH HOANG, M.D., 38, of Lewisville, Texas; STEVEN DANIEL HOLLIS, M.D., 59, of Columbus, Georgia; AHSAN U. RASHID, 56, of Irvine, California; and ANDRE D. SMITH, 42, of Lansing, Michigan, have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances.
SEVEN INDICTED, INCLUDING FIVE DOCTORS, IN $75 MILLION INTERNET PRESCRIPTION DRUG RING Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
August 10, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - KENDRICK TERRELL, 35, ANTONIO EVANS, 45, RAYMOND HOLLIS, 47, all of Atlanta, Georgia; and RONALD MCGINTY, 58, of College Park, Georgia, were sentenced late yesterday by Chief United States District Judge Orinda D. Evans on charges of Conspiracy to Distribute Heroin.
DEFENDANTS SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR HEROIN DISTRIBUTION Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
August 10, 2006
ROME, GA - TURHAN JAMAR LAMONS, also known as “Jamarius T. Lamons Sledge,” 26, of Morrow, Georgia, was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Robert L. Vining, Jr., on convictions of charges for Intimidation of a Flight Crew by Use of Fire, Damaging an Aircraft by Fire, Use of Fire in the Commission of a Felony, and Conveyance of False Information Concerning the Destruction of an Aircraft.
FORMER FLIGHT ATTENDANT SENTENCED ON AIRCRAFT ARSON AND THREAT CONVICTIONS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
August 09, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - JOSEPH JOHN PALASSIO, 61, of Kingston, Ontario, Canada, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to charges of using the Internet to attempt to entice a child to engage in sexual activity and traveling across state lines with the intent to engage in sexual activity with a 10-year-old girl.
65-YEAR-OLD CANADIAN MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO ATTEMPTING TO ENTICE A CHILD OVER THE INTERNET AND TRAVELING TO GEORGIA TO HAVE SEX WITH A 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
August 03, 2006
August 03, 2006
August 01, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - MARCELO GARCIA, 27, of Atlanta, Georgia, and ten of his co-conspirators have been sentenced in federal court for running a massive methamphetamine distribution ring in the metro Atlanta area.
HIDTA TASK FORCE INVESTIGATION RESULTS IN FEDERAL PRISON SENTENCES FOR 11 HIGH-LEVEL DRUG DEALERS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
July 2006
July 31, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - MICHAEL DISCH, 37, of Wheaton, Illinois, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Thomas Thrash on charges of making threats to injure and kill a federal judge and the President of the United States.
MAN SENTENCED TO OVER SIX YEARS IN PRISON FOR MAKING THREATS TO KILL THE PRESIDENT AND A FEDERAL JUDGE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
July 27, 2006
ROME, GA - JAMES R. GARMON, 52, of Cartersville, Georgia, a former special agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, pleaded guilty today to a two count Criminal Information charging him with receiving corrupt payments and failure to properly maintain firearms records.
FORMER GBI AGENT PLEADS GUILTY TO RECEIVING KICKBACKS IN GUN SELLING SCHEME Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
July 26, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - TOROS SEHER, 38, of Atlanta and Alpharetta, Georgia, has been indicted by a federal grand jury and search warrants have been executed late this afternoon at four locations in Atlanta and Alpharetta, relating to a money laundering scheme that allegedly funneled illegal drug profits through SEHER’s two jewelry stores in the Atlanta area.
LOCAL JEWELER ARRESTED IN IRS UNDERCOVER OPERATION; SEARCH WARRANTS EXECUTED AT 2 STORES, 2 HOMES FOR LAUNDERING DRUG MONEY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
July 26, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - FRANKIE STEPHEN JETT, 52, of Palmetto, Georgia, was sentenced to prison today by United States District Judge Beverly B. Martin on charges of making false statements and wire fraud.
PALMETTO MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR WIRE FRAUD AND FALSELY DELIVERING THREAT TO FEDERAL JUDGE, PROSECUTOR AND AGENT Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
July 21, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - MILLER E. FINLEY, 64, of Evans, Georgia, former Associate Superintendent for Federal Financial Accountability under State School Superintendent Linda C. Schrenko, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Clarence Cooper to three years’ probation and a fine of $4,000 for making false statements to federal law enforcement agents during their investigation of the theft of over $600,000 in education funds.
FORMER GEORGIA EDUCATION OFFICIAL SENTENCED FOR MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS TO FEDERAL AGENTS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
July 20, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - DR. CHARLES BRUCE FRAELICH, 58, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to charges of traveling interstate to have sex with an eleven-year-old and using the Internet to attempt to coerce and entice a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity.
CHILD PSYCHOLOGIST PLEADS GUILTY TO TRAVELING TO GEORGIA TO MOLEST AN 11-YEAR-OLD CHILD Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
July 19, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - A federal grand jury in Atlanta has returned a superseding indictment charging SYED HARIS AHMED and EHSANUL ISLAM SADEQUEE with conspiring to provide and providing material support to terrorists and to a designated foreign terrorist organization.
SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT FILED IN ATLANTA TERRORISM SUPPORT CASE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
VIEW THE INDICTMENT FILED IN OPEN COURT Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
July 18, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - ROBERT MILTON BAILEY, 27, of Dunwoody, Georgia, was sentenced in federal court to a prison term of 3 years in federal prison for possessing thousands of images of child pornography.
GEORGIA MAN SENTENCED FOR COLLECTING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
July 14, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - DONNA STROUP, 54, of Decatur, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States Magistrate Judge E. Clayton Scofield on her guilty plea to a misdemeanor theft of government funds.
FORMER HIGH RANKING CDC OFFICIAL SENTENCED ON THEFT CHARGES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
July 12, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - Six people have been arrested today and two others already in custody have been named in connection with a car loan fraud ring operating under the name of “Xquisite Empire.”
MEMBERS OF “XQUISITE EMPIRE” FRAUD RING INDICTED; SIX ARRESTS MADE TODAY, INDICTMENT UNSEALED Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
July 12, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - DAVID JAY BLACKMON, 39, of Stone Mountain, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Charles A. Pannell on charges of receiving child pornography through the mail and over the internet.
STONE MOUNTAIN MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR RECEIVING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
July 12, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - Former Georgia School Superintendent LINDA C. SCHRENKO, 55, of Grovetown, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Clarence Cooper to eight years in federal prison and ordered to pay restitution of $414,887.50 for conspiring to steal public funds and launder them into her failed gubernatorial campaign in 2002.
FORMER STATE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT LINDA SCHRENKO SENTENCED TO EIGHT YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
July 11, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - IBRAHIM DIMSON, 30, of Bronx, New York, EDMUND DUHANEY, 43, of Decatur, Georgia, and JOYA WILLIAMS, 41, of Norcross, Georgia, were indicted today by a federal Grand Jury on a charge of conspiring to steal and to sell The Coca Cola Company’s trade secrets.
FEDERAL GRAND JURY INDICTS THREE FOR CONSPIRACY TO STEAL AND SELL COCA COLA TRADE SECRETS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
July 10, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - JUSTIN E. HARRISON, 25, of Oxford, Georgia, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of Trafficking in Illicit Certificates of Authenticity associated with copyrighted computer software.
OXFORD, GA MAN INDICTED FOR TRAFFICKING IN ILLICIT SOFTWARE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
July 07, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - A jury in federal district court has returned a guilty verdict against former Chatham County Police Officer CHRISTOPHER MOCK, 45, of Atlanta, Georgia on multiple charges of arson.
ATLANTA SERIAL ARSONIST CONVICTED IN FEDERAL COURT Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
July 07, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - DELDERICO L. LEE, 31, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Thomas W. Thrash, Jr. on charges of bank fraud relating to his abuse of a line of credit to steal more than $220,000 from Bank One, N.A., now known as JP Morgan Chase & Co, a federally insured financial institution.
LAWRENCEVILLE MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR $220,000 BANK FRAUD Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
July 06, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - WILLIAM ALLEN CUNNINGHAM, 40, of Stockbridge, Georgia was indicted today by a federal grand jury on charges of tampering with consumer products with reckless disregard for the risk that another person would be placed in danger of death or serious bodily injury, mail fraud, wire fraud, and communicating false statements that a consumer product had been tampered with.
STOCKBRIDGE MAN INDICTED FOR POISONING HIS OWN CHILDREN Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
July 05, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - IBRAHIM DIMSON, 30, of Bronx, New York, EDMUND DUHANEY, 43, of Decatur, Georgia, and JOYA WILLIAMS, 41, of Norcross, Georgia, have been arrested and charged in a criminal complaint with wire fraud and unlawfully stealing and selling trade secrets from The Coca Cola Company.
FEDS MAKE THREE ARRESTS FOR STEALING AND SELLING COCA COLA COMPANY TRADE SECRETS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
June 2006
June 29, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - ROY LOGSTON, 68, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to traveling across state lines with intent to have sex with a child.
TENNESSEE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO TRAVELING WITH INTENT TO HAVE SEX WITH 10 YEAR OLD Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
June 28, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - A federal grand jury today returned a superseding indictment charging KIRK SEAN WRIGHT, 35, of Marietta, Georgia, adding 24 counts of mail fraud and securities fraud.
GRAND JURY EXPANDS CHARGES AGAINST INVESTMENT MANAGER KIRK WRIGHT Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
June 23, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - STUART LOVELL MANLEY, 63, of McKinney, Texas, was sentenced today by United States District Judge J. Owen Forrester on charges of using the internet to attempt to entice a child to engage in sexual activity, transporting child pornography, and distribution of child pornography.
63-YEAR-OLD TEXAS MAN SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS FOR SENDING CHILD PORN AND ATTEMPTING TO ENTICE A CHILD OVER THE INTERNET Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
June 23, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - A physician who operated a wheelchair supply business pleaded guilty today in Federal District Court to engaging in a Medicare fraud scheme that bilked the federal government of more than $120,000. Dr. E. GOODMAN OBOT, also known as “Etiowo Archibong Obot,” 45, of Lithonia, Georgia, has owned and operated Specialist Medical Supplies in Mableton, Georgia, since 2003.
MABLETON PHYSICIAN PLEADS GUILTY TO MEDICARE FRAUD Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
June 22, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - DENNIS A. MARTIN, 37, of Marietta, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to a single-count criminal information charging him with mail fraud.
SECURITIES BROKER PLEADS GUILTY TO MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR FRAUD Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
June 21, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - JIMMIE LEE JONES, a.k.a. “Mike Spade,” 31, of Stone Mountain, Georgia, was arraigned today before a United States Magistrate Judge on the following federal charges: sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion; sex trafficking of minors; peonage; trafficking in peonage; and extortionate collection of credit.
