Tuesday, December 7, 2010

FBI In the News Updated

Four Michigan Residents Arrested in $14.5 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:03:23 -0600

Four Detroit-area residents were arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into a $14.5 million home health care fraud scheme.



Illinois Man Sentenced on Drug Charge
Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:00:41 -0600

Terrion Williams, of East St. Louis, Illinois, was sentenced to 12 months in prison following a previously entered guilty plea to an indictment charging him with possession with intent to distribute marijuana.



Illinois Man Sentenced for Firearm Offense
Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:59:26 -0600

Demarkis Hamblin, of Centreville, Illinois, was sentenced to a term of 77 months in prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.



Shapiro Family to Forfeit $625 Million for Victims of Madoff Ponzi Scheme
Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:52:14 -0600

Carl J. Shapiro and various related people and entities have agreed to forfeit $625 million to the United States, all of which will be made available to the victims of the fraudulent investment advisory business which was owned and operated by Bernard L. Madoff.



Four Indicted in Oregon on Drug Trafficking and Gun Charges
Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:48:38 -0600

A federal grand jury sitting in Medford, Oregon returned a 17-count indictment against Victor Valencia, Alex Valencia, Tina Ann Marie Brown, and Rocky Allen Bass charging conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, distribution of methamphetamine, and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Bass is also charged with attempting to purchase two AK-47 firearms for his methamphetamine supplier Victor Valencia, and possession of eight firearms in furtherance of the drug crimes.



Oregon Armored Car Driver, Wife, and Son Indicted in Connection with $3 Million Armored Car Theft
Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:44:24 -0600

Former armored car driver Archie Cabello, together with his wife, Marian Cabello, and their son, Vincent Cabello, all of Portland, Oregon, were charged with conspiracy to steal and possess bank money, false statements in credit card applications, filing a false tax return, and money laundering in connection with staging robberies of bank money from armored car companies, which were designed to make it look like other persons had stolen the money, when in fact the Cabellos took it.



Oregon Gang Associate Sentenced in Federal Gun Case
Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:42:40 -0600

Jaime Lee Michael Sims, of Portland, Oregon, an associate of the Unthank Park Hustler gang, was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.



Missouri Man Pleads Guilty to Selling False Aircraft Inspection Labels
Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:38:01 -0600

Joseph J. Fisk, of Ozark, Missouri, pled guilty to creating and selling false aircraft inspection labels that represented a satisfactory annual or 100-hour inspection of an aircraft and contained the forged signature of James F. Probst, who holds an FAA Inspection Authorization certificate, without his knowledge or consent. Probst had never seen or performed an annual inspection on any aircraft with which the fraudulent labels were associated.



Kentucky Men Sentenced for Liquor Theft
Fri, 03 Dec 2010 16:31:46 -0600

Vladimir Naranjo-Nieto, Michael Prieto-Cruz, and Efren Rodriguez-Hernandez, all of Louisville, Kentucky, were sentenced stealing two trailers that contained full loads of liquor worth more than $400,000 belonging to L.J. Rogers Trucking Company in Jeffersonville, Indiana.



California Sentenced for Running Ponzi Scheme That Caused $2.2 Million in Losses
Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:06:59 -0600

Ruben Gonzalez, a Mexican national residing in West Covina, California, was sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison for running an investment fraud scheme that took in almost $4 million from more than 100 victims who were lured to the scheme with promises of "guaranteed" annual interest rates up to 120 percent.


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