Acting United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler Names Acting Criminal Chief

INDIANAPOLIS – Josh J. Minkler, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana today announced the appointment of a new supervisor to lead the Criminal Division. Winfield D. Ong, 56, will become the Acting Criminal Chief supervising attorneys who work fraud, public corruption, child exploitation, human trafficking, environmental, and other criminal cases.

Ong is a 25 year veteran of the U. S. Attorney’s Office specializing in white collar cases. He most recently was the lead federal prosecutor in the Tim Durham case resulting in a sentence of over 50 years.

Ong graduated law school from Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR., in1985, and DePauw University, 1980. He and his wife Jennifer have three adult children. He begins his assignment immediately.