Jamey Noel was arrested in November 2023 on 15 felony charges related to fraud, misconduct, theft, ghost employment, and public corruption after a nearly yearlong investigation that is ongoing.
The indictment says from 2016 to this year, the drug trafficking organization used commercial-level logistics and warehousing to distribute large quantities of marijuana in the U.S., collecting millions of dollars in cash. The organization allegedly used semi-trucks and an airplane to move large quantities of cash back to California.
According to a news release from OUI, the change was made "in an effort to protect unemployment insurance claimants from fraud."
The IRS was required to issue the payments by mid-January so that it could move on to processing this year's tax returns.
The bank said on Facebook that it was "working as quickly as possible to restore service for our customers, and we apologize for the inconvenience."
The Washington County Sheriff's Office says a bank alerted investigators and customers to fraud on scome credit cards traced to the gas station.