News and Press Releases
December 2011
December 29, 2011
Former Regions Bank Branch Manager Indicted for Embezzling from Customers
Hartselle Man Indicted for Illegal Firearms Transactions
Jackson County Man Indicted For Bridgeport Bank Robbery
Birmingham Man Indicted for Armed Bank Robbery of Compass Bank in Birmingham
December 20, 2011
Office-Supply Distribution Center Security Guard Pleads Guilty to Theft and Tax Charges
Gardendale Man Gets 15 Years for Mount Olive Pharmacy Robbery
December 15, 2011
Somerville Man Convicted for Structuring Currency Transactions
Three Lauderdale County Men Sentenced for Internet Pharmacy Fraud
December 14, 2011
Texas Man With Cullman Ties Sentenced Eight Years For Possessing Child Pornography
Drug Market Intervention Program Aims to Take Guntersville Community Back from Drug Dealers
December 13, 2011
Illinois Man Pleads Guilty to Internet Auction Real Estate Scam
December 9, 2011
Four in U.S. Attorney’s Office Receive National Awards for Two-Year College System Prosecutions
December 8, 2011
Tuscaloosa Postal Worker Sentenced for Detaining, Delaying and Stealing Mail
December 7, 2011
U.S. Attorney Calls Meeting to Spur Program to Reduce Ex-Offenders’ Return to Prison
December 5, 2011
Shelby County Woman Pleads Guilty in Murder-for-Hire Conspiracy Against Ex-husband
December 1, 2011
Talladega County Man Sentenced to 51 months for Mailing Series Of Hoax Anthrax Letters
Federal Judge Sentences Former Bank Officer to 29 Months in Prison for Fraud
November 2011
November 30, 2011
Man indicted for identity theft and false claim as U.S. citizen
Guatemalan Man Indicted For Attempting To Sell Stolen Social Security Cards
Postal Employees Indicted for Stealing, Delaying and Destroying Mail
November 29, 2011
Florence Man Sentenced For Sex-Trafficking Of 15-Year-Old Girl
November 17,2011
State Business Development Consortium Director Convicted in $7.3 Million Fraud Conspiracy
U. S. Attorney’s Office Collects $10.7 Million in Civil and Criminal Actions in FY 2011
Accounting Manager Sentenced to 5½ Years in Prison for Embezzlement Scheme
U. S. Attorney’s Office Collects $10.7 Million in Civil and Criminal Actions in FY 2011
November 15, 2011
Arkansas Banker Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison for Fraud Conspiracy with Northport Farm Credit Manager
West Alabama Man Pleads Guilty to Disaster Fraud Related to Tuscaloosa Tornado
November 4, 2011
Former School Security Officer Arrested On Child Pornography Charges
November 3, 2011
Mexican Man Sentenced to Prison for Possessing Ammunition While in the Country Illegally
November 2, 2011
Former Comptroller Of Interconn Resources Inc Charged With Bank Fraud
November 1, 2011Birmingham Man Indicted for Financial Access-Device Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft
Tuscaloosa Bank Robber Indicted In Federal Court
Former Union Official Indicted for Taking Union Funds
Birmingham Woman Indicted for Stealing Social Security Disability Benefits
October 2011
October 27, 2011
Ohio Man Gets 22 Years in Prison for Armed Bank Robbery In North Alabama
October 21, 2011
Man Charged with Disaster Fraud Related to Tuscaloosa Tornado
October 18, 2011
Sex Offender Educational Program
Birmingham Woman Pleads Guilty to Disaster Fraud
October 14, 2011
Albertville Man Sentenced to Life on Methamphetamine Charges
October 7, 2011
Former Social Security Worker Sentenced For Identity Theft and Misusing a Social Security Number
October 3, 2011
Tuscaloosa County Conservator Gets Prison for Failing to Report a Felony
September 2011
September 29, 2011
Former Alabama Organ Center Executives Charged With Fraud
September 28, 2011
Former Health Insurance Employee Sentenced for Role in Prescription Fraud Scheme
September 27, 2011
Huntsville Man Indicted for Wells Fargo Bank Robbery
Undocumented Immigrants Indicted for Counterfeit Identification Documents
Two Postal Employees Indicted For Mail Theft and Delay
Carbon Hill Court Clerk Indicted for Embezzling City Funds
September 22, 2011
Franklin County Man Sentenced to 27 ½ Years for Armed Pharmacy Burglary
Former Adamsville Court Clerk Sentenced for Embezzlement
Former President Of Credit Union Sentenced for Bank Fraud