STONE MOUNTAIN MAN ARRAIGNED ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING CHARGES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
June 20, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - ROBERT MILLS THOMAS, 45, of Batesburg, South Carolina, pleaded guilty yesterday in United States District Court on charges of using the internet to attempt to entice a child to engage in sexual activity and traveling across state lines to engage in sexual conduct with a child.
45-YEAR-OLD SOUTH CAROLINA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO ATTEMPTING TO ENTICE A CHILD OVER THE INTERNET AND TRAVELING ACROSS STATE LINES TO ENGAGE IN SEX WITH A CHILD Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
June 13, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - WILLIAM C. CAMPBELL, 52, of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, the former Mayor of the City of Atlanta, was sentenced today to serve 2 years, 6 months in federal prison by United States District Court Judge Richard W. Story. CAMPBELL was found guilty on March 10, 2006, by a federal jury on felony tax charges after an eight-week trial.
FORMER ATLANTA MAYOR SENTENCED TO PRISON ON FEDERAL FELONY TAX CHARGES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
June 09, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - DOUGLAS RICHARD STEVENS, 53, of Ontario, Canada, was sentenced today by United States District Judge J. Owen Forrester on charges of using a computer to entice a 10-year-old girl to engage in sexual activity and to crossing state lines to engage in sexual acts with the young girl.
CANADIAN MAN SENTENCED FOR TRAVELING TO GEORGIA TO ENGAGE IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY WITH A 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
June 09, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia announced today that Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta has agreed to pay over $3 million to resolve allegations raised in a “whistleblower” lawsuit that the hospital violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims to federal health care programs for services that were not eligible for reimbursement, and by failing to properly execute contractual agreements with the physicians performing professional services, as is required by federal law.
PIEDMONT HOSPITAL AGREES TO PAY OVER $3 MILLION TO SETTLE ALLEGATIONS OF HEALTH CARE FRAUD Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
June 08, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - A criminal information was filed today in federal district court against WILLIAM WALKER, 50, of Decatur, Georgia. The information charges that WALKER, who was not a licensed chiropractor, nevertheless posed as one from 2002 into 2006, performing services for patients, and fraudulently billing insurance companies for over $600,000.
MAN POSING AS CHIROPRACTOR CHARGED WITH HEALTH CARE FRAUD Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
June 07, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - ROBERT WILSON, 51, of Ellenwood, Georgia, was indicted by a federal grand jury today on charges of filing fraudulent reports when he worked as an Inspector for the Transportation Security Administration ("TSA"), Department of Homeland Security, at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
FORMER TSA EMPLOYEE INDICTED FOR FILING FALSE INSPECTION REPORTS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
June 05, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - The United States Attorney's Office today announced the May 30, 2006 arrest of LANAMASHA WESLANDA MIXON-HAMPTON, 30, of Atlanta, in connection with an FBI sting involving a co-conspirator from her prior mortgage fraud case and the interstate transportation of stolen travelers checks, fraudulent credit cards and false identifications.
DEFENDANT ARRESTED IN FEBRUARY 2006 MORTGAGE FRAUD/ IDENTITY THEFT STING; ARRESTED IN 2nd FRAUD STING WHILE ON BOND Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
June 02, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - ERIC TOPEL, 34, of Allen, Texas, formerly of Destin, Florida, and CHRISTOPHER TOPEL, 44, of Wichita, Kansas, formerly of Atlanta, Georgia, were sentenced today by United States District Judge William S. Duffey, Jr. on charges of health care fraud.
CHIROPRACTOR BROTHERS SENTENCED IN $2 MILLION HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEME Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
May 2006
May 26, 2006
NEWNAN, GA - JASON SOUTH, 27, of Newnan and Roswell, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to one count of possession of a sawed-off shotgun and two counts of possession, manufacturing, and transferring pipe bombs.
MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTING PIPE BOMBS & SAWED OFF SHOTGUN Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
May 25, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - A federal grand jury today returned an indictment charging KIRK SEAN WRIGHT, 35, of Marietta, Georgia with mail fraud.
INVESTMENT MANAGER KIRK WRIGHT INDICTED, REMAINS DETAINED Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
May 25, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - DWIGHT MICHAEL THOMAS, 22, of Maurer, LA, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Charles A. Pannell on charges of defrauding the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) out of assistance funds that were designated for Hurricane Katrina victims.
THOMAS SENTENCED ON FEMA FRAUD CHARGES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
May 25, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - RON FOURAKER, 55, of Conover, North Carolina, was sentenced today by United States District Judge William F. Duffey to over 11 years in federal prison on charges of using a computer to attempt to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity.
NORTH CAROLINA MAN SENTENCED TO OVER 11 YEARS IN PRISON FOR USING A COMPUTER TO ENTICE A MINOR TO ENGAGE IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
May 24, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - A. STEPHAN BOTES, 48, of Alpharetta, Georgia, was found guilty today by a federal jury on 15 counts of conspiracy, wire fraud, and theft of public funds. BOTES is a co-defendant of former State School Superintendent LINDA C. SCHRENKO, 55, of Grove Town, Georgia, who pleaded guilty to fraud charges approximately a week and a half into the three week trial before United States District Judge Clarence Cooper.
SCHRENKO CO-DEFENDANT BOTES FOUND GUILTY BY JURY AFTER SCHRENKO PLEADS GUILTY, TEMPLE RE-ARRESTED AND JAILED Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
May 24, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - WAYNE SHERROD MILTON, 32, of Stone Mountain, GA, was sentenced today to over 20 years in prison by United States District Judge Charles A. Pannell, Jr. on charges of escape from federal prison, conspiracy to commit mortgage fraud, grant fraud and aggravated assault on a Deputy US Marshal.
DEFENDANT SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS FOR $20 MILLION MORTGAGE FRAUD ATTEMPT COMMITTED WHILE ON ESCAPE FROM SENTENCE FOR ANOTHER MORTGAGE FRAUD CONVICTION Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
May 22, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - FRITZ JEAN BAPTISTE, 33, of Miami, FL, ASTREL CATY, 40, of Roswell, GA, PIERRE PHILLIP JERRY FIGARO, 26, of Stamford, CT, and ANGELA DENISE TUCKER, 36, of Marietta, GA, were sentenced today by United States District Judge Charles Pannell on charges related to the sale of stolen motor vehicles, altering vehicle identification numbers (VINs), and possessing vehicles that had traveled interstate after being stolen.
MEMBERS OF INTERSTATE CAR THEFT RING SENTENCED Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
May 19, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - JUAN CARLOS ACUNA, 24, and his father, JUAN IBARRA ACUNA, 49, both of Bremen, Georgia, were sentenced today by United States District Judge Charles A. Pannell, Jr., on charges of conspiring to distribute approximately 4.5 million dollars worth of drugs, including over 520 pounds of cocaine and over 70 pounds of “ice” methamphetamine.
FATHER AND SON SENTENCED TO 22 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR
MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR DRUG CONSPIRACY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
May 19, 2006
ROME, GA - Seventeen defendants convicted in a large-scale drug conspiracy and firearms case were sentenced this week by United States District Judge Harold L. Murphy.
17 DEFENDANTS SENTENCED IN FEDERAL METHAMPHETAMINE AND FIREARMS CASE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
May 18, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - EMMA GERALD, 54, of Kennesaw, RUY BRASIL SILVA, 49, of Roswell, MARCOS AMADOR, 19, of Atlanta, DENISE SILVA, 45, of Roswell, DOUGLAS ROSS, 29, of Marietta, and HUDSON ARAUJO, 27, of Brockton, Massachusetts, were indicted by a federal grand jury on May 9, 2006, on charges of conspiracy to encourage and induce aliens to reside unlawfully in the United States and to make false statements in applications presented to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
SIX PERSONS INDICTED IN MULTI-STATE AMNESTY FRAUD CONSPIRACY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
May 17, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - DONNA STROUP, 54, of Decatur, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to theft of government funds.
HIGH RANKING CDC OFFICIAL PLEADS GUILTY TO THEFT Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
May 17, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - WANDA MORGAN TYLER, 60, of Duluth, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Thomas Thrash on charges of mail fraud, relating to a scheme to defraud a mortgage lending program operated by the United States Department of Veterans’ Affairs (“VA”).
REAL ESTATE AGENT SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
May 15, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - REBECCA MARIE HAUCK, 34, of Tampa, FL, Las Vegas, NV and most recently Houston, TX, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to mortgage fraud conspiracy and bank fraud.
HAUCK PLEADS GUILTY TO MORTGAGE FRAUD; COX STILL AT LARGE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
May 12, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - A jury in federal district court returned a guilty verdict against TERRON VASSELL VERNON, 24, of Orlando, Florida, on charges of attempting to rob the Bank of America in Roswell on October 24, 2004, and causing the death of teller supervisor Angela Towle, who was a 39-year-old mother of two. The jury returned the verdict shortly before 12 noon on Friday after a week of trial and four hours of deliberations.
SECOND FLORIDA MAN CONVICTED OF KILLING ROSWELL BANK TELLER Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
May 11, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - TURHAN LAMONS, age 26, of Morrow, Georgia, was found guilty this morning by a federal jury in Rome on charges of arson on an aircraft, interference with a flight crew, and using fire to commit a felony.
FORMER FLIGHT ATTENDANT FOUND GUILTY IN PASSENGER JET FIRE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
May 01, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - DOLORES EVELYN CROSS, 69, of Chicago, Illinois, and PARVESH SINGH, 64, of Valparaiso, Indiana, have both pleaded guilty to charges relating to a financial aid fraud scheme at Morris Brown College, a private, non-profit college in Atlanta.
FORMER MORRIS BROWN PRESIDENT, FINANCIAL AID DIRECTOR PLEAD GUILTY TO FRAUD CHARGES JUST BEFORE TRIAL Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
April 2006
April 27, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - JOSHUA AARON HARDMAN, 24, of Acworth, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Willis B. Hunt, Jr. on a charge of possession of child pornography.
HARDMAN SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
April 27, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - THEO STEVENSON, 23, now of Lithonia, Georgia, but originally from Gretna, Louisiana, and ERIC McMILLON, 20, of Gretna, Louisiana, were sentenced today by United States District Judge Julie E. Carnes on federal firearms charges, stemming from the theft of firearms from a pawn shop in Gretna, Louisiana, following Hurricane Katrina last summer.
HURRICANE KATRINA EVACUEES SENTENCED ON FIREARMS CHARGES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
April 26, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - Dr. CHARLES BRUCE FRAELICH, 58, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, was indicted today by a federal grand jury on charges of traveling interstate to molest an 11-year-old girl and using a computer connected to the Internet to attempt to entice the child to engage in sexual activity.
