A federal grand jury in Fresno indicted Diego Garcia Lua on Friday charging him with cultivating marijuana and maintaining a drug-involved premises. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, the 61-year-old Lua used his orange orchard in Orange Cove to disguise the presence of approximately 6,305 marijuana plants he was growing...
Medicine Chest Pharmacy Will Pay $27,500 Fine to Resolve Case
Medicine Chest Pharmacy in Fresno will pay $27,500 to resolve allegations that it improperly dispensed prescription drugs and committed record-keeping violations. U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced the settlement in a news release Tuesday. Listen to this article: Owner Agrees not to Operate Any Pharmacy for Five Years In addition...
Local US Attorney's Office Collected $104 Million for Victims in 2019
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for California's Eastern District collected $104,469,755 in criminal and civil actions during the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2019, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott said Thursday. Of this amount, $78,774,806 was in civil actions and $25,694,949 was in criminal actions. A Look at the Big Recoveries The...
Browns Cut Fresno Native Kendricks After Insider Trading Charge
Fresno native Mychal Kendricks, a linebacker with the Cleveland Browns, was charged Wednesday with conspiracy to commit fraud via insider trading by federal authorities in Philadelphia. His attorney said that he expects Kendricks to plead guilty to the charges. But Kendricks was released by the NFL team Wednesday night anyway....