Thursday, October 14, 2010

FBI In the News Updated

Missouri Woman Pleads Guilty to Bank Theft
Thu, 14 Oct 2010 19:50:33 -0500

Laurine K. Calvert, of Polo, Missouri, pled guilty to embezzling more than $414,000 from the bank where she was employed.



Hawaii Man Sentenced for Molesting Minor on an Airplane
Wed, 13 Oct 2010 19:32:51 -0500

Curtis Keith Cooper, of Princeville, Hawaii, was sentenced to 97 months in prison for inappropriately touching a minor who was under 12 years of age that was seated next to him while aboard a flight from Hawaii to California in July 2003.



Retired Police Officer Indicted in Pennsylvania on Child Pornography Charges
Wed, 13 Oct 2010 19:25:46 -0500

Retired police officer Blaine R. Handerhan, of Jonestown, Pennsylvania, was indicted on charges of possession and distribution of child pornography over the Internet.



D.C. Man Sentenced for Attempting to Rob Armored Truck Carrying Over $2 Million
Thu, 14 Oct 2010 19:21:27 -0500

Toumani Touray Thomas, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced in Greenbelt, Maryland to more than 15 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for attempting to rob a Dunbar armored truck containing over $2 million in cash and firing a rifle during the robbery attempt.



Michigan Business Owner Pleads Guilty in Bid Rigging Scheme
Thu, 14 Oct 2010 18:53:48 -0500

Brian Dodds, a businessman from Howell, Michigan, pled guilty in connection with an ongoing federal investigation into fraud, money laundering and obstruction of justice involving the Garden View Estates public housing project in Detroit, Michigan.



Organic Fertilizer Company President Indicted for Selling Synthetic Fertilizer to Organic Farms
Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:50:26 -0500

Peter Townsley, of British Columbia, Canada, was charged in San Francisco, California in connection with engaging in a scheme to defraud purchasers of organic fertilizers, and the agency that approves fertilizers as organic, by falsely representing his company's fertilizer to be an organic product when he knew that the product contained prohibited synthetic materials.



California Man Pleads Guilty to Sexual Exploitation of Minors
Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:45:12 -0500

Steven Patrick Arthur, Porterville, California, pled guilty to four counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. Arthur and a co-defendant administered a tranquilizer to four minors in his care. Once the minors were unconscious, the defendants produced still and video images of each other engaged in sexually explicit conduct with the victims.



Minnesota Man Guilty of Transporting a Child for Sex, Producing Child Pornography
Thu, 14 Oct 2010 18:32:51 -0500

Kenneth Leon Wilcox, a trucker from Truman, Minnesota, pled guilty to taking a 14-year-old child on interstate trucking trips for the purpose of having sexual relations with her and producing pornography involving her.



Pennsylvania Man Sentenced for Distributing Cocaine
Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:28:12 -0500

Brian Hill, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court to two years of probation on his conviction of distributing cocaine.



Connecticut Man Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Charge
Thu, 14 Oct 2010 18:25:42 -0500

Stephen Ulisse, of Rocky Hill, Connecticut, pled guilty to distribution of child pornography.



Virginia Man Sentenced for Credit Card Fraud
Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:20:57 -0500

Joseph Scott Champion, of Fishersville, Virginia, was sentenced to 30 months in prison on a variety of fraud charges in connection with stealing nearly $1 million from his employer.



Georgia Man Sentenced in Virginia for Distributing Child Pornography
Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:18:15 -0500

Galen E. Vanord, of Millen, Georgia, was sentenced in Richmond, Virginia to 20 years in prison for distributing child pornography. Law enforcement in Richmond downloaded 600 images of child pornography and one video from Vanord. In the course of their investigation, agents seized Vanord’s computer and hard drive, on which they found more than 14,000 images of child pornography.



Illinois Man Sentenced on Child Pornography Charge
Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:55:05 -0500

David Steward, of Granite City, Illinois, was sentenced to 70 months in prison after pleading guilty to transporting child pornography.



Illinois Man Pleads Guilty to Role in Bank Robberies
Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:52:16 -0500

Nicholas Matthew Hall, of Franklin County, Illinois, pled guilty to a three-count indictment charging him with two counts of bank robbery and carrying and use of a firearm during a crime of violence.



Retired Head of Labor Union Sentenced in Illinois for Illegally Obtaining Farm Equipment
Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:42:40 -0500

William E. Dugan, the retired president and business manager of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150, was sentenced in Chicago, Illinois to three years of probation for violating federal labor law by demanding and accepting custom-made livestock feeders for his buffalo farm in Maryland from a company that employed the union local's workers, as well as other similar related conduct.



Georgia Man Sentenced for Seeking Sex with 8-Year-Old Girl
Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:31:31 -0500

Mark Michael Stevens, of Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison on a charge of attempting to entice a minor to engage in sex.



Massachusetts Men Charged with Insider Trading
Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:17:38 -0500

Peter E. Talbot, of East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, and his nephew, Carl E. Binette, of Ludlow, Massachusetts, were charged with conspiracy and securities fraud in connection with their roles in an insider trading scheme.



Massachusetts Bank Branch Manager Charged in Mortgage Scam
Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:14:36 -0500

Former Bank of America branch manager Arthur Samuels was charged with wire fraud and bank fraud for his role in connection with a multi-year, multi-property mortgage fraud scheme in Dorchester and Roxbury, Massachusetts.



Five Additional Corporate Execs Charged in Spongetech Securities Fraud Case
Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:10:16 -0500

Five additional corporate executives were charged in a superseding indictment unsealed in Brooklyn, New York with securities fraud and obstruction of justice committed by chief officers of Spongetech Delivery Systems, Inc.



Money Service Company Exec Pleads Guilty in New York to $50 Million Fraud
Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:04:33 -0500

Bernard McGarry, the chief operating officer of Mount Vernon Money Center (MVMC), pled guilty to defrauding MVMC clients, including banks that had received TARP funds, universities, and hospitals, out of over $50 million that had been entrusted to MVMC.



Thirteen Members of the Latin Kings Street Gang Indicted in New York
Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:02:20 -0500

A superseding indictment was unsealed in New York charging 13 alleged current and former members of the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (Latin Kings) with multiple gang-related crimes.



Texas Ambulance Company Owner Sentenced in Health Care Fraud Scheme
Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:46:40 -0500

Muhammed Nasiru Usman, of Arlington, Texas, who owned and operated two ambulance companies, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for in connection with running a $3.5 million health care fraud scheme.



Texas Woman Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Employer
Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:29:27 -0500

Trisia Leann Jordan pled guilty in Amarillo, Texas to defrauding the company where she was employed as bookkeeper by making unauthorized transfers of company funds to her personal accounts.



Virginia Gang Member Sentenced to 36 Years in Prison
Tue, 12 Oct 2010 21:11:25 -0500

Bounty Hunter Bloods gang member Eric Drandell Ward, of Portsmouth, Virginia, was sentenced to serve 29 years in prison for his racketeering acts and seven years in prison for possessing a firearm during a crime of violence.


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