PRESS RELEASE

Owner Of Columbus Southern Medical Center Pleads Guilty To Drug, Tax, Fraud Charges: $29 Million Forfeited

January 30, 2017
… fraud charges, and agreed to the forfeiture of what remains from the $29 million in seized funds earned from the clinic’s illegal activities, after restitution is paid from the funds. Benjamin C. Glassman, United States Attorney …
January 30, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Investigation Results In Federal Marijuana And Money Laundering Charges

April 28, 2014
… (571) 387-2558 utahrecruiter@dea.gov Money was being wired from bank accounts in Colombia to bank accounts in Colorado … is not in custody.  He is currently considered a fugitive from justice.  Furtado, Luis Uribe, and Hector Diaz are … include: Effect the international transfer of funds from the Republic of Colombia into the United States to …
April 28, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Two Pharmacists Convicted For Illegally Dispensing To Patients Of A Pill Mill

March 29, 2017
… communities.” “These convictions have removed a huge tumor from the cancer that illicit drug distribution has become …  The hard work invested in this case by all parties, from the U.S. Attorney’s office to the boots on the ground … operated the Medicine Center Pharmacy across the street from one of the pain clinics.   Both Godfrey and Bona …
March 29, 2017
STORY

Methamphetamine Seizures Continue to Climb in the Midwest

July 10, 2019
Methamphetamine
… upon the manufacturing method. Today’s methamphetamine from Mexico comes from mega-labs capable of producing hundreds of pounds of … Years Ago Methamphetamine is a man-made drug originating from amphetamine in Japan in 1919.  Originally used by …
July 10, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Former State Lawmaker Sentenced for COVID-19 Fraud Scheme at Springfield Health Care Charity

February 28, 2023
… the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and remained closed from March to June 2020. Derges sought CARES Act funding for … amount of $503,350. In total, Derges applied for $882,644 from the CARES Act Relief Fund on Lift Up’s behalf. Congress … her claim, Derges provided invoices totaling $296,574 from Dynamic DNA for more than 3,000 COVID-19 laboratory …
February 28, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Two doctors, two licensed physical therapists, a licensed clinical social worker, a pharmacist, and four pharmacy owners and operators among those charged in Brooklyn as part of national health care fraud initiative

September 30, 2020
… to protect our community and our taxpayer-funded programs from the potential harm posed by corrupt healthcare … of conspiring to participate in this broad scheme to steal from the United States taxpayers through both Medicare and …
September 30, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Three Charged in Fentanyl/Heroin Packaging Operation in the Bronx: Over 13 Pounds of Illicit Drug Mixtures Seized

December 05, 2024
… Ciara A. Gregovich 720-431-8836 Bags of Narcotics Tossed from 9th Floor Window onto Ground and Neighbors’ Balconies … fentanyl, heroin, xylazine, methamphetamine, and cocaine, from inside a packaging mill. The drugs are estimated to … Olinville Avenue, a residential building located across from PS 96, The Richard Rogers School.   Bridget G. Brennan, …
December 05, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Fentanyl and heroin darknet vendors indicted

April 05, 2019
… on the darknet, you will have federal law enforcement from every district and state across the nation pursuing … like fentanyl. Tens of thousands of people die every year from overdosing on opioids. We all need to do our part to … 2013 and 2016, she purchased legitimate prescriptions from willing sellers. Then, she resold these pills and …
April 05, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Ocean Bank Enters Into Deferred Prosecution Agreement And Forfeits More Than $10 Million

August 22, 2011
… failing to establish an anti-money laundering program from 2001 through June 2008, in violation of the Bank … by investigators. The $10,988,136 is due within five days from the date of the Agreement. In addition, FinCEN, FDIC … ultimately facilitated the laundering of narcotics proceeds from several trafficking organizations. The financial …
August 22, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Multi-Agency Operation Nabs Three-Seizes Three Kilos Of Heroin And $4.1 Million

