Tuesday, June 22, 2010

FBI In the News Updated

Oregon Man Sentenced to 188 Months in Prison for Sex Trafficking of a Minor
Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:33:00 -0500

Donnico T. Johnson, of Portland, Oregon, was sentenced to 188 months in prison after pleading guilty to the sex trafficking of a 15-year-old girl.



Former Fugitive Pleads Guilty in Georgia to Four-State Bank Robbery Spree
Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:34:23 -0500

Anthony Ray Artrip, of Ashland, Kentucky, a career criminal and former fugitive featured on "America's Most Wanted," was pled guilty in Rome, Georgia to the armed robberies of banks in Georgia, North Carolina, West Virginia, and Michigan. Artrip faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison.



College Construction Manager Charged in New York with $2 Million Kickback Scheme
Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:13:58 -0500

Lawrence Pesce, of Bellmore, New York, a construction manager for Touro College, was arrested on charges filed in Manhattan federal court that he defrauded Touro College out of more than $2 million since May 2008 through a kickback scheme that included the submission of an inflated bid for a construction project, bid-rigging, and the submission of fraudulent invoices.



Developer Sentenced in Georgia for Role in $13 Million Construction Fraud Scheme
Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:19:11 -0500

Developer Robert B. Surles, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced in Atlanta, Georgia to 10 years in federal prison on charges of conspiracy and wire fraud for his part in a scheme to defraud the operator of a California corrections facility of almost $13 million.



Forfeiture of $5 Million in Assets Sought from Former Bernard Madoff Employees
Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:32:13 -0500

Two civil complaints were filed in Manhattan federal court seeking the forfeiture of approximately $5 million in assets controlled by Annette Bongiorno and Joann Crupi, who each spent more than 25 years working for Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC. The assets allegedly subject to forfeiture constitute property traceable to proceeds of Madoff's fraud.



Texas Surgeon, Employees Indicted for Health Care Fraud; Dentists Also Charged
Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:43:45 -0500

Oral and maxillofacial surgeon Gary Morgan Schwarz DDS, the owner of Valley Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in McAllen, Texas, and two of his employees were indicted for health care fraud; four other Rio Grande Valley dentists were charged in the same indictment for soliciting and receiving kickback payments from for Schwarz for referring Medicaid beneficiaries to him in a related scheme.



Three New Jersey Residents Charged in $10 Million Foreclosure Rescue Scheme
Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:51:58 -0500

Ronald Harris Jr., of West Orange, New Jersey; Sterling Bruce, of Old Bridge, New Jersey; and Sabir Muhammad, of South Plainfield, New Jersey, were arrested on charges of conspiring to commit wire fraud in a scheme which allegedly defrauded numerous mortgage lenders of over $10 million.


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