U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of South Carolina
Recent News About U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of South Carolina
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Following the announcement of charges against eight individuals in a public corruption scheme, four have entered guilty pleas.
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Kayla Martin, a 34-year-old resident of Cayce, South Carolina, has been sentenced to over ten years in federal prison following her guilty plea to drug trafficking charges.
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Shia Lee, a 35-year-old resident of Burlington, North Carolina, has admitted guilt in a federal court to brandishing a firearm during the armed carjacking of an off-duty South Carolina police detective and his wife.
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Rashaad Green and Shaquille Barber have been sentenced to federal prison for their involvement in drug trafficking, money laundering, and firearms offenses.
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Joseph Edward Gallagher, the former CEO of AFL Telecommunications, has been sentenced to over three years in federal prison for wire fraud.
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Eight individuals have been charged in federal court following a public corruption investigation in North Charleston.
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Daniel Criswell Lee, a 55-year-old resident of Sumter, South Carolina, has been sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for his involvement in a wire fraud scheme.
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Emmanuel Deon Foster and Bobby Antoinios Hall, both residents of Rock Hill, have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a drug distribution conspiracy.
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Fermin Ortuno Valdovinos, a 47-year-old resident of Summerville, South Carolina, has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for illegal reentry into the United States after removal.
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Peter J. Strauss, a lawyer from Hilton Head, South Carolina, has been sentenced to nine months in federal prison for his role in transferring $3 million to prevent its lawful seizure.
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Twenty-nine individuals have pleaded guilty in a case involving a scheme to fraudulently obtain COVID-19 unemployment benefits, as announced by the authorities in Columbia, South Carolina.
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The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina has announced the departure of Adair Ford Boroughs from her role as U.S. Attorney, following her termination by the new administration.
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A federal grand jury in Florence has indicted Rafael Contreras, 38, of Mexico, on charges of distributing cocaine and heroin and money laundering.
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Angel Cooper Vause, a 57-year-old resident of Georgetown, has been sentenced to 18 years in federal prison.
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David Carlos Rodriguez, Jr., a 50-year-old doctor from Florence, South Carolina, has been sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison.
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Ashley Clark Ingram, a former finance director at Habitat for Humanity of Central South Carolina, has been sentenced to two years in federal prison.
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Michael J. French, a resident of Pendleton, South Carolina, has entered a guilty plea for orchestrating a Ponzi scheme involving millions of dollars and for stalking two social media influencers.
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Jonathan Ramaci, a business owner from Mt.
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A federal grand jury in Columbia has indicted Derrick Gathers, a 38-year-old resident of Augusta, Georgia, for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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Christine Mary Livingston, a former captain at the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC), has admitted to her involvement in a bribery conspiracy.