Press Releases from National Press Office http://www.fbi.gov/fieldnews/breaking.htm Thu, 7 Oct 2010 23:51:39 -0400 Thu, 7 Oct 2010 23:42:32 -0400 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.9) http://www.feedforall.com Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and John V. Gillies, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announced the filing of seven separate cases against “microcap” stock market insiders and stock promoters, charging numerous individuals with securities fraud and related charges. http://miami.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/mm100710.htm 23317E0E-801D-415A-8C6B-FE55AEA51485 Thu, 7 Oct 2010 23:42:32 -0400 U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz, sentenced Ahfaz Ahmed, age 46, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to one month in prison, followed by five months of home detention as part of two years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit labor certification fraud in a scheme in which Ahmed charged immigrants thousands of dollars to fraudulently obtain work visas for them. http://baltimore.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ba100710.htm 555CC20C-5A61-4276-BAF9-8C8EC1A1CD23 Thu, 7 Oct 2010 23:42:30 -0400 LIONEL PERKINS, JR., age 56, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty in federal court today before U. S. District Judge Lance M. Africk to charges relating to his usage of his deceased brother’s identity to obtain thousands of dollars of federal benefits and his fraudulent application for and receipt of storm-related federal benefits in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, announced United States Attorney Jim Letten. http://neworleans.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/no100710a.htm 30ECA6DE-D1F7-4559-94AE-C52437A78E9C Thu, 7 Oct 2010 23:42:29 -0400 A Pittsburgh woman was convicted today in federal court of aggravated identity theft and scheming to defraud commercial advertisers and exhibitors out of fees for fake bridal conventions and magazines advertised in Boston and other cities across the United States. http://boston.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/bs100710.htm 097CEA4C-8985-459D-B78E-8F9129766F82 Thu, 7 Oct 2010 23:42:28 -0400 Abdul Kanu, 24, recently was convicted of bank theft for his role in a staged armored car robbery in May 2008 in Northwest Washington. http://washingtondc.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/wfo100710.htm 2D1CF7CA-7E88-4970-A32B-E4C8F94E529F Thu, 7 Oct 2010 23:42:27 -0400 David Donald Dias, 43, of Olive Branch, was sentenced for possession of child pornography yesterday by United States Chief District Judge Michael P. Mills, in Oxford, Mississippi. Judge Mills ordered Dias to serve a term of 97 months in prison. Dias was also sentenced to serve a term of five years supervised release. http://jackson.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ja100710.htm 305304EF-4213-4568-A002-D60BE6B3BCBC Thu, 7 Oct 2010 23:42:25 -0400 Two former Chicago residents with ties to a sophisticated drug operation who had been on the run from law enforcement for nearly a decade, were located and arrested earlier this week in Mexico. http://chicago.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel10/cg100710.htm 76DC3A51-CE6E-4133-B218-2C6F1F7369BE Thu, 7 Oct 2010 23:42:24 -0400 Eighty-nine law enforcement officers and 44 others in Puerto Rico have been charged in 26 indictments unsealed today and returned by a grand jury in San Juan, Puerto Rico. http://sanjuan.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/sj100610.htm 77D90F3E-D4C2-48BB-B201-1E8DD064AC24 Wed, 6 Oct 2010 14:11:59 -0400 Special Agent in Charge James S. McTighe of the FBI Salt Lake City Field Office is proud to present the 2010 Director’s Community Leadership Award to Earl Sutherland, Jr., Ph.D. The FBI chose Dr. Sutherland for his work in protecting Native American children who are victims of sexual abuse and other violent acts. http://saltlakecity.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel10/slc100610.htm 1AAF0615-1CA6-474E-95A5-C7D62704DB8C Wed, 6 Oct 2010 13:51:31 -0400 The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a 39-year-old Wilkes-Barre resident pleaded guilty to using the internet to entice a minor to engage in illegal sexual conduct. http://philadelphia.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ph100510b.htm E1D455B8-CB29-49D3-AA31-4784EBFEAB31 Tue, 5 Oct 2010 13:51:26 -0400 Roman O. Conoway, 50, of Fairview Heights, Illinois, was indicted by a federal grand jury in a two-count indictment charging him with Making a False Threat to Detonate an Explosive Device; and Influencing a Federal Officer by Threat. http://springfield.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/si100610.htm AB9826E8-C935-42A5-A363-28504941066F Wed, 6 Oct 2010 13:51:25 -0400 Two Kansas City, Missouri, men were indicted by a federal grand jury for the armed robbery of a local clothing store. http://kansascity.