U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California
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Marcus Taslim, a 70-year-old resident of Folsom, was sentenced to 15 months in prison for visa fraud, as announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith.
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Garrett Scott Wheelen, a 33-year-old resident of Fresno, has been sentenced to 12 years and 7 months in prison.
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Ricardo Gutierrez, a 28-year-old resident of Red Bluff, has pleaded guilty to one count of sexual exploitation of a child.
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A federal grand jury has indicted Jessa Zayas, a 34-year-old nurse from Santa Clarita, on charges of health care fraud and aggravated identity theft.
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John Robert Remlinger, a 43-year-old resident of Vallejo, has pleaded guilty to the charge of sexual exploitation of a minor.
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On June 5, 2025, a federal grand jury indicted Helan Noel Lopez-Sanchez, a 32-year-old citizen of El Salvador, on charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
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Justin Alexander Payne, a 50-year-old resident of Manteca, entered a guilty plea to one count of wire fraud.
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Philip Yen, M.D., a radiologist at Sutter Medical Group, has agreed to pay $125,000 to the United States.
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James Mecham, Kurt Stocks, and Heidi Edwards have pleaded guilty to operating an illegal gambling business through their company, SweepsCoach.
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Holly Adams, a 35-year-old resident of Palm Desert, has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for her involvement in a fentanyl distribution conspiracy and money laundering.
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Michael Ray Acosta, an inmate at Pleasant Valley State Prison in California, has been sentenced to five years in prison for his involvement in a drug distribution scheme within the prison.
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Juan Carlos Ruiz Jr., also known as "Goer," has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for distributing methamphetamine and trafficking firearms, as announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith.
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Kenneth Gould, a former Clovis-based certified public accountant, has been sentenced to one year in prison for embezzling over $800,000 from a bank.
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A federal grand jury has indicted Warren Soto Delfin, a 54-year-old resident of Fairfield, on charges related to the failure to pay over $2 million in employment taxes.
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U.S. District Judge Kirk E. Sherriff has sentenced Delonte Williams, a 37-year-old from Washington, D.C., to 33 months in prison for assault with a deadly weapon at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atwater.
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Henry Joseph Garcia, a 49-year-old resident of Fresno, has been indicted on charges related to drug trafficking and firearm possession.
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Gurjeet Bath, a resident of Fresno, has entered a guilty plea to one count of theft of government property.
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The United States government has secured a default judgment against Bakersfield residents Juvenal Salazar and Javier Salazar Sr., as well as Van Nuys resident Ricardo Covarrubias.
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Paul Hughes, a 42-year-old resident of Colfax, has been sentenced to 24 years and four months in prison for the sexual exploitation of a child.
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Edward Williams, a former Special Agent with the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), has pleaded guilty to charges of theft of government property.