Tuesday, January 15, 2013
The federal charges allege Godfrey and Bona Ilonza were involved in running the pain clinics, making millions on apparent drug addicts and dealers from across Georgia and surrounding states.
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Tuesday, January 15
An Alpharetta man and his wife were among those indicted for the illegal sale and distribution of pain killers to addicts and drug dealers at three AMARC pain clinics in metro Atlanta. Godfrey Ilonzo, 63, of Alpharetta, the owner of the pain clinics; Bona Ilonzo, 51, of Alpharetta, his wife and office manager; Dr. Nevorn Askari, 57, of Monroe; and Dr. William Richardson, 59, of Atlanta, were indicted and arrested on federal drug and money laundering charges for their respective roles in operating so-called “pill mill” pain clinics. Godfrey Ilonzo was also indicted on charges relating to federal bankruptcy fraud, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office. The defendants were arraigned Tuesday at 2 p.m., before U.S. …
Monday, August 6, 2012
The federal indictment named 14 individuals in a conspiracy to traffic cocaine and mariuana and launder drug money
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Monday, August 6, 2012
Fourteen defendants – including an Alpharetta resident – have been indicted for drug trafficking and money laundering crimes after a multi-agency investigation, U.S. Attorney Sally Quillian Yates, and the David G. Wilhelm Organized Crime Drug Enforcement (OCDETF) Strike Force announced in a news release today. A federal grand jury returned two indictments charging the 14 defendants on July 25. The indictments were unsealed on Aug. 1, in conjunction with a sweep aimed at arresting those charged. Today U.S. Magistrate Judge Alan J. Baverman conducted a detention hearing for one group of defendants, and ordered that each defendant be detained. The news release stated that according to Yates, the charges, and other information presented in …
Thursday, January 5, 2012
An Alpharetta man had previously been sentenced in the case, which netted 567 kilograms of cocaine and more than $23 million in drug proceeds in the Atlanta area.
A Mexican national who headed operations of a significant Mexican drug trafficking and money laundering cartel was sentenced to 16 years, 8 months in federal prison today, Jan. 4 by U.S. District Judge Richard W. Story. Macedo and his co-conspirators were targets of a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) investigation dubbed “Operation Four Horsemen,” which resulted in the seizure of 567 kilograms of cocaine and more than $23 million in laundered drug proceeds in the Atlanta area, according to U.S. Attorney Sally Quinlan Yates. Combined with drug and money seizures in Laredo, Texas, the investigation has resulted in the seizure of 973 kilograms of cocaine, 1,445 kilograms of marijuana, and more than $31 million in drug proceeds. The other…
Roland c
4:11 pm on Monday, August 6, 2012
Hey soccer Moms and mayor. Crime is here in the city. This week alone, we had a fetus in a freezer, domestic carjacking/ agg assault and a major dope king pin charged by the Feds in the city....get you head out of the sand. New leader are needed in the department. more ›