Thursday, November 18, 2010

FBI In the News Updated

Two Texas Men Sentenced for Money Laundering in Major Drug Conspiracy
Wed, 17 Nov 2010 09:55:40 -0600

Tony Harris, of Marshall, Texas, and Lakendrick Miller, of Longview, Texas, were each sentenced to more than 20 years in prison on money laundering charges in connection with their roles in a drug trafficking scheme which involved money being sent to California, where it was used to buy illegal prescription drugs, such as codeine and hydrocodone.



South Dakota Man Pleads Guilty to Child Sex, Solicitation to Murder Federal Witness
Wed, 17 Nov 2010 09:51:34 -0600

Brandon Quincy Thompson, of Tea, South Dakota, pled guilty to knowingly trafficking a person he knew to be a juvenile, using force, fraud, or coercion, to customers willing to pay to engage in commercial sex acts with that juvenile. Thompson also admitted that he solicited another person to murder someone in an effort to prevent that person from testifying against him in his case.



Colorado Man Arrested on Robbery and Firearms Charges
Wed, 17 Nov 2010 09:44:08 -0600

Joshua Bodean Smith, a civilian living on the Fort Carson military base in Colorado, was arrested on charges of robbery and use of a dangerous weapon in the commission of a crime in which the firearm was discharged.



Virginia Woman Charged in Massachusetts with Theft of Public Funds
Wed, 17 Nov 2010 09:39:34 -0600

Venus Valiery Hammack, of Mount Jackson, Virginia, was charged in Boston, Massachusetts with stealing annuity payments issued by the United States Office of Personnel Management to her father, who was deceased. Hammack fraudulently caused a verification form to be completed, forging her father's name, in order to continue receiving payments after his death.



South Carolina Woman Sentenced in Oxycodone Case
Wed, 17 Nov 2010 09:37:03 -0600

Erica Christian Hatcher, of Wagener, South Carolina, was sentenced to one year and one day in prison for conspiracy to illegally distribute the prescription painkiller oxycodone.



Major Mexican Drug Dealer Gets 25 Years
Wed, 17 Nov 2010 09:34:21 -0600

Israel Juarez-Delgado, of Norcross, Georgia, was sentenced in federal court in Columbia, South Carolina to 25 years in prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine.



President of Oklahoma Oil Company Pleads Guilty to $2.8 Million Bank Fraud
Tue, 16 Nov 2010 08:56:36 -0600

Burt L. Hall, of Maysville, Oklahoma, the president of Steve Hall Oil Company, pled guilty to defrauding banks of $2.8 million through a check kiting scheme.



Two Illinois Businessmen Indicted for Defrauding Investors Out of More Than $7 Million
Wed, 17 Nov 2010 08:52:00 -0600

Francis X. Sanchez, of Woodstock, Illinois, and James D. Bourassa, of Gilberts, Illinois, were indicted on 20 counts of mail and wire fraud in connection with allegedly operating various businesses which were used to defraud investors out of more than $7 million.



Nearly 100 Alleged Illinois Gang Members and Associates Facing Narcotics Charges
Wed, 17 Nov 2010 08:42:55 -0600

Around-the-clock retail street sales of crack cocaine and heroin, averaging between $3,000 and $6,000 per day, seven days a week, were conducted by a core group of several alleged members of the Traveling Vice Lords street gang and their associates on Chicago's west side. Nearly 100 of these individuals are now facing federal or state narcotics charges.



Suspended Student Charged with Making Bomb Threat at Western Illinois University
Tue, 16 Nov 2010 08:39:02 -0600

Cameron McKoy, of Chicago, Illinois, a suspended Western Illinois University student, was arrested and charged with making a bomb threat to a campus residence hall.



Surgical Monitoring Company, Former CEO Agree to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
Wed, 17 Nov 2010 08:32:28 -0600

Surgical Monitoring Company, Inc., doing business as Sentient Medical Systems (SMS), of Hunt Valley, Maryland, and its former president and CEO, Jeffrey H. Owen, of Tucson, Arizona, have agreed to pay more than $2.7 million to resolve allegations that SMS and Owen violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to the Medicare program.



Security Guard Pleads Guilty to Making Hoax Bomb Threats to New Jersey NBA Office
Tue, 16 Nov 2010 08:26:14 -0600

José Quesada, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, a former private security guard contracted by NBA Properties, Inc., an affiliate of the National Basketball Association (NBA), pled guilty to making several hoax bomb threats to a Secaucus, New Jersey NBA Properties office.



Three New York Men Plead Guilty to Illegally Transmitting Cash to Rabbi
Tue, 16 Nov 2010 08:25:00 -0600

Three men who operated unlicensed money transmitting businesses in New York pled guilty to operating the illegal businesses, admitting they transferred large amounts of cash to a cooperating witness and to Rabbi Mordchai Fish, the then-principal rabbi of Congregation Sheves Achim in Brooklyn, New York.



New Jersey Exec Convicted of $4.2 Million Equipment Leasing, Financing Scheme
Tue, 16 Nov 2010 08:23:45 -0600

David Moro, former chief executive officer of Inchon LLC, was convicted by a federal jury in New Jersey for orchestrating a $4.2 million broadcasting equipment lease and financing scheme that caused losses of more than $3 million to major lenders.



Ghailani Found Guilty in Connection with the 1998 Bombings of U.S. Embassies in East Africa
Wed, 17 Nov 2010 08:16:17 -0600

Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani was found guilty in Manhattan federal court for his role in the 1998 bombings of the U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that took the lives of 224 people, including 12 Americans.


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