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Tipoffs for Asheville, North Carolina (Federal Agencies) Newsletter for Thursday February 24, 2022 ( 1 items )  

N.C. U.S. Attorney: Former Catawba County Director of Utilities Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud Conspiracy for Accepting Bribes
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Feb. 24 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, Dena J. King, issued the following news release on Feb. 23, 2022: Barry Bryan Edwards, 65, of Hickory, N.C. appeared in federal court today and pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy for accepting kickbacks and bribes from a private contractor, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Robert R. Wells, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Inve  more