Thursday, July 1, 2010

FBI In the News Updated

Two New York Men Charged with Eight Armed Robberies
Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:14:44 -0500

Carl Farrington and Karriem Barrow, both of the Bronx, New York, were charged with allegedly participating in a series of armed robberies that included seven banks and a restaurant in Bronx, Westchester, and Putnam counties over a three-month period. They each face a maximum sentence of eight terms of life plus 220 years in prison.



Man Sentenced for Securities Fraud Targeting Haitian Community in Florida
Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:19:21 -0500

Michael J. Muzio was sentenced to 163 months in prison for crimes related to his scheme to defraud Haitian-American investors in South Florida, and others, by manipulating the stock price of a publicly traded company through materially false and misleading public statements and through coordinated stock purchases and sales designed to artificially impact share prices.



Florida Woman Charged in Mortgage Fraud Scam
Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:22:13 -0500

Marie Decosta Quintana, of North Miami, Florida, was indicted in connection with her role in a mortgage fraud scheme that resulted in more than $1.1 million in losses to two banks.



Florida Corrections Officers Charged in Drug Trafficking Scheme
Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:25:02 -0500

Former Florida state corrections officers Dameyenoe Francis, Jerry Thicklin, and Derrick Jackson were indicted for their roles in a scheme to smuggle cocaine into the prison where they worked.



Man Sentenced in Colorado for Bank Fraud
Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:29:08 -0500

Alton John Smith was sentenced in Denver, Colorado to five years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for bank fraud. Smith was also ordered to pay restitution totaling $767,709.07 to Wells Fargo, Security Service Credit Union, and an insurance company.



Alabama Woman Indicted for Mail and Mortgage Fraud
Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:31:57 -0500

Myra Denise Robinson, of Birmingham, Alabama, was indicted on one count of mail fraud and one count of making false statements on a mortgage application to a financial institution.



Alabama Man Indicted for Mail Fraud
Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:33:17 -0500

Stephen Warren Miller, of Odenville, Alabama, was indicted for fraud in connection with a business he established in order to seek payments he was not owed.



Alabama Man Sentenced on Child Pornography Charge
Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:36:06 -0500

Curtis Earl Estes, of Pinson, Alabama, was sentenced to 12.5 years in prison for receiving child pornography.



Ohio Credit Union Manager Sentenced for Embezzlement
Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:57:29 -0500

Ann Bryson, of Cincinnati, Ohio, was sentenced to 33 months in prison for embezzling more than $245,000 from Good Samaritan Employees Credit Union, where she was the manager between 1998 and 2005.



Pennsylvania Man Indicted for Three Armed Robberies
Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:01:38 -0500

Jesse Allen, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was indicted in connection with his alleged commission of three separate gunpoint robberies of grocery/convenience stores.



Louisiana Man Sentenced for Mail Fraud and Theft of Federal Funds
Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:04:04 -0500

George Magee, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced to serve five years' probation after pleading guilty two counts of mail fraud and one count of theft of federal funds relating to fraudulent Federal Emergency Management Agency claims in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.



Texas Man Pleads Guilty in Multi-Million-Dollar Mortgage Fraud Scheme
Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:13:29 -0500

Albert Terrance Watkins, of Missouri City, Texas, pled guilty to committing wire fraud arising from a $10 million mortgage fraud scheme.


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