FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending May 25, 2012
- Houston: Man Sentenced for Attempting to Provide Material Support to al
Qaeda
Barry Walter Bujol, Jr. was sentenced to serve 20 years in
federal prison for attempting to deliver public access restricted military
manuals, GPS receivers, and other items to al Qaeda. Full
Story
- San Antonio: AWOL Soldier Guilty in Connection with Bomb
Plot
Naser Jason Abdo was convicted of attempting to create and
detonate a bomb to kill members of the U.S. military and to shoot survivors of
the detonation. Full
Story
- Boston: Chinese National Charged with Illegal Export of Sensitive
Technology
Qiang Hu, aka Johnson Hu, allegedly caused millions of
dollars worth of MKS pressure transducers, which are used to produce
weapons-grade uranium, to be exported from the United States and delivered to
unauthorized end-users in China. Full
Story
- Newark: West New York Mayor, Son Arrested for Hacking and Disabling
Website
Mayor Felix Roque and his son were charged in relation to a
scheme to take down a website associated with a movement to recall the mayor. Full
Story
- San Diego: Lead Defendant in Operation Luz Verde Extradited from
Mexico
Armando Villareal Heredia, aka Gordo Villareal, was brought
back to the United States to face federal racketeering and drug charges as part
of a 43-defendant prosecution against the Fernando Sanchez-Arellano
Organization. Full
Story
- New York: Yahoo Executive and Hedge Fund Portfolio Manager Plead Guilty
to Insider Trading
Robert Kwok provided non-public information
concerning Yahoo!’s quarterly earnings and potential business transactions to
Reema Shah Kwok, who then executed trades based on the inside information. Full
Story
- Charlotte: Ponzi Scheme Mastermind Sentenced
Keith Franklin
Simmons was sentenced to 50 years in prison in connection with a $40 million
Ponzi scheme that victimized 400 people nationwide. Full
Story
- Buffalo: Former Teacher Sentenced for Production and Possession of Child
Pornography
Timothy Bek was sentenced to 30 years in prison for
posing as a female teenager on a social networking website to make contact with
underage victims, some of whom were students in the schools where he taught, and
persuading them to take explicit photos and videos of themselves. Full
Story
- Philadelphia: Long Prison Terms for Convicted Drug
Traffickers
Tony Granado and Richard Moquete were sentenced to 30 and
27 years in prison, respectively, for their roles in an operation that brought
at least 1,500 kilograms of cocaine to the streets of Philadelphia. Full
Story
- Cleveland: Eighteen People Indicted for Schemes Involving Seven IHOP
Restaurants
The defendants were charged in a series of criminal
schemes, including money laundering, identity theft, alien harboring, and arson
that resulted in losses of more than $3 million. Full
Story
