PRESS RELEASE

Owner Of Kentucky Pain Clinics Faces Additional Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering Charges

March 20, 2013
… illegally distributing and dispensing prescription drugs to buy a house in Willisburg, Kentucky, a boat, farm property, …
March 20, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Ohio Woman Pleads Guilty To Conspiring To Kidnap Man After Failed Cocaine Deal

October 20, 2017
… individual told Casillas that an associate of his wanted to buy one kilogram of cocaine. Casillas and Hernandez agreed …
October 20, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Two Men Sentenced In Shreveport For Cocaine And Methamphetamine Charges

July 09, 2015
… on January 21, 2014. Using surveillance and controlled buys, agents recorded the defendants at various times …
July 09, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Seven Charlotte Men Sentenced For Conspiracy To Traffic Narcotics

April 15, 2014
… 2013, law enforcement made approximately 30 undercover drug buys from the defendants at or near a residence located on …
April 15, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Six Mission, Texas Residents Plead Guilty To Participating In Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering Scheme

January 23, 2017
… derived from the importation, receiving, concealment, buying, and/or selling of cocaine; (2), transport or …
January 23, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Hartford Man Sentenced To 7 Years In Prison For Role In Armed Robbery

August 07, 2014
… to a house on Case Street in Hartford for the purpose of buying stolen jewelry.  When one of the individuals entered …
August 07, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

New York Man Imprisoned 39 Months For Heroin Trafficking

August 27, 2014
… used confidential informants to make controlled buys of the heroin from Willis and Murphy in the Rutland …
August 27, 2014
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Four Ruston, La. Residents Sentenced For Conspiracy To Distribute And Possess Cocaine

January 05, 2016
… to July 2014 in the Lincoln Parish area. They were recorded buying cocaine and scheduling to convert cocaine to crack …
January 05, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty To Drug And Firearms Charges

March 09, 2016
… to court records, in June 2015, while DEA agents were buying heroin undercover from an unnamed trafficker, they …
March 09, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Arkansas Man Sentenced To 65 Months In Federal Prison For Drug Trafficking

October 12, 2016
… and the Springdale Narcotics Unit conducted two controlled buys with an intermediary for Calderon in which a quantity …
October 12, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

7 Sentenced In DEA Investigation Of Methamphetamine Trafficking In Alabama

April 20, 2017
… she led the operation by sending couriers to Atlanta to buy multiple kilograms of methamphetamine between January …
April 20, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

38 Charged In Three Separate Drug Trafficking Conspiracies

March 03, 2011
… end user. They don’t care if people spend their last penny buying these drugs. They don’t care if these individuals …
March 03, 2011
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Statement by the Administrator on DEA’s Settlement Agreement with Truepill Pharmacy

November 06, 2023
DEA Administrator Remarks
… has accepted responsibility for operating an unregistered online pharmacy, filling prescriptions for Schedule II …
November 06, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

National Health Care Fraud Takedown Results in Charges Nationwide and in the Southern District Of Georgia

June 28, 2018
… the Civil Division, has collectively won or negotiated over $2 billion in judgments and settlements related to … schemed from 2008 to 2018 to claim at least $1.5 million in reimbursements from Medicare for durable medical … the very programs focused on providing assistance to millions, or anyone who thinks they can divert dangerous …
June 28, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

National Health Care Fraud Takedown Results in Charges Nationwide and in the Southern District Of Georgia

June 28, 2018
… the Civil Division, has collectively won or negotiated over $2 billion in judgments and settlements related to … schemed from 2008 to 2018 to claim at least $1.5 million in reimbursements from Medicare for durable medical … the very programs focused on providing assistance to millions, or anyone who thinks they can divert dangerous …
June 28, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Dayton Men Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murder of DEA Task Force Officer

September 17, 2024
… to prevent federal agents from seizing approximately half-a-million dollars in fentanyl and other drugs, Nathan Goddard, … cash. As the government’s sentencing memorandum notes, the amount of fentanyl recovered from the basement represented millions of potential street sales of fentanyl – enough …
September 17, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Announces New Los Angeles Field Division Special Agent in Charge

August 14, 2025
… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark … legal, and executive leadership experience built over the course of a distinguished 17-year DEA career and … as the DEA’s most complex and high-impact divisions, covering Southern California, Nevada, Hawaii, and the U.S. …
August 14, 2025
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Joint investigation by federal, state and local authorities leads to 14 arrests and seizure of over 25 kilograms of fentanyl/heroin and cocaine

