BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) New York Division, announced that Boys Gang member Letorrance Travis, 30, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of racketeering conspiracy and conspiracy to possess with intent...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ROBERT DIAZ, a/k/a “Facey,” a/k/a “Face,” was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan to 120 months in prison for distributing heroin and other narcotics, including heroin that...

(SAVANNAH, Ga.) – Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Secretary Alex M. Azar III, announced today the largest ever health care fraud enforcement action involving 601 charged defendants across 58 federal districts, including 165 doctors, nurses and other licensed medical professionals, for their alleged...

(ATLANTA) – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia, in partnership with the Atlanta-Carolinas High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Program, has released an opioid public service announcement that reminds Georgians that the opioid epidemic demands the urgent attention of everyone in our community. “Fighting this epidemic...

SAVANNAH, Ga. – Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Secretary Alex M. Azar III, announced today the largest ever health care fraud enforcement action involving 601 charged defendants across 58 federal districts, including 165 doctors, nurses and other licensed medical professionals, for their alleged...

ATLANTA – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia, in partnership with the Atlanta-Carolinas High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Program, have released an opioid public service announcement to remind Georgians that the opioid epidemic demands the urgent attention of everyone in our community. “Georgians unfortunately have...

ATLANTA – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia, in partnership with the Atlanta-Carolinas High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Program, has released an opioid public service announcement that reminds Georgians that the opioid epidemic demands the urgent attention of everyone in our community. “Fighting this epidemic...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - CVS Pharmacy, Inc. (“CVS”) has agreed to pay $1.5 million to resolve the United States’ investigation that certain of its pharmacy stores located in Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island violated the federal Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) by failing to timely report the loss or theft...

(NEW YORK) - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the Police Department for the City...

(PLATTSBURGH, N.Y.) - Jimolo Coates, a.k.a. “Lo,” Marlo,” “Brodie,” age 25, of Annapolis, Maryland, was sentenced today to 188 months in prison, to be followed by eight years of supervised release, for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute heroin. The announcement was made by United States...