Tuesday, August 10, 2010

FBI In the News Updated

Founder of California Company Charged in $30 Million Investment Fraud Scheme
Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:50:44 -0500

Samuel Cohen, the founder of a San Francisco-based company that provided digital music, games, entertainment, and information to bars and nightclubs, was charged with wire fraud and money laundering in connection with a scheme in which he defrauded more than 55 victims out of more than $30 million.



Sales Executive Charged in California with Destroying Records, Obstructing Justice
Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:43:15 -0500

Alvin K. Ono, of Singapore, was charged in San Francisco, California with destruction of records and obstruction of justice in connection with allegedly intentionally destroying files and data stored on the hard drive of his computer in response to a request for documents served on his company by the Securities and Exchange Commission, which was investigating alleged violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by Ono, his company, and others.



Arizona Man Sentenced in Kansas for Bank Robbery
Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:19:31 -0500

Frank Landavazo, of Kingman, Arizona, was sentenced in Kansas City, Kansas to 14 years in federal prison for robbing a bank in Lenexa, Kansas on December 29, 2009.



Final Defendant in Major Heroin Trafficking Organization Sentenced in Oregon
Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:02:05 -0500

Sergio Gutierrez-Torres, of Portland, Oregon, was sentenced to 70 months in prison on a charge of possession with intent to distribute heroin in connection with his role in a major heroin trafficking organization. He is the fourth and final defendant sentenced in this case.



Hawaii Man Convicted of Providing Defense Information to China
Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:52:25 -0500

Noshir S. Gowadia, of Maui, Hawaii, was convicted of five criminal offenses relating to his design for the People's Republic of China (PRC) of a low signature cruise missile exhaust system capable of rendering a PRC cruise missile resistant to detection by infrared missiles. He was also convicted of illegally communicating classified information on three other occasions and unlawfully exporting technical information on those three occasions, illegally retaining defense information, and filing false tax returns for the years 2001 and 2002.



Woman Pleads Guilty in D.C. to Kidnapping 6-Year-Old Boy
Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:17:09 -0500

Rolanda Edgar was sentenced in Washington, D.C. to 48 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for kidnapping her girlfriend's 6-year-old son.



Two Plead Guilty in Minnesota in $2.5 Million Mortgage Fraud Scam
Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:00:56 -0500

Beau Wesley Gensmer and Christopher Glenn Kennedy, both of Prior Lake, Minnesota, pled guilty to their roles in a scheme that defrauded mortgage lenders out of more than $2.5 million by causing them to make loans based on false information.



Arizona Man Sentenced for Sexual Abuse
Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:32:27 -0500

Marshall Joe, of Fort Defiance, Arizona, was sentenced to 56 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to sexually abusing a woman on the Navajo Nation Indian Reservation while the victim was sleeping.


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