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/kc100510.htm 3F43F2C1-99B4-4220-AB2E-DC4C2F7D4826 Tue, 5 Oct 2010 13:51:36 -0400 Eugene Joseph Escalanti, 34, of Tucson, Ariz., was found guilty by a federal jury on June 25, 2010 of First Degree Murder, Kidnapping and First Degree Murder/Felony Murder. He was sentenced on Monday by U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton to three concurrent life sentences in a federal prison. http://phoenix.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/px100510.htm DCC82182-791F-46F4-8567-CDF4789A12E6 Tue, 5 Oct 2010 13:51:34 -0400 United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian announced "the opening salvo in the campaign against violent crime in Schenectady" with the unsealing of a Superseding indictment charging 16 individuals in a 29 count indictment. http://albany.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/alfo100510.htm 013C91DE-39C3-496B-82DF-9558459880BD Tue, 5 Oct 2010 13:51:33 -0400 The former chairman of the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians pleaded guilty this afternoon to federal charges related to his acceptance of approximately $875,000 in bribes from tribal vendors and concealing that income from the Internal Revenue Service. http://losangeles.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/la100510.htm 2C5793D1-D3BC-4EDA-B9A5-F93862138CF5 Tue, 5 Oct 2010 13:51:32 -0400 United States Attorney Sally Quillian Yates announced that Allergan, Inc. pleaded guilty and was sentenced to pay $375 million to resolve its criminal case arising from its unlawful marketing and promotion of its biologic product, Botox® Therapeutic ("Botox"), for uses not approved as safe and effective by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). http://atlanta.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/at100510.htm ACD38A00-F776-4B2C-B1D1-C24D7FF4E1D0 Tue, 5 Oct 2010 13:51:30 -0400 On Monday, October 4, 2010, a passenger aboard a Delta flight from Dallas, Texas to Atlanta complained of being touched several times in an inappropriate fashion and reported this to the flight crew. http://atlanta.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel10/at100510a.htm BCCC85AD-90B2-4ACA-8786-FE8999AB5F5B Wed, 6 Oct 2010 13:51:29 -0400 An indictment was unsealed charging Allie Speight, Maurice Thomas, Jerome Manker, and Andre McCrea with various counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, making false statements on loan applications, bribery of bank employees, and identity theft. http://philadelphia.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ph100610.htm 8F90CD9E-09B9-48C1-BDCE-170CF717258A Wed, 6 Oct 2010 13:51:27 -0400 Eleven individuals, including four current Alabama state legislators, three lobbyists, two business owners and one of their employees, and an employee of the Alabama legislature have been charged for their roles in a conspiracy to offer to and to bribe legislators for their votes and influence on proposed legislation. http://mobile.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/mo100410.htm EC425869-E1A5-4408-855F-DAC699ED049A Mon, 4 Oct 2010 08:40:51 -0400 Dwayne Wells, age 50, of Potomac, Maryland, and Charles K. Fash, age 52, of Rockville, pled guilty today to wire fraud in connection with a scheme to embezzle over $1 million from a mechanical engineering firm in which they were part-owners. http://baltimore.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ba100410.htm 6D8F30A7-2299-4405-A7DF-9BA5D5AFC0BB Mon, 4 Oct 2010 08:40:57 -0400 John V. Gillies, the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the FBI Miami Division has announced an arrest in the fatal armored vehicle robbery on October 1, 2010. http://miami.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel10/mm100310.htm DCA97F1C-D860-48DE-ADD5-056EB240191C Sun, 3 Oct 2010 08:40:52 -0400 A Tennessee man was indicted on two charges stemming from a threat he made to burn down the house of United States Congressman John Boccieri. http://cleveland.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/cl100110.htm D4A52093-E0F7-44C5-97BA-C492DAB9171D Tue, 5 Oct 2010 08:40:56 -0400 Gary Dale Horton, II, 24, of Jonestown, Texas, was sentenced to two years in federal prison in connection with an cyanide hoax in May 2010. http://sanantonio.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/sa100110.htm 0F17DE52-2B72-4FCC-BE96-37F52B8F2CAF Fri, 1 Oct 2010 08:40:54 -0400 A 22-year-old Red Lake man pleaded guilty earlier today in federal court in Minneapolis to sexually abusing a boy on the Red Lake Indian Reservation last year. http://minneapolis.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/mp100110b.htm A85190D2-F082-4BAF-907E-FF091153F027 Fri, 1 Oct 2010 08:40:53 -0400