From: DOJ/United State Attorneys Office, Western District of Virginia
WASHINGTON – Assistant United States Attorney Jeb Terrien of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Virginia was one of 243 members of the Department of Justice recognized by Attorney General Eric Holder and Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA) Director Monty Wilkinson at the 30th annual Director’s Awards Ceremony today in Washington D.C.
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Assistant United States Attorney Jeb T. Terrien is recognized for his leadership in a three-year undercover investigation of a contraband cigarette trafficking network that resulted in the successful prosecution of 26 defendants and the forfeiture of over $10 million. Working with two Special Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, AUSA Terrien supervised a long-running undercover operation that involved a commercial warehouse in which agents bought and sold untaxed and contraband cigarettes.
This investigation uncovered criminal enterprises that spanned multiple states and foreign countries, and involved domestic and international money laundering, contraband and counterfeit cigarette trafficking, drug smuggling, and other offenses. When one particular defendant went to trial, AUSA Terrien and his trial team presented almost 500 exhibits to obtain a conviction. AUSA Terrien’s diligent and persistent work over the course of this long-running investigation led to the issuance of six separate indictments and numerous guilty pleas.
