U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California
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Rodolfo Benjamin Silva, known as the "King of Coke," was sentenced to 17.5 years in federal prison for his role in distributing large quantities of cocaine, methamphetamine, and fentanyl in the United States.
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Denny Thakorbhai Bhakta, a San Diego resident, was sentenced to 235 months in federal prison following his conviction for securities fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering.
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Marcus Ray Chavez was sentenced to 262 months in prison by a federal court for providing fentanyl pills that led to the overdose death of a 15-year-old girl in 2022.
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Jonathan Tyler Gauthier has pleaded guilty in a federal court to supplying fentanyl that led to the deaths of two individuals, S.M.G. and J.A.W., in San Diego in 2022.
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Danny Nunez has entered a guilty plea in federal court, acknowledging his role in supplying fentanyl that led to the death of a 25-year-old woman, referred to as "L.P." in court documents.
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Odyssey Carrillo, a member of the Emerald Hills Bloods gang, was sentenced to 168 months in federal prison for his involvement in a racketeering conspiracy involving organized crime by street gangs.
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Carey Alice Hernandez has been sentenced to 70 months in prison for setting fire to Off Road Warehouse, a local business, in an attempt to hide the disappearance of over $700,000.
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Edgar Perez Villa, an alleged member of a Tijuana-based enforcement group for the Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), has been extradited from Mexico to the United States.
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U.S. District Court Judge Todd Robinson sentenced Lucresia Stone-Rojas from San Diego to 86 months in prison.
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Jonathan Christopher LaRoche, a former detective with the Naval Base San Diego Criminal Investigations Division, has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison.
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The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California has announced the conclusion of Tara McGrath's tenure as the chief federal law enforcement official for San Diego and Imperial counties, effective February 12, 2025.
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Fabrisio Arias has been sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for his involvement in an international scam that targeted elderly individuals with false promises of sweepstakes winnings. U.S. District Judge Jinsook Ohta also ordered Arias to pay...
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Alexander Dmitrienko of Finland has become the last of eight defendants extradited so far to plead guilty in a global conspiracy case involving ANOM encrypted communication devices.
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Brink’s Global Services USA, Inc., a subsidiary of Brink’s, Inc. and The Brink’s Company, has agreed to forfeit over $50 million following allegations of operating as an unlicensed money transmitting business.
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Rafael Castro, a former employee of the Veterans Health Administration and the Internal Revenue Service, along with his wife Miriam Castro, admitted guilt in federal court to defrauding the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) of over $130,000.
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A federal court in San Diego has unsealed a two-count indictment against Sheriff's Deputy Jeremiah Manuyag Flores.
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Carlos Manuel da Silva Santos, the founder and CEO of Ethos Asset Management, Inc., based in San Diego, has pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft.
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U.S. Attorney Tara McGrath has announced that the Southern District of California collected a total of $18,932,200 in criminal and civil actions during Fiscal Year 2024.
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Ruben Montes, a resident of Calexico, California, has admitted guilt in federal court for his involvement in smuggling and distributing over $3 million worth of unapproved Mexican pesticides and veterinary drugs into the United States.
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Lillian Arielle Markowitz, the former owner of three surrogacy consulting businesses in San Diego, has pleaded guilty to fraud charges.