Tuesday, November 9, 2010

FBI In the News Updated

Pennsylvania Real Estate Attorney Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud Charge
Mon, 08 Nov 2010 17:03:56 -0600

William Buchko, of New Brighton, Pennsylvania, who is an attorney specializing in real estate transactions, pled guilty to his participation in a bank fraud scheme related to a property in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania.



Pennsylvania Men Charged with Sex Trafficking of Minors
Tue, 09 Nov 2010 16:55:01 -0600

Paul Sewell and Michael Johnson, both of Reading, Pennsylvania, were charged for their roles in a large prostitution ring that was run by Sewell in the Reading area. Sewell was charged with four counts of sex trafficking of minors and of adults by force and three counts of production of child pornography. Johnson was charged with one count of sex trafficking.



Child Predator Sentenced in Pennsylvania to 25 Years in Prison
Mon, 08 Nov 2010 16:46:12 -0600

John Desper, of Woolwich, New Jersey, was sentenced in Philadelphia to 25 years in prison for traveling for the purpose of engaging in a sexual act with a minor. Desper corresponded online with parents, offering them money if they would allow him to sexually assault their children. A forensic examination of his computer found more than 8,000 images of child pornography.



Virginia Woman Guilty of Lying About Husband's Terrorist Activities
Mon, 08 Nov 2010 16:20:20 -0600

Proscovia Kampire Nzabanita, of Bristow, Virgnia, pled guilty to making a false statement to a special agent investigating her husband, Zachary Chesser, and his attempt to travel to Somalia to join the terrorist group known as al Shabaab.



D.C. Man Convicted in Connection with Bank Robbery Spree
Mon, 08 Nov 2010 16:18:54 -0600

Tyrone Hines, of Washington, D.C., was convicted by a federal jury of one count of bank robbery and two counts of attempted bank robbery, all of which occurred during a week-long robbery spree in 2010. During each of the robberies, Hines presented a teller with a note warning that he would detonate a bomb if he was not given money.



Convicted Sex Offender Sentenced in New York on Child Pornography Charge
Mon, 08 Nov 2010 16:15:33 -0600

Brian Lee McGaughey, of Tampa, Florida and formerly of Buffalo, New York, was sentenced to 262 months in prison for receiving pornographic images of a 14-year-old girl on his cell phone with whom he had been engaging in a sexual relationship with for over a year. McGaughey had previously been convicted of attempted rape in New York state in 1989.



Oregon Man Indicted for Assaulting His Infant Son
Tue, 09 Nov 2010 16:11:13 -0600

Monty Tewee, of Warm Springs, Oregon, was indicted on one count of assault resulting in serious bodily injury in connection with allegedly assaulting his 5-week-old child by squeezing him, which caused the infant child to suffer multiple fractured ribs and a lacerated liver.



Manager of Connecticut ATM Company Guilty in Multi-Million-Dollar Bank Fraud Conspiracy
Tue, 09 Nov 2010 16:03:38 -0600

John DeMilo, the former general manager of Branford, Connecticut-based New England Cash Dispensing Systems, Inc. (NECDS), pled guilty to his role in a scheme in which a Rhode Island bank lost approximately $4.8 million in funds that it had supplied to NECDS.



New York Gang Member Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Charges
Tue, 09 Nov 2010 15:49:35 -0600

Original Gangster Killers (OGK) gang member Winfield Nicholson, of Albany, New York, pled guilty to racketeering charges, admitting that he engaged in acts of violence and was a member of a conspiracy that distributed crack cocaine in furtherance of OKG's gang-related activities.



California Man Sentenced for Sex Trafficking of a Minor
Mon, 08 Nov 2010 15:46:41 -0600

Marvin Chavelle Epps, of Sacramento, California, was sentenced to 12 years and seven months in federal prison for sex trafficking in interstate commerce a minor girl who was 16 at the time she worked for him as a prostitute.



Pharmaceutical Company Lawyer Charged with Obstruction, Making False Statements
Tue, 09 Nov 2010 15:43:31 -0600

Lauren Stevens, of Durham, North Carolina, an attorney for a major pharmaceutical company, was charged with one count of obstructing an official proceeding, one count of concealing and falsifying documents to influence a federal agency, and five counts of making false statements to the Food and Drug Administration.



Five Plead Guilty in Minnesota to Stealing $5 Million from Mortgage Lenders
Tue, 09 Nov 2010 15:31:56 -0600

Thanh Van Ngo, Dang Hai Nguyen, Vince Long Nguyen, Jesse Steven Moxness, and Trung Quang Tran, have all entered guilty pleas in Minneapolis, Minnesota in connection with their roles in a $20 million mortgage fraud scheme that involved 54 Minnesota homes and resulted in a $5 million loss to various mortgage lenders.



Oregon Man Sentenced for Threatening Ohio Civil Rights Leader by Mailing Noose
Mon, 08 Nov 2010 15:22:36 -0600

Daniel Lee Jones, a Portland, Oregon white supremacist, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for mailing a noose to the president of the Lima, Ohio chapter of the NAACP in order to convey a threat to the victim because he was an African-American who publicly advocated for better police services for African-Americans in Lima, Ohio.



Oklahoma Man Charged with Armed Bank Robbery
Mon, 08 Nov 2010 15:18:35 -0600

Leonard D. Etheredge, of Oklahoma City, was charged with committing bank robbery with a dangerous weapon.



Large-Scale Cocaine Trafficking Organization Dismantled in Colorado
Mon, 08 Nov 2010 15:14:22 -0600

Thirty-five people were charged in Denver, Colorado with drug trafficking crimes. It is believed that those indicted were responsible for trafficking 20 kilograms or more of cocaine to Metro Denver every week. During the course of this investigation, agents and officers seized 53 kilograms of cocaine, 35 pounds of marijuana, over $650,000 in cash, nine firearms, and 15 vehicles.



New Mexico Man Sentenced on Child Pornography Charge
Mon, 08 Nov 2010 14:38:50 -0600

Jason Boy, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, was sentenced to 46 months in prison based on his conviction for possession of child pornography.



Seventeen Charged in $42.5 Million Fraud on Organization That Makes Reparations to Victims of Nazi Persecution
Tue, 09 Nov 2010 13:15:34 -0600

Charges were filed in Manhattan federal court against 17 alleged members of a long-running scheme that defrauded programs established to aid survivors of Nazi persecution out of more than $42 million. Employees of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, which administered the programs, were supposed to process and approve legitimate applications. Instead, they allegedly approved over 5,500 fraudulent applications, resulting in payouts to applicants who did not qualify for the programs. In exchange, these insiders kept a portion of the money for themselves and their coconspirators.


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