| Federal Tipoffs Involving West Virginia Newsletter for Tuesday August 13, 2024 ( 3 items ) |
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Pilot Accounted for from WWII (Manown, J.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release:
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Navy Reserve Lieutenant Jay R. Manown Jr., 26, of Kingwood, West Virginia, killed during World War II, was accounted for May 23, 2024.
In the fall of 1944, Manown was an aviator assigned to Navy Torpedo Squadron 20 (VT-20), USS Enterprise. On Sept. 10, Manown and two other crew members aboard a TBM-1C
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W.Va. U.S. Attorney: Five More Defendants Sentenced to Prison for Roles in Methamphetamine Trafficking Organization
HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, Aug. 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release:
Five defendants were sentenced today for their roles in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) responsible for distributing large quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl in the Southern District of West Virginia.
Hakeem Rashad Mack, also known as "Paper," 31, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced to ten years in prison, to be followed by five years
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W.Va. U.S. Attorney: South Carolina Woman Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering in Relation to COVID-19 Relief Fraud Scheme
BLUEFIELD, West Virginia, Aug. 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release:
Anna Marie Omar, 50, of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, pleaded guilty today to money laundering by engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from a fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan. Omar admitted that she fraudulently obtained a $20,833 PPP loan guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Ai
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