FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending June 22, 2012
Washington, D.C. June 22, 2012
Headquarters: Bank Crime Statistics Released for Calendar Year
2011
The 5,093 violations of the Federal Bank Robbery and Incidental
Crimes Statue reported in 2011 represent a decrease from 2010, during which
5,641 violations were reported. Full
Story
Washington: Man Pleads Guilty in Plot to Carry Out Suicide Bomb Attack on
U.S. Capitol
Amine El Khalifi pled guilty for his efforts to carry
out the attack in February 2012 as part of what he intended to be a terrorist
operation. Full
Story
St. Louis: Man Sentenced for Providing Material Support to Terrorist
Organization Mohamud Abdi Yusuf was sentenced to 140 months in prison
for transferring money to al Shabaab under fictitious names and telephone
numbers utilizing money remitting businesses operating in the United States. Full
Story
Washington: Leader of Revolution Muslim Sentenced for Encouraging Violent
Extremism Jesse Curtis Morton, aka Younus Abdullah Muhammed, was
sentenced to 138 months in prison for using Internet sites to conspire to
solicit murder, make threatening communications, and to place others in fear. Full
Story
Memphis: Man Indicted for Threatening to Bomb Islamic
Center
Javier Alan Correa was charged with violating the civil rights
of members of a Murfreesboro, Tennessee mosque. Full
Story
Seattle: Woman Sentenced for Role in Arson at UW Center for Urban
Horticulture
Briana Waters was sentenced to 48 months in prison for
charges relating to the 2001 firebombing, which was part of a string of 17
arsons across the west by the radical groups the Earth Liberation Front and the
Animal Liberation Front. Full
Story
Indianapolis: Three Former Executives of Fair Financial Company Convicted
for Roles in $200 Million Fraud Scheme
Timothy S. Durham, James F.
Cochran, and Rick D. Snow were found guilty for their roles in a scheme to
defraud approximately 5,000 investors. Full
Story
New York: Expert Networking Firm Consultant Pleads Guilty to Insider
Trading Conspiracy
Alnoor Ebrahim, formerly an associate director of
channel marketing at AT&T, pled guilty to charges relating to a scheme in
which he provided material, non-public information to members of the investment
community. Full
Story
Washington: Data Systems & Solutions LLC Agrees to Pay Criminal
Penalty for Violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Data
Systems & Solutions LLC, a company that provides design, installation,
maintenance, and other services at nuclear and fossil fuel power plants, agreed
to pay $8.82 million to resolve the violations. Full
Story
Chicago: Historic Artifacts Returned to Polish Museum of
America Approximately 120 stolen historic artifacts believed to be
removed from the Polish Museum of America sometime in the 1970s or 1980s were
returned after being recovered from a Chicago residence. Full
Story