U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of North Carolina
Recent News About U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of North Carolina
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Two home repairmen have been sentenced to prison for failing to report more than $1.5 million in income earned from overcharging elderly clients for home and car repairs, according to an announcement by Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western...
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A Texas man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for traveling to North Carolina to engage in sexual activity and produce child pornography involving a minor.
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Chaiya Maley-Jackson, a 26-year-old resident of Concord, North Carolina, has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for selling fake Social Security cards.
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Brian Shane Haigler, a 43-year-old resident of Mint Hill, North Carolina, was sentenced to 33 months in prison and two years of supervised release for his involvement in multiple fraud schemes.
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A Charlotte man has been sentenced to more than 32 years in federal prison for a series of armed robberies, according to an announcement by Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
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A Charlotte businessman has been indicted on charges of tax fraud related to a charitable organization he founded, according to an announcement from Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
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Steven L. Mendelsohn, a rheumatologist based in Charlotte, North Carolina, has agreed to pay $549,554.26 to settle allegations that he submitted false claims to Medicare for arthritis drugs not approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
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A Charlotte man has been sentenced to more than 21 years in federal prison for drug trafficking offenses following an investigation that led to the seizure of large amounts of methamphetamine, fentanyl, firearms, cash, and a stolen vehicle.
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An 18-year-old resident of Mint Hill, North Carolina, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Charlotte for allegedly attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), according to an announcement from...
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A Charlotte man has been sentenced to six and a half years in federal prison for possessing child sexual abuse material, including images generated using artificial intelligence.
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A Charlotte man accused of repeatedly stealing mail and fleeing to Mexico to avoid prosecution appeared in federal court today, according to an announcement by Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
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Grey Alan Hester, a 50-year-old resident of Candler, North Carolina, was sentenced to 21 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release on drug and firearm charges.
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Charmaine Vapreece Fair, a 32-year-old resident of Asheville, has been sentenced to 66 months in prison for her role in a drug distribution conspiracy involving fentanyl and methamphetamine.
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A federal criminal complaint has been filed in Charlotte, North Carolina, charging Oscar Gerardo Solorzano-Garcia, a 33-year-old Honduran national, with illegal reentry after removal and committing an act of violence on a mass transportation system.
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The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of North Carolina convened its annual meeting of the Health Care Fraud Working Group, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Russ Ferguson.
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The North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) will implement new measures to improve the integrity of the voter-registration process, following a review by the U.S. Attorney’s Office that revealed ineligible individuals had been registered...
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Two Charlotte residents, William Stanley, 25, and Heather Morrow, 44, have been charged with several offenses related to obstructing the use of federal property.
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Anil Dabydeen, a 40-year-old resident of Charlotte, pleaded guilty in federal court to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon after shooting at vehicles on Interstate 485.
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Les Corey Peak, 38, from Flat Rock, North Carolina, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for his involvement in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine.
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Hector Hernandez Orozco, a 30-year-old Mexican national, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of trafficking methamphetamine and illegal reentry into the United States.