March 21, 2017
… over $4.1 million and three kilograms of (over six pounds) from a storage unit in the Bronx and a U-Haul truck. The … searches of a U-Haul and a Dodge Caravan that were seized from the location at the time of the defendants’ arrests. At … operation that transported large quantities of heroin from Texas for sale in New York City and Lawrence, …
March 21, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Sophisticated Traffickers Smuggled Narcotics To New York City Via U.S. Postal Service

April 15, 2014
… of cocaine and oxycodone. The group smuggled cocaine from Puerto Rico to New York City via the U.S. Postal … called Sweet Home.  Approximately $7,500 cash was seized from a bedroom in the residence where Valdez was staying. An … Agents and detectives seized narcotics and cash from the location. Hanley and Vasquez were arrested and …
April 15, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

July 28, 2015
… and dedication in fighting the prescription pill epidemic from the Fall 2010 through September 2014 by disposing of … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time.  As with the previous nine … alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings from these drugs.  We also know that most heroin users start …
July 28, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

July 28, 2015
… and dedication in fighting the prescription pill epidemic from Fall 2010 through September 2014 by disposing of over … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time.  As with the previous nine … alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings from these drugs.  We also know that most heroin users start …
July 28, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Announces Colorado, Montana, Utah, And Wyoming Prescription Drug Take-Back Results

October 04, 2012
… collected 488,395 (244 tons) of prescription medications from members of the public. When added to the collections from DEA’s previous four Take-Back events, more than 2 … (1,018 tons) of prescription medications have been removed from circulation. Within the Denver Field Division, the …
October 04, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Moss Bluff Man Warehoused And Sold Large Quantities Of Marijuana

March 12, 2015
… a marijuana sales and transport conspiracy that stretched from Texas to Louisiana. Daniel Cantu-Lopez, 42, of Moss … Bluff. He directed the transport and sales of marijuana from June 2013 to September of 2013 from locations in Texas and Louisiana. During the course of …
March 12, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

DEA To Publish Final Rule Rescheduling Hydrocodone Combination Products

August 21, 2014
… the Final Rule moving hydrocodone combination (HCPs) from Schedule III to the more-restrictive Schedule II, as … painkillers, resulting in 22,134 Americans dying in 2011 from overdoses of prescription medications, including 16,651 from narcotic painkillers,” said DEA Administrator Michele …
August 21, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’S National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is Saturday

April 27, 2016
… 1-888-219-4261 Twice-annual event takes place in Alaska from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 30 SEATTLE - After collecting … have removed over 268,456 (134.2 tons) of medication from circulation. Combined results for the previous ten … (2010-2015) resulted in 23,181 (11.5 tons) of drugs removed from circulation. America is presently experiencing an …
April 27, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’S National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is Saturday

April 27, 2016
… 1-888-219-4261 Twice-annual event takes place in Oregon from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 30 SEATTLE - After collecting … have removed over 268,456 (134.2 tons) of medication from circulation. Combined results for the previous ten … (2010-2015) resulted in 78,293 (39.1 tons) of drugs removed from circulation. America is presently experiencing an …
April 27, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’S National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is Saturday

April 27, 2016
… 1-888-219-4261 Twice-annual event takes place in Washington from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 30 SEATTLE - After collecting … have removed over 268,456 (134.2 tons) of medication from circulation. Combined results for the previous ten … resulted in 127,719 (63.8 tons) of drugs removed from circulation. America is presently experiencing an …
April 27, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Residents In The Pacific Northwest Turned In Over 13.8 Tons In DEA’s National Drug Take-Back Day

November 07, 2013
… have removed over 3.4 million (1,733 tons) of medication from circulation.  (A breakdown of the last Take-Back Day’s … sites which resulted in 14,508 (7.3 tons) removed from circulation. Idaho - 24 collection sites which resulted in 4,(2.3 tons) removed from circulation. Oregon - 36 collection sites which …
November 07, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Clovis Woman Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering

June 27, 2016
… Outreach: Akilah Johnson 571-387-5018 Laundered proceeds from the sale of synthetic drugs FRESNO, Calif. - Natalie … 30, of Clovis, pleaded guilty today to laundering proceeds from the sale of synthetic drugs, commonly known on the … a Lake Tahoe time share with proceeds she obtained from the sales of smokable synthetic cannabinoids. According …
June 27, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Former Kern County Sheriff’s Deputies Sentenced For Marijuana Trafficking

August 07, 2017
… informant for August, and others, to steal marijuana from a KCSO storage unit and sell it for unlawful personal … lands.  Once August and Penney obtained the marijuana from the storage unit, they had it (trimmed) into … who sold it and provided August with part of the proceeds from those sales.  August then shared the proceeds with …
August 07, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

United States Attorneys Announce Final Statistics On Operation Mountain Sweep, Targeting Illegal Marijuana Cultivation On Public Lands

September 05, 2012
… States; Marijuana worth more than $1.45 Billion Eradicated from Public Lands SACRAMENTO, CA - U.S. Attorneys in several … The operation, previously announced on August 21, lasted from July 1 through August 31, and involved law enforcement … seven states eradicated more than 726,000 marijuana plants from public lands. The Drug Enforcement Administration …
September 05, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Two Georgia Men Sentenced for Trafficking Fentanyl

October 05, 2023
… years.  SAVANNAH, GA --  Two Georgia men, including one from Bryan County, have been sentenced to federal prison for … Fentanyl, and his plea acknowledged that the death resulted from the fentanyl the victim purchased from Cothern. “Fentanyl is extremely dangerous to the …
October 05, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Leaders of Colombian Drug Trafficking Organization Plead Guilty to Conspiring to Smuggle over 43,000 Kilos of Cocaine into the United States

January 17, 2025
… According to the plea agreements and other court documents, from 2016 until 2023, Gonzalez-Ortiz established and led a … or Honduras, then to Mexico and the United States. From 2016 until 2023, Gonzalez-Ortiz’s organization smuggled …
January 17, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications, Continues Fight against Opioid Epidemic

November 05, 2021
… removed close to 745,000 pounds of unneeded prescriptions from medicine cabinets across the country as part of DEA’s … has removed more than 15.2 million pounds of medication from circulation since its inception. On October 23, with … 32,858 pounds of expired, unused, or unwanted medications from 206 collection sites around Florida to include …
November 05, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications, Continues Fight against Opioid Epidemic

November 01, 2021
… removed close to 745,000 pounds of unneeded prescriptions from medicine cabinets across the country as part of DEA’s … has removed more than 15.2 million pounds of medication from circulation since its inception. On October 23, with … overdoses plaguing the United States. The amounts collected from the Houston Division was over 25,000 pounds.  The total …
November 01, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Top Hizballah Terror Financier Arrested

March 24, 2017
… sanctions on Kassim Tajideen in 2009 that barred him from doing business with U.S. individuals and companies,” … went to great lengths to evade them by hiding his identity from the U.S. entities he did business with, and from the government agencies responsible for enforcing the …
March 24, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Trafficker Indicted: Two Firearms And $3 Million In Cocaine And Cash, Seized At Apartment Near Horace Mann School

October 23, 2013
… a narcotics trafficker on drug and weapons charges stemming from the seizure of 31 kilograms of cocaine, $1.6 million in cash and two loaded semi-automatic pistols from an apartment in the Fieldston section of the Bronx. … bail since his arrest on September 26, when DEA agents from Group D-34, investigators from the Office of the …
October 23, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Investigation in Chapel Hill area uncovers large-scale drug ring

December 17, 2020
… filed in court, investigators utilized information from cooperating sources and cooperating defendants, and … discovered that individuals were shipping cocaine from California via the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and … motor vehicle. Involved parties shipped bulk cash proceeds from illegal drug transactions through the USPS. Other …
December 17, 2020