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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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.
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Russell Thurston, a former executive vice president at Cambridge International Systems, Inc., has admitted guilt in a federal court for his involvement in a bribery scheme.
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Octavio Leal-Hernandez, known as Chapito Leal and an alleged leader of a Sinaloa Cartel cell, appeared in a San Diego federal court following his extradition from Mexico.
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A federal grand jury has indicted three individuals in connection with a scheme that defrauded elderly authors across the United States of nearly $44 million.
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Scott Anthony Sargent, a resident of San Diego, has entered a guilty plea in federal court, acknowledging his role in supplying fentanyl that led to the deaths of two individuals in North Park in 2022.