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News and Press Releases
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September 2012
September 21, 2012
U.S. Attorney's Office Joins Medicine Abuse Project and DEA Prescription Drug Take-Back Day
September 11, 20124
U.S. Attorney's Office Presents Civil Rights and Hate Crimes Symposium
September 10, 2012
Federal Prosecutors Charge Southside Man With Mail And Securities Fraud
September 6, 2012
Federal Judge Sentences Birmingham Bank Robber to Nearly 12 Years in Prison
September 5, 2012
Medical Supply Company Agrees to Pay $1.8 million to Settle Claims of Fraudulent Medicare Billing
September 4, 2012
Federal Prosecutors Charge Atlanta Woman with Mortgage Fraud
August 2012
August 28, 2012
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Three Men for Illegally Re-entering United States
Undocumented Alien Indicted in Connection with Counterfeit Identification Documents
Four Men Indicted For Bank Fraud And Identity Theft
Federal Grand Jury Charges Birmingham Man with Distributing Heroin
Huntsville Man Charged with Fraud and Unauthorized Wearing of Military Medals
August 22, 2012
Birmingham Woman Pleads Guilty to Three Counts Of Federal Wire Fraud
August 21, 2012
U.S. Attorney’s Office Forms Civil Rights Enforcement Unit
August 20, 2012
Media Advisory
August 8, 2012
Federal Prosecutors Charge Five People for Fraudulent Home Loan Applications
Bessemer Woman Sentenced to 16 Months in Prison for Disaster Fraud
Pelham Man Pleads Guilty to Laundering Money in Scam with Daughter
August 3, 2012
Four North Alabama Men Convicted in Marijuana Trafficking Conspiracy
August 2, 2012
Office-Supply Warehouse Security Guard Sentenced to 2½ Years in Prison for Theft and Tax Violations
August 1, 2012
Two Armed Career Criminals Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison
July 2012
July 31, 2012
Birmingham Police Officer Indicted for Using Excessive Force
Hayden Man Indicted for Shooting at Historic Biplane
Pinson Man Indicted for Mailing Fictitious Financial Instrument
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Man for Heroin and Methamphetamine Possession
July 26, 2012
Birmingham Business Owner Pleads Guilty to $450,000 Federal Tax Violation
July 24, 2012
Trussville Mortgage Company Owner Pleads Guilty to Federal Tax Violations
July 18, 2012
Livingston Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Distributing Crack Cocaine
Hayden Man Arrested for Shooting at Historic Biplane
July 11, 2012
Saleem Abdul Rasheed Sentenced for Food Stamp Fraud and Filing False Immigration Documents
July 3, 2012
Brookwood Man Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Mortgage Fraud Scheme
July 2, 2012
Birmingham Man Heads to Prison for Aiding Preparation of False Tax Returns
June 2012
June 28, 2012
Birmingham Man Indicted for Attempting to Entice a Minor for Sex
June 27, 2012
Morgan County Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Producing Child Pornography
Birmingham Woman Indicted for Disaster Fraud
Center Point Man Indicted for Bank Fraud
Two Local Men Indicted for Bank Fraud and False Statements
June 25, 2012
Bulgarian National and Florida Woman Plead Guilty to Multi-State Bank Fraud and Identity Theft
White House, Justice Department Announce Law Enforcement Grants For Hiring Of Veterans
June 22, 2012
Former Regions Bank Branch Manager Sentenced to 21 Months in Prison
Somerville Man Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Structuring Currency Transactions
June 20, 2012
Ambulance Company Agrees to Pay $5.4 million to Settle Claims of Fraudulent Medicare Billing
June 14, 2012
Former Jasper Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Bribery
Prosecutors and Women's Fund Join to Present Law Enforcement Training on Human Trafficking
June 13, 2012
Former Alabama Organ Center Associate Director Sentenced for Fraud
June 7, 2012
Shelby County Grandmother Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Conspiring in Murder-for-Hire Scheme
May 2012
May 31, 2012
Jefferson County Man and Woman Indicted For Tax Fraud
SBA Administrator Indicted for Wire Fraud and Theft of Government Funds
Gardendale Woman Indicted for Bank Fraud and Tax Evasion
Decatur Man Indicted for Disaster Fraud
Illegal Immigrant in Boaz Indicted on Drug-trafficking and Weapons Charges
Credit Union Employee Indicted for Embezzlement and Altering Records
Former Tuscaloosa Police Sergeant Charged With Civil Rights Violations
May 30, 2012
Federal Judge Hands Down 33-year and 15-year Prison Sentences for Car-jacking
May 16, 2012
Former Alabama Organ Center Executive Sentenced for Fraud
May 14, 2012
Third Man Charged in String of North Alabama Bank Robberies Pleads Guilty
May 9, 2012
Former School Security Officer Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Production of Child Pornography
May 7, 2012
Tuscaloosa Brothers Indicted and Arrested for Armed Robberies
May 4, 2012
Former Jasper Police Officer Charged with Bribery
May 2, 2012
Shelby County Woman Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Plotting to Kill Ex-husband
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Two People for Disaster Fraud
