A Toronto, Ohio man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court recently to crimes related to a multi-million investment scheme that victimized at least 65 individuals.
A former Pike County deputy was sentenced in federal court Wednesday, March 27 to 100 months (eight years and four months) in prison for committing civil rights violations while employed as a law enforcement officer.
The lead defendant charged in a narcotics and money laundering conspiracies case was sentenced in U.S. District Court this month. Seven defendants are responsible for conspiring to traffic thousands of oxycodone pills and more than three kilograms of methamphetamine into Ohio from Florida and California, and for conspiring to launder more than $2.5 million in drug proceeds.
Two Columbus police officers have been arrested on federal charges alleging they stole multiple kilograms of cocaine and provided it to others to sell.
A New Jersey man who is alleged to have fled to Turkey has returned to the United States and pleaded guilty to his role in a nationwide, off-the-road tire sale fraud scheme that resulted in tens of millions of dollars of losses.