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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Everette Kale Wanamaker, a 37-year-old resident of Columbia, South Carolina, has received a federal prison sentence exceeding 12 years after admitting to federal firearm offenses.
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Charles McKinley Griffin, Tika Michelle Griffin, and Kirk Nathan Evans from Lancaster County have admitted guilt in a conspiracy to commit health care fraud, according to federal authorities.
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Jocobia Dozier-Eaddy, a 37-year-old resident of Columbia, South Carolina, has been sentenced to over three years in federal prison for his involvement in a drug smuggling conspiracy.
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Terry Leslie Washington, a 46-year-old resident of West Columbia, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison.
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The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the 2022 conviction of Dominique Devonah Brand.
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A federal grand jury in Columbia has indicted Brandon Chanell Joyner, a 28-year-old resident of Columbia, South Carolina.
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Daniel Clarke-Pounder, a 24-year-old resident of James Island, has been arrested in connection with an arson incident at a Tesla charging station in North Charleston.
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Ibrahim Shedid, 29, and Ahmed Shedid, 35, both from Summerville, have been sentenced to 26 months in federal prison for their roles in a conspiracy to traffic counterfeit Viagra.
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John Maurice Anderson, a 40-year-old resident of Hampton, South Carolina, has been sentenced to over ten years in federal prison.
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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.