Thread: FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending August 9, 2013

FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending August 9, 2013 Washington, D.C. August 09, 2013 FBI National Press Office (202) 324-3691 Boston: Two Previously Charged Men Indicted for Obstruction of Justice in Boston Marathon Bombing Investigation Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov allegedly removed several items from bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s dormitory room and disposed of some of them after the FBI posted photographs of the two men suspected of carrying out the Boston Marathon bombings. Full Story Miami: Two Individuals Charged with Material Support Offenses Involving al Qaeda, al Qaeda in Iraq/al Nusrah Front and al Shabaab Gufran Ahmed Kauser Mohammed, a naturalized U.S. citizen and resident of Dammam, Saudi Arabia, and Mohamed Hussein Said, a Kenyan national and resident of Nairobi and Mombasa, were charged with conspiring and attempting to provide money and recruits to three separately designated foreign terrorist organizations. Full Story Baltimore: Three Members of Matusiewicz Family Indicted for Cyberstalking and Interstate Stalking Crimes Resulting in Courthouse Murders David T. Matusiewicz, his mother, and his sister were charged with stalking his ex-wife, Christine Belford. Belford was murdered by David Matusiewicz's father, who committed suicide soon after gunning her down in a courthouse. Full Story Los Angeles: Second Member of Hacking Group Sentenced for Stealing Customer Information from Sony Pictures Computers Raynaldo Rivera, a member of the LulzSec hacking group known by the online moniker “neuron,” was ordered to serve a year in prison for participating in the extensive computer attack that resulted in personal information of more than 138,000 people being posted on the Internet. Full Story Newark: Members of Aryan Terror Brigade White Supremacist Group Sentenced to Prison for Hate Crime Assault Michal Gunar and Kyle Powell received 33 months and 15 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in the New Year’s Eve 2011 hate crime assault of two Middle Eastern men in Sayreville, New Jersey. Full Story Cincinnati: Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking Thuron L. Hammersley met women on the website plentyoffish.com, placed “escort” ads for them on backpage.com, and directed men who responded to the ads to motels in Kentucky and Ohio, where the women engaged in sexual activity for money. Full Story Chicago: Two Men Accused of Violating U.S. Sanctions by Providing Services to Zimbabwean Officials, Including President Mugabe Federal charges were unsealed against Prince Asiel Ben Israel and C. Gregory Turner for allegedly agreeing to assist Zimbabwean government officials in an effort to lift economic sanctions against them in exchange for $3.4 million. Full Story Cleveland: Vermilion Man Sentenced for Defrauding Nearly 100 Clients of Millions Richard A. Zakarian received more than 17 years in prison for operating two schemes—one to defraud investment clients and another to defraud clients whose payroll taxes he handled through a company known as Ben Franklin Payroll Service. Full Story San Juan: Three Indictments Charge 139 Individuals with Drug Trafficking in Puerto Rico Those indicted were charged with trafficking drugs such as crack, heroin, cocaine, marijuana, Percocet, and Xanax in three public housing projects in Caguas, Puerto Rico. Full Story Cincinnati: Babysitter Sentenced for Producing Sexually Explicit Videos of Children Kevin Dwayne Todd received 25 years in prison for producing sexually explicit videos of prepubescent children he babysat and offering online to trade the videos. Full Story

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D.E.A. TOP STORY

Treasury Targets Sinaloa Cartel Facilitators and Money Laundering Operation

JULY 30 (PHOENIX)

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman announced today that the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) reported the designation of three individuals and three entities linked to Ismael Zambada Garcia, one of the principal leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel.

