Thread: FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending July 26, 2013

FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending July 26, 2013 Washington, D.C. July 26, 2013 FBI National Press Office (202) 324-3691 San Antonio: Somalian Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison For Making False Statements During a Terrorism Investigation Abdullahi Omar Fidse conspired to provide false information to authorities to gain entrance into the United States as well as provide false information concerning his support for terrorist organizations. Full Story New York: Russian National Charged for Hacking Nasdaq Servers Aleksandr Kalinin, aka “Grig,” aka “g,” aka “tempo,” who still remains at large, allegedly hacked computer servers used by the Nasdaq and was part of an international scheme to steal bank account information by hacking U.S.-based financial institutions and then using the stolen account information to withdraw millions of dollars from the victims’ bank accounts. Full Story Detroit: Illinois Resident Pleads Guilty to Sending Threatening Communications Rodney Termini admitted to posting threatening messages to the Facebook page of Con-Way Freight on April 15, 2013, shortly after the Boston Marathon bombings, which caused the evacuation of its facility in LaSalle, Ill., and a loss of approximately $46,000. Full Story New Orleans: Halliburton Agrees to Plead Guilty to Destruction of Evidence in Connection with Deepwater Horizon Tragedy In the third corporate guilty plea obtained by the Deepwater Horizon Task Force, Halliburton Energy Services Inc., admitted to destroying 3D computer simulations relating to the design and construction of the Macondo well site. Full Story Charlotte: Monroe-Based Construction Company and Six Co-Conspirators Indicted for Government Contract Fraud The defendants allegedly lied to obtain more than $87 million in federally funded construction contracts in a scheme that lasted more than 10 years. Full Story Chicago: Man Indicted for Obstruction of Justice and Filing False Multi-Billion-Dollar Liens Against Two Federal Judges and Other Government Employees Tyree Davis Sr. allegedly sent correspondence threatening to arrest two federal judges, including the judge who presided over the 2010 tax trial of LaShawn Littrice, whom Davis refers to as his wife, and filed false liens against both judges, the U.S. attorney and clerk of court for the Northern District of Illinois, an assistant U.S. attorney and an Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation special agent. Full Story Phoenix: Tucson Man Sentenced to 135 Months for Defrauding More Than 1,600 People Anthony Mark Boscarino received the sentence for his involvement in multiple frauds using his Internet sports handicapping site that operated under several names, including Mike’s Lock Club. Full Story Sacramento: Nuestra Familia Associates Plead Guilty to Drug Trafficking Offenses Felipe Gutierrez was a member of the Madera County regiment of Nuestra Familia (NF) and was involved with the distribution of methamphetamine to Sacramento and Modesto, while Manuel Alejandro Garcia assisted NF members in Kings County to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine. Full Story Salt Lake City: Member of the Crow Tribe of Indians Pleads Guilty to Second-Degree Murder in Death of 3-Year-Old Daughter Mary Agnes Leider admitted to throwing her child out of a moving truck after a night of drinking. Full Story Portland: Oregon Woman Receives More Than 22 Years in Prison for Being an Armed Career Criminal Lorinda Marie Goodin was sentenced for committing two armed bank robberies in Multnomah County, two armed bank robberies in Lane County and for possessing ammunition after having been previously convicted of eight bank robberies. Full Story

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Six Colombian Nationals Charged With Murder of DEA Agent
JULY 19 (WASHINGTON)
Six Colombian nationals were indicted today by a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia for the kidnapping and murder of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent James Terry Watson.

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Associate Attorney General Tony West Delivers Remarks at the Meeting of the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention(Speech)
Friday, July 26, 2013
Building on the work of the original and successful Defending Childhood Task Force and efforts across