June 20, 2019
… and local authorities leads to 14 arrests and seizure of over 25 kilograms of fentanyl/heroin and cocaine June 20, … culminated in this week’s takedown after months of undercover operations and cutting-edge surveillance of a …
June 20, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Colombian Narcotrafficker Sentenced to 18 Years’ Imprisonment

September 14, 2021
… 720-431-8836 The Defendant Also Ordered to Forfeit $20 Million as Part of His Sentence BROOKLYN, NY - Earlier … streets with tens of thousands of pounds of cocaine over a six-year period,” stated HSI Special Agent-in-Charge …
September 14, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Investigations Lead To Treasury 311 Patriot Act Designation Against Hizballah-Backed Financial Institutions

April 23, 2013
… to target illicit financial networks that launder millions of dollars in funds for narcotics traffickers and … Department, working with our partners across the Federal government, will aggressively expose and disrupt …
April 23, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Former Head of Gulf Cartel Receives Life Sentence for Importing Kilos of Drugs

September 15, 2022
… to 2012 has been ordered to serve life in prison and to pay millions for his role in conspiring to distribute cocaine … in a conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute over 450 kilograms of cocaine and over 90,000 kilograms of …
September 15, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Indictments Announced Following Wisconsin Drug Trafficking And Illegal Gambling Investigation

June 02, 2011
… 210-4300 Milwaukee - (414) 336-7300 24 charged and $1.3 million in alleged proceeds seized chi060211fig01.jpg … an Illegal Gambling Business. On Tuesday, May 24th, over 150 law enforcement officers from the following …
June 02, 2011
GENERAL INFORMATION

Washington News 2009

July 15, 2021
… Owners Sentenced to Five Years in Prison and Ordered to Pay Over $11 Million for Illegal Internet Sales …
July 15, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Cocaine Trafficker Convicted

August 04, 2022
… 2022, by U.S. District Judge John G. Koeltl, who presided over the eight-day trial.  U.S. Attorney Damian Williams … from purported Colombian suppliers, who were in fact undercover law enforcement agents.  The DTO negotiated for the … transaction with two suitcases stuffed with more than $1.3 million cash, which was intended as a payment for part of …
August 04, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

DEA and partners collect thousands of pounds of unwanted medications and vaping products during the 18th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

November 04, 2019
… its law enforcement partners, has now collected nearly 12.7 million pounds of expired, unused, and unwanted prescription … the public disposed of 36,193 pounds of medications at over 200 collection sites statewide supported by both law …
November 04, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

DEA investigators seeking answers in small Tennessee town

August 28, 2018
… 2017 purchases from distributors totaled more than one million pills CELINA, Tenn . -- DEA investigators this week … to sales data, these pharmacies purchased nearly 1.5 million pills in 2017, a number not typically reflective of … in the supply chain that have helped contribute to record overdose deaths.  "DEA's action today is one of many …
August 28, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Six indicted in interstate marijuana trafficking conspiracy

September 04, 2018
… plants, 546 pounds of processed marijuana, more than $2.8 million in cash, 51 firearms, 26 vehicles, trailers, pieces … clear evidence of what I have repeatedly raised concerns over: Oregon’s marijuana industry is attracting organized … The three properties are valued at a total of roughly $1.7 million. An indictment is only an accusation of a crime, and …
September 04, 2018
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Burien Woman Sentenced To Five Years In Prison For Role In Drug And Money Laundering Conspiracies

December 07, 2012
… cocaine and methamphetamine, as well as laundered millions of dollars in drug proceeds.  Yim’s husband, Drew … Safeway stores to avoid reporting laws on cash transactions over $10,000.  Svetlana Yim invested in properties held in …
December 07, 2012
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Pain Clinic Owners, Distributors And Runners Indicted For Allegedly Conspiring To Operate “Pill Mills”

May 28, 2015
… face a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine for the drug conspiracy. Russell, Fields, and …
May 28, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Announcement of Southeast Michigan Regional Strike Force

September 25, 2018
… here. Additionally, DOJ noticed a significant increase in overdose deaths and identified over 140 neighborhood-based gangs operating in the region. … well as the seizure of 12 weapons and approximately three million dollars in drug proceeds. The seized fentanyl alone …
September 25, 2018