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Federal Tipoffs Involving West Virginia Newsletter for Friday April 12, 2024 ( 3 items )  

W.Va. U.S. Attorney: Federal Jury Convicts Putnam County Man for FHA Fraud Scheme
HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, April 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: After two days of trial, a federal jury convicted Jason Trador, 46, of Scott Depot, on April 10, 2024, of making a false statement to federal agents, willfully overvaluing property on a loan application, and three counts of making a false statement to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Evidence at trial proved that  more

W.Va. U.S. Attorney: Kanawha County Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Crime
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Reginald Clay Jackson, 43, of St. Albans, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, on October 3, 2023, law enforcement officers arrested Jackson after conducting a traffic stop of a scooter he was operating in St. Albans. Jackson was taken to  more

W.Va. U.S. Attorney: Operation Smoke and Mirrors Update - Georgia Man Sentenced to More Than 11 Years in Prison for Role in Drug Trafficking Organization Case
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Perry Johnson Jr., 30, of Dunwoody, Georgia, was sentenced today to 11 years and three months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Johnson admitted to his role in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) that operated in the Charleston area. According to court   more