Press Releases for 2007



December 2007
Dec. 28, 2007	Jackson, Tennessee Man Sentenced to Life and Five Years
Dec. 20, 2007	Memphis Man Sentenced in Tax Fraud Scheme
Dec. 19, 2007	Prosthetic Supplier Pays United States $909,891 to Settle False Claim Allegations
Dec. 13, 2007	Memphis Man Pleads Guilty to Forcing Two Juveniles into Prostitution
Dec. 11, 2007	Memphis Woman Sentenced in False Tax Claim Case
Dec. 7, 2007	Memphis Resident Charged in Federal Criminal Complaint
Dec. 4, 2007	Two Individuals Indicted for Internet Pharmacy Scheme
November 2007
Nov. 30, 2007	Collierville Woman Pleads Guilty in Fraud Case
Nov. 29, 2007	Man Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison in Child Pornography and Child Enticement Case
Nov. 28, 2007	Memphis Resident Indicted for Tax Evasion Fifteen Indicted for Distributing Methamphetamine
Nov. 21, 2007	Armed Career Criminal Sentenced in Court
Nov. 20, 2007	Grand Jury Indicts Husband and Wife for $700,000 Conspiracy to Defraud the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services
Nov. 14, 2007	Former Memphis City Councilman Rickey Peete Sentenced to 51 Months Imprisonment in Case Investigated as Part of OPERATION MAINSTREET SWEEPER Stryker Corp. & Physiotherapy Associates to Pay U.S. $16.6 Million for Alleged False Claims to Federal Health Care Programs
Nov. 13, 2007	Complaints Unsealed Against Memphis Fire Department Employee and Two Others Involved in Illegal Steroids Distribution
Nov. 9, 2007	Complaint Unsealed Against Memphis Police Officer Involved in Illegal Steroids Distribution
Nov. 5, 2007	Topless Club Owner Pleads Guilty in Federal Court
Nov. 1, 2007	Memphis Woman Pleads Guilty in Tax Scheme
October 2007
Oct. 26, 2007	Jackson Doctor and Two others Indicted by Federal Grand Jury
Oct. 23, 2007	Scotts Hill, Tennessee Woman Indicted by Federal Grand Jury
Oct. 17, 2007	Former Henry County Sheriff Sentenced in Federal Court
Oct. 16, 2007	Individual Sentenced on Child Exploitation Charges Three Individuals Indicted on Child Exploitation Charges Former Tennessee Mental Health Aide Sentenced for Federal Civil Rights Violations
Oct. 5, 2007	Minister Enters Plea of Guilty to Sending Pornography to a Minor
Oct. 3, 2007	Two Indicted for Distributing Methamphetamine
Oct. 2, 2007	Five Indicted for Series of Robberies
September 2007
Sep. 28, 2007	Indictment Unsealed Charging Civil Rights Violations by Shelby County Sheriff's Deputy and Former Shelby County Deputy in Case Investigated as Part of Operation Tarnished Blue
Sep. 27, 2007	Defendant Sentenced to Over 24 Years for Violent Robbery
Sep. 24, 2007	Former Med Employee Pleads Guilty Memphis Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring with Police Officers to Commit Civil Rights Violations
Sep. 21, 2007	Memphis Attorney Sentenced on Child Pornography Charges
Sep. 17, 2007	Acting Deputy Attorney General Craig Morford Announces 2007 Project Safe Neighborhoods Achievement Awards Recipients at National Conference Local Team Meets with Department of Justice Officials, Enhances Strategies to Combat Gang Violence and Gun Crimes
Sep. 14, 2007	Brownsville Resident Sentenced for Preparing False Income Tax Return
Sep. 12, 2007	Former Memphis Police Officer Sentenced for Civil Rights Violations
Sep. 7, 2007	Defendant Sentenced to Life for Selling Crack Cocaine, 20 Years for Illegal Firearms
August 2007
Aug. 28, 2007	Former Memphis Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Civil Rights Violations
Aug. 22, 2007	Big Sandy, Tennessee Woman Indicted by Federal Grand Jury
Aug. 20, 2007	Former Milan, Tennesse State Representative Sentenced in Ponzi Scheme
Aug. 15, 2007	Defendant Pleads Guilty to Child Exploitation Charges
Aug. 9, 2007	Local Return Preparer Sentenced on Tax Charges Sentencing for Felon in Possession of a Firearm
July 2007
Jul. 26 , 2007	Convictions of Local Pastor Affirmed by United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Jul. 17 , 2007	Dyersburg and Jackson, Tennessee Recognized as Graduated Weed and Seed Sites
Jul. 16 , 2007	Former Mental Health Technician Pleads Guilty to Federal Civil Rights Violation
Jul. 12 , 2007	Individuals Sentenced in Project Safe Neighborhoods Cases
