U.S. Attorney’s office

In 2021, over 1,100 Alabama seniors reported being victims of elder fraud with losses of over $17 million.

Despite indictments and guilty pleas, the investigation into fraud within Alabama's virtual schools is still ongoing.

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Alabama on Wednesday announced a noon press conference for Thursday. According to his defense counsel, charges are expected tomorrow against Joel Gilbert, a partner at Birmingham law firm Balch & Bingham LLP, in connection legal services he provided his client … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, October 28, United States Attorney George L. Beck Jr. announced that Stephen K. Howard, 64 of Auburn, Alabama, pleaded guilty today to three counts of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance analogue (1-4 butanediol) and one count of possession of methamphetamine. When ingested, 1-4 butanediol … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Several Alabama residents were among 8 persons sentenced by the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama for their roles in what was the second largest dog fighting raid in U.S. history in August 2013. The case was led by the United States Attorney’s Office and … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, October 23, the U.S. Attorney’s office in Montgomery announced 18 indictments against two South African nationals, Dawie Groenewald, 46, and his brother, Janneman Groenewald, 44, and their company Valinor Trading CC (doing business as: Out of Africa Adventurous Safaris). The pair were charged with conspiracy, Lacey Act … Continued