Northport Farm Credit Manager Sentenced to 2 ½ Years in Prison for Fraud
September 21, 2011
Former Central Leasing Corp. Executive Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud
September 14, 2011
Public Screening and Discussion of PBS Documentary Not In Our Town: Light in the Darkness
September 2, 2011
Brighton Man Found Guilty In Oxycotin And Herion Ring
August 2011
August 31, 2011
Tuscaloosa Man Indicted for Armed Robbery of a Credit Union
Gardendale Man Indicted for Mount Olive Pharmacy Robbery
Federal Grand Jury Returns Three Disaster Fraud Indictments
Tuscumbia Woman Sentenced to One Year and a Day in Prison for Tax Fraud
August 16, 2011
Federal Judge Sentences Hueytown Tax Preparer to 2 ½ Years in Prison
August 11, 2011
Owner of Sumiton Medical Clinic Sentenced Two Years for Tax Fraud
August 5, 2011
Appeals Court Upholds Former Birmingham Mayor and Jefferson County Commission President’s Convictions
August 4, 2011
Former Liberty National Insurance Employee Sentenced 15 Months for Defrauding Company
Judge Imposes 21-year and 10-year Sentences in Cocaine Distribution Cases
July 2011
July 26, 2011
Homewood Man Indicted for Possessing and Manufacturing Destructive Devices
Tuscaloosa Credit Union Robber Indicted
Illegal Alien from Uzbekistan Indicted for Threatening to Kill the President and Possessing Machine Gun and Grenades
July 19, 2011
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Justice Department And EPA Officials To Tour Village Creek Site
July 18, 2011
Justice Department And Epa Officials Discuss Black Warrior River And Environmental Justice In Birmingham
July 13, 2011
Bookkeeper Pleads Guilty to Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft
July 12, 2011
Talladega County Man Pleads Guilty To Mailing Series Of Hoax Anthrax Letters
July 8, 2011
Birmingham Man Convicted for Armed Bank Robbery of BB&T Bank
July 1, 2011
U.S. Attorney Charges Former Central Leasing Corp. Executive With Wire Fraud
June 2011
June 30, 2011
Montgomery Man Pleads Guilty to Five Bank Robberies
June 29, 2011
U.S. Attorney Charges Former Meadowcraft CEO with Fraud
Former Hospice Owner Charged with Health Care Fraud
June 28, 2011
U.S. Postal Employee Indicted for Mail Theft and Delaying Mail
Wachovia Adamsville Bank Robbers Indicted
Alabaster Woman Indicted for Stealing Hospital Patient Information
Birmingham Man Faces Mortgage Fraud Charges for Selling Houses He Did Not Own
June 23, 2011
One of Chicago's Most Wanted Fugitives Arrested Today in Brent, Alabama
June 22, 2011
Franklin County Man Pleads Guilty to Armed Burglary of a Pharmacy
and Being a Felon in Possession of Firearms
June 9, 2011
Task Force Arrests Seven Indicted in Federal Court for Prescription Drug Conspiracy
June 8, 2011
Federal Officials Discuss Hate Crimes Protections with LGBT Community
U.S. Attorneys Office Hosts Training on Disaster Fraud Prosecution
June 3, 2011
Four Cherokee County Men Sentenced This Week on Federal Weapons Charges
U.S. Postal Inspectors Arrest Woman on Charges of Stealing Hospital Patient Information
June 1, 2011
Somerville Man Indicted for Structuring Currency Transactions
Postal Service Vehicle Maintenance Supervisor Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Agency
Gadsden Man Sentenced to 30 Years for Cedar Bluff Bank Robbery
Ohatchee Couple Indicted for Structuring $4.5 Million in Currency Transactions
Postal Workers Union President Indicted for Embezzlement
May 2011
May 26, 2011
West Alabama Man Sentenced For Illegal Baiting Of Waterfowl
May 25, 2011
Leader of Prescription Fraud Scheme Sentenced for Health Care Fraud HIPAA Violations and Aggravated Identify Theft
May 24, 2011
Company Bookkeeper Sentenced For Embezzlement And Tax Fraud
May 20, 2011
Two Cullman Men Sentenced for December Pipe Bomb Explosions
May 12, 2011
Tuscaloosa County Conservator Charged with Failing to Report a Felony
May 12, 2011
17½-Year Sentence Given in Child Pornography Case; 10-Year Sentences Imposed in Child Exploitation Cases
May 10, 2011
National Disaster Fraud Hotline Available to Report Storm-Related Fraud
May 6, 2011
Truck Driver Sentenced to 10 Years for Enticement
May 4, 2011
Arkansas Banker Charged in Fraud Conspiracy with Northport Farm Credit Manager
April 2011
April 26, 2011
U.S. Postal Employee Indicted for Thefts from Postal Service
Florida Couple Indicted for Northwest Alabama Bank Robbery
Labor Union Officials Charged with Embezzlement
Gulf Shores Man Indicted for Misrepresenting Business to Get Government Contracts
Tuscaloosa Bankruptcy Attorney Charged with Bankruptcy Fraud
April 25, 2011
Former President Of Credit Union Charged In Federal Court With Bank Fraud
April 22, 2011
Shelby County Woman Sentenced for Fraud Scheme Based on Non-existent Lawsuit
April 21, 2011
Bessemer Man Gets Nearly Seven Years in Prison for Counterfeit Check Scheme
April 13, 2011
Owner And Corporate Officer Of Sumiton Business Pleads Guilty To $350,000 Tax Fraud
April 12, 2011
Postal Service Vehicle Maintenance Supervisor and Two Vendors Charged in Billing Fraud
April 11, 2011
Former Bevill State Community College Business Manager Sentenced for Embezzlement
April 08, 2011
Employees of State Consortium and Non-Profit Institute Agree to Plead Guilty to Tax and Fraud Charges
April 7, 2011
Birmingham Man Sentenced for Trafficking Counterfeit Nike Shoes, Filing False Tax Return and Mail Fraud
April 1, 2011
State Business Development Consortium Director Charged in Fraud and Money Laundering Conspiracy
March 2011
March 31, 2011
United States Files Complaint Against Medical Transport Corporation
March 30, 2011
Russellville Man Indicted as Felon in Possession of Ammunition and for Possessing Unregistered Explosive Devices
Tuscumbia Man Charged with 2009 Bank Robbery also Charged with Tuscumbia Woman in Tax Fraud Scheme
Odenville Man Indicted For Bank Fraud
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Mother and Daughter in Murder-for-Hire Scheme
Hartselle Man Sentenced For Lumber Company Arson
March 29, 2011
Former Adamsville Court Clerk Charged With Embezzlement
March 23, 2011
Birmingham Man Sentenced to 11 years in Prison for Armed Car-jacking
March 18, 2011
Birmingham Man Sentenced for Stealing Identities and Social Security Benefits
March 17, 2011
Birmingham Man Sentenced For Possessing a Pipe Bomb
March 15, 2011
Box-cutter Wielding Carjacker Sentenced in Federal Court
Etowah County Couple Must Serve 18 Months in Prison for Embezzlement and Repay $133,028
March 14, 2011
Birmingham Man Sentenced For Conspiring To Defraud The Government
March 9, 2011
Odenville Man Sentenced for Fraudulently Billing Employer
March 7, 2011
Tuscaloosa Man Sentenced to 20 years for Distributing Cocaine
Five Birmingham Residents Indicted for Robberies
March 2, 2011
Former Part-time Coach Sentenced 15 Years on Child Pornography Charges
Texan And Romanian National Indicted For Identity Theft And Fraud
Birmingham Man Indicted for Armed Bank Robbery of BB&T Bank
Montgomery Man and Woman Indicted in Connection to Tuscaloosa Bank Robbery
Birmingham Man Sentenced for Armed Bank Robbery of Regions Bank
March 1, 2011
Northport Farm Credit Manager Charged with Fraud
February 2011
February 24, 2011
Hueytown Tax Preparer Charged With Fraud
February 18, 2011
Dekalb County Man Sentenced to 12.5 Years in Prison for Computer Sharing of Child Pornography
February 15, 2011
Lauderdale County Roundup Nets 21 People Charged in Prescription Drug Scheme
February 10, 2011
Marshall County Woman Charged with Mailing Hoax Anthrax Letters
February 9, 2011
Photographer Sentenced To 5 ½ Years In Prison For Transporting Child Pornography
February 2, 2011
Brookwood Man Faces 34-count Federal Indictment in Mortgage Fraud Scheme
Truck Driver Sentenced 17 ½ Years For Hauling 200 Pounds Of Cocaine In Hidden Compartment
January 2011
January 27, 2011
U.S. Attorney's Office Seeks Forfeiture of Aircraft Flown into Country Illegally
Georgia Man Sentenced Five Years for Arson and Fraud in Gardendale Church Fires
January 21, 2011
Federal Judge Sentences Nauvoo Man To 10 Years For Receiving And Possessing Child Pornography
January 13, 2011
Judge Orders Birmingham Tax Preparer To Pay $23,900 In Restitution For Submitting False Tax Returns
January 5, 2011
McCalla Man Sentenced To More Than Nine Years In Prison For Receiving And Possessing Child Pornography
