Friday, October 15, 2010

FBI In the News Updated

Massachusetts Woman Charged for Role in Robbery, Murder of Gas Station Owner
Thu, 14 Oct 2010 19:12:24 -0500

Kelley M. Lajoie, of Springfield, Massachusetts, was charged for her role as a lookout during the robbery of a Woonsocket gas station manager in which the gas station owner was murdered.



Ninth Taiwan Exec Indicted for Participating in Global LCD Price-Fixing Conspiracy
Thu, 14 Oct 2010 19:02:17 -0500

A federal grand jury in San Francisco, California returned an indictment against Hsin-Tsung Wang, a former executive of a Taiwan thin-film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) producer, for participating in a global conspiracy to fix prices of TFT-LCD panels.



Michigan Clinic Operator Sentence for Role in Fraudulent Home Health Scheme
Thu, 14 Oct 2010 18:24:36 -0500

Christopher Collins, a patient recruiter and operator of a Detroit-area home health agency, was sentenced to 63 months in prison for submitting or causing the submission of approximately $6.96 million in false or fraudulent claims to the Medicare program.



Holy Land Foundation Representative Pleads Guilty in Michigan
Thu, 14 Oct 2010 18:20:22 -0500

Syrian native Mohamad Mustapha Ali Masfaka, also known as Abu Rateb, who is a singer throughout the Middle East, pled guilty in Detroit, Michigan to lying to federal officials about his involvement with the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, which is a Specially Designated Global Terrorist organization.



Georgia Man Convicted on Drug Distribution Charges
Thu, 14 Oct 2010 18:15:44 -0500

Andre Jamaal Guyton, of Ludowici, Georgia, was convicted of distributing cocaine and ecstasy to an informant acting on behalf of investigating agencies.



Texas Man Sentenced to Nearly 22 Years for Driving Getaway Car in Bank Robbery
Thu, 14 Oct 2010 18:00:30 -0500

Waylon McDonald, of Dallas, Texas, was sentenced to 262 months in federal prison for his role as the getaway driver following a bank robbery committed with Inequa Rushing. Rushing's infant son, who was on oxygen because of premature birth, was in the back seat of the getaway car at the time.



Texas Man Sentenced for Taking Local Businessman Hostage
Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:52:10 -0500

Domingo Lara III, of Mission, Texas, was sentenced to 235 months in federal prison for taking a McAllen businessman hostage in exchange for a $125,000 ransom. Once the ransom was paid, the businessman was released with minor injuries.



Seven More Texas Residents Charged in $5 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:48:24 -0500

Seven additional Houston-area residents who allegedly served as patient recruiters and a nurse have been charged for their alleged participation in a $5 million Medicare home health care fraud scheme. This brings the total number of defendants charged in this case to 14.



Texas Dance Instructor Sent to Prison for Possessing Child Pornography
Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:46:21 -0500

Lonny Aaron Lovelady, a Houston-area dance instructor, was sentenced to five years in federal prison without parole and ordered to register as a sex offender for possessing child pornography.



Leader of $92 Million Mortgage Fraud Conspiracy Pleads Guilty in New York
Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:28:00 -0500

Thomas Kontogiannis, a New York real estate developer who led a mortgage fraud conspiracy resulting in more than $90 million losses, pled guilty in Brooklyn, New York to conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud.



California Couple Charged with Conspiring to Export Sensitive Technology to China
Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:10:45 -0500

Naturalized U.S. citizen York Yuan Chang and his wife, Leping Huang, a Chinese national, both residents of Diamond Bar, California, were charged with conspiring to export restricted electronics technology to the People's Republic of China without obtaining the necessary licenses.



U.S. Embassy Employee in Iraq Charged with Theft of Public Funds, Conflict of Interest
Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:05:21 -0500

Osama Esam Saleem Ayesh, a foreign national employed at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, was charged with theft of public money and acts affecting a personal financial interest in connection with $237,236 in U.S. government funds.



Connecticut Man Sentenced for Role in Mortgage Fraud Scheme
Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:00:35 -0500

John Jackson, of Hamden, Connecticut, was sentenced to six months of home confinement and two years of probation for participating in a mortgage fraud scheme.



Connecticut Man Sentenced for Making Bomb Threats at Office Building
Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:57:50 -0500

Juan Rivera, of Derby, Connecticut, was sentenced to two years of probation for making hoax bomb threats at the New Haven office building where he worked.



Two Russian Men Convicted in Oklahoma of Conspiracy and Wire Fraud
Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:30:57 -0500

Dmitry Vladislovich Krivosheev and Maxim Valeryevich Illarionov, both Russian citizens residing in Miami, Florida, were found guilty in Oklahoma of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud in connection with a computer intrusion scheme to access bank accounts of victim companies in order to steal their money.



Two New Jersey Police Officers Indicted on Civil Rights Charges
Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:32:40 -0500

Camden, New Jersey police officers Antonio Figueroa and Robert Bayard were indicted on charges of conspiring with fellow police officers to deprive others of their civil rights and with specific instances of violating those rights.



Pennsylvania Mortgage Broker Sentenced for Mortgage Fraud Scheme
Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:29:36 -0500

Frank J. Dattilo, of Holland, Pennsylvania, who was the owner and operator of the mortgage brokerage firm, was sentenced to 15 months in prison for a scheme to defraud mortgage lenders in an effort to obtain money and property.



Two Pennsylvania Men Convicted of Hate Crime in Connection with Fatal Beating
Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:27:49 -0500

Brandon Piekarsky and Derrick Donchak, both of Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, were convicted of a hate crime arising out of the fatal beating of Luis Ramirez because Ramirez was Latino and the defendants did not want Latinos living in Shenandoah.



Deputy U.S. Marshal Sentenced in New Jersey for Perjury, Giving Firearm to Felon
Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:15:12 -0500

Antoine Dobson, a Deputy U.S. Marshal from Irvington, New Jersey, was sentenced to 45 months in prison for giving his off-duty firearm to a friend who was a convicted felon and for lying under oath.



Former CEO Pleads Guilty in New Jersey to $11 Million Fraudulent Loan Scheme
Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:11:42 -0500

David Findel, the former CEO of Worldwide Financial Resources, a New Jersey-based mortgage origination firm, pled guilty to wire fraud in connection with an $11 million fraudulent loan scheme.



Pennsylvania Crack Dealer Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison
Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:00:22 -0500

Joshua Francis Shenego, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for distributing crack cocaine.



Leader of Multi-State Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced in Ohio
Thu, 14 Oct 2010 11:52:38 -0500

Maurice L. Williams, of Columbus, Ohio and Decatur, Georgia, was sentenced in Columbus to 30 years in prison for leading a drug trafficking network responsible for distributing hundreds of kilograms of cocaine and marijuana throughout a multi-state region over a 10-year period.



Connecticut Man Pleads Guilty in $6.2 Million Bank Fraud Scheme
Fri, 15 Oct 2010 11:44:05 -0500

Kevin W. Carffrey, of Wolcott, Connecticut, pled guilty to one count of bank fraud and one count of filing a false tax return in connection with his role in a scheme that defrauded Webster Bank of nearly $6.2 million.


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