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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Shevoy Brown, a former officer with the Hapeville Police Department in Georgia, faces charges of excessive force for allegedly tasing a handcuffed detainee multiple times.
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Jerry Baptiste, the last of 20 individuals charged in a scheme to fraudulently obtain Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds during the COVID-19 pandemic, has been sentenced.
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Following a five-day jury trial, Ivan Van Beverhoudt, a former U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer from St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, has been convicted of importing and possessing with intent to distribute more than 16 kilograms of...
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Omar Cuenca-Marino, a 41-year-old from Guerrero, Mexico, has been arraigned in Atlanta on federal charges related to drug trafficking and money laundering.
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Irma Elvira Cruz, known as "Huzipol" and "Madre," has been arraigned in Atlanta on charges of conspiracy to unlawfully import cocaine into the United States and possession with intent to distribute.
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Rajesh Motibhai Patel, a former physician at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Atlanta, has been sentenced to two years in federal prison.
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Brian H. Sperber and Edmond S. Norkus have been sentenced to prison for their involvement in a wire fraud scheme related to the sale of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Montrez Ballard has been sentenced to ten years in prison for firing a machine gun at a Georgia State Patrol officer.
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Gregory Rehberg has admitted to wire fraud after defrauding the U.S. Postal Service through false invoices.
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Thirty-eight individuals involved in a significant drug trafficking operation, including several inmates from Georgia state prisons, have been sentenced for their roles in distributing heroin, methamphetamine, and fentanyl across the metro-Atlanta...
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Thomas Addaquay, an Atlanta resident, has been sentenced to 12 years and six months in prison after being convicted of 30 felonies related to fraud schemes.
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Elchonon “Elie” Schwartz has admitted guilt to wire fraud in a significant investment fraud case that affected over 800 investors, leading them to invest approximately $62.8 million, which Schwartz misappropriated for personal use.
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Fourteen individuals have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a drug trafficking operation based within a Georgia prison.
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Nicholas Grindle has been sentenced for conspiracy to possess methamphetamine with the intent to distribute and bribery.
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Johnny Narcisse and his cousin Johnson Dieujuste have been sentenced to prison for defrauding the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program of over $2 million.
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Gilberto Contreras has admitted guilt to charges of possessing nearly 1,000 pounds of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.
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The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia has announced that it was responsible for over $72 million in collections and forfeitures during Fiscal Year 2024.
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Milan Patel has been sentenced to prison for his involvement in a market manipulation scheme involving false rumors about publicly traded companies.
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Tiffany Brown, a former government contractor, was found guilty by a jury of defrauding the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and a Georgia-based litigation funding company.
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Arden McCann has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for his involvement in an international narcotics distribution operation via the dark web.