FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending November 30, 2012
- Portland: Canadian Fugitive Surrenders in Nation’s Largest Eco-Terrorism
Case
Rebecca Jeanette Rubin, a fugitive for 10 years, surrendered
herself into FBI custody at the international border in Blaine, Washington,
Thursday to face federal arson, destructive device, and conspiracy charges in
Oregon, Colorado, and California. Full
Story
- Boston: Former Employee of Exeter Hospital Indicted in Connection with
Hepatitis C Outbreak
David M. Kwiatkowski, a former employee of
Exeter Hospital, has been indicted for his alleged role in causing the Hepatitis
C outbreak that infected patients in New Hampshire as well as other states. Full
Story
- San Juan: Forty-Four Individuals Indicted for Drug
Trafficking
The defendants are charged with conspiracy to possess
with intent to distribute heroin, crack cocaine, marijuana, oxycodone, and
alprazolam at Villas de Monterey Public Housing Project and other areas nearby
within the municipality of Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Full
Story
- Sacramento: Former Campaign Committee Treasurer Sentenced for
Fraud
Kinde Durkee was sentenced to eight years and one month in
prison for five counts of mail fraud related to a long-running scheme in which
she misappropriated millions of dollars from various federal and state campaign
committees. Full
Story
- Pittsburgh: Former Massey Executive Charged in Mine Safety
Conspiracy
Longtime Massey Energy Company executive David Hughart was
charged with two federal crimes: conspiring to impede the Mine Safety and Health
Administration and conspiring to violate mine health and safety laws. Full
Story
- Chicago: Illinois State Representative Indicted on Federal Bank Fraud
Charges
LaShawn K. Ford, an Illinois State Representative who also
invested in real estate in Chicago, was indicted on federal bank fraud and
related charges for allegedly fraudulently obtaining a $500,000 increase and a
two-year extension on a line of credit from the failed ShoreBank. Full
Story
- Philadelphia: Death Charge Added to Indictment Against Pill Mill
Doctor
Dr. Norman Werther was charged via superseding indictment with
distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death in addition to charges
of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, distribution of controlled
substances, maintaining a drug-involved premises, and money laundering. Full
Story
- Honolulu: Eight Indicted in Connection with Big Island Gambling
Business
Eric Ford and numerous individuals were indicted for
operating an illegal gambling business, which included sports betting, poker
games, and craps games, from at least November 2009 until November 2012. Full
Story
- Los Angeles: Two Men Convicted in Armenian Power Case
Angus
Brown and Arman Sharopetrosian were each sentenced to 25 years in prison for
bribing bank insiders to gather information that allowed them to take over bank
accounts in a scheme that caused losses of at least $8 million. Full
Story
- Richmond: Man Sentenced to 54 Months in Prison for Half-Billion Fraud
Scheme
Jorge Luis Castillo, a certified public account, was sentenced
to 54 months in prison for his role in an approximately half-billion-dollar
fraud scheme that affected more than 3,500 victims throughout the United States
and abroad. Full
Story