Customs and Border Patrol Inspector Charged with Drug Trafficking, Alien Smuggling, Bribery
Tue, 02 Nov 2010 16:55:18 -0500
Former Customs and Border Protection inspector Luis Enrique Ramirez was charged in a 13-count indictment returned in Brownsville, Texas with drug trafficking, alien smuggling, and bribery.
Texas Sheriff's Deputy Arrested
Tue, 02 Nov 2010 16:54:24 -0500
Cameron County (Texas) Sheriff's Deputy Jesus A. Longoria was arrested on charges of bribery and smuggling goods from the U.S.
Texas Man Guilty of Making Bomb Threats
Tue, 02 Nov 2010 16:49:49 -0500
Brandon Forsyth, of Texarkana, Texas, pled guitly to making a false bomb threat to Health South Rehabilitation Hospital in Texarkana, Texas. As a result, patients were evacuated twice from the hospital, and several law enforcement agencies, including the bomb squad, had to report to the scene.
Four Plead Guilty in Iowa to Sex Trafficking Charges
Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:44:46 -0500
Merrideth June Crane-Horton, Edwin Nathan Horton, Katherine Heredia, and Ramon D. Heredia, each pled guilty in Council Bluffs, Iowa to their involvment in a conspiracy to commit sex trafficking in which a 15-year-old girl was enticed into the conspiracy and then coerced to perform commercial sex acts on at least two occasions.
Iowa Doctor Sentenced for Health Care Fraud
Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:43:42 -0500
Angel Serafin Martin, of Newton, Iowa, was sentenced to six months in prison on 31 counts of health care fraud.
Iowa Man Convicted of Child Sexual Exploitation
Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:42:18 -0500
Michael Mayer, of Sibley, Iowa, was convicted in connection with persuading a 14-year-old girl to send him sexually explicit photos of herself.
Pimp Sentenced for Trafficking Four Juveniles Into D.C. for Prostitution
Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:37:55 -0500
Shelby S. Lewis, of Temple Hills, Maryland, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on charges of interstate transportation of minors for purposes of prostitution. His victims were 12, 13, 14, and 16 years old.
Maryland Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Producing Child Pornography
Tue, 02 Nov 2010 16:25:16 -0500
Ernesto Cacanindin, of Fort Washington, Maryland, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for producing child pornography involving a minor female who was between 12 and 15 years old.
Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Child Pornography
Tue, 02 Nov 2010 16:21:54 -0500
Brian Furches, of Manchester, Maryland, pled guilty to distribution of child pornography. Furches provided an undercover law enforcement officer, whom he believed to be a collector of child pornography, access to his file share program folders, which contained over 900,000 images and/or video files of child pornography available for others to download.
Former Police Officer Pleads Guilty in New York to Threatening Fellow Inmate
Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:18:45 -0500
Former Niagara Falls (New York) Police Officer Ryan Warme, in jail awaiting sentencing on several other charges, admitted to threatening another inmate in the jail.
New York Man Charged with Threatening Military Officers and Installations
Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:16:44 -0500
Kevin P. Smith, of Clarence, New York, has been arrested and charged with threatening federal officials and threatening to kill persons and bomb property.
West Virginia Bank Robber Sentenced to More Than 19 Years in Prison
Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:13:41 -0500
Brian Lee Corbett, of Chapmanville, West Virginia, was sentenced to 235 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $27,000 in restitution for robbing a bank in Logan County.
Pennsylvania Man Pleads Guilty to Mailing Threatening Communications
Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:10:32 -0500
Joseph Popovich, of Monessen, Pennsylvania, pled guilty to attempting to extort $20,000 from another individual by mailing a letter addressed to the individual, which contained a threat to injure the individual's reputation and a threat to accuse the individual of a crime.
Rhode Island Real Estate Attorney/State Senator Guilty in Mortgage Fraud Schemes
Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:04:49 -0500
Christopher B. Maselli, a North Providence, Rhode Island real estate attorney and state senator from Johnston, intends to plead guilty to eight counts of bank fraud, as charged by the government, in connection with his perpetration of mortgage fraud schemes that netted more than $1.7 million.
Two Sentenced in Ohio in Connection with Producing Counterfeit Driver's Licenses
Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:54:08 -0500
Jeffrey A. Evans and John P. Weston were each sentenced in Cleveland, Ohio to two years of probation and 50 hours of community service for their roles in producing counterfeit Ohio driver's licenses that were primarily used by underage college students to falsely represent their age and gain admission into bars and night clubs.
Virginia Woman Sentenced for Bribery
Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:51:13 -0500
Wendy Walters, of Portsmouth, Virginia, was sentenced to 15 months in prison and was ordered to pay $19,125 in restitution for her role in a bribery scheme at the Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth.
French Doctor Charged in New York in Insider Trading Securities Fraud Scheme
Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:26:20 -0500
Yves Benhamou, a citizen and resident of France, was charged in New York with engaging in an insider trading scheme in which he used his dual roles as an adviser on a clinical drug trial and as a private, paid consultant to provide material, nonpublic information about the drug trial's progress to a portfolio manager of a hedge fund group. The hedge fund group then used that information to avoid approximately $30 million in losses.
Fraudsters Behind Multi-Million-Dollar Advance-Fee Scheme Convicted in New York
Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:22:56 -0500
Noemi Dodakian and Chong Shing Wu were found guilty by a federal jury in New York of wire fraud conspiracy based on their participation in a fraudulent advance-fee scheme that spanned years and robbed victims across the country of more than $7 million.
Maryland Man Guilty of Sexually Exploiting a Child to Produce Child Pornography
Mon, 01 Nov 2010 11:11:29 -0500
Jeremy Guzewicz, of Parkville, Maryland, pled guilty to sexual exploitation of a child to produce child pornography. Guzewicz introduced himself online to a 12-year-old girl living in Massachusetts and soon thereafter instructed the girl to send him sexually explicit pictures of herself.
Collar-Bomb Defendant Convicted in Pennsylvania
Mon, 01 Nov 2010 10:56:45 -0500
Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong was convicted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania of conspiracy to commit armed bank robbery, armed bank robbery in which death resulted, and use of a destructive device in furtherance of a crime of violence.
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