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Owner of New York Construction Company Indicted for Tax Fraud(13-906)
Friday, August 9, 2013
The Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that Tomas Olazabal, of Fresh Meadows, N.Y., was arrested today following his indictment in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York on Aug. 8, 2013, on multiple tax crimes.
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United States Files Lawsuit Against PharMerica Corporation for Violations of the False Claims Act and the Controlled Substances Act(13-903)
Friday, August 9, 2013
The United States has filed suit against PharMerica Corp. in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. The lawsuit alleges that PharMerica violated the False Claims Act and the Controlled Substances Act by dispensing controlled drugs without valid prescriptions and causing claims for illegally dispensed drugs to be submitted to the Medicare program.
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Former Georgia Tax Return Preparers Sentenced for Tax Fraud(13-902)
Friday, August 9, 2013
The Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that former professional tax return preparers Greene Wylie Sheppard, Sabrina Johnson-Lavant and Chandra Henderson were sentenced this month to serve 56 months, 18 months, and 8 months in prison, respectively, for conspiring to defraud the United States by filing false tax returns in order to receive fraudulently-inflated refunds for their clients.
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Massachusetts Man Charged with Making Hoax Emergency Services Calls to Elicit Swat Team Response(13-901)
Friday, August 9, 2013
An Athol, Mass., man has been charged in a criminal information with engaging in a practice known as “swatting,” which involves making hoax emergency telephone calls in order to elicit an armed police response (from a SWAT team) for the purpose of harassing someone believed to be at a specific location.
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Former Heber City, Utah, Resident Sentenced to Prison for Filing False Claims for Tax Refunds(13-900)
Thursday, August 8, 2013
The Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that April J. Rampton, 42, formerly of Heber City, Utah, was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for filing false claims for income tax refunds.
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News for U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
San Luis CBP Intercepts Nearly $200K in Meth
08/09/2013 11:47 AM EDT
San Luis, Ariz. - A Mexican national was arrested yesterday following a failed attempt to smuggle nearly 13 pounds of meth into the United States through the Port of San Luis.Customs and Border Protection officers referred Gustavo Rocha Castro, 21, of San Luis, Rio Colorado, Sonora, Mexico, for inspection of his Kia sedan. (more)

Del Rio Sector Border Patrol Agents Seize 7.27 Pounds of Methamphetamine
08/09/2013 11:47 AM EDT
Del Rio, Texas - U.S. Border Patrol agents working in Eagle Pass seized more than 7 pounds of methamphetamine, with an estimated value of more than $100,000.On Tuesday, agents from the Eagle Pass South Station were conducting immigration checkpoint operations on Highway 57 when they encountered a commercial travel van, containing several passengers, en route to San Antonio. (more)

Vermont CBP is Looking for Diverse Applicants to Join Our Ranks
08/09/2013 11:47 AM EDT
St. Albans, Vt. - Do you have what it takes to live and work in the Green Mountain State, where individuals enjoy all the seasons of the year and the activities they bring, they know their neighbors and are part of close knit communities on a shared border? U. (more)

CBP Hosts Recruitment Events in Maine
08/09/2013 11:47 AM EDT
Jackman, Maine- U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in Maine will be hosting several recruitment events and an "Open House," as we look for hard-working, dedicated men and women in Maine and across the nation to join our ranks on the frontline of protecting our homeland. (more)

San Luis CBP Nab Wanted California Felon
08/09/2013 11:47 AM EDT
San Luis, Ariz. - A 20-year-old California man is in custody in connection with a weapons charge in central California. The man was arrested as he attempted to enter the United States through the port of San Luis on Tuesday.U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers referred Jose Miguel Nieto Almanza, of Castroville, Calif. (more)

Nogales CBP Officers Seize Nearly $591K in Coke
08/09/2013 11:47 AM EDT
Nogales, Ariz. - A Mexican national was arrested yesterday at the Port of Nogales for attempting to smuggle nearly 65 pounds of cocaine into the United States.U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers referred Gaston Delacruz Arriaga-Barrigan, 61,of Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico for additional inspection of his Chevrolet sedan when he attempted to cross the border. (more)

Del Rio, Texas Border Patrol to Host Blood Drive
08/09/2013 11:47 AM EDT
Del Rio, Texas - The Del Rio, Texas Border Patrol sector will be hosting a blood drive on Wednesday, July 24 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 2401 Dodson Ave. behind BFCU Bank. The South Texas Blood and Tissue organization will be on hand to welcome the public who wish to donate blood. (more)

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