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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Health Wealth Safe, Inc. and Dr. Subodh Agrawal have agreed to pay $1.29 million to settle allegations of submitting false claims to Medicare.
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Pradip Parikh, 67, from Valley Stream, New York, and Alpesh Patel, 40, from Louisa, Virginia, have been found guilty for their involvement in a transnational telephone scam that defrauded numerous Americans out of millions.
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In recognition of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi and U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg have announced increased efforts by the Justice Department to protect seniors from fraud schemes that cost victims...
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Khadijah Solomon, a former deputy with the Fulton County Sheriff's Office in Georgia, faced arraignment on charges of using excessive force and obstructing justice.
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Monica Dominguez Torres, a 36-year-old from Mexico, has pleaded guilty to federal charges related to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
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Robert Davis Forney, a 25-year-old resident of Duluth, Georgia, appeared before a United States Magistrate Judge following his indictment by a federal grand jury on June 10, 2025.
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Armando Carrillo-Diaz, a 45-year-old illegal alien from Rioverde, San Luis Potosí, Mexico, has been sentenced in Atlanta for assaulting a federal officer, arson, and illegally reentering the United States.
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Mahlega Abdsharafat, known as "Mallie Sharafat," along with Creative Hospice Care, Inc. and related entities, have agreed to pay $9.2 million to settle allegations of engaging in kickback arrangements with medical directors for patient referrals.
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Juan Perez-Maldonado and Francisco Garcia Gomez, both undocumented immigrants from Mexico, appeared in federal court on June 4, 2025.
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Adan Macedo-Rios, a 52-year-old Mexican national unlawfully residing in the United States, has been convicted of several charges including drug trafficking, money laundering, robbery, and unlawful possession of firearms.
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Terry Lewis Burston, a repeat offender recently released from prison, appeared in court on May 22, 2025.
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Edson Aregullin has been sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison for unlawfully purchasing firearms intended for transport from Georgia to Mexico. U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg commented on the impact of illegal firearms trafficking,...
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Elchonon (Elie) Schwartz has been sentenced to 87 months in federal prison and ordered to pay over $45 million in restitution for a fraud scheme involving more than 800 investors.
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Between April 28 and May 1, 2025, the FBI executed Operation Restore Justice, an initiative aimed at identifying and arresting child sex offenders.
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Attorney General Pamela Bondi has appointed Theodore S. Hertzberg as the Interim United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia.
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Acting U.S. Attorney Richard S. Moultrie Jr. has recognized the service and sacrifice of law enforcement officers during National Police Week, observed from May 11 to May 17, 2025.
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Orville Andrew Pernell, a 32-year-old Jamaican national also known as "Oneil Christopher Reid," was arraigned in Atlanta on charges of firearm possession by an alien unlawfully present in the United States.
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Six individuals involved in a drug trafficking organization have been sentenced for distributing fentanyl and methamphetamine across the metro-Atlanta area.
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Arthur Gene Young, a repeat offender with a history involving violent behavior, has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for unlawfully possessing a firearm.
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Seven individuals have been sentenced for distributing fentanyl, methamphetamine, and other drugs within and outside metro-Atlanta.