DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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$6 Million Worth of Oregon Properties Forfeited in Connection to Interstate Marijuana Trafficking Organization

PORTLAND, Ore.-The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon announced today that it has forfeited on behalf of the United States 14 real properties located in Oregon—together worth more than $5.7 million—that were used by an interstate drug trafficking organization to illegally grow marijuana for redistribution and sale in...
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Missouri Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Healthcare Fraud

ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge E. Richard Webber sentenced on Thursday a doctor from Town and Country, Missouri, to a year in prison for a health care fraud scheme and ordered him and his wife to repay $235,977. On over 1,000 occasions spanning nearly a decade, Dr. Abdul Naushad...
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Six Defendants Plead Guilty to Scheme to Transport Stolen Catalytic Converters Across State Lines

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Six Springfield, Mo., and Rogersville, Mo., residents have pleaded guilty in federal court to their roles in a scheme to transport tens of thousands of stolen catalytic converters across state lines as part of a multi-million-dollar business. Evan Marshall, 24, of Rogersville, pleaded guilty today before U.S...