ANN ARBOR CHILD PSYCHOLOGIST INDICTED IN ATLANTA FOR TRAVELING INTERSTATE TO MOLEST “11-YEAR-OLD GIRL” Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
April 26, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - “Operation Rainmaker,” a major multi-national federal drug and money laundering investigation, has culminated in a series of arrests in the United States, Colombia and Puerto Rico. During the course of the investigation over $7.5 million in alleged drug proceeds, more than 24 kilograms of cocaine and over 2 kilograms of heroin were seized.
“OPERATION RAINMAKER” RESULTS IN DRUG AND MONEY LAUNDERING ARRESTS AND SEIZURES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
April 25, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - A federal grand jury in Atlanta today has issued a superseding indictment adding two tax fraud charges to the pending embezzlement and money laundering case against GREGORY CAMPION, 44, of Orlando, Florida, a DEA Special Agent, based in Atlanta at the time of the crimes.
SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT ADDS TAX FRAUD CHARGES AGAINST DEA SPECIAL AGENT ALREADY INDICTED FOR EMBEZZLING SEIZED DRUG MONEY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
April 24, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - REBECCA MARIE HAUCK, 34, of Tampa, FL, Las Vegas, NV and most recently of Houston, TX was arraigned on federal charges of bank fraud, wire fraud, interstate transportation of fraud proceeds, identity theft, money laundering and conspiracy.
REBECCA HAUCK ARRAIGNED; MATTHEW COX STILL AT LARGE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader

WANTED POSTER FOR FUGITIVE MATTHEW COX WITH THREE PICTURES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
April 21, 2006
ROME, GA - JOSEPH WYNN YOUNG, 30, of Cartersville, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Harold L. Murphy on charges of mailing a threatening letter that contained white powder to the Washington, D.C. office of Senator Saxby Chambliss.
JOSEPH WYNN YOUNG SENTENCED TO OVER 5 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR SENDING WHITE POWDER TO U.S. SENATOR Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
April 20, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - A federal grand jury in Atlanta has indicted SYED HARIS AHMED, 21, of Atlanta, on a charge of material support of terrorism
ATLANTA MAN INDICTED FOR MATERIAL SUPPORT OF TERRORISM Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
April 19, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - A federal grand jury has indicted 15 defendants on 79 counts of conspiracy, bank loan fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering relating to a mortgage fraud scheme that targeted the metro-Atlanta area housing market.
15 DEFENDANTS INDICTED, MANY MAKE FIRST APPEARANCE TODAY, IN MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME TARGETING METRO ATLANTA Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
April 19, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - KENNETH EARL LADNER, 71, of Marietta, Georgia, was sentenced in federal court late yesterday to a prison term of 7 years in federal prison for possessing thousands of images of child pornography.
GEORGIA MAN SENTENCED FOR MASSIVE COLLECTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
April 14, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - A major drug-trafficking organization whose distribution operations were centered in Atlanta but spread across the nation has been dismantled through a series of federal arrests and the seizure of over $6 million in currency and property, the United States Attorney's Office announced today.
"OPERATION OMNIPRESENCE" RESULTS IN NARCOTICS ARRESTS
AND MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR SEIZURES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
April 14, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - Clark Atlanta University has agreed to pay $5 million to settle a federal whistleblower suit alleging that it violated the terms of a Cooperative Agreement it had with the United States Department of Energy between 1990 and 2002, David E. Nahmias, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, announced this morning. Clark Atlanta has also agreed to enter into a Compliance Agreement designed to ensure that future federal funds will be managed appropriately.
CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY AGREES TO PAY $5 MILLION
TO SETTLE ALLEGATIONS OF MISUSE OF FEDERAL FUNDING Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
April 13, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - VICTORIANO VEGA-JIMENEZ, 42, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, was sentenced late yesterday by United States District Judge Orinda D. Evans on charges of conspiring to distribute 174 pounds of crystal methamphetamine.
DEFENDANT SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON
FOR 174 POUNDS OF CRYSTAL METHAMPHETAMINE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
April 13, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - DERRICK DWAYNE JONES, 29, of Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced late yesterday by United States District Judge Richard W. Story on charges of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and marijuana, and being a felon in possession of a handgun.
VIOLENT CAREER OFFENDER DERRICK JONES SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
April 13, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - With the April 17th tax filing deadline rapidly approaching, prosecutors obtained separate federal tax indictments against two individuals accused of scheming to cheat the tax system: ALEASE MARIE LEWIS, 40, of Riverdale, Georgia, and JOE MCDANIEL, JR., 45, of Atlanta, Georgia.
WITH TAX DEADLINE LOOMING FEDERAL GRAND JURY INDICTS TAX FRAUDSTERS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
April 12, 2006
ROME, GA.- R. SCOTT CUNNINGHAM, 54, of Dalton, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Harold L. Murphy on charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering and money laundering related to an advance-fee fraud scheme known as “the church funding project.”
DALTON LAWYER SENTENCED TO 2 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON IN CHURCH FUNDING SCHEME Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
April 06, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - JOHN C. PENROD, 36, of Melville, New York, was sentenced today to 5 years, 5 months in prison for traveling in interstate commerce for the purpose of engaging in a sexual act with a person under 18 years of age.
SENTENCING FOR MAN WHO TRAVELED TO INDIANA TO MOLEST CHILD Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
April 03, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - PHILIP ASCENSION GALAVIZ, 59, of Dacula, Georgia, pleaded guilty today to one count of wire fraud and one count of worker's compensation fraud before United States District Judge Clarence Cooper.
DACULA MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN WORKER'S COMP FRAUD SCHEME Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
March 2006
March 29, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - KIRK SEAN WRIGHT, 35, of Marietta, Georgia has been charged in a federal criminal complaint with mail fraud, relating to the collapse of investment funds operated by WRIGHT’s companies, International Management Associates (“IMA”) and International Management Associates Advisory Group (“IMAAG”).
INVESTMENT MANAGER CHARGED IN COLLAPSE OF $180 MILLION HEDGE FUNDS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
March 29, 2006
ROME, GA - ROBERT LEE PARKER, 54, of Rome, Georgia, and RUSSELL DAVID BAIN, 56, of Cedar Bluff, Alabama, were arraigned before United States Magistrate Judge Walter E. Johnson.
EX-DIRECTOR OF BERRY’S LAND RESOURCES DEPARTMENT AND A LOCAL TIMBER BROKER ARRAIGNED ON FRAUD, MONEY LAUNDERING CHARGES Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
March 29, 2006
ATLANTA, GA–A federal grand jury in Atlanta has returned an 51-count indictment yesterday against LAURA BROWN, 35, of Miami Beach, Florida, and STEPHEN VAN ROOYEN, 44, of Cape Town, South Africa, on charges of wire fraud and distributing unapproved and misbranded drugs relating to fraudulent claims of stem cell treatment and therapy.
STEM CELL TREATMENT FRAUD CASE INDICTED Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
March 28, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - NAKIA DEWUANE GRIMES, 30, of Atlanta, Georgia was sentenced today by United States District Judge Clarence Cooper on a charge of using the mail to defraud the United States government.
ATLANTA WOMAN SENTENCED FOR KATRINA FRAUD Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
March 27, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - ROBERT M. BAILEY, 26, of Dunwoody, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal court to possessing child pornography.
GEORGIA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
March 27, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - RON FOURAKER, 54, of Conover, North Carolina, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to using a computer to attempt to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity.
NORTH CAROLINA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO USING A COMPUTER TO ENTICE A MINOR TO ENGAGE IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
March 27, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - DAVID JAY BLACKMON, 39, of Stone Mountain, Georgia, has been indicted on federal charges of receiving child pornography through the mail and over the Internet.
STONE MOUNTAIN MAN CHARGED WITH RECEIVING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
March 24, 2006
GAINESVILLE, GA - DAVID RAMIREZ, 24, and ADAM CRUZ, 24, both of Gainesville, Georgia; pleaded guilty today in federal district court, before United States District Judge Richard W. Story, on charges of violating the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute.
MEMBERS OF “K-E-S” STREET GANG PLEAD GUILTY TO FEDERAL RICO INDICTMENT Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
March 23, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - MARCELLUS A. BEAVERS, 19, of Hampton, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Marvin H. Shoob on charges of Possession of Firearms and Ammunition in a School Zone.
FORMER CLAYTON COUNTY STUDENT IS SENTENCED IN GUN CASE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
March 23, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - CHRISTOPHER D. BRANDLON , 49, also known as “Clif Winters” and “Lust Prophet," of Portland, Oregon, was sentenced in federal court to serve 11 years, 3 months in prison for enticing a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity.
SELF-PROCLAIMED “KING OF THE PEDOPHILES” SENTENCED Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
March 22, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - SAMUEL J. PORT, 35, of Ball Ground, Georgia, was sentenced in federal court to a prison term of 8 years of probation and 6 months of home confinement for possessing dozens of video clips of child pornography.
FORMER SCOUT LEADER SENTENCED FOR COLLECTING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
March 17, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - LISA MELINDA LYLE, 37, of Winder, Georgia, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of making false claims against the United States and unlawfully using other persons’ Social Security numbers in order to obtain fraudulent tax refunds.
WINDER WOMAN INDICTED IN FRAUDULENT TAX REFUND SCHEME Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
March 17, 2006
NEWS ADVISORY: Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales will be holding a news conference in Atlanta on Monday, March 20, at 9:45 a.m. on the fourth floor of the United States Attorney's Office at the Richard Russell Federal Building, 75 Spring St. in Atlanta. The Attorney General will be joined by United States Attorney David E. Nahmias, ATF Special Agent In Charge Vanessa McLemore, and a representative from the Atlanta Police Department.
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S NEWS CONFERENCE IN ATLANTA ON MONDAY MORNING Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
March 15, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - HENRY P. EDWARDS, 41, of Atlanta, Georgia, and DWIGHT M. THOMAS, 21, of Doraville, GA, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to stealing FEMA funds that were intended for Hurricane Katrina victims.
TWO PLEAD GUILTY TO STEALING HURRICANE KATRINA FUNDS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
March 15, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - RANDY HICKMAN, 49, of Cumming, Georgia, was arraigned today before a federal magistrate on a charge of using a computer connected to the internet to entice a 10-year-old girl to engage in sexual activity.
CUMMING, GEORGIA MAN CHARGED WITH USING A COMPUTER TO ENTICE A 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL TO ENGAGE IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
March 15, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - DOUGLAS RICHARD STEVENS, 53, of Ontario, Canada, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to using a computer to entice a 10-year-old girl to engage in sexual activity and to crossing state lines to engage in sexual acts with the young girl.
