June 2023

Jacksonville, FL – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Diandre Murel (29, Jacksonville) with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and possessing cocaine with the intent to distribute it. If convicted, Murel faces a minimum mandatory sentence of 5 years, and up to 40 years, in federal prison for the conspiracy offense and up to 20 years in federal prison for the possession offense. Murel’s case is set for trial in August 2023. He had a detention hearing on June 27, 2023, and was ordered detained pending trial.

Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced Jackylin Bonifacio (38, Tampa) to four years and nine months in federal prison for distribution of heroin and fentanyl resulting in death. Bonifacio had pleaded guilty on February 12, 2021. The court previously sentenced her codefendant, Leslie Pagan, to 20 years in prison for her role in the offense.

This is a 2.5-hour mini session on the FOIA's privacy exemptions and the Privacy Act. It will include:

The interface between the FOIA and the Privacy Act,

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This is a 2-hour class on Continuing FOIA Education

This program provides a discussion of current topics in FOIA administration, including:

An update of current legal and policy

Since January 2013, in accordance with Office of Information Policy (OIP) guidance, agencies have been reporting quarterly on four key FOIA statistics to the Department of Justice

Since January 2013, in accordance with Office of Information Policy (OIP) guidance, agencies have been reporting quarterly on four key FOIA statistics to the Department of Justice

On June 21, the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) hosted the EU-U.S. Ministerial Meeting on Justice and Home Affairs in Stockholm.

Alta Vista Healthcare & Wellness Centre, LLC (Alta Vista), a skilled nursing facility in Riverside, California, and its management company, Rockport Healthcare Services (Rockport), have agreed to pay the United States and California a total of $3.825 million to resolve allegations that they submitted and caused the submission of false claims to Medicare and Medicaid by paying kickbacks to physicians to induce patient referrals.

A former analyst with the Kansas City Division of the FBI was sentenced in federal court today for illegally retaining documents related to the national defense at her residence.

A federal jury in Los Angeles convicted a California man today for illegally importing from Syria a mosaic depicting the Roman demigod Hercules that is believed to be 2,000 years old.