US Attorney's office Northern District of Georgia
Recent News About US Attorney's office Northern District of Georgia
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Pediatric dentist pleads guilty to possession of child pornography
Paul Kim, a pediatric dentist in Atlanta, has pleaded guilty to possessing thousands of images and videos of minors, including some as young as 12 years old, engaging in sexually explicit activity.
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Former Atlanta CFO sentenced over multi-year fraud scheme
The City of Atlanta’s former Chief Financial Officer, Jimmie “Jim” A. Beard, has been sentenced to federal prison for a multi-year scheme involving theft of funds, purchase and possession of two machine guns, and obstructing federal tax laws using altered documents and a fake business.
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Carrollton businessman sentenced for failing to pay over $2 million in payroll taxes
Barry Lee White has been sentenced to federal prison for willful failure to pay more than $2.4 million in payroll taxes.
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United States sues Georgia Tech for alleged cybersecurity failures
The United States has filed a complaint-in-intervention against the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and Georgia Tech Research Corporation (GTRC), alleging violations under the False Claims Act and federal common law. The lawsuit claims that these entities failed to meet cybersecurity requirements related to U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) contracts.
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Environmental manager pleads guilty in multi-million dollar fraud scheme
Michael Mayfield, who orchestrated a more than one-million-dollar scheme to defraud his employer by stealing rebate checks and submitting false invoices to his company, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
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Duluth man sentenced for trafficking methamphetamine
Jorge Rodriguez-Martinez has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in distributing multiple kilograms of methamphetamine in the metro-Atlanta area.
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Convicted felon returns to federal prison after new crimes
ATLANTA - Mamadou D’Jire, a previously convicted felon, has been sentenced to federal prison for possessing a firearm while illegally selling drugs, damaging a government vehicle while fleeing from law enforcement, and for violating the terms of his supervised release.
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Georgia trucker sentenced for fraudulent PPP loan scheme
Roderick Billingslea has been sentenced to federal prison for obtaining a fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan and operating illegal trucking businesses.
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Georgia man indicted for pandemic-related fraud involving COVID-19 relief funds
ATLANTA - Mycheal Arnell Brady, also known as "Michael Brady," has been indicted on federal charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. He is accused of stealing COVID-19 relief funds and submitting fraudulent federal tax refunds using stolen identities. Additionally, Brady faces charges for possessing unauthorized access devices containing personal information, including Social Security numbers, of multiple identity theft victims.
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Federal grand jury indicts Dwayne Davis for multimillion-dollar fraud scheme against GEICO
Dwayne Davis has been indicted by a federal grand jury for wire fraud and money laundering in connection with a scheme to defraud his business partner, Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO), of more than $5 million.
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Former Fulton County detention officer sentenced for using excessive force
Former Fulton County Detention Officer Monique Clark has been sentenced to federal prison for using excessive force against a pretrial detainee at the Fulton County Jail.
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Zimbabwe national convicted for laundering over $1 million from romance scams
Sherlyn Sims, also known as "Sherlyn Dzinzi," was found guilty by a jury of conspiring to launder and laundering proceeds from romance fraud scams and business email compromise schemes. These crimes resulted in more than $1.2 million being diverted to bank accounts controlled by Sims, who then transferred, withdrew, and spent the funds.
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Three men sentenced for firearm trafficking offenses across multiple states
Alvin Demar and Joshua Carter have been sentenced to federal prison for trafficking dozens of firearms that were later recovered from crime scenes in multiple states and Canada. Jamal Plunkett was sentenced for possessing one of the trafficked firearms.
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Two men sentenced for metro Atlanta armed robberies
ATLANTA - Kujo Duako and Sammetrius Brooks have been sentenced for a string of armed robberies that targeted multiple businesses and a bank in metro Atlanta.
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Man pleads guilty to threatening Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene
Sean Patrick Cirillo has pleaded guilty to transmitting interstate threats to injure U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene.
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Roswell man indicted for threatening FBI director Christopher Wray
John Woodbury has been indicted on federal charges of transmitting interstate threats to injure FBI Director Christopher Wray and others.
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Two women sentenced for stealing deceased relatives' social security benefits
ATLANTA - Teresa Carter and Sharon Crowder have been sentenced for theft of government funds for their unlawful receipt of Social Security benefits intended for relatives who died years earlier.
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Former Georgia Insurance Commissioner sentenced for healthcare fraud
John Oxendine, the former Georgia Insurance Commissioner, was sentenced to three and a half years in prison for conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud related to unnecessary lab testing.
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Man sentenced for possession of illegal machineguns
Drevion Evans has been sentenced to federal prison for possessing semiautomatic Glock pistols that were illegally converted to function as fully automatic machineguns, and for attempting to deliver one of those machineguns to his home, along with a pound of marijuana.
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Former used-car dealer pleads guilty in $3 million fraud scheme
Mitchell Simpson, who orchestrated a $3 million scheme to defraud companies that provided floor-plan financing to his used-car dealership, has pleaded guilty to wire fraud.