CANADIAN MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO TRAVELING TO GEORGIA TO ENGAGE IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY WITH A 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
March 14, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - BRINSON ALLEN, a borrower allegedly using false qualifying information, including an income up to $62,000 a month, to purchase a property located at 320 Longvue Court, Duluth, GA 30097 for $3.3 million, attended the closing of multimillion dollar mortgage loans for this purchase yesterday.
ALLEGED MORTGAGE FRAUDSTER ARRESTED AT CLOSING TABLE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
March 10, 2006
March 06, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - GREGORY CAMPION, 44, of Orlando, Florida, a DEA Special Agent formerly based in Atlanta, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of embezzling money as a federal officer, embezzling public money, and money laundering. He is expected to be arraigned before United States Magistrate Judge Alan J. Baverman on Wednesday.
DEA SPECIAL AGENT INDICTED FOR EMBEZZLING SEIZED DRUG MONEY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
March 02, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - PATRICK ANDERSON, 55, of Lilburn, Georgia, a former Vice President with Tucker Federal Bank in Tucker, Georgia, was arraigned today before United States Magistrate Judge Linda T. Walker, on an indictment issued on February 22nd, charging 34 counts of securities fraud through insider trading.
FORMER BANK MANAGER CHARGED WITH INSIDER TRADING Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
March 01, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - SALEM FARD LOFTON, 41, of Atlanta, Georgia , was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Clarence Cooper on a charge of making a false bomb threat involving the Richard B. Russell Federal Building in Atlanta. LOFTON was sentenced to 2 years in federal prison.
ATLANTA MAN SENTENCED FOR MAKING BOMB THREAT AT THE RICHARD B. RUSSELL FEDERAL BUILDING Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
February 2006
Feb 28, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - VIRGINIA ARLENE GOFORTH, 53, of Marietta, Georgia; TODD JOSEPH MCCLUNG, 33, of Woodstock, Georgia; WILLIAM DONALD BARNETTE, 30, of Douglasville, Georgia; and DAVINA MARIE BRANDON, 30, of Dallas, Georgia, were sentenced today by United States District Judge Thomas W. Thrash on charges of conspiracy, alien smuggling, and passport fraud.
FOUR PERSONS SENTENCED IN ALIEN SMUGGLING AND PASSPORT FRAUD CONSPIRACY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Feb 24, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - At the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia filed a Complaint for Forfeiture against “Lipodrene,” “Stimerex-ES,” and “Betadrene” – dietary supplements manufactured, marketed, and distributed by Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
FEDS SEIZE DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS CONTAINING EPHEDRINE ALKALOIDS FROM HI-TECH PHARMACEUTICALS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Feb 23, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - CHARLES E. EDWARDS, 67, of Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Jack T.Camp on charges of wire fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
EDWARDS SENTENCED TO 13 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR $400 MILLION PAYPHONE INVESTMENT FRAUD Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Feb 21, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - A Criminal Complaint charges DONNA JUNE BAKER, 60, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, with attempting to commit bank fraud by allegedly using a stolen identity with a false address, employment, assets and liabilities to obtain a million dollar mortgage “re-finance” loan from First National Bank of Arizona.
ALLEGED MORTGAGE FRAUDSTERS ARRESTED AT CLOSING TABLE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Feb 17, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - ERIC TOPEL, 33, of Destin, Florida, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to two counts of an indictment that charged a scheme to commit health care fraud. His brother and co-defendant, CHRISTOPHER TOPEL, 43, of Atlanta, Georgia, pleaded guilty to one count of committing health care fraud on February 2, 2006.
TWO CHIROPRACTOR BROTHERS PLEAD GUILTY TO $2 MILLION HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCAM Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Feb 17, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - TIMOTHY C. MOSES, 47, of Atlanta, Georgia, the former President and CEO of International BioChemical Industries, Inc. (“IBCL”), was sentenced today by United States District Judge Charles C. Pannell, on charges of securities fraud and perjury.
FORMER CORPORATE CEO SENTENCED TO OVER 6 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR “PUMP AND DUMP” SECURITIES FRAUD SCHEME Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Feb 17, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - JOZELL LOIS DICKERSON, 36, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, was sentenced late yesterday by United States District Judge Charles A. Pannell, Jr. on a felony charge of obtaining FEMA assistance funds by falsely claiming that she was a victim of Hurricane Katrina.
KATRINA FRAUD DEFENDANT SENTENCED Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Feb 14, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - DAVID DWAYNE SIDLER, 38, of Kennesaw, Georgia, was indicted by a federal grand jury late yesterday on charges of assaulting an AirTran Airways flight attendant while traveling from Las Vegas to Atlanta earlier this year.
PASSENGER INDICTED FOR ASSAULTING FLIGHT ATTENDANT Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Feb 10, 2006
GAINESVILLE, GA - RONALD PERRY MOON, 49, of Commerce, Georgia, was sentenced to life in prison today by Senior United States District Judge William C. O’Kelley on charges related to the sale of cocaine and methamphetamine during February and April, 2005.
FORMER GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL LEGEND RONALD PERRY MOON SENTENCED TO LIFE FOR DISTRIBUTING DRUGS IN NORTH GEORGIA Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Feb 9, 2006
ATLANTA, GA -- ESMAEL FOFANA was convicted by a federal jury yesterday for telephoning the FBI and making a false statement. Specifically, the defendant told the FBI that someone he knew was involved in terroristic activity and was planning to blow up buildings in this country. The defendant made this false statement in an apparent attempt to avenge a personal dispute.
JURY CONVICTS MAN FOR MAKING FALSE TERRORISM CLAIM Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Feb 8, 2006
ATLANTA, GA - SCOTT McCOMBS, 42, of Canton, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Orinda Evans on a charge of possession of child pornography. McCOMBS was sentenced to 2 years in federal prison to be followed by 10 years of supervised release, and fined $5,000. McCOMBS pleaded guilty to the charge on November 11, 2005.
FORMER CDC EMPLOYEE SENTENCED FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Feb 3, 2006
ROME, GA - DAVID RAY KELLY, 67, of Kennesaw, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Harold L. Murphy on charges of receiving child pornography in interstate commerce by downloading it from the internet.
FORMER FORT OGLETHORPE MAN SENTENCED FOR DOWNLOADING CHILD PORN FROM THE INTERNET Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Feb 2, 2006
JOSHUA AARON HARDMAN, 24, of Acworth, Georgia pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography today before U.S. District Court Judge Willis B. Hunt, Jr.
ACWORTH MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Feb 2, 2006
ROLAND MATHIS, 39, of Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced today to 21 years, 8 months in federal prison to be followed by 10 years of supervised release by United States District Judge Jack T. Camp, on charges of conspiring to distribute cocaine and marijuana, two counts of cocaine distribution, conspiracy to launder money, and 11 counts of money laundering, in connection with a drug distribution and money laundering scheme.
LEAD DEFENDANT MATHIS SENTENCED TO OVER 21 YEARS IN DRUG & MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Feb 1, 2006
JOHN BAYARD COLE, 23, of Marietta, Georgia, pleaded guilty yesterday in federal district court to possessing child pornography.
GEORGIA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
January 2006
Jan 26, 2006
CHRISTOPHER D. BRANDLON, a/k/a "Clif Winters" and "Lust Prophet," 49, of Portland, Oregon, pleaded guilty today in federal District Court to enticing a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity.
SELF-PROCLAIMED "KING OF THE PEDOPHILES" PLEADS GUILTY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jan 26, 2006
In a 181 count superseding indictment, 22 defendants have been charged by a federal grand jury with conspiracy, bank loan fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering relating to a mortgage fraud scheme that targeted the metro-Atlanta area house and condominium market.
22 INDICTED FOR MORTGAGE FRAUD Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jan 25, 2006
WAYNE HENRY KAY, 44, of Marietta, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Orinda D. Evans to 1 year in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release after his conviction for threatening to kill the Regional Commissioner of the Social Security Administration.
DEFENDANT SENTENCED FOR THREATENING TO KILL PUBLIC OFFICIAL Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jan 24, 2006
JACK THOMAS, former campaign manager for the Robert Lamutt for Congress Committee (RLCC), pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud before U.S. District Judge Ricardo M. Urbina in the District of Columbia.
FORMER CAMPAIGN MANAGER PLEADS GUILTY TO DEFRAUDING CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jan 11, 2006
TERESA KNIGHT 28, and LORI LACKEY, 33, both of Oxford, Georgia, who organized and engaged in a scheme of identity fraud that spanned several counties, pleaded guilty to possession of stolen mail today.
PARTNERS IN IDENTITY-THEFT SCHEME RELATED TO METH PLEAD GUILTY IN FEDERAL COURT Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jan 10, 2006
A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against DOUGLAS RICHARD STEVENS, 52, of Ontario, Canada, who is accused of using a computer to entice a 10-year-old girl to engage in sexual activity, and then driving to Atlanta, Georgia from Ontario, Canada to engage in sexual acts with the young girl.
CANADIAN MAN INDICTED FOR TRAVELING TO GEORGIA TO ENGAGE IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY WITH A 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jan 10, 2006
The former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Orthoscript, Inc., a medical supply company in Alpharetta, Georgia, have been charged in a 37-count federal indictment alleging Medicare fraud.
MEDICAL SUPPLY EXECUTIVES CHARGED WITH MEDICARE FRAUD Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jan 9, 2006
BEAU S. YOON, a/k/a "Bo Yoon," 35, of Atlanta, Georgia, admitted that he obtained dozens of small business loans for members of the Atlanta Korean community by inventing fake companies and submitting false tax returns and bogus invoices to the banks in an effort to qualify his "clients" for loans they might not otherwise have been able to obtain.
MASTERMIND OF $4 MILLION LOAN FRAUD SCHEME PLEADS GUILTY Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jan 6, 2006
ANTHONY WORTHY, 41, of Chester, South Carolina, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Jack T. Camp to 1 year, 8 months in federal prison to be followed by 3 years of supervised release after his conviction for bribing a public official to issue Social Security cards to illegal aliens.
WORTHY SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR ROLE IN HELPING ILLEGAL ALIENS OBTAIN SOCIAL SECURITY CARDS Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jan 5, 2006
WILLIAM CLAYTON CRUTCHFIELD, also known as “Bill Crutchfield,” 60, of Snellville, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Charles A. Pannell, Jr. to life in federal prison on three charges related to the shooting and attempted murder of a federal employee.
CRUTCHFIELD SENTENCED TO LIFE FOR SHOOTING POSTAL WORKER Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jan 5, 2006
Four men from southeastern Georgia were sentenced in federal court to prison terms of between 25 years and life for their roles in an attempt to rob an armored truck in Atlanta in October 2003.
