U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia

ATLANTA - Paul Kim, a pediatric dentist, has been sentenced to federal prison for possessing thousands of images and videos of minors, including some 12 years old and younger, engaging in sexually-explicit activity.  https://lnkd.in/eNsB8Yyf

GAINESVILLE, Ga. - Michael Mayfield has been sentenced to prison for defrauding his employer of over $1.2 million. https://lnkd.in/ebw56huC

ATLANTA – American Health Imaging, Inc. (“AHI”) and its former founder and CEO, Scott Arant, will pay the United States and the State of Georgia $5,250,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by: (1) providing physicians with meals, tickets to sporting events, and other gifts to induce those physicians to refer diagnostic scans to AHI’s independent diagnostic testing facilities; and (2) entering into above fair market value personal services agreements with referring physicians to induce those physicians to refer scans to AHI. https://lnkd.in/eardVk8P

We’re thankful for the partnership of all our law enforcement agencies. Their hard work and dedication keep our friends, families & communities safe. Thank you 🙌🤝 #HappyThanksgiving

ROME, Ga. - Rosa Elena Rangel Pantoja, Dustin Burgess, and Berzain Leal Batrez have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in operating a large methamphetamine conversion and distribution organization.  https://lnkd.in/ejhHfDgJ 

Oscar Waters has pleaded guilty to trafficking multi-kilogram quantities of fentanyl, cocaine, heroin, and other illegal narcotics through Georgia. His co-defendant, Keisha Jackson-Murchison pleaded guilty to the concealment of a felony. https://lnkd.in/dK8W4jri

ROME, Ga. – Adrian Robinson, Julio Martinez-Guzman, Jesse Brooks, James Carden, Reginal Dowdy, and Casanova Pritchett have been sentenced for their roles as members of a drug trafficking organization that distributed illegal narcotics in the Rome, Georgia, area, including heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine, and oxycodone. https://lnkd.in/exgn-Fcn

ATLANTA - Heleonel Gonzalez has pleaded guilty to bank fraud for orchestrating a $6 million scheme to defraud Peach State Federal Credit Union. https://lnkd.in/e6WN62AP

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia arranged four sessions of the COPS Office’s Managing Bias Training for Law Enforcement training with the Atlanta, Fayetteville, Doraville and Rome Police Departments. The Managing Bias training goals are to reduce the influence of bias in officers’ interactions and decision-making, contribute to improved police-community relations, and increase officer safety. Dozens of officers from agencies throughout the district completed the training, which was led by national instructors.

In honor of Native American Heritage Month, NDGA hosted an informative and impactful fireside chat with Nikki Locklear, Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Human Trafficking Program Director for the North Carolina Commission of Indian Affairs, Nealie McCormick, Chairman of the Georgia Council on American Indian Concerns, and Christian Bane, Program Manager for the Georgia Council on American Indian Concerns to discuss issues affecting Native America communities and related DOJ priorities, including human trafficking, missing and murdered Indigenous women and relatives, fraudulent trading of Native American artifacts, and Native American burial and repatriation protections.