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(Photo credit should read Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images) April 27, 2021 6:46 PM ET Font Size: A former plastic surgeon from Sylvania, Ohio has pled guilty to a number of charges including sex trafficking, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Northern District of Ohio. Manish Raj Gupta, 50, who also goes by the name Manny Gupta, pled guilty Monday to “sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion and illegally dispensing a controlled substance: in federal court,�...

Imperial Valley News Imperial Valley News Center San Diego Woman Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Launder Almost $600,000 from Department of Defense Bribery Scheme Details Written by IVN San Diego, California - Liberty Gutierrez pleaded guilty today to conspiring to launder the proceeds of a bribery scheme involving a former employee of the Naval Information Warfare Center in San Diego, California, and various defense contractors. According to Guti...

email Officials say he spent solicited donations on himself instead of social justice. Published 4 days ago Written by Madison J. Gray An Ohio man is under federal indictment for allegedly using a phony nonprofit Facebook page with the Black Lives Matter name to rob donors of more than $450,000, the FBI says. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, a federal grand jury in Cleveland returned a four-count indictment of money laundering and wire fraud against Tyree Conyers-Page, who go...

Cleveland council member, 2 associates arrested for theft from federal programs Councilman Ken Johnson (Source: Cleveland City Council) By Chris Anderson | February 23, 2021 at 9:47 AM EST - Updated February 23 at 9:41 PM CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Documents from the U.S. District Attorney’s Office show that Cleveland Councilman Kenneth Johnson and two others were arrested on charges of theft from federal programs. The 74-year-old sitting Cleveland City Council member elected to repre...

Feb 23, 2021 (Cleveland) - Ward 4 Cleveland Councilman Kenneth Johnson was arrested Tuesday morning by FBI agents, after a federal grand jury handed down at 15-count indictment charging him with federal program theft. Two other men were also indicted. Johnson is charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit federal program, six counts of federal program theft, five counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns, one count of tampering with a witness, and one count of ...

CLEVELAND — Three Warren men arrested as part of a massive drug investigation last fall have pleaded guilty to federal felony charges for their part in the illegal operation. Also, a Youngstown man was arrested this month by federal authorities on charges of distributing drugs in Warren in a separate case. Tyron Scott, 23, who was indicted last September on distributing cocaine charges, was arrested Saturday, according to reports. According to court records, Scott has been on the run sinc...

Updated: 1:00 PM EST January 15, 2021 TOLEDO, Ohio — A temporary restraining order, enjoining a Toledo pharmacy and two of its pharmacists from dispensing opioids and other controlled substances, has been issued by a federal court in the state, the Department of Justice announced Friday. According to a civil complaint filed Jan. 6, Shaffer Pharmacy, its owner Thomas Tadsen and pharmacist Wilson Bunton, are accused of repeatedly dispensing opioids and other controlled substance...

New tool to fight crime now open after officials cut ribbon on Strike Force headquarters Tracy Carloss and last updated 2021-01-06 19:00:27-05 CLEVELAND — A new crime-fighting tool in Northeast Ohio is now complete. Cleveland is one of just 16 cities across the country to have a federal OCDETF Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF). The building is now complete and was unveiled on Wednesday. “This brings a physical structure to what we’ve been doing here,” said...

Updated: 6:52 PM EST December 16, 2020 TOLEDO, Ohio — Twenty people were arrested Wednesday following an early morning takedown operation surrounding a drug trafficking conspiracy in Toledo.  Twenty-four people were named in the multi-count indictment and are accused of using a communications facility to distribute cocaine, cocaine base and fentanyl.  According to the indictment, from  Dec. 2019  through the time of their arrest, the suspects are accused of conspiring toge...

12/16/2020 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/17/2020 10:06 24 Charged in Toledo-Area Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Federal, state, county and local law enforcement today participated in a wide-ranging takedown operation of 24 individuals charged in a multiple count indictment filed in federal court. These defendants are accused of participating in a drug trafficking conspiracy that involved the use of a communications facility to facilitate a drug felony and the distribution of cocain...