Friday, September 24, 2010

FBI In the News Updated

Missouri Woman Indicted for Embezzling from Employer
Thu, 23 Sep 2010 17:19:18 -0500

Diana Kay Erickson, of Aurora, Missouri, was indicted for for counterfeit checks and mail fraud related to a scheme to embezzle $252,848 from her employer.



Missouri Bank Manager Indicted for Stealing from Soccer League, Team
Thu, 23 Sep 2010 17:16:27 -0500

Michael Robert Rettke, a former Columbia, Missouri bank branch manager, was indicted for allegedly embezzling $30,000 from the accounts of a local soccer league and a soccer team that he coached.



Two Men Sentenced in Missouri to Life in Prison on Murder-for-Hire Charges
Thu, 23 Sep 2010 17:13:49 -0500

James K. Kornhardt and Steven A. Mueller were each sentenced in St. Louis, Missouri to life in prison in connection with their commission of the murder-for-hire of Danny Harold Coleman. Kornhardt was also found guilty of obstructing justice stemming from actions taken by him to destroy a firearm, silencer and ammunition directly related to the murder.



Elected City Official Convicted in Illinois on Tax and Election Fraud Charges
Fri, 24 Sep 2010 17:07:59 -0500

East St. Louis, Illinois Precinct Committeeman and ex-City Council Member Michael V. Collins, who resides in Swansea, Illinois, was found guilty of tax evasion, failure to file income tax returns, and election fraud.



New Jersey Attorney, Two Others Charged with Conspiracy to Commit Witness Bribery
Thu, 23 Sep 2010 17:03:39 -0500

Prominent Newark attorney Abdul Williams and two other men were indicted on charges of having participated in a scheme to commit bribery in connection with witness testimony. Williams is also charged with perjury, obstruction of justice, and falsification of records.



Twenty-One Indicted in Indiana in Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy
Thu, 23 Sep 2010 17:00:19 -0500

The indictment of 21 alleged cocaine traffickers was unsealed in New Albany, Indiana following the arrest of 17 of the defendants.



Michigan Woman Charged with Enticing a Minor to Engage in Sexual Activity
Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:56:20 -0500

Angie L. Jenkins, of Lowell, Michigan, was charged with enticing a 16-year-old New York boy to engage in sexual activity.



New York Man Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Charge
Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:54:39 -0500

Jay M. Henke, of Lancaster, New York, pled guilty to possessing images of child pornography that were stored on his e-mail account and were obtained from a minor victim who was 15 years old at the time she took and e-mailed the images to Henke.



Twenty-Seven Members and Associates of the 10th Street Gang Indicted in New York
Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:53:08 -0500

A federal grand jury in Buffalo, New York returned a 62-count indictment charging members of the 10th Street Gang and their associates with racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, violent crimes in aid of racketeering, narcotics trafficking and firearm offenses.



Two Indicted in Illinois in Connection with $30 Million Investment Fraud Scheme
Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:33:13 -0500

Gail Howard and James Jedynak were indicted in Chicago, Illinois for allegedly engaging in an investment fraud scheme, swindling more than $30 million from approximately 70 investors in a purported telecommunications business they operated.



Two Men Who Hacked Comcast Website Sentenced in Pennsylvania
Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:30:44 -0500

Christopher Allen Lewis, of Newark, Delaware, and Michael Paul Nebel, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, were each sentenced in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to 18 months in prison for conspiring to disrupt service at Comcast corporation's www.comcast.net website on May 28 and 29, 2008. These acts resulted in a loss to Comcast of approximately $89,578.13.



Pennsylvania Men Charged with Pharmacy Robberies, Distributing Stolen Narcotics
Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:26:45 -0500

Emmanuel Duran, Raheem Brown, John Bowie, Joshua Hines, and Kevin Staten, all of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, were indicted in connection with six armed robberies of pharmacies in Philadelphia, the distribution of the narcotics stolen from the pharmacy robberies, and possession of firearms.



Pennsylvania Residents Charged with Armed Home Invasion Robberies
Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:23:59 -0500

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania residents Emmanuel Duran, John Bowie, Lamar Staten, and Jacklyn Smith were charged with conspiracy to commit robbery which interfered with interstate commerce, and four armed robberies and home invasions relating to the abduction, assault, torture and robbery of two men, and three subsequent home invasions.



Minnesota Man Sentenced to 30 Years on Child Pornography Charge
Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:16:13 -0500

Michael Angelo Borromeo, of Faribault, Minnesota, was sentenced to 360 months in prison and a lifetime of supervised release for producing a video containing child pornography.



Michigan Man Indicted for Assault on Indian Reservation
Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:14:17 -0500

Devin James Pope Sr., of Mount Pleasant, Michigan, was indicted on charges of domestic assault by an habitual offender. The indictment charges that Pope assaulted his 20-year-old girlfriend on the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Reservation in Isabella County, Michigan.



Two Michigan Residents Indicted in Health Care Fraud Scheme
Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:09:19 -0500

Dr. Richard A. Behnan, of Flint, Michigan, and Kelly Morel, of Davison, Michigan were indicted in connection with allegedly causing approximately $883,000 in fraudulent billing to the Medicare program and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.



Lobbyist Pleads Guilty to Role in Illegal Campaign Contribution Scheme
Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:06:49 -0500

Paul Magliocchetti, the founder and president of PMA Group Inc., a lobbying firm, pled guilty in Arlington, Virginia to making hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal campaign contributions and making false statements to a federal agency.



Georgia Man Sentenced in D.C. for Cheating People Who Were Promised Loans
Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:03:36 -0500

Kenneth Lane Milstead, of Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced in Washington, D.C. to six years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of wire fraud for obtaining more than $315,000 through a scheme in which he promised--but never made--loans to potential borrowers across the United States.



Seven Members of Virginia Cocaine Trafficking Ring Indicted
Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:02:12 -0500

Seven men were charged in a 34-count indictment for trafficking cocaine and firearms in Prince William County, Virginia.



Former Texas Police Officer Sentenced for Bank Robbery
Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:59:04 -0500

Michael E. Tindall, a former sergeant with the Conroe (Texas) Police Department, was sentenced to more than seven years in prison for the 2008 robbery of the First Bank of Conroe, where he had worked a second job for several years as the bank's security guard.



Two Charged in Fraud Scheme Involving Purchase of Texas Motel
Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:55:33 -0500

Ayub Mohmed Badat and Jam Niaz Ali were indicted in connection with their alleged involvement in a mail and wire fraud scheme to defraud the Small Business Administration and federally insured lenders of more than $1 million through the purchase of a Days Inn Motel in Houston, Texas.



Bulgarian Man Charged with Using Stolen Account Info to Defraud Banks of $1 Million
Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:47:26 -0500

Bulgarian national Radostin Paralingov was arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada on charges relating to the theft of account information of bank customers who used ATMs in the New York City area. Paralingov allegedly used the information to defraud two banks out of over $1 million.


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