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6 Mar 2012, 10:59 am
The Wall Street Journal on March 6, 2012 released the following: "Allen Stanford Convicted on 13 of 14 Counts By Daniel Gilbert A federal jury on Tuesday convicted international financier R. Allen Stanford on 13 out of 14 charges of money laundering and fraud in what prosecutors called a Ponzi scheme that lost billions of dollars for investors. The jury of eight men and four women found him not guilty on one count of wire fraud. The verdict, coming on the fourth full day of deliberation after a… [read post]
8 Sep 2011, 11:15 am
The Federal Bureau of Investigation on September 8, 2011 released the following: "Man Charged with Violation of HIPAA and Making False Statements BUFFALO, NY- The United States Attorney's Office announced today that John Edward Cipolla, of Niagara Falls, Ontario, was charged by criminal complaint with making a false statement to government authorities and with violating the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, and a… [read post]
29 Mar 2011, 2:37 pm
The former administrative assistant to a U.S. senator was charged today by a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia with violating criminal conflict of interest laws, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen of the District of Columbia; and James W. McJunkin, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI's Washington Field Office. The indictment charges Douglas Hampton, 48, formerly of Las Vegas, with seven counts of violating… [read post]
18 May 2012, 7:58 am
Export Law Blog on May 17, 2012 released the following: By Clif Burns "On May 15, Ulrich Davis, a citizen and resident of the Netherlands, was sentenced to six months in prison and a $2,000 fine. He was charged with violating a Temporary Denial Order issued by the Bureau of Industry and Security ("BIS"). The TDO in question was issued on October 1, 2007, against Aviation Services International, B.V., in the Netherlands, as well as affiliated and related individuals and entities in the Netherlands.… [read post]
17 Oct 2011, 8:00 am
Chicago Tribune on October 15, 2011 released the following: "Associated Press MUNCIE, Ind.- A convicted child molester has been arrested after police and FBI agents raided his Muncie apartment and found child pornography. A jail spokesman said 51-year-old Anthony W. Humphrey was being held in Marion County Jail on Saturday on a hold for U.S. marshals. Humprhey was charged Thursday in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis with a federal charge of possession of child pornography. Court documents say… [read post]
14 Jul 2011, 5:11 am
The U.S. Attorney's Office District of Colorado on July 13, 2011 released the following press release: "DENVER - David Joseph Lawless, age 30, of Denver, was indicted by a federal grand jury yesterday on charges of arson of a building and use of a destructive device during a crime of violence, the Department of Justice and the Lakewood Police Department announced today. Lawless is currently in state custody in Clear Creek County, where he is being held on unrelated state charges. There is no… [read post]
16 Aug 2011, 8:23 am
The U.S. Attorney's Office Northern District of West Virginia on August 15, 2011 released the following: "Clarksburg Resident Enters Plea to Possession of Stolen Mail CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A 57 year old Clarksburg, West Virginia, resident entered a plea of guilty today (August 15, 2011) in United States District Court in Clarksburg before Magistrate Judge John S. Kaull. United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced that: GEORGE JUNIOR JONES, SR. entered a plea of guilty to one… [read post]
11 Aug 2011, 12:28 pm
Main Justice on August 11, 2011 released the following: "An FBI agent pleaded guilty on Wednesday to lying about the whereabouts of $43,643 seized in a 2008 drug investigation, but he denied taking the money and has insisted he doesn't know where it is. Jerry Nau, 44, of Peoria, Ill., pleaded guilty in Urbana, Ill., to lying about the money seized by a multi-county task force he was part of, Allan Lengel reported on his Tickle the Wire blog, citing an account in the Peoria Journal Star. Nau, who is… [read post]
12 Mar 2012, 7:12 am
Huffington Post on March 9, 2012 released the following: "BOSTON - The brother of one of reputed mobster James "Whitey" Bulger's alleged murder victims says he's been told by a representative for federal prosecutors in Boston that Bulger's girlfriend Catherine Greig is considering pleading guilty to a charge of helping Bulger evade capture. Steven Davis told The Boston Globe a federal victim advocate told him Friday that Greig's lawyers indicated she's considering pleading guilty without a plea… [read post]
14 Jul 2011, 1:33 pm
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on July 14, 2011 released the following: "YUMA, AZ-United States Army Private First Class Christopher Eric Wey, 19, was arrested and charged today with Attempt to Carry an Explosive on an Aircraft and Transportation of a Stolen Explosive. On Wednesday, July 13, Wey attempted to board a United Airlines flight from Yuma, Ariz., to Los Angeles. During a standard Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screening at the Yuma International Airport, security… [read post]
24 Aug 2011, 6:25 am