GEORGIA MEN SENTENCED FOR KILLING A GUARD DURING ATTEMPTED ARMORED TRUCK ROBBERY IN ATLANTA Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jan 4, 2006
STEPHEN ASHLEY HOUSE, 35, of Kennesaw, Georgia, the principal organizer and leader of the largest ecstasy importation and distribution ring busted in the Southeastern United States, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Thomas W. Thrash to a term in federal prison of 17 years to be followed by 3 years supervised release.
LEAD DEFENDANT SENTENCED IN LARGEST ECSTASY RING IN S.E. Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jan 4, 2006
Ten men from North Georgia, and one each from Kentucky and Alabama pleaded guilty today in federal District Court to charges relating to the unlawful manufacture, sale, and possession of machine guns.
GUILTY PLEAS IN MACHINE GUN CASE Viewing Notice: Portable Document Format (".PDF") files may be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Jan 3, 2006
December 2005
Dec 30, 2005
JIMMIE LEE JONES, also known as “Mike Spade,” 30, of Stone Mountain, Georgia, arrested on federal charges of sex trafficking and extortion. JONES was arraigned this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Gerrilyn G. Brill.
JIMMIE LEE JONES
Dec 22, 2005
Life Care Centers of America, Inc. (LCCA), the operator of a skilled nursing facility located in Lawrenceville, Georgia known as Life Care Center of Lawrenceville (Lawrenceville), along with Gwinnett Operations, a TN LLC, successor to Gwinnett Medical Investors Limited Partnership (GO), Developers Investment Company, Inc. (DIC) and Forrest L. Preston, the owners of Lawrenceville, have agreed to pay a total of $2.5 million to resolve multiple allegations of federal False Claims Act violations for billing for services that either were not provided or were worthless to the Lawrenceville residents.
LAWRENCEVILLE NURSING HOME TO PAY $2.5 MILLION TO SETTLE ALLEGATIONS OF GROSS NEGLECT OF RESIDENTS
Dec 22, 2005
A federal grand jury has returned a six-count indictment against LUCILENE FELIPE DOS SANTOS, a/k/a "Lucilene Felipe Santos Lopes," 35, VIVIANE CHRISTINA CHAGAS, 29, and JURANI FELIPE PINTO, 55, all nationals of Brazil living in Dunwoody, Georgia, related to a sex trafficking scheme.
3 INDICTED FOR SEX TRAFFICKING OF BRAZILIAN WOMEN
Dec 20, 2005
A federal grand jury has returned an 87-count indictment against TOTADA R. SHANTHAVEERAPPA, M.D., a/k/a "T.R. Shantha, M.D.," 70, of Stone Mountain, Georgia, and DAN U. BARTOLI, 63, of McDonough, Georgia, on charges of health care fraud and distributing unapproved and misbranded drugs. SHANTHA is also charged with money laundering.
TOTADA R. SHANTHAVEERAPPA
Dec 19, 2005
JOSEPH MILLIGAN, 37, of Brooklyn, New York, and RAE BEAVERS, 35, of St. Louis, Missouri, were sentenced today by United States District Judge Richard W. Story, on charges of conspiring to file false claims against the United States and fraudulently using other persons' social security numbers.
JOSEPH MILLIGAN
Dec, 13, 2005
A federal grand jury has returned five indictments charging five individuals with fraud offenses involving the illegal receipt of Hurricane Katrina relief funds disbursed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and that in two other separate cases, defendants have pleaded guilty to illegally receiving FEMA funds intended for victims of Hurricane Katrina.
5 MORE HURRICANE KATRINA FEDERAL FRAUD CASES INDICTED, 2 OTHER DEFENDANTS PLEAD GUILTY AS CRACKDOWN CONTINUES
Dec 8, 2005
A federal jury in Rome, Georgia, today has returned guilty verdicts against R. SCOTT CUNNINGHAM, 54, of Dalton, Georgia, on charges that he conspired with Abraham Kennard to commit money laundering and on money laundering charges related to an advance-fee fraud scheme known as “the church funding project.”
R. SCOTT CUNNINGHAM
Dec 8, 2005
BRADLEY DUANE HOSCHOUER, 36, of Tyler, Texas, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Jack T. Camp, on federal charges of traveling across state lines with intent to engage in prohibited sexual conduct with a minor.
BRADLEY DUANE HOSCHOUER
Dec 8, 2005
KENNETH D. GRACE, JR., 62, of LaGrange, Georgia, today pleaded guilty to a Criminal Information charging him with aiding and abetting a former West Georgia Medical Center executive falsify the books and records of the hospital by submitting false invoices which the executive used to defraud the hospital.
KENNETH D. GRACE, JR.
November 2005
Nov 21, 2005
MELVIN WALKER, 41, of Conyers, Georgia, and DAVID RAMSEY, 33, of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, were sentenced today to life in prison on charges of conspiracy and interstate murder-for-hire.
MELVIN WALKER & DAVID RAMSEY
Nov 7, 2005
KENNETH GOODRICH, M.D., 52, of Towanda, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on a charge of False Information and Hoaxes (a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1038), in connection with a false bomb threat at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
KENNETH GOODRICH, M.D.
Nov 7, 2005
DERRICK JONES, 32, of Atlanta, pleaded guilty today to three counts of a federal indictment charging distribution of cocaine base (“crack”).
DERRICK JONES
Nov 4, 2005
A federal jury returned a guilty verdict late today against DEBRA STEWART, 40, of McDonough, Georgia, on charges of conspiring to introduce controlled substances into a federal penitentiary.
DEBRA STEWART
Nov 2, 2005
STANLEY STREET, 46, of Jonesboro, Georgia was sentenced today by United States Chief District Judge Orinda D. Evans, on charges of armed bank robbery and using firearms to commit bank robberies.
STANLEY STREET
Nov 1, 2005
SHIH KAI FENG, a/k/a “Frank,” 55, and MEI LIN FENG, a/k/a “Cindy,” 47, both of Chamblee, Georgia, were sentenced today by United States District Judge Julie Carnes, on charges of conspiracy to harbor, transport and entice illegal aliens to reside in the United States, and Social Security fraud.
SHIH KAI FENG & MEI LIN FENG
October 2005
Oct 31, 2005
Atlanta real estate lawyer, RUSSELL H. HIPPE, III, 38, and former lawyer SHAREL L. PAYNE, 37, were arraigned in federal court today before United States Magistrate Judge Janet F. King on mortgage fraud charges made in a superseding indictment returned by a federal grand jury on October 19, 2005.
RUSSELL H. HIPPE & SHAREL L. PAYNE
Oct 27, 2005
TIMOTHY C. MOSES, age 47, of Atlanta, Georgia, was convicted today by a federal jury of securities fraud and perjury after an eight-day trial in the United States District Court in Atlanta. The jury deliberated just over one hour.
TIMOTHY C. MOSES
Oct 27, 2005
DANTE M. SUGUITAN, 38, of San Jose, California, was indicted late yesterday by a federal grand jury for making telephone bomb threats to Turner Field in Atlanta.
DANTE M. SUGUITAN
Oct 27, 2005
GARY ALLEN BEEBE, 44, of Cumming, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Beverly Martin on two counts of extortion under color of official right (a violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951).
GARY ALLEN BEEBE
Oct 25, 2005
A federal jury returned a guilty verdict today against ERNEST ROMOND GIBBS, JR., 26, of Surrency, Georgia, on charges of conspiring to rob an armored truck, attempting to rob the armored truck at the Cascade Crossing shopping center in Southwest Atlanta on October 3, 2003, and aiding and abetting his co-defendants in the use of firearms in a robbery attempt that resulted in the death of one guard. Another defendant, RICARDO CORTEZ WILLIAMS, 24, of Atlanta, was acquitted of all charges.
ERNEST ROMOND GIBBS, JR.
Oct 21, 2005
Arrest of JOZELL LOIS DICKERSON, 35, of Lawrenceville, Georgia. DICKERSON is charged in a federal indictment with aggravated identity theft, stealing money from the United States government, making false claims, and using a false social security number, in connection with two false claims made to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for $4,000 in relief funds available to victims of Hurricane Katrina.
JOZELL LOIS DICKERSON
Oct 19, 2005
MAURICIO HERNANDEZ, a/k/a “Casper,” 23, of Dalton, Georgia, was convicted by a federal jury in Rome today on charges of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, sale of a machine gun, and being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm.
MAURICIO HERNANDEZ
Oct 18, 2005
A federal grand jury has returned a 9-count indictment against HARRISON NORRIS, JR., 39, of Cartersville, Georgia, AIMEE ALLEN, 33, of Cartersville, Georgia, and CEDRIC LAMAR JACKSON, 39, of Chamblee, Georgia, charging all three defendants with conspiracy to hold young women to a condition of peonage, to obtain the forced labor and services of young women, to traffic young women for purposes of forced labor and peonage, and to traffic young women for commercial sex acts. Defendants NORRIS and ALLEN are also charged with substantive counts of peonage, forced labor, trafficking for purposes of labor and peonage, and trafficking young women for commercial sex acts.
THREE INDICTED IN FORCED PROSTITUTION SCHEME
Oct 17, 2005
United States District Judge Clarence E. Cooper sentenced DWAN OUTLAW, 39, of Atlanta, Georgia, for conspiracy to distribute cocaine, crack cocaine, and marijuana, possession of firearms by a convicted felon, and possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking.
DWAN OUTLAW
Oct 14, 2005
KIMBERLY BROWN, 36, of Fort Campbell, Kentucky, today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to encourage aliens to reside in the United States unlawfully by providing them with Social Security cards and accepting bribes to provide Social Security cards.
KIMBERLY BROWN
Oct 13, 2005
Takedown of a complex investigation code-named “Operation Long Whine.” The investigation and takedown resulted in the arrest of 28 defendants and the seizure of approximately 592 kilograms of cocaine, more than 40 pounds of methamphetamine and $8 million in currency related to a Mexican drug organization engaged in a multi-state scheme to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine to and through Metro Atlanta.
“Operation Long Whine”
Oct 12, 2005
SUSANA P. LONGO, 47, of Norcross, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Julie E. Carnes, on charges of wire fraud, theft and embezzlement from employee benefit plans, and money laundering.
SUSANA P. LONGO
Oct 12, 2005
THOMAS E. McMURRAIN, 37, formerly of Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Willis B. Hunt, Jr., on charges of mail fraud and wire fraud related to a loan fraud scheme.
THOMAS E. McMURRAIN
Oct 11, 2005
A federal grand jury has returned an indictment against ROBERT WYNN YOUNG, 30, of Cartersville, Georgia for mailing threatening communications to United States Senator Saxby Chambliss and the Atlanta office of the FBI.
