Investigative News Releases

CAMDEN, N.J. – A Gloucester County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 42 months in prison for defrauding his employer’s health insurance plan out of more than $4 million by submitting fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary compounded medications, Attorney for the United States Vikas Khanna announced.

Jacksonville, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Daniel Diaz Garcia (34, Jacksonville) with credit card fraud and theft of mail. If convicted, Diaz faces up to 10 years in federal prison on the credit card fraud charge, up to 5 years in prison on the theft of mail charge, and payment of restitution to the victims in the case. Diaz was arrested on July 29, 2024, by the United States Postal Service – Office of Inspector General. This c

Jacksonville, Florida – U.S. District Judge Wendy W. Berger has sentenced Peter Alexander Lawrence (42, Jacksonville) to 18 months in federal prison for making false statements and representations to a federally licensed firearms dealer. Lawrence entered a guilty plea on April 23, 2024.

NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that TIMOTHY MCMILLAN, JR. (“MCMILLAN”), age 43, of New Orleans, was sentenced on July 23, 2024, by U.S. District Judge Brandon S. Long, for stealing items from the mail that he had been entrusted to handle as a postal letter carrier. U.S. Attorney Evans praised the work of the United States Postal Service, Office of the Inspector General in investigating this matter.

TUCSON, Ariz. – Amanda Rachelle Miller, 33, of Tucson, was apprehended in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico and deported to the United States on May 30, 2024, to face three felony indictments in the District of Arizona. Miller is a U.S. citizen and had been a fugitive for approximately three-and-a-half years at the time of her arrest in Mexico. The U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General are conducting the investigation in this case.