Jul. 11 , 2007	New Charges Against a Memphis City Councilman, a Former Utilities Chief Executive Officer and a Third Person in Cases Investigated as Part of Operation Mainstreet Sweeper Indictment, Arrest and Search Warrants in Cocaine and Marijuana Conspiracy Case Individual Indicted on Child Exploitation Charges
Jul. 9 , 2007	Weakley County Man Convicted Three Individuals Indicted on Child Exploitation Charges
June 2007
Jun. 29 , 2007	Defendant Sentenced 50 years for Arson Involving the Family Dollar Store
Jun. 28 , 2007	Former VA Hospital Employee Sentenced to Forty-Two Months
Jun. 27 , 2007	Cocaine Distributor Sentenced to 180 Months Imprisonment in One of Largest Drug Conspiracy Cases Brought in Western Tennessee
Jun. 26 , 2007	Federal Grand Jury Indicts Jackson Resident on Drug Charges
Jun. 20 , 2007	Former Memphis City Councilman Rickey Peete Pleads Guilty in Case Investigated as Part of Operation Mainstreet Sweeper
Jun. 19 , 2007	Federal Grand Jury Indicts Psychologist for $4,000,000 in False Billings to Medicare/Medicaid and Money Laundering
Jun. 18 , 2007	Memphis Attorney Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Charges
Jun. 15 , 2007	Brownsville Resident Pleads Guilty to Preparing False Income Tax Returns
May 2007
May. 24, 2007	Complaint Unsealed Against Shelby County Sheriff's Deputy Jailer and Others in Case Investigated as Part of Operation Tarnished Blue West Tennessee State Penitentiary Inmate Sentenced
May. 23, 2007	Jackson Man Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison
May. 21, 2007	Former Henry County Sheriff Pleads Guilty in Federal Court
May. 17, 2007	Former Memphis Police Officer Pleads Guilty in Case Investigated as Part of Operation Tarnished Blue William Holland Sentenced to 76 Month Prison Term for Narcotics and Obstruction of Justice Charges
May. 3, 2007	Two Former Memphis Police Officers Plead Guilty to Civil Rights Violations
April 2007
Apr. 19, 2007	Three Individuals Indicted on Child Exploitation Charges Former Memphis Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Civil Rights Violations
Apr. 11, 2007	Defendant Pleads Guilty to Child Exploitation Charges
Apr. 10, 2007	Defendant Pleads Guilty to Child Exploitation Charges Former Vice President of Sales for UnumProvident Corporation Sentenced on Federal Charges of Fraud
Apr. 03, 2007	Former Palestinian Authority Intelligence Officer Pleads Guilty
March 2007
Mar. 23, 2007	Assistant Vice President of Risk Management for NYK Logistics and Owner of Red Barn Logistics Pleads Guilty to Fraud Memphis Man Pleads to an Information for Defrauding Bank of America, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, and Union Planters Bank
Mar. 20, 2007	New Charges Against Shelby County Sheriff's Deputy in Case Investigated as Part of Operation Tarnished Blue
Mar. 09, 2007	Couple Pleads Guilty to Filing False Tax Return
Mar. 09, 2007	Woman Sentenced for Violation of Medicare Anti-Kickback Statute
Mar. 08, 2007	Pilot Charged with Income Tax Evasion
Mar. 07, 2007	Complaint Unsealed Against Shelby County Sheriff's Deputy in Case Investigated as Part of Operation Tarnished Blue
February 2007
Feb. 28, 2007	Justice Department Settles Case to Provide Accessible Housing
Feb. 16, 2007	Guilty Plea Entered for Inmate Who Filed a False Claim Against the Government
Feb. 13, 2007	Six Individuals Indicted on Child Exploitation Charges
Feb. 6, 2007	Tennessee Hitman Pleads Guilty to Murder for Hire, Arson
Feb. 1, 2007	Four Individuals Indicted on Robbery and Gun Charges
January 2007
Jan. 30, 2007	Joseph Cooper Pleads Guilty in Money Laundering Case Covington Man Indicted for Murder for Hire Former Bank Employee Pleads Guilty in Fraudulent Auto Loan Scheme Indictment Returned Against Former Bank of America Vault Manager
Jan. 29, 2007	Woman Pleads Guilty to Forcing Juvenile Girls into Prostitution in Memphis
Jan. 24, 2007	Indictment Unsealed Against a Memphis Police Officer in Case Investigated as Part of Operation Tarnished Blue
Jan. 23, 2007	Arkansas Department of Corrections Officer Indicted on Child Pornography Charges
Jan. 16, 2007	Federal Grand Jury returns Twenty-Nine Count Indictment Against Memphis Man for Business Robberies
Jan. 12, 2007	Another Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking a Juvenile Girl
Jan. 10, 2007	Man Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking a Juvenile Girl, Two Others Plead Guilty to Commercial Sex Charges

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