U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia
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Lucio Hernandez-Mora and Sandra Bejarano-Garcia, both Mexican nationals residing in the United States illegally, have been sentenced to federal prison for laundering more than one million dollars in drug proceeds.
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Carl Delano Torjagbo, also known as Karl Lucius Delano, has been sentenced to nearly 15 years in federal prison for defrauding the government out of $13 million through a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan and fraudulent tax returns.
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Arthritis & Rheumatology Center, P.C. (ARC) and its owner, Dr. Jatin Patel, have agreed to pay $2.18 million to settle allegations that the clinic used medical assistants to perform infusion services in violation of Georgia law and submitted...
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Adam Benjamin Hall was arrested and appeared in federal court on a charge of traveling in interstate commerce with the intent to kill then-President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., according to the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia....
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Jackelyne Marroquin of Carrollton, Georgia, has pleaded guilty to charges related to possessing with intent to distribute over 760 pounds of methamphetamine and harboring illegal aliens in connection with a drug trafficking operation in the...
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Fredrick Crawford, a convicted felon with prior offenses including child molestation, robbery, and stalking, has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for illegally possessing a firearm while impersonating a police officer at an Atlanta...
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Jacques Jackson has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for raping three teenage girls he met on Instagram.
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Juan Carlos Solano Lorenzo and Jorge Luis Ramirez Bibiano, both Mexican nationals residing illegally in the United States, appeared in federal court on charges related to methamphetamine trafficking and illegal firearm possession.
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Antonio DaShawn Daniels, also known as “Freckleface Shawn” and “Pecas,” has been sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for trafficking heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine, as well as possessing 40 firearms at his Atlanta stash house.
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Karen L. Bennett, a former member of the Georgia House of Representatives, has pleaded guilty to making false statements in order to fraudulently obtain thousands of dollars in pandemic unemployment assistance payments.
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Todd Burkhalter, founder and CEO of Drive Planning LLC, a Georgia-based financial advisory firm, has pleaded guilty to wire fraud for orchestrating a Ponzi scheme that resulted in losses of hundreds of millions of dollars for thousands of...
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Norman Dixson of Griffin, Georgia, has been arraigned on federal charges that include sponsoring and exhibiting a dog in an animal fighting venture, promoting animal fighting, animal crushing, and wire fraud.
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A former correctional officer at the Clayton County Jail, Justin Bethea, has pleaded guilty to violating the civil rights of a pretrial detainee by using excessive force.
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A former Athens-Clarke County Police Officer, Amber Nicole Ferguson, has been indicted on several federal charges, including production and attempted production of child sexual abuse material, possession of such material involving a minor under 12...
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Mitchell Parsons Hughes of Decatur, Georgia, has pleaded guilty to illegally flying a drone over Truist Park during the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in July 2025.
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Sharon Henderson, a Georgia State Representative, was arrested following a federal grand jury indictment on charges of theft of government funds and making false statements related to pandemic unemployment benefits.
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Gerardo Solorio-Alvarado, a Mexican national previously convicted of drug trafficking, and Nelson Enrique Sorto of Atlanta are facing federal charges after authorities seized over 1,500 pounds of methamphetamine hidden in blackberry shipments at...
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A federal jury in Atlanta has convicted Jared Wheat, the founder and CEO of Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and his company of wire fraud for fabricating documents to deceive customers about compliance with industry manufacturing standards.
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Rico Deville Buice and David Estevan Montillo Diaz were arrested in Atlanta after a law enforcement task force seized 21 kilograms of fentanyl, over $380,000 in suspected drug proceeds, and a firearm from a rental home in Forest Park.
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After a four-day jury trial, Traon Turk was found guilty in federal court of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.