The U.S. Attorney's Office Southern District of Texas on August 23, 2011 released the following: "Former TDCJ Guard Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Heroin HOUSTON - A former Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) Institution Division guard has been conviced of possessing with intent to distribute heroin, United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today. Alejandro Smith, 21, pleaded guilty on Monday, Aug. 22, 2011, to the federal felony offense admitting that on June 1, 2011, while… [read post]
27 Sep 2011, 9:20 am
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on September 26, 2011 released the following: "Former Visalia Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud FRESNO, CA- United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that Robert R. Prondzinski, 62, formerly of Visalia, pleaded guilty today before Senior United States District Judge Oliver W. Wanger to two counts of bank fraud relating to forged loan documents he submitted to Bank of the Sierra. According to the guilty plea, Prondzinski admitted that… [read post]
25 Aug 2011, 7:12 am
CNN on August 24, 2011 released the following: "John Edwards Charged With Conspiracy, Violating Campaign Contribution Laws By CNN's Bill Mears and Ashley Killough (CNN) - Lawyers for former Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards asked Wednesday to delay the start of his federal criminal trial, which is set to begin in October. Edwards said he needs more time to prepare his defense and called the government's case against him a "novel legal theory," according to a filing Wednesday. The… [read post]
14 Jan 2011, 2:29 pm
On January 11, 2011, a federal grand jury indicted 17 individuals as a result of an investigation by the Food and Drug Administration - Office of Criminal Investigation (FDA-OCI), with the collaboration of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD), announced today United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. The individuals are charged in a 19-count indictment with conspiracy to possess and possession with intent to distribute Oxycodone. The… [read post]
25 Aug 2011, 12:42 pm
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on August 25, 2011 released the following: "The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announces the arrest of 31-year-old Charles Alan Dyer, of Duncan, Oklahoma. The arrest comes after a nationwide manhunt and the efforts of multiple federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies in Texas and Oklahoma. At approximately 8:00 a.m. today, at the intersection of Mason and Farmer Roads in the Pecan Grove community of Fort Bend County, Texas, a Fort Bend… [read post]
4 Nov 2011, 7:53 am
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on November 3, 2011 released the following: "ALEXANDRIA, VA- Glendon Swift, 62, of Lenoir City, Tenn., was arrested late yesterday for allegedly making threats against the family of Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va. Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Michael F. A. Morehart, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Richmond Field Office, made the announcement. "Threatening to harm the family of a public official is a very… [read post]
30 Aug 2011, 10:35 am
The Boston Globe on August 30, 2011 released the following: "By Milton J. Valencia and John R. Ellement, Globe Staff The FBI and Massport today announced the first airport-based office in the nation dedicated to fighting terrorism has opened at Logan Airport, the site of two aircraft hijackings on Sept. 11, 2001. The on-site office, which formally opened in July, will be used by eight federal, state and local law enforcement agencies which participate in the Joint Terrorism Task Force. "It's one… [read post]
20 Jan 2012, 8:12 am
The Telegraph on January 20, 2012 released the following: "Rupert Murdoch's is facing an FBI investigation into phone hacking in America after News International admitted intercepting voicemails of Jude Law, the actor, while it is thought he was in the United States. By Mark Hughes, Raf Sanchez Yesterday the company paid the actor £130,000 after accepting that it had published stories gleaned from hacking his phone. One of the articles News International accepted had come from phone hacking was a… [read post]
25 Jul 2011, 8:35 am
The U.S. Attorney's Office Eastern District of Virginia on July 22, 2011 released the following: "ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Cooper Kweme, 31, of Silver Spring, Md., has been indicted by a federal grand jury of sex trafficking, transportation of a minor for prostitution, and production of child pornography. Neil MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; James McJunkin, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI's Washington Field Office; and M. Douglas Scott, Arlington County Chief… [read post]
27 Mar 2012, 12:47 pm
ABC News on March 27, 2012 released the following: "Unruly JetBlue Pilot Locked Out of Cockpit, Flight Diverted By JOSH HASKELL and CHRISTINA NG A JetBlue pilot acting erratically was allegedly locked out of the cockpit by his co-pilot, causing an airplane traveling from New York to Las Vegas to be diverted to Texas. A passenger sitting close to the front of the plane told ABC News that the co-pilot walked out of the cockpit and went to the bathroom before the incident happened. "The guy was in the… [read post]