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Federal Tipoffs Involving California Newsletter for 2024-04-24 ( 6 items )  
Alaska U.S. Attorney: Federal Jury Finds California Drug Supplier Guilty of Distribution in Relation to Fatal Fentanyl Overdose of Fairbanks Man (10)
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, April 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska issued the following news release on April 22, 2024: A federal jury convicted a California drug dealer late Friday for his connection to the fatal fentanyl overdose of a Fairbanks man. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Junior Gafatasi Tulali, 48, was the original source of fentanyl pills that were sold to a Fairbanks man who died of a fentanyl overdose in October 2020. Around  more PR

Calif. U.S. Attorney: Foreign National Extradited From Mexico to the United States to Face Fentanyl Trafficking Charges (10)
SACRAMENTO, California, April 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California issued the following news release: A Mexican national made his initial appearance in federal court in Sacramento on Friday, April 19, 2024, to face charges for fentanyl-pill, cocaine, and methamphetamine trafficking and money laundering, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. On March 3, 2022, a federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment against Luis Felipe Lopez Zamora, ak more PR

DEA-San Francisco Division: Foreign National Extradited From Mexico to the United States to Face Fentanyl Trafficking Charges (10)
SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 24 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's San Francisco Division issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: A Mexican national made his initial appearance in federal court in Sacramento on Friday, April 19, 2024, to face charges for fentanyl-pill, cocaine, and methamphetamine trafficking and money laundering, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Brian Clark announced.  more PR

DEA-Seattle: Federal Jury Finds California Drug Supplier Guilty of Distribution in Relation to Fatal Fentanyl Overdose of Fairbanks Man (10)
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, April 24 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Seattle Division issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: A federal jury convicted a California drug dealer late Friday for his connection to the fatal fentanyl overdose of a Fairbanks man. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Junior Gafatasi Tulali, 48, was the original source of fentanyl pills that were sold to a Fairbanks man who died of a fentanyl overdose in  more PR

New Mexico Aerospace Medicine Program Led by Center for Homeland Defense & Security Alum (10)
MONTEREY, California, April 24 -- The Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Homeland Defense and Security issued the following story: To say that Jake Debevec's career arc has been meteoric is hardly hyperbolic. Jake Debevec The Center for Homeland Defense and Security Emergence Program alum has skyrocketed from working for the University of New Mexico (UNM) Hospital Emergency Department as a transporter straight out of high school to University of New Mexico School of Medicine faculty and,  more PR

U.S. Attorney for Central District of California: Owner of Burbank-Based Blood Testing Laboratory Indicted for Allegedly Evading the Payment of Nearly $5.8M in Taxes (10)
LOS ANGELES, California, April 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release: A federal grand jury today indicted a Burbank man who allegedly evaded the payment of nearly $5.8 million in federal taxes over several years by using a shill to illegally collect Medicare reimbursement payments made to his blood-testing company. Armen Muradyan, 58, is charged via indictment with one count of tax evasion. He has been in federal custody sinc more PR