Press Releases from National Press Office http://www.fbi.gov/fieldnews/breaking.htm Thu, 7 Aug 2008 17:00:20 -0400 Thu, 7 Aug 2008 16:46:51 -0400 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.9) http://www.feedforall.com Aafia Siddiqui was arrested in Afghanistan on charges related to her attempted murder and assault of U.S. officers and employees in Afghanistan. http://newyork.fbi.gov/pressrel/2008/aafia_siddiqui080508.htm 0AE52410-4425-4878-A817-F848E8C2F520 Mon, 4 Aug 2008 16:41:59 -0400 Hely Mejia Mendoza was indicted by a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., on seven counts of terrorism and weapons charges arising out of his participation in the 2003 hostage-taking of three American citizens in Colombia. http://washingtondc.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel08/wfo080408.htm EDD18727-7B27-4B68-B869-3EA14B995F0E Mon, 4 Aug 2008 16:19:12 -0400 Karen Fletcher, of Donora, Pennsylvania, pled guilty and was sentenced to five years probation for using an interactive computer to distribute obscene materials. http://pittsburgh.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/2008/obsenity080708.htm A9D684F4-19E0-4D48-BD52-6229576438CC Thu, 7 Aug 2008 16:15:45 -0400 The FBI Houston Bank Robbery Task Force is seeking public assistance in identifying a man who pointed a large handgun at a teller and yelled out his commands and threats in both English and Spanish during a robbery at a Laredo National Bank branch in Houston, Texas. http://houston.fbi.gov/pressrel/2008/ho08062008.htm C5052D61-D630-4B43-A9D0-DF439A316C19 Wed, 6 Aug 2008 15:28:02 -0400 Joseph McNulty, Sam K. John, Prakash George Karot, and George Thomas, all of whom were contractors who paid bribes to officials from the New Brunswick (New Jersey) Department of Community Planning and Economic Development were sentenced to varying prison terms, ranging from 21 months to two years. http://newark.fbi.gov/filelink.html?file=dojpressrel/2008/nk080108.pdf 3A44EFBA-6249-44A5-828E-652559E520FE Fri, 1 Aug 2008 15:15:38 -0400 Mitchell Fishman, of Princeton Junction, New Jersey, an attorney who conducted real estate closings in connection with a fraudulent scheme involving a purported real estate investment company, pled guilty to participating in a conspiracy that defrauded mortgage lenders of at least $1 million. http://newark.fbi.gov/filelink.html?file=dojpressrel/2008/nk073108a.pdf 44AB9081-7A73-4784-980F-34DFEF50670B Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:12:07 -0400 Franco Zanardelli, a Construction Code Official for the Township of West New York, New Jersey, pled guilty to extorting and accepting more than $30,000 in corrupt cash payments, as well as other benefits, in exchange for official favors. http://newark.fbi.gov/filelink.html?file=dojpressrel/2008/nk073108.pdf D9637122-9586-4730-A1F4-55D242FEA1B8 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:54:42 -0400 Duane C. Boechler, formerly of Franksville, Wisconsin, was charged with 26 counts of criminal activity in furtherance of his alleged scheme to defraud 27 investors out of approximately $5 million. http://milwaukee.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel08/mw080608.htm C9804DE0-6633-4C51-84C2-313F7D833767 Wed, 6 Aug 2008 14:08:22 -0400 Michael John Rome, of Buffalo, Minnesota, pled guilty to one count of mail fraud in connection with the theft of more than $230,000 from his employer, which was used to pay his personal credit card bills. http://minneapolis.fbi.gov/filelink.html?file=dojpressrel/pressrel08/mailfraud080408.pdf 8A5B71D0-27C5-4650-8882-D36EFEE615B4 Mon, 4 Aug 2008 11:12:02 -0400 Maceo Simmons, a former officer with the Jackson Police Department in Jackson, Mississippi, was sentenced to life in prison for sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman he had detained after a traffic stop. http://jackson.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel08/sexassault080508.htm EA11CEE0-7B9C-47B9-8707-32E96A04E643 Tue, 5 Aug 2008 11:03:55 -0400 Joseph Kriz, of Wilton, Connecticut, pled guilty to to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, one count of fraud in loan and credit applications, and one count of mail fraud in connection with his role in a three-year mortgage fraud scheme that defrauded banks and clients of more than $8 million. http://newhaven.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/2008/nh080508.htm BF388FB0-B8C1-4A95-B148-F4B32124D005 Tue, 5 Aug 2008 10:57:29 -0400 John Earl Anderson, of Egg Harbor, New Jersey, was sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison for his leadership role in a string of southern New Jersey bank burglaries that he committed with his two brothers. http://newark.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/2008/nk080408.htm FEC0094C-1C09-4036-B386-D47980B51568 Mon, 4 Aug 2008 10:37:51 -0400 Seven members of the Gulf Cartel gang pled guilty in Laredo, Texas, to various charges, including drug and money laundering conspiracies, kidnapping conspiracy, firearms conspiracy, conspiracy to kill in a foreign country, interstate travel in aid of racketeering, and substantive drug, money laundering and firearm charges. http://sanantonio.