Three Men Charged with Concealing and Selling Stolen Army Telescopic Rifle Scopes
Lauderdale County Doctor Indicted for Health Care Fraud and Wire Fraud
Two U.S. Mail Carriers Indicted for Delaying and Stealing Mail
Birmingham Resident Indicted for Counterfeit Credit Cards and Identity Theft
Morgan County Man Indicted for Fraudulently Selling Timber Rights off Another Person’s Land
April 2012
April 27, 2012
Community Workshop on Truths and Myths about Islam set in May
April 25, 2012
Former Tuscaloosa County Sherriff's Sergeant Sentenced For Criminal Civil Rights Violations
April 24, 2012
Former Comptroller Of Interconn Resources Inc. Sentenced to Four Years in Prison
April 10, 2012
Convicted Felon Sentenced to Prison for Carrying Firearm and Impersonating a U.S. Marshal
March 2012
March 29, 2012
State Consortium Director Sentenced to 15 1/2 Years in Prison for $7.3 Million Fraud Conspiracy
March 28, 2012
Third Man Indicted in String of 2010 North Alabama Bank Robberies
Trussville Mortgage Company Owner Indicted for Not Filing Income Tax Returns
Mississippi Man Indicted for Robbery of Cadence Bank in Pelham
Bessemer Woman Charged with Making False Statement to Federal Agents
Former American Homecare Hospice CFO Charged with Bank Fraud
March 27, 2012
Federal Symposium on Epidemic of Prescription Drug Abuse Slated for Thursday in Trussville
March 22
Federal Judge Sentences Bessemer Man to 70 Months in Prison for Possessing Child Pornography
March 21, 2012
Montgomery Man Sentenced to 12 ½ Years in Prison for Five Bank Robberies
March 19, 2012
Bessemer Man Pleads Guilty to Food Stamp Fraud and Filing False Immigration Documents
Madison County Court Clerk Gets $5,000 Fine and Probation for Aiding Unauthorized Access to State Court Computers
March 16, 2012
Carbon Hill Court Clerk Sentenced for Embezzling City Funds
March 15, 2012
Former Central Leasing Corp. Executive Sentenced to Two Years for Wire Fraud
Alabaster Man Sentenced to 12 ½ Years in Prison for Child Pornography
March 8, 2012
Justice Deparment and FBI Raise Awareness of Disaster Fraud Hotline
February 29, 2012
Three Tennessee Residents Indicted for Conspiracy and Identity Theft
Birmingham Man, Tarrant Woman Indicted Separately for Disaster Fraud
February 28, 2012
Title Company Owner Sentenced To 12 Months for Mail Fraud
February 23, 2012
Birmingham Woman Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for False Statement to FEMA
February 21, 2011
Final Defendant in Brighton Drug Ring Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison
February 17, 2012
Tuscumbia Man Sentenced For Bank Robbery That Led Authorities to Tax Fraud Case
February 16, 2012
West Alabama Man, Tuscaloosa Woman Sentenced in Separate Disaster Fraud Cases
February 15, 2012
Madison County Circuit Clerk Charged With Aiding and Abetting Unauthorized Access to Sensitive Court Data System
February 13, 2012
Eight People Indicted and Arrested in Marshall County Meth Conspiracy
February 10, 2012
Media Advisory
Uzbek National Pleads Guilty To Charges of Threatening to Kill the President
and Providing Material Support to Terrorist Activity
February 2, 2012
Huntsville Man Charged With Disaster Related Unemployment Assistance Fraud
February 1, 2012
Former Hospice Owner Sentenced for Health Care Fraud
Florida And Illinois Residents Indicted For Conspiracy And Identity Theft
Alabaster Woman Sentenced for Stealing Hospital Patient Information
Bessemer Man Charged with Food Stamp Fraud and Filing False Immigration Documents
January 2012
January 31, 2012
Former School Security Officer Pleads Guilty to One Count of Production of Child Pornography
Former Bank Fraud Prevention Manager Sentenced for Embezzlement
January 27, 2012
Federal Judge Sentences Birmingham Man to Five Years in Prison for Mortgage Fraud Scheme
January 25, 2012
Wife in Bank-Robbing Duo Sentenced to Nearly Six Years in Prison
Birmingham Man Gets Life Plus 40 Years in Prison for Violent Business Robberies
January 24, 2012
Tuscumbia Man Sentenced for Using Fellow Inmates’ Information to Defraud IRS
January 20, 2012
Guilty Verdit on Carjacking and Using, Carrying, or Brandishing a Firearm
January 19, 2011
Two Men Arrested In Boaz On Methamphetamine Distribution Charges
January 17, 2011
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau To Convene Field Hearing In Birmingham, Alabama On Payday Lending
January 11, 2012
Former Meadowcraft CEO Sentenced to 2 ½ Years for Fraud
Federal Judge Sentences Armed Robbers to Long Prison Terms
January 6, 2012
Armed Robber Sentenced to Nearly 13 Years in Prison
U.S. Attorney’s Office Collects $19.4 Million Fine in Jefferson County Sewer Corruption Case
January 3, 2012
U.S. Files Complaint Against National Chain Of Hospice Providers Alleging False Claims On The Medicare Program
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Natural Disaster Fraud Hotline
Members of the public can report fraud, waste, abuse or allegations of mismanagement involving disaster relief operations through the Hotline, toll free, at (866) 720-5721 or the Disaster Fraud e-mail at disaster@leo.gov. Please see the News Release Justice Department Officials Raise Awareness of Disaster Fraud Hotline