Security News in Brief: Harrison County residents admit to drug charges

Source: United States Department of Justice News

Two Shinnston, West Virginia, residents have admitted to methamphetamine charges, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced. Larry Thomas Gregory, II, 44, and Angela Chapman, 33, each pleaded guilty today to one count of “Possession with Intent to Distribute 50 grams or more of Methamphetamine.”

Security News in Brief: Ohio man admits to drug charges

Source: United States Department of Justice News

Rashaad Shadee Washington, of Pleasant City, Ohio, has admitted to drug charges, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced. Washington, 37, pleaded guilty today to one count of “Distribution of Methamphetamine within 1000 Feet of a Protected Location” and two counts of “Distribution of Methamphetamine.”

Security News in Brief: Former Employment Security Department employee indicted for filing false unemployment claims and demanding kickbacks

Source: United States Department of Justice News

Tacoma – A former employee of Washington State’s Employment Security Department has been charged in a 20-count indictment for his scheme to exploit his employment for personal enrichment and to fraudulently distribute at least $360,000 in pandemic-related unemployment benefits, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman.

Security News in Brief: Huawei CFO Wanzhou Meng Admits to Misleading Global Financial Institution

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

The Chief Financial Officer of Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Wanzhou Meng, 49, of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), appeared today in federal district court in Brooklyn, entered into a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) and was arraigned on charges of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, bank fraud and wire fraud.

Security News in Brief: Individual Charged with Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl, Heroin, and Marihuana

Source: United States Department of Justice News

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – On September 22, 2021, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned a four-count indictment charging Israel Hernández with Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Controlled Substances, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. The United States Postal Inspection Service was in charge of the investigation of the case.