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel08/moneylaundering080408.htm 5ED5D6F3-0178-4BBE-87DB-C54F387E70F5 Mon, 4 Aug 2008 18:13:54 -0400 Jerry Daniel Cantu was sentenced to 17 years in federal prison for his role in the October 31, 2007 armed robbery of a Wachovia Bank branch in Austin, Texas. http://sanantonio.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel08/bankrobbery080108.htm FFDD14D6-B3A3-4BCF-90FD-6FAC737461FA Fri, 1 Aug 2008 18:11:19 -0400 The FBI is requesting public assistance in identifying the man who committed the armed robbery of a SunTrust Bank branch in Concord, North Carolina on August 4, 2008. The robber has a distinctive scorpion tattoo on the left side of his neck. http://charlotte.fbi.gov/pressrel/2008/ce080108.htm 6095B8A9-5010-452B-BC39-A087E912E74A Mon, 4 Aug 2008 12:54:37 -0400 Adil Majlovic, a citizen of Bosnia who resides in Kansas City, Missouri, was sentenced to six months in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to provide fraudulent commercial driver's licenses to large numbers of Somali and Bosnian nationals attending a truck driver training school in West Plains, Missouri. http://kansascity.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel08/licensefraud080108.htm 9C3E6219-38F2-45BF-82C0-678E7A3FEB5C Fri, 1 Aug 2008 12:36:39 -0400 Yu Xin Kang, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced to 18 months in prison and three years of supervised release for serving as a conduit for passing U.S. national defense information between an unregistered agent of China and a Chinese government official. http://washingtondc.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel08/wfo080108.htm 0471E440-78AE-46C2-8CCB-962F2DBBDF7D Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:54:37 -0400 Daniel Tejada, a U.S. Marine Corps reservist residing in Providence, Rhode Island, pled guilty to stealing identity information from a fellow Marine at a training camp and then opening accounts in that Marine’s name; as well as to the robbery of a Sovereign Bank branch in Providence. http://boston.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel08/idtheft080408.htm 5A32C832-79BA-4D0A-9CD7-9E96CEA766AC Mon, 4 Aug 2008 13:54:13 -0400 Chandresh Shah, M.D., of Smyrna, Georgia, and Gerald Morris, M.D., of Houston, Texas, each pled guilty in San Diego, California, to conspiracy charges in connection with their participation in an Internet pharmacy business that generated more than $126 million in gross revenues from the illegal sale of prescription pharmaceuticals. http://sandiego.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel08/sd080108.htm 028C7CD5-B2BE-4517-A18F-152553DC3874 Fri, 1 Aug 2008 13:38:49 -0400 Vance Eugene Winslow, III, of Checotah, Oklahoma, pled guilty to his role in a drug conspiracy involving the distribution of methamphetamine, cocaine, and crack cocaine in the Eufala, Oklahoma-area. http://oklahomacity.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel08/aug01_08.htm 2049902C-37D3-401A-B50C-1B7A771B8348 Fri, 1 Aug 2008 13:25:25 -0400 Rebecca Swanson, who owned and operated a drug and alcohol counseling service in Dallas, Texas, pled guilty in federal court to health care fraud and aiding and abetting in connection with defrauding Medicaid out of more than $373,000. http://dallas.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel08/healthfraud080108.htm E45C9316-178A-46C2-BECE-9D0C194E4CD8 Fri, 1 Aug 2008 13:12:55 -0400 Neulan Midkiff, a minister from Forest Lake, Minnesota, was found guilty of defrauding 519 people nationwide out of approximately $30 million in an investment scheme. http://minneapolis.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel08/fraudscheme080108.htm 82376217-ED96-48C0-A132-8ADFE618F04C Fri, 1 Aug 2008 13:02:57 -0400 Gary Wayne Ross, a citizen of Canada residing in San Francisco, California, was convicted of using the Internet to attempt to persuade a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity. http://sanfrancisco.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/2008/sf080108.htm 583DE289-D92C-4B29-959D-6B6A5B7AE256 Fri, 1 Aug 2008 12:54:33 -0400 James Walsh, of New York, New York, the former Treasury Manager of NBC Universal, pled guilty to charges of being involved in a scheme to steal over $800,000 from NBC Universal and using the stolen money for his own personal benefit. http://newyork.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel08/employertheft080108.htm 8FAA40E5-5B65-45E6-9E2A-61419D0FCD3E Fri, 1 Aug 2008 12:38:55 -0400 Former Countrywide Home Loan employee Rene L. Rebollo, Jr., of Pasadena, California, and Wahid Siddiqi, of Thousand Oaks, California, were arrested on charges related to the illegal access of computers containing personal identification information of Countrywide Home Loan customers and the illegal sale of the data. http://losangeles.fbi.gov/pressrel/2008/la080108.htm A3F136B3-3540-4085-9346-5C03A48641FE Fri, 1 Aug 2008 12:22:53 -0400