Thread: FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending December 14, 2012

FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending December 14, 2012

Washington, D.C. December 14, 2012

FBI National Press Office (202) 324-3691

1. Headquarters: International Organized Cyber Crime Ring Related to Butterfly Botnet Disrupted
   
   Ten individuals were arrested in several countries for their link top multiple variants of the Yahos malware, which is linked to more than 11 million compromised computer systems and over $850 million in losses via the Butterfly Botnet, which steals computer users’ credit card and bank account numbers and other personal identifiable information. Full Story
2. Headquarters: FBI Releases 2011 Hate Crime Statistics
   
   The statistics provide data about the offenses, victims, offenders, and locations of the bias-motivated incidents reported by law enforcement agencies throughout the nation. Full Story
3. Mobile: Alabama Men Arrested on Terrorism Charges
   
   U.S. citizens Mohammad Abdul Rahman Abukhdair and Randy Wilson, aka Rasheed Wilson, were arrested on charges related to a plot to travel overseas to wage violent jihad. Full Story
4. Chicago: Man Sentenced for Attempting to Provide Material Support to Terrorism
   
   Shaker Masri received nearly 10 years in prison for planning to travel to Somalia in 2010 to engage in jihadist fighting for al Shabaab, a foreign terrorist organization. Full Story
5. Newark: Man Sentenced in Cyber Phishing Fraud Scheme
   
   Waya Nwaki received 75 months in prison for his role in an Internet fraud ring that stole more than $1.3 million after phishing confidential account information from Internet users. Full Story
6. Los Angeles: Former U.S. Congressman Sentenced in Tax Case Related to Scam that Sold Unregistered Securities in Internet Firms
   
   Wester Shadric Cooley was sentenced to one year in prison in a tax fraud case related to his failure to disclose to the IRS nearly $500,000 of investor funds he received from a $10 million investment fraud scheme. Full Story
7. Omaha: Former Des Moines Police Officer Sentenced for Excessive Use of Force and Obstruction of Justice
   
   Mersed Dautovic was sentenced to 20 months in prison for violating a person’s civil rights by beating him during a traffic stop. Full Story
8. Washington: HSBC Admits to Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Violations, Forfeits $1.256 Billion in Deferred Prosecution Agreement
   
   HSBC admitted to violating the Bank Secrecy Act, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the Trading with the Enemy Act. Full Story
9. Chicago: Former Mexican Hotel Operator Pleads Guilty in First Stage of Resolving $500 Million Scheme to Defraud Investors
   Michael E. Kelly admitted that he fraudulently obtained approximately $500 million from some 8,000 investors throughout the United States. Full Story
10. Dallas: Provident CFO Indicted in $485 Million Investment Fraud Scheme
    
    W. Mark Miller is alleged to have conspired with others to defraud investors in an oil and gas scheme that involved 7,700 investors throughout the United States. Full Story

http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/fbis-top-ten-news-stories-for-the-week-ending-december-14-2012

It looks like the jobs numbers aren't the only ones getting a massage I has been well reported that black on white hate crime is not charged even when it is blatant. Now it makes sense, the numbers have to justify the agenda and budget. JMO
FBI Releases 2011 Hate Crime Statistics

FBI San DiegoDecember 10, 2012

Darrell Foxworth(85 499-7810

According to statistics released today by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 6,222 criminal incidents involving 7,254 offenses were reported in 2011 as a result of bias toward a particular race, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity/national origin, or physical or mental disability. The statistics, published by the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program in Hate Crime Statistics, 2011, provide data about the offenses, victims, offenders, and locations of the bias-motivated incidents reported by law enforcement agencies throughout the nation. Due to the unique nature of hate crime, however, the UCR program does not estimate offenses for the jurisdictions of agencies that do not submit reports.
Hate Crime Statistics, 2011 includes the following information:

• There were 6,216 single-bias incidents, of which 46.9 percent were motivated by a racial bias, 20.8 percent were motivated by a sexual orientation bias, 19.8 percent were motivated by a religious bias, and 11.6 percent were motivated by an ethnicity/national origin bias. Bias against a disability accounted for 0.9 percent of single-bias incidents.
• Of the 4,623 hate crime offenses classified as crimes against persons in 2011, intimidation accounted for 45.6 percent, simple assaults for 34.5 percent, and aggravated assaults for 19.4 percent. Four murders and seven forcible rapes were reported as hate crimes.
• There were 2,611 hate crime offenses classified as crimes against property. The majority of these (81.4 percent) were acts of destruction/damage/vandalism. Robbery, burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, arson, and other offenses accounted for the remaining 18.6 percent of crimes against property.
• Fifty-nine percent of the 5,731 known offenders were white; 20.9 percent were black. The race was unknown for 10.8 percent, and other races accounted for the remaining known offenders.
• Most hate crime incidents (32.0 percent) occurred in or near homes. Eighteen percent took place on highways, roads, alleys, or streets; 9.3 percent happened at schools or colleges; 5.9 percent in parking lots or garages; and 4.4 percent in churches, synagogues, or temples. The location was considered other (undesignated) or unknown for 11.3 percent of hate crime incidents. The remaining 19.1 percent of hate crime incidents took place at other specified or multiple locations.

The entire report may be viewed at FBI — Homepage.