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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Danny Nunez from San Diego has been sentenced to over 15 years in federal prison for providing fentanyl that led to the death of a 25-year-old woman from Escondido.
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George Joseph Wellinger II, a San Diego resident, received a sentence in federal court today.
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Michael Pratt, the former owner of the website GirlsDoPorn, has pleaded guilty to sex trafficking charges in a federal court in San Diego.
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A federal complaint has been filed against Erick Arriola, Baltazar Rodriguez Reyes, and Eugenio Lizama, charging them with conspiracy to distribute nearly four tons of methamphetamine.
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Hasan Korkmaz, the owner and operator of San Diego Logistics Group Inc., a trucking company based in Santee, has been arraigned in federal court on an 18-count indictment.
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Hector Alejandro Paez Garcia, an attorney based in Mexico City, has entered a guilty plea in federal court.
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Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of California have filed 135 border-related cases this week.
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Chula Vista resident Fernando Valenzuela Ayub has entered a guilty plea in federal court, acknowledging his role in a scheme involving health care fraud and unlawful kickbacks.
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Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of California have filed 134 border-related cases this week.
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Arnoldo Oswaldo Vargas-Samayoa, a Guatemalan national, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison by a federal court for his role in managing a cocaine trafficking organization.
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Troy Othneil Smith, a student pilot involved in drug trafficking activities that came to light following an emergency plane landing on State Route 76 in Oceanside last fall, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison.
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Ricardo Alonzo, a resident of San Diego, has been charged with smuggling 17 exotic birds into the United States from Mexico.
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Carlos Manuel da Silva Santos, the CEO of Ethos Asset Management, Inc., based in San Diego, has been sentenced to 87 months in prison.
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Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of California have filed 153 border-related cases this week.
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Lillian Arielle Markowitz, the former owner of three surrogacy consulting businesses in San Diego, has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison.
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Wilder Emilio Sanchez Farfan, known as Gato, has pleaded guilty to international drug trafficking charges in a federal court.
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Ruben Montes, a resident of Calexico, California, received a 16-month prison sentence and was ordered to forfeit $12,710 in federal court.
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An indictment has been unsealed in San Diego, marking the first time alleged leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel have been charged with narco-terrorism and material support of terrorism.
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Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of California have filed 176 border-related cases this week.
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The United States has filed a civil complaint against two brothers from San Diego County, accusing them of fraudulently securing more than $8 million in pandemic-related loans.