Wednesday, September 1, 2010

FBI In the News Updated

Delaware Woman Sentenced in Pennsylvania for Embezzling from Employer
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:08:58 -0500

Corrine Horstead, of Newark, Delaware, was sentenced in Pennsylvania to 24 months in prison for stealing approximately $230,000 by writing checks to herself from her employer's bank account and using the employer's ATM card.



Connecticut Man Sentenced for Role in Drug Ring
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:31:10 -0500

Kevin Mendez, of Newington, Connecticut, was sentenced to five years in prison for his participation in a Hartford-area narcotics trafficking ring.



Former Connecticut Hospital Executive Indicted
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:27:49 -0500

Wilton, Connecticut resident William Roe, who was employed by Danbury Hospital in Danbury, Connecticut as a senior vice president and chief financial officer, was charged with one count of wire fraud and two counts of interstate transportation of stolen moneys.



Wisconsin Man Indicted on Child Pornography Charges
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:18:39 -0500

Paul M. Ketring, of Verona, Wisconsin, was charged with knowingly receiving visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct and with possessing a computer hard drive containing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.



Maryland State Senator, Shoppers Food Warehouse Execs Indicted in Bribery Scheme
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:08:46 -0500

A federal grand jury in Baltimore has indicted Maryland State Senator Ulysses S. Currie and two Shoppers Food Warehouse Corp. executives--former president William J. White and former vice president for real estate development R. Kevin Small--in connection with a scheme in which the supermarket chain allegedly paid Senator Currrie in exchange for using his official position and influence in matters benefitting White, Small, and the supermarket chain.



Maryland Felon Sentenced for a Series of Violent Armed Robberies
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:02:09 -0500

Trevon Jones, of Baltimore, Maryland, was sentenced to 12 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release in connection with his planning of and participation in a series of violent armed robberies with other individuals.



Florida Deputy Sheriff Indicted for Bribery, Unlawfully Accessing Computer
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:53:17 -0500

Josue Ostolaza, a former deputy sheriff with the Alachua County Sheriff's Office in Florida, was arrested on charges of accepting more than $14,000 from a man in exchange for protecting the man from domestic violence investigations and possible arrests; and unlawfully accessing a protected computer for the purpose of private financial gain and in furtherance of a criminal act.



Former Kentucky Corrections Officers Sentenced on Civil Rights Charges
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:55:25 -0500

John McQueen, a former sergeant and supervisor at the Lexington-Fayette County Detention Center (FCDC), and Clarence McCoy, a former corporal at FCDC, were each sentenced in Lexington, Kentucky to 10 years in prison for their roles in the systematic abuse of detainees at FCDC.



Idaho Woman Sentenced for Selling Methamphetamine on Indian Reservation
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:50:32 -0500

Jackie Moffitt, of Worley, Idaho, was sentenced to five years in prison for buying and selling methamphetamine on the Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation. Moffitt also admitted to transporting approximately two pounds of methamphetamine from the Tri-Cities area.



Bin Laden Aide Re-Sentenced to Life in Prison for Brutal Attack on Prison Guard
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:29:20 -0500

Mahmoud Mamduh Salim was re-sentenced in New York to life in prison for his brutal assault on Corrections Officer Louis Pepe. Salim attacked Pepe while incarcerated and awaiting trial on charges that he participated in a global conspiracy to kill Americans in connection with the operations of al Qaeda, and that he was a trusted aide to Usama bin Laden.



Texas Man Guilty in $485 Million Oil and Gas Investment Fraud Scheme
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:16:18 -0500

Joseph Blimline, of Dallas, Texas, pled guilty to conspiring to defraud investors in an oil and gas scheme that involved more than $485 million and 7,700 victims throughout the U.S. Blimline also pled guilty to defrauding investors in a second oil and gas scheme based in the state of Michigan that involved more than $50 million obtained from investors.



Allergan Agrees to Plead Guilty, Pay $600 Million for Off-Label Promotion of Botox
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:13:00 -0500

Pharmaceutical manufacturer Allergan Inc., headquartered in Irvine, California, has agreed to plead guilty and pay $600 million to resolve its criminal and civil liability arising from the company's unlawful promotion of its biological product, Botox, for uses not approved as safe and effective by the Food and Drug Administration.



Pakistani Taliban Leader Charged for Role in Murders of Americans in Afghanistan
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:04:38 -0500

Hakimullah Mehsud, the self-proclaimed emir of the Pakistani Taliban, was charged in Washington, D.C. for his alleged involvement in the murder of seven American citizens in Afghanistan.



Missouri Man Sentenced for Subscribing to Child Pornography Websites
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:02:27 -0500

Michael Pinkerton, of Clinton County, Missouri, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison without parole for attempting to receive and possess child pornography after he subscribed to several child pornography websites.



Missouri Man Indicted for Bank Robbery
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:59:17 -0500

Daniel Louis Slotterback, of Lamar, Missouri, was indicted by a federal grand jury for robbing a Great Southern Bank branch in Lamar.



California Drug Trafficking Organization Members and Associates Arrested, Indicted
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:11:17 -0500

Thirty-six 36 persons believed to be members and associates of the Nuestra Familia organization were arrested in California on drug trafficking charges, and two federal indictments were unsealed charging 15 individuals with one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, or to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine.


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