BUFFALO, NY - . - A federal grand jury has indicted the following five individuals for conspiring to commit an act of extortion under the pretense of being a U.S. Food and Drug (FDA) agent: Jose Miguel Mercado Garcia, 29, of the Dominican Republic; Zulai Morales, 25, of the Dominican...

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO - On February 10, 2011, a federal grand jury indicted nine individuals as a result of an investigation by the Drug Enforcement (DEA), jointly with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and (ATF) and the Puerto Rico Police (PRPD), announced today United States Attorney Rosa Emilia...

GAINESVILLE, GA. - L'Houssain Mahdioui, 37, of Amsterdam, Netherlands, was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge William O’Kelley to federal prison on charges of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and the importation of LSD into the United States. Mahdioui, who was extradited to the...

VALDOSTA, GA. - United States Attorney Michael J. Moore, Middle District of Georgia, announces the sentencing of Corey Faison, age 32, of Valdosta, on January 27, 2011, before the Honorable Hugh Lawson, United States District Judge, and also the sentencing of Jerome Fletcher, age 40, of Albany, and Joe Nathan...

COLUMBUS, GA. - The United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, Michael J. Moore, announced today that Robert Woods, age 38, of Auburn, Alabama, was sentenced before the Honorable Clay D. Land, United States District Judge. Woods pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine base in...

ROME, GA. - Roderick McCullough, 39, of Cedartown, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Harold L. Murphy to federal prison on charges of operating a drug distribution ring in northwest Georgia. McCullough is the final defendant sentenced out of seven individuals convicted in the scheme. “We removed...

COLUMBIA, SC. - United States Attorney Bill Nettles and Rodney G. Benson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) Atlanta Field Division, announced today that John Truman Poole, Jr, of Spartanburg, South Carolina, entered a guilty plea yesterday in federal court in Greenville, South Carolina, on the charge...

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois announced that Cristy Davis, 28, formerly of Greenville, Ill., was sentenced on February 8, 2011, in United States District Court, East St. Louis. Davis had entered a guilty plea to a superseding...

FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams, announced that a federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today charging Gerardo Norzagaray-Pereda, 31, of Mexico, and Armando Sanchez-Ornelas, 23, of Phoenix, with conspiracy to possess with intent to...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the Department of the Treasury today announced the identification of The Lebanese Canadian Bank SAL together with its (LCB) as a financial institution of primary money laundering concern under Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT (Section 311) for the bank’s role...