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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Three individuals, including a registered sex offender from Coweta County, have pleaded guilty to federal child enticement and evidence tampering charges in Rome, Georgia.
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Ten individuals have been charged in a federal case involving an alleged fraud and money laundering scheme targeting government loan programs provided by the U.S. Small Business Administration, including the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL)...
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Rena Barrett, a former loan officer with the Small Business Administration (SBA), pleaded guilty on August 11, 2025, to making false statements to the SBA related to over $550,000 in fraudulent COVID-19 pandemic loans. “The Economic Injury...
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Jauan Rashun Porter, a 29-year-old resident of Rome, Georgia, was arrested and detained on federal charges for allegedly making threats against former President Donald Trump.
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Christopher Robertson, a 42-year-old resident of Fairburn, Georgia, appeared before United States Magistrate Judge Catherine M. Salinas in Atlanta on federal charges of communicating interstate threats.
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A federal jury has convicted Carl Delano Torjagbo, also known as Karl Lucius Delano, of bank fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering in connection with a $9.6 million Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan scheme and a $3.4 million tax fraud.
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A Mexican national has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison after being convicted of falsely claiming U.S. citizenship in a passport application submitted in Gainesville, Georgia.
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A former operations manager at Tribe Transportation in Gainesville, Georgia, has been arraigned on federal charges for allegedly embezzling more than $500,000 from the company.
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Pablo Tabares-Martinez, a member of the La Nueva Familia Michoacana drug cartel, has been sentenced to ten years in federal prison.
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John Woodbury, a 35-year-old resident of Roswell, Georgia, has been sentenced to 17 months in prison for transmitting threats against former FBI Director Christopher Wray.
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Wilfort Foster, III, a 41-year-old from El Monte, California, has been sentenced to 28 years in federal prison for narcotics and money laundering conspiracy charges.
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Delta Airlines has agreed to pay $8.1 million to settle claims that it violated conditions of federal relief funds under the Payroll Support Program (PSP).
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Two auto mechanics from DeKalb County have been charged with federal drug trafficking offenses after authorities seized around 2,500 pounds of methamphetamine from their vehicles.
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Wesleigh Gaddy, a 35-year-old resident of Hogansville, Georgia, has been charged with theft from a program receiving federal funds.
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Ivan Van Beverhoudt, a former U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer from St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for importing and possessing with intent to distribute over 15 kilograms of cocaine.
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Malik Kiell Forte, a 29-year-old resident of Fairburn, Georgia, has been sentenced to federal prison for stealing prescription drugs valued at nearly $400,000 and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
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Andres Jasso, Jr. and Rufino Pineda-Perez appeared in federal court following their arrest for allegedly trafficking over 700 pounds of methamphetamine concealed within a shipment of cucumbers.
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Four North Korean nationals have been indicted in a case involving the theft and laundering of nearly $1 million in cryptocurrency.
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Khyri Deandre Brown, a 28-year-old resident of Dallas, Georgia, has been sentenced to over ten years in prison for his involvement in a series of bank robberies and attempted robberies that took place in November 2023.
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Ricardo Trejo-Martinez and Hector Beltran-Ledesma, both identified as illegal aliens from Mexico, face charges of assaulting or resisting federal deportation officers in Georgia.