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2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown

June 30, 2025
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Erik S. Siebert, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, announced criminal charges against six defendants. The charges filed in federal court are part of the Department of Justice’s 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown . The charges are part of a strategically coordinated, nationwide law...
June 30, 2025
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FL Man Who Allegedly Commandeered E-Prescribing Privileges of Doctors Charged with Criminal Sale

January 26, 2024
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly, Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder and Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Frank A. Tarentino III announced the arrest of a Florida man who allegedly commandeered the e-prescribing privileges of multiple doctors to issue thousands...
January 26, 2024
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Maryland U.S. Attorney Recognizes the Contributions of Law Enforcement Partners to Reduce Violent Crime in 2023

January 04, 2024
Baltimore, Maryland – At a press conference earlier today, U.S. Attorney Erek L. Barron, thanked federal, state and local law enforcement partners in the fight against violent crime in Maryland. The teamwork, community-based partnerships, and strategic law enforcement initiatives helped make a difference in reducing homicides in Baltimore in 2023...
January 04, 2024
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Indictment Charges Eight Men in an Interstate Fentanyl and Cocaine Conspiracy

December 13, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C.– A 19-count indictment charges eight men from the metropolitan Washington D.C. area with participating in an interstate fentanyl and cocaine conspiracy believed responsible for distributing multi-kilogram quantities of narcotics in the region. The announcement was made today by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves, DEA Special Agent in Charge...
December 13, 2023
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19 Arrested on Federal Charges Trafficking Meth, Fentanyl, Heroin, and Cocaine in Charlottesville, VA

September 07, 2023
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – A federal grand jury in Charlottesville, Virginia has indicted 17 individuals as part of a large-scale drug conspiracy that distributed more than 500 grams of methamphetamine, fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine in and around the Charlottesville region. The 37-count indictment, returned under seal August 29, 2023, partially unsealed...
September 07, 2023
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Indictment Charges Alleged Members of Drug Trafficking Organization in Drug, Gun and Money Laundering Charges

June 27, 2023
WASHINGTON – This morning, law enforcement agents from the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) arrested 12 alleged members of a violent drug trafficking organization (“DTO”), known...
June 27, 2023
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DEA Announces Results of Enforcement Surge to Reduce the Fentanyl Supply Across the United States

September 30, 2022
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration announced this week the results of an enforcement operation that spanned from May to September and resulted in significant fentanyl seizures across the United States. “Fentanyl is responsible for killing thousands of people in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia (DMV)...
September 30, 2022
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Two Baltimore, Maryland Men Facing Federal Indictment for the Attempted Murder of a Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent

June 09, 2022
Baltimore, Md. – Yesterday a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Juan Hester, a/k/a “Q,” age 40, and Davon Rogers, a/k/a “Stew,” age 39, both of Baltimore, with the attempted murder of a federal Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) agent; with using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm during and in...
June 09, 2022
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Major Rewards Offered for Capture and Conviction of Leaders of Honduran Drug Trafficking Operation

May 02, 2022
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Today the U.S. Department of State and the DEA's Washington Division announced a reward of up to $5 million each for information leading to the arrest and conviction of three Honduran nationals indicted in the Eastern District of Virginia on charges stemming from their roles as leading...
May 02, 2022
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Six Individuals Sentenced for Cross-Country, Multi-Kilogram, Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

March 25, 2022
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Four individuals were sentenced today, along with two others on February 4 and 25, to a combined 33 years in prison for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute controlled substances including fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin. According to court documents, the following individuals were sentenced for...
March 25, 2022
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