ROBERT WYNN YOUNG
Oct 6, 2005
A sentence and pleas in federal court this week involving multiple defendants charged with firearms trafficking.
PROSECUTORS, ATF COMBAT FIREARMS TRAFFICKING IN NORTH GEORGIA, OTHER STATES, AND OVERSEAS
September 2005
Sep 29, 2005
A federal jury in Atlanta, Georgia, today has returned a guilty verdict against CHARLES E. EDWARDS, 67, of Atlanta, Georgia, on charges of wire fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
CHARLES E. EDWARDS
Sep 27, 2005
JOHN C. PENROD, 35, formerly of Lithonia, Georgia, and now of Melville, New York, pleaded guilty today to traveling in interstate commerce for the purpose of engaging in a sexual act with a person under 18 years of age.
Sep 27, 2005
There is not sufficient evidence to pursue federal criminal charges against the local law enforcement officers who participated in the use of physical force against Frederick Williams on May 27, 2005.
FEDERAL PROSECUTORS DETERMINE EVIDENCE IS INSUFFICIENT FOR FEDERAL CHARGES IN DEATH OF FREDERICK WILLIAMS
Sep 21, 2005
Arrest of NAKIA DEWUANE GRIMES, 30, of Atlanta, Georgia. GRIMES is charged in a criminal complaint with stealing money from the United States government and mail fraud based on a false claim made to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for $2,000 in relief funds available to victims of Hurricane Katrina. GRIMES is scheduled to have an initial appearance before United States Magistrate Judge Joel M. Feldman at 4:00 on September 21, 2005, in Courtroom 2022 in the Richard B. Russell Federal Building and Courthouse.
NAKIA DEWUANE GRIMES
Sep 21, 2005
JOSEPH MILLIGAN, 36, of New York City, New York, pleaded guilty today to two counts of a federal indictment on charges of conspiring to file fraudulent claims against the United States and fraudulently using Social Security numbers. RAE BEAVERS, 35, of St. Louis, Missouri, entered a guilty plea to the same two counts on July 28, 2005.
JOSEPH MILLIGAN & RAE BEAVERS
Sep 20, 2005
SAMUEL MARIN, 30, of Rome, Georgia, pleaded guilty today to two counts of a federal indictment charging him with offering a bribe to a public official and falsely claiming to be a United States citizen.
SAMUEL MARIN
Sep 20, 2005
A federal grand jury has returned a child exploitation indictment against RON FOURAKER, age 54, of Conover, North Carolina.
RON FOURAKER
Sep 14, 2005
ANTHONY SIMBOLI, 32, pleaded guilty to threatening the President and judges of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
ANTHONY SIMBOLI
Sep 9, 2005
WILLIAM CLAYTON CRUTCHFIELD, 60, also known as “Bill Crutchfield,” of Snellville, Georgia, pleaded guilty today to three counts of a federal indictment related to the shooting and attempted murder of a federal employee.
WILLIAM CLAYTON CRUTCHFIELD
Sep 8, 2005
SALVADOR VILLANUEVA-FABELA, 37, of Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Beverly B. Martin on charges of trafficking in methamphetamine, conspiring to trade methamphetamine for guns, possessing firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes, and other related counts.
SALVADOR VILLANUEVA-FABELA
Sep 6, 2005
A federal grand jury today indicted JOSEPH GARRISON, 31, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on charges of bank fraud and identity theft.
JOSEPH GARRISON
Sep 1, 2005
Law enforcement action against multiple defendants related to the sale and distribution of crack cocaine in Statham, and other locations in Barrow County, Georgia. Named and charged with distribution of cocaine base in federal indictments are: MARCUS B. HALE, 21, of Hull, Georgia; LINWOOD CLAUDE HARRIS Jr., 31, of Winder, Georgia; MICHAEL LOUIS MAYWEATHER , 42, of Winder, Georgia; LARRY MICHAEL WARD, 28, of Commerce, Georgia: and JAMAR YOUNG, 25, of Winder, Georgia. This morning law enforcement officers began arresting those individuals charged in the federal indictments.
DEFENDANTS INDICTED AS PART OF CRACKDOWN ON CRACK COCAINE DISTRIBUTION IN BARROW COUNTY
Sep 1, 2005
CORRY THOMPSON, 29, of College Park, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Thomas W. Thrash, Jr., on charges of possession of crack cocaine, powder cocaine, marijuana, and ecstasy with intent to distribute; possession of firearms by a convicted felon; and possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes.
CORRY THOMPSON
August 2005
Aug 29, 2005
MICHAEL SAPP, 44, of Douglasville, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Julie E. Carnes, on charges of unauthorized disclosure of taxpayer information.
MICHAEL SAPP
Aug 29, 2005
A federal grand jury has returned an indictment against 30 members and associates of a violent drug gang in a case code-named "Operation Reclaim."
Operation Reclaim
Aug 26, 2005
CHRIS J. BECKER, 53, of Shelbyville, Kentucky, was sentenced today by United States District Judge J. Owen Forrester, on a charge of crossing state lines with the intent to engage in a sexual act with a person under 12.
CHRIS J. BECKER
Aug 26, 2005
GARY WILLIAM MATRE, age 48, of Hiram, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Harold L. Murphy, on charges of possessing child pornography.
GARY WILLIAM MATRE
Aug 25, 2005
JENNIFER C. GRANT, 47, formerly of Jamaica, Atlanta, Georgia, and London, England, pleaded guilty today to one count of a federal indictment charging a conspiracy to violate the bank fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, interstate and foreign travel fraud, bankruptcy fraud and money laundering statutes by defrauding real estate owners, real estate investors, and mortgage lenders.
JENNIFER C. GRANT
Aug 25, 2005
A federal grand jury has returned an indictment against AARON M. HUROWITZ, 55, of Atlanta, Georgia, charging him with 80 counts of health care fraud, money laundering, and five counts of obstructing a federal health care fraud investigation.
AARON M. HUROWITZ
Aug 24, 2005
CHALANA C. MCFARLAND, 37, a/k/a “Chalana Cosby,” a former Atlanta area real estate closing attorney who later moved operations to Miami, Florida, was sentenced by United States District Judge Thomas W. Thrash, Jr., on charges of conspiracy, bank fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud, identity theft, fraudulent use of social security numbers, money laundering, obstruction of justice, and perjury.
CHALANA C. MCFARLAND
Aug 22, 2005
ERIC ROBERT RUDOLPH, 38, of Murphy, North Carolina, today was sentenced by United States District Judge Charles Pannell for three bombings in the Atlanta area in 1996 and 1997, including the bombing at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Olympic Games.
ERIC ROBERT RUDOLPH
Aug 18, 2005
A federal Magistrate Judge today unsealed an indictment charging ERIC TOPEL, 33, of Destin, Florida, and CHRISTOPHER TOPEL, 43, of Atlanta, Georgia, both Doctors of Chiropractic, with health care fraud relating to fraudulent billings to an insurance company.
ERIC TOPEL & CHRISTOPHER TOPEL
Aug 18, 2005
A federal grand jury has returned an indictment against 15 men from Georgia and Alabama on firearms charges related to machine guns. The defendants are: LARRY BUSH, 50, of Lawrenceville, Georgia; MICHAEL A. MILLER, 49, of Carrollton, Georgia; J. COREY ADAMS, 28, of Carrollton, Georgia; KEVIN BUSH, 42, of South Shore, Kentucky; MARK S. MILLER, 43, of Carrollton, Georgia; DONALD WALLS, 64, of Roopville, Georgia; HUEY HUTCHINSON, 66, of Carrollton, Georgia; JOSEPH STANLEY NABORS, 49, of Dallas, Georgia; PHILLIP SLAUGHTER, of Douglasville, Georgia; BRUCE WADE WILKINSON, 40, of Columbus, Georgia; RODNEY WILLIAMS, 44, of Roopville, Georgia; JOHN ARRINGTON, 33, of Heflin, Alabama; THOMAS MORRISON, 42, of Villa Rica, Georgia; SPENCER GAY, 33, of Carrollton, Georgia; and MICHAEL ALAN HARRIS, 50, of Carrollton, Georgia. The indictment was unsealed yesterday to allow the coordinated arrests of the defendants. Thus far, 12 of the defendants have been arrested and 2 more are expected to turn themselves in soon. The remaining defendant, KEVIN BUSH, is considered a fugitive in the Kentucky area.
15 MEN FROM GEORGIA AND ALABAMA INDICTED ON FEDERAL MACHINE GUN CHARGES
Aug 15, 2005
ANDREW JOSEPH MILLER, 29, of Tunnel Hill, Georgia, pleaded guilty today to one count of a federal indictment which charged him with receiving and distributing child pornography in interstate commerce over the internet.
ANDREW JOSEPH MILLER
Aug 12, 2005
JORGE TAFOLLA BUENROSTRO, 52, of Plainville, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Harold L. Murphy, on charges of Possession of Firearms by a Convicted Felon and Distribution of Methamphetamine.
JORGE TAFOLLA BUENROSTRO
Aug 11, 2005
DAVID ALAN FREEMAN, 39, of Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Charles A. Pannell, Jr., on charges of depriving a person of their civil rights by misusing official authority.
DAVID ALAN FREEMAN
Aug 8, 2005
Unsealing of a federal grand jury indictment against 18 members of a violent street gang known as “SureZos-13,” also known as “SUR-13.” The indictment charges 14 defendants with being part of a racketeering conspiracy and 3 additional defendants with violent crimes related to racketeering. The indictment was returned by a federal grand jury under seal on July 12th and unsealed on August 5th to allow the coordinated arrests of the defendants.
"SUR-13" STREET GANG
Aug 8, 2005
MARION SHERRILL, 58, of Monroe, Georgia, a former investment advisor with J.P. Turner& Company, LLC, was arraigned today on a 26-count criminal indictment, for operating a mail fraud and securities fraud scheme to defraud former investment clients, and for obstructing an investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
MARION SHERRILL
Aug 4, 2005
“OPERATION ENIGMA” defendants sentenced for distributing over $50 million in drugs in less than 1 year.
More on “OPERATION ENIGMA”
Aug 3, 2005
TERRY STEPHEN CRAWFORD, 46, of Catoosa County, Georgia, pleaded guilty today to charges of removing and damaging archaeological resources located on public lands and removing items having commercial and archaeological value.
TERRY STEPHEN CRAWFORD
Aug 3, 2005
A federal jury has returned a guilty verdict against MELVIN WALKER, 41, of Conyers, Georgia, and DAVID RAMSEY, 33, of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, on charges of conspiracy, interstate murder for hire, and substantive murder for hire charges.
