[5] Nealy Cox left the Department of Justice in 2008 and joined Stroz Friedberg, a cybersecurity and investigations consulting firm, where she established and led the company's Dallas office.
[6] As U.S. Attorney in the northern district of Texas, Nealy Cox directed resources to crack down on sex trafficking, domestic violence, public corruption, gun crimes, and healthcare fraud.
[9] Caraway was sentenced to four years and eight months in federal prison after pleading guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud and tax evasion.
In addition, they were also initially critical that Nealy Cox later became partner at Kirkland & Ellis, Boeing's lead corporate criminal defense law firm.
[17] In Operation Wasted Days in 2019, Northern District prosecutors under Nealy Cox's direction obtained convictions against 49 defendants — including two doctors and five pharmacists — for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances as part of an $18 million pill mill scheme.
[19] In 2019, Nealy Cox's office obtained restraining orders that enjoined Garland, Texas, doctors Leovares Mendez and Pena Rodriguez from practicing.
[20] According to the complaint, the two doctors repeatedly issued prescriptions for controlled substances, including hydrocodone, alprazolam, and tramadol, to undercover agents posing as prospective new patients in exchange for $250 cash payments.
[21] The investigation was handled by numerous law enforcement agencies coordinated by the Texas Anti-Gang Center, and the indictments included conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and other illegal narcotics.
[23] In 2020, Northern District prosecutors shut down the CityXGuide website and arrested its owner, Wilhan Martono, on more than two dozen federal charges, including reckless disregard of sex trafficking, facilitating prostitution and money laundering.