FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending July 13, 2012
- Phoenix: Five Charged in Connection with Death of a Customs and Border
Protection Border Patrol Agent; $1 Million FBI Reward
Announced
Manuel Osorio-Arellanes, Jesus Rosario Favela-Astorga, Ivan
Soto-Barraza, Heraclio Osorio-Arellanes, and Lionel Portillo-Meza were charged
with crimes related to the death of agent Brian Terry, including first-degree
murder and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. Full
Story
- Boston: Man Admits Plotting Attack on Pentagon and U.S. Capitol and
Attempting to Provide Material Support to Terrorists
Rezwan Ferdaus
agreed to plead guilty to charges of attempting to damage and destroy the
federal buildings using large, remote controlled aircraft filled with C-4
plastic explosives and to attempting to support al Qaeda. Full
Story
- Birmingham: Uzbek National Sentenced for Threatening to Kill the
President and Providing Material Support to Terrorism
Ulugbek Kodirov
was sentenced to 15 years and eight months in prison for providing material
support to terrorism, threatening to kill President Barack Obama, and illegally
possessing a weapon. Full
Story
- Washington: D.C. Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Violate
Campaign Laws and to Obstruct Justice in a Federal
Investigation
Eugenia C. Harris pled guilty to conspiring to disguise
the source of campaign contributions in federal and local elections, including
the 2010 D.C. mayoral campaign. Full
Story
- Norfolk: Executives, Borrowers Indicted in Massive Fraud That Led to
Collapse of Bank of the Commonwealth
Top executives and favored
borrowers are accused of masking non-performing assets at the Bank of the
Commonwealth for their own personal benefit and to the detriment of the bank in
a long-running scheme that allegedly contributed to the failure of the bank in
2011. Full
Story
- Dallas: Men Indicted in $485 Million Investment Fraud
Scheme
Brendan Coughlin and Henry Harrison were indicted in
connection with a $485 million oil and gas scheme that involved 7,700 investors
throughout the United States. Full
Story
- Indianapolis: Largest Federal Organized Crime Prosecution in Indianapolis
History Results in 42 Arrests
More than 300 federal, state, and local
law enforcement officers simultaneously converged on more than a dozen locations
across the city to arrest members of the Outlaw Motorcycle Club. Full
Story
- Detroit: Over 40 Members and Associates of the Devils Diciples Motorcycle
Gang Indicted
National President Jeff Garvin Smith and National Vice
President Paul Anthony Darrah were indicted with 39 others for their alleged
participation in a variety of criminal offenses. Full
Story
- Omaha: Chief Executive Officer of Peregrine Financial Group Charged with
Making False Statements to Regulators
Russell Wasendorf, Sr.
allegedly made false statements to the United States Commodity Futures Trading
Commission regarding the value of customer segregated funds held by his company.
Full
Story
- Washington: Former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Official
Sentenced for Taking Part in Fraud
James M. Woosley, the former
Acting Director of Intelligence for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, was
sentenced to 20 months in prison for defrauding the government in a scheme
involving fraudulent travel vouchers and time and attendance claims. Full
Story