MELVIN WALKER, and DAVID RAMSEY
July 2005
July 28, 2005
A federal grand jury has returned seven indictments charging fifteen DEFENDANTS with heroin distribution.
INDICTMENTS UNSEALED IN "PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS” HEROIN RING PROSECUTIONS
July 28, 2005
A federal jury returned a guilty verdict against STANLEY STREET, 45, of Jonesboro, Georgia on three counts of armed bank robbery in Atlanta, Georgia, using force, violence, and intimidation, and three counts of using a firearm during these crimes of violence.
STANLEY STREET
July 27, 2005
A federal grand jury has returned an indictment against WILLIAM CLAYTON CRUTCHFIELD, a/k/a “Bill Crutchfield,” 60, of Snellville, Georgia, on charges related to the assault and attempted murder of a federal employee.
WILLIAM CLAYTON CRUTCHFIELD
July 18, 2005
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and U.S. Attorney Alice H. Martin of the Northern District of Alabama announced today that Eric Robert Rudolph has been sentenced by a federal judge in Birmingham to two consecutive terms of life in prison without the possibility of parole for the fatal bombing of a Birmingham family planning clinic in 1998 that killed Police Officer Robert Sanderson and critically injured nurse Emily Lyons. The court also ordered restitution to the victims in the amount of $1,002,176.43.
ERIC ROBERT RUDOLPH
July 14, 2005
BEN NYEMAH BADIO, a/k/a “Kawi Badio,” 46, of Norcross, Georgia, was sentenced today for operating a $1.5 million tax fraud scheme.
BEN NYEMAH BADIO
July 14, 2005
Three men were sentenced today to as much as five years in prison for participating in the largest ecstasy manufacturing operation prosecuted in Georgia. The leaders of the manufacturing conspiracy established and operated at least seven ecstasy laboratories in the Atlanta area starting in 1998 and continuing until their arrest by federal agents in November 2003.
DEFENDANTS SENTENCED IN GEORGIA’S LARGEST ECSTASY MANUFACTURING CASE
June 2005
June 14, 2005
JOSE QUEZADAS-FIERROS, 32, of Mableton, Georgia has been sentenced on charges of conspiring to manufacture marijuana.
JOSE QUEZADAS-FIERROS
June 10, 2005
BEN VASSEGHI, 30, of Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced late yesterday by United States District Judge Thomas W. Thrash on two counts of conspiring to import and distribute ecstasy, four counts of importation of ecstasy, and one count of attempted importation of ecstasy.
BEN VASSEGHI
June 8, 2005
19 defendants have been indicted by a federal grand jury on 21 counts, charging conspiracy, bank loan fraud, mail fraud, and wire fraud, relating to a mortgage fraud scheme that targeted the “4001 Cascade” subdivision in Fulton County. The 19 defendants are: MARCUS C. ALCINDOR, a/k/a “Christopher Alcindor,” 42, of St. Lucia; CHRISTOPHER BAKER, 40, of Canada; CARL BEST, 42, of New York City; CHERYL DENNY, 42, of St. Lucia; JEREMY DERCOLA, 29, of Douglasville, Georgia; FRED FARMER, 59, of Roswell, Georgia; MICHAEL FLAKE, 31, of Stone Mountain, Georgia; WESLEY GOLDEN, 57, of Atlanta, Georgia; RILEY GRAHAM, a/k/a “Riley Williams,” 39, of Detroit, Michigan; WENDELL HIGGS, 42, of Suwanee, Georgia; PHILLIP E. HILL, 49, of Blounstown, Florida; CORTNEY JACKSON, 49, of Detroit, Michigan; JAMES MOSS, a/k/a “Dr. James Moss,” 49, of Roswell, Georgia; JULIAN PEREZ, a/k/a “Tony Perez,” 49, of Roswell, Georgia; BRANT PETREE, 23, of Marietta, Georgia; ROBERT POWERS, 45, of Cumming, Georgia; ANNETTE SPEAR, 50, of Union City, Georgia; DAVID THOMAS, 46, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and DAVID VAN MERSBERGEN, 46, of Atlanta, Georgia.
NINETEEN INDICTED IN MORTGAGE FRAUD
June 8, 2005
GUILFORD WATSON, 56, of Goldsboro, North Carolina, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Clarence Cooper, on charges of Enticing a Child to Engage in Illegal Sexual Activity and Distribution of Child Pornography.
GUILFORD WATSON
June 7, 2005
MICHAEL SAPP, 44, of Douglasville, Georgia, pleaded guilty today to charges of unauthorized disclosure of taxpayer information.
MICHAEL SAPP
June 3, 2005
“Operation Meth Merchant” has resulted in 24 indictments of 49 individuals and 16 corporations associated with convenience stores in Northwest Georgia. The defendants are charged with selling ephedrine and/or pseudoephedrine and/or other products and materials, knowing or having reason to know that the buyer’s intended purpose for the product was to manufacture methamphetamine. Along with today’s arrests of the defendants, law enforcement officers are executing 25 federal search warrants at stores and a residence associated with the alleged crimes.
“Operation Meth Merchant”
May 2005
May 23, 2005
CARLOS GARZA, 35, of Marietta, Georgia, and JESUS URIBE, 36, of Atlanta, Georgia were sentenced today by United States District Judge Beverly B. Martin on charges of Conspiracy to Possess with the Intent to Distribute Cocaine and Methamphetamine.
CARLOS GARZA
May 23, 2005
MARSHALL GILLEY, 55, of Lanett, Alabama, and G. E. ROBINSON TRUCKING COMPANY, INC., of LaGrange, Georgia, were sentenced today by United States District Judge Jack T. Camp.
MARSHALL GILLEY
May 17, 2005
A federal grand jury has returned an indictment against JON FIELDING YOST, 41, of Alpharetta, Georgia, on a charge of attempting to entice a child to engage in illegal sexual activity.
JON FIELDING YOST
May 13, 2005
OFER BARLEV, 40, and KAREN BARLEV, 42, both of Marietta, Georgia, were sentenced today by United States District Judge Charles A. Pannell Jr., on charges of wire fraud and money laundering.
OFER BARLEV, and KAREN BARLEV
May 12, 2005
THOMAS E. MCMURRAIN, 37, formerly of Atlanta, Georgia, pleaded guilty today to four counts of a federal indictment on charges of mail fraud and wire fraud.
THOMAS E. MCMURRAIN
May 10, 2005
JUDITH H. “JUDY” HOOPER, a/k/a “Jerry Dale Hunter,” 55, today pleaded guilty to charges of mortgage fraud, obtaining false Social Security numbers and conspiracy.
JUDITH H. “JUDY” HOOPER
May 06, 2005
DAMON DEPREECE GARRETT, 21, of Lithonia, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge J. Owen Forrester on charges of car jacking, discharging a firearm during the car jacking, assaulting a federal officer, and using a firearm to commit the assault.
DAMON DEPREECE GARRETT
May 05, 2005
United States District Judge Harold L. Murphy has sentenced ABRAHAM KENNARD, 46, of Wildwood, Georgia, on charges relating to an advance-fee fraud scheme known as “the church funding project.”
ABRAHAM KENNARD
May 05, 2005
RANDALL C. HACKLER, 41, of Marietta, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Willis B. Hunt, Jr., on charges of conspiracy to commit credit card fraud and receipt of goods obtained with stolen credit cards.
RANDALL C. HACKLER
May 05, 2005
GLORIA CANAS, 45, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Marvin H. Shoob on charges of money laundering.
GLORIA CANAS
May 05, 2005
RILEY LEDBETTER, 36, of Newport, North Carolina, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Jack T. Camp on charges of attempting to induce a minor into sexual activity.
RILEY LEDBETTER
May 04, 2005
ROBERT S. ROSOLANKO, 35, of Binghamton, New York, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Charles A. Pannell, Jr. on a charge of wire fraud.
ROBERT S. ROSOLANKO
May 03, 2005
A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging CHARLES FEMERY PEEBLES, 55, of Flowery Branch, Georgia, with wire fraud, mail fraud, bank fraud and identity theft.
CHARLES FEMERY PEEBLES
April 2005
April 30, 2005
The District Attorney’s Office in Fulton County, Georgia will receive $714,150 from the Department of Justice to help solve old, unsolved “cold” cases and to identify the missing using DNA evidence.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HELPS WITH “COLD CASES” IN GEORGIA
April 29, 2005
A federal grand jury has returned an indictment against MICHAEL RENE GARRETT, 26, of Morrow, Georgia, on charges of kidnapping.
MICHAEL RENE GARRETT
April 28, 2005
Indictments over the past two weeks of separate cases involving solicitation of young children over the internet and distribution of child pornography.
SIX SEPARATE INDICTMENTS RETURNED FOR CHILD EXPLOITATION OFFENSES
April 27, 2005
A federal grand jury has returned an indictment against TED ISEGHOHI EDWARDS 44, a/k/a “Steve Poncho,” “Prince Lewis,” and “Dee;” OGOEGBUNAM UMENYIORA , 30, a/k/a “Jason Williams,” and “J.R.;” and GREGORY SHIELDS, 28, a/k/a “Greg,” all of Atlanta, Georgia, on charges of conspiracy to export stolen vehicles and to transport them across state and country lines.
THREE INDICTED IN SCHEME TO SHIP STOLEN LUXURY VEHICLES
April 27, 2005
RICHARD G. HUTCHESON, 41, of LaGrange, Georgia, has pleaded guilty to a Criminal Information charging him with mail fraud.
RICHARD G. HUTCHESON
April 20, 2005
A federal grand jury has returned an indictment against ZAYEAD CHRISTOPHER HAJAIG a/ka Barry John Felton.
ZAYEAD CHRISTOPHER HAJAIG
April 19, 2005
BEN NYEMAH BADIO, a/k/a Kawi Badio, 46, of Norcross, Georgia, pleaded guilty yesterday to a 22 count indictment charging him with operating a $1.5 million tax fraud scheme, including 1 count of criminal conspiracy, 9 counts of filing false claims with the IRS, 9 counts of bank fraud, and 3 counts of money laundering.
BEN NYEMAH BADIO
April 15, 2005
MARK G. DAVIS, 41, of Lilburn, Georgia, was sentenced late yesterday by United States District Judge Julie E. Carnes, on a charge of conspiracy to commit mortgage fraud.
MARK G. DAVIS
April 14, 2005
Another round of indictments of fraudulent tax return preparers. On April 12, 2005, a federal grand jury returned two indictments charging DEBORAH ANN HILL, 37, of Marietta, Georgia, and LARRY VONZELL BLACK, 50, of Canton, Georgia.
DEBORAH ANN HILL, and LARRY VONZELL BLACK
April 13, 2005
ERIC ROBERT RUDOLPH, 38, of Murphy, North Carolina, today pleaded guilty to a series of bombings between 1996 and 1998. RUDOLPH was indicted in the Northern District of Georgia for the fatal bombing at Centennial Olympic Park on July 27, 1996, which killed Olympic spectator Alice Hawthorne and seriously injured more than 100 other people; the bombing of a Sandy Springs, Georgia, family planning clinic on Jan. 16, 1997, which injured more than 50 people; and the bombing of a Midtown Atlanta nightclub, the Otherside Lounge, on Feb. 21, 1997, which injured five people. RUDOLPH also was indicted in the Northern District of Alabama for the fatal bombing of a Birmingham family planning clinic on Jan. 29, 1998, which killed Birmingham Police Officer Robert Sanderson and critically injured nurse Emily Lyons.
ERIC ROBERT RUDOLPH
April 8, 2005
Eric Robert Rudolph will plead guilty to federal charges stemming from a series of bombings, including the fatal attacks at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta during the 1996 Olympics and at a Birmingham, Alabama family planning clinic in 1998.
ERIC ROBERT RUDOLPH
April 8, 2005
DAVID PAUL ERDMAN, 41, of Griffin, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Jack T. Camp, on charges of possession of child pornography.
DAVID PAUL ERDMAN
April 7, 2005
The prosecution of several fraudulent tax return preparers and other criminal tax offenders in the Northern District of Georgia. With the tax deadline for filing tax returns rapidly approaching, federal officials today issued a warning to citizens, especially those in the business of preparing fraudulent tax returns, and those trusting their returns to tax return preparers, that federal tax authorities continue to dedicate resources to prosecuting those who assist others in preparing fraudulent tax returns.
TAX CASES CONTINUE AS APRIL 15 DEADLINE APPROACHES
April 6, 2005
This coming week is the 25th anniversary of the National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, first proclaimed by President Reagan in 1981. During the week of April 10 to 16, this silver anniversary will be celebrated across the United States by crime victims and survivors, the thousands of professionals and volunteers who serve them, and supporters from the general public. In this district one important event commemorating the anniversary will be the fifteenth annual Crime Victims’ Memorial Service to be held at Northside United Methodist Church, 2799 Northside Drive, on Sunday, April 10 at 3:00 p.m.
AMERICA CELEBRATES NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMS’ RIGHTS WEEK’S SILVER ANNIVERSARY
April 1, 2005
ROBERT STEWART, 33, of College Park, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Thomas W. Thrash, Jr., on charges related to conspiracy, bank fraud, identity theft and making false claims to the Department of Veteran’s Affairs.
ROBERT STEWART
March 2005
Mar 29, 2005
CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL TERRY, age 35, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Thomas W. Thrash, Jr., on charges of using a computer to entice a child to engage in sexual activity and transporting child pornography.
CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL TERRY
Mar 29, 2005
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales has announced the appointment of five new members to serve three-year terms on his 2005 Attorney General’s Advisory Committee of United States Attorneys.
News Release
Mar 25, 2005
A federal jury returned guilty verdicts today against EDDIE OLIVER, 30, VINCENT WILLIAMS, 33, and DEMETRIUS REVERE, 31, of Northwest Atlanta, on charges of racketeering, possession of cocaine and crack cocaine with intent to distribute, armed robbery, and possession of firearms. Oliver was acquitted of robbery and firearms possession.
FEDERAL JURY CONVICTS DIABLOS GANG MEMBERS
Mar 25, 2005
TURHAN JAMAR LAMONS, age 24, of Morrow, was convicted by a federal jury today on the charge of maliciously conveying false information concerning an attempt to damage a civil aircraft and commit an act of violence against aircraft passengers.
TURHAN JAMAR LAMONS
Mar 25, 2005
NIA M. REED, 30, of Atlanta, Georgia, has entered a plea of guilty to two counts of having made false statements concerning alleged terrorist activity.
NIA M. REED
Mar 24, 2005
ROGER F. KAHN, 59, of Bartow County, Georgia, and GLEN M. (MIKE) BRAMLETT, 49, of Bartow County, Georgia have been sentenced for unlawfully taking and killing approximately 3,300 migratory birds in violation of federal law, and KAHN CATTLE COMPANY, LLC has been sentenced for disposing of a hazardous waste without a permit.
ROGER F. KAHN, and GLEN M. BRAMLETT - Advertisement
Mar 24, 2005
A federal grand jury has charged 14 defendants in an 11-count indictment alleging a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, actual distribution of methamphetamine, and possession of firearms in connection with this drug trafficking.
14 INDICTED IN METHAMPHETAMINE DISTRIBUTION RING
Mar 24, 2005
MARCUS ABERCROMBIE, 34, of Duluth, Georgia, pleaded guilty today to charges of access device fraud and conspiracy to commit access device fraud and wire fraud in a hearing before U.S. District Judge Richard W. Story.
MARCUS ABERCROMBIE
Mar 23, 2005
A federal grand jury indicted ANTHONY SIMBOLI, 32, for mailing a threatening communication to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta.
ANTHONY SIMBOLI
Mar 23, 2005
ALEM FARD LOFTON, age 41, of Atlanta, Georgia, was charged yesterday for falsely threatening to detonate a bomb at the Richard B. Russell Federal Building.
ALEM FARD LOFTON
Mar 18, 2005
Officials from around the United States will be in Atlanta beginning Tuesday as part of a nationwide effort to fight violent crime and restore neighborhoods through the Weed and Seed initiative.
OFFICIALS FROM AROUND NATION TO MEET IN ATLANTA STARTING TUESDAY FOR CRIME FIGHTING AND COMMUNITY BUILDING WORKSHOP
Mar 18, 2005
FREDDY OCHOA, a/k/a “El Kojo,” a/k/a “Shadow,” 22, and JOSE MARTINEZ-GUTIERREZ a/k/a “Angel,” 22, both of Atlanta, Georgia, were sentenced today by United States District Judge Julie E. Carnes, on charges of committing crimes of violence in aid of a racketeering enterprise.
TWO LATIN KING GANG MEMBERS SENTENCED FOR VIOLENT CRIMES
Mar 18, 2005
JOHN EDMOND HARRELL, 23, and LEO BIBBS, III, 22, both of Atlanta, Georgia, were sentenced today by United States District Judge Thomas W. Thrash, Jr., on charges of providing false information to a federally licensed firearms dealer.
JOHN EDMOND HARRELL, and LEO BIBBS
Mar 17, 2005
A federal indictment has been unsealed and 22 defendants in North Georgia in the process of being arrested on charges related to a scheme to distribute methamphetamine, marijuana, and powerful prescription drugs.
INDICTMENT UNSEALED: 22 CHARGED IN LARGE SCALE DRUG SCHEME
Mar 16, 2005
A federal grand jury has returned an indictment against the following defendants: KIMBERLY BROWN, 35, of Fort Campbell, Kentucky; KHADY MBENGUE, 34, of College Park, Georgia; RICHARD SIMON, a/k/a Richard St. Cyre, 38, of Snellville, Georgia; JUDY GARCIA, 42, of Plainfield, New Jersey; and ANTHONY WORTHY, 40, of Chester, South Carolina.
5 INDICTED IN SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER CONSPIRACY
Mar 09, 2005
A federal grand jury has returned an indictment against TEODOR SVETOSLAVOV BALEV, 25, of Atlanta, Georgia, on charges of making a false statement regarding terroristic threats.
TEODOR SVETOSLAVOV BALEV
Mar 09, 2005
DEA agents acting together with local law enforcement officers have made a record seizure of 174 pounds of suspected crystal methamphetamine (“ice”) and approximately $1 million in cash from two residences located in the Atlanta area.
LARGEST ICE SEIZURE IN ATLANTA AREA UNDER INVESTIGATION
Mar 07, 2005
MAZHAR PASHA, 52, of Hampton, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Willis B. Hunt, Jr.,for executing a scheme to defraud Medicare.
MAZHAR PASHA
Mar 04, 2005
KELVIN RENARD OWENS, 34, of Jonesboro, Georgia, pleaded guilty and was sentenced today by United States Magistrate Judge Alan Baverman, on a charge of sexual assault.
KELVIN RENARD OWENS
Mar 04, 2005
ROBERT PETERSON, 74, a/k/a “Ron Peterson”, of Atlanta, Georgia, and JAMES RONALD DAVIS, 64, of Atlanta, Georgia, were sentenced today by United States District Judge Julie Carnes, both on a fraud charge relating to inducing investors to travel to Atlanta from other states as part of a scheme to defraud the investors.
PETERSON, DAVIS SENTENCED IN INVESTMENT PHONE SCHEME
Mar 03, 2005
DAVID WILLIAM SCOTT, age 34, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Charles A. Pannell, Jr., on charges of using a computer to induce a person under 18 to engage in sexual activity, traveling in interstate commerce with the intent to engage in a sexual act with a person under 18, and crossing state lines with the intent to engage in a sexual act with a person under 12.
DAVID WILLIAM SCOTT
Mar 03, 2005
DEBORAH L. THROWER, 51, and SHASHONA P. PAYTON, 34, both of Stone Mountain, Georgia, were sentenced today by United States District Judge Clarence Cooper on charges of conspiracy to commit tax fraud.
DEBORAH L. THROWER, 51, and SHASHONA P. PAYTON
Mar 02, 2005
A federal grand jury has returned an indictment against ROBERT BOUDREAU, 50, of Woodstock, Georgia. The indictment charges BOUDREAU with traveling in foreign commerce and engaging in sexually explicit conduct with a person under the age of 18, and manufacturing and possessing child pornography.
ROBERT BOUDREAU
Mar 02, 2005
LEONARD HERBERT SHANNON, 35, of Jefferson, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge William C. O' Kelley on charges of possession of child pornography.
LEONARD HERBERT SHANNON
Mar 02, 2005
SIMONA VICHERKOVA, 27, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, pleaded guilty today to two counts of a federal indictment on charges of conspiracy to commit immigration document fraud and receipt of a stolen vehicle.
SIMONA VICHERKOVA
Mar 01, 2005
A federal grand jury has returned a 92-count indictment charging 21 defendants with bank fraud and making false statements to two banks related to a loan fraud scheme.
21 INDICTED IN $4.5 MILLION LOAN FRAUD SCHEME; FALSE STATEMENTS TO BANKS
Mar 01, 2005
A federal grand jury has returned an indictment against ROBERT BOUDREAU, 50, of Woodstock, Georgia. The indictment BOUDREAU with traveling in foreign commerce and engaging in sexually explicit conduct with a person under the age of 18, and manufacturing and possessing child pornography.
ROBERT BOUDREAU


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