Category: North Carolina – Middle District
Sanford Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Illegal Possession of a Firearm | USAO-MDNC
GREENSBORO, N.C. – A Lee County resident was sentenced today in federal court in Greensboro for knowingly possessing a firearm after previously being convicted of a felony, announced Acting United…
U.S. Attorney Matt Martin Presents Award to Lexington Police Chief Mark Sink | USAO-MDNC
LEXINGTON, N.C. – Today, U.S. Attorney Matt Martin, on behalf of the United States Attorney’s Office and other federal law enforcement agencies in the Middle District of North Carolina, presented…
Bioventus Agrees to Pay More Than $3.6 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Violations | USAO-MDNC
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Bioventus, LLC, a global medical technology company, has agreed to pay the government $3,609,087.00 to resolve allegations that Bioventus violated the False Claims Act by submitting improperly…
U.S. Attorney Matt Martin to Resign Effective Feb. 28 | USAO-MDNC
GREENSBORO, N.C. – United States Attorney Matthew G.T. Martin today announced that he has resigned his position as head of the United States Attorney’s Office in the Middle District of…
Six Individuals Affiliated with the Oath Keepers Indicted by a Federal Grand Jury for Conspiracy to Obstruct Congress on January 6, 2021 | USAO-MDNC
WASHINGTON – This week, six additional individuals associated with an organization known as the Oath Keepers, some of whose members were among those who forcibly entered the U.S. Capitol on…
U.S. Attorney’s Office Collects More Than $9.9 Million in Civil and Criminal Actions in Fiscal Year 2020 | USAO-MDNC
GREENSBORO, N.C. – United States Attorney Matthew G.T. Martin announced today that the Middle District of North Carolina collected $9,991,198.58 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2020. Of…
Two Durham Men Sentenced to Federal Prison | USAO-MDNC
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Two men from Durham, North Carolina, were sentenced to federal prison in separate cases this week, announced Matthew G.T. Martin, United States Attorney for the Middle District…
Emotet Botnet Disrupted in International Cyber Operation | USAO-MDNC
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced its participation in a multinational operation involving actions in the United States, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom to disrupt…
North Carolina Tax Preparer Charged with Conspiracy to Defraud the IRS and Aggravated Identity Theft | USAO-MDNC
WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury in Durham, North Carolina, returned an indictment yesterday charging a tax preparer with conspiring to defraud the United States, preparing false tax returns, filing…
Chapel Hill Man Pleads Guilty in Elder Fraud Home Repair Scheme | USAO-MDNC
Greensboro, N.C. – Matthew G.T. Martin, United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, announced today that JORGE ALBERTO GARCIA, also known as “Alberto Garcia” and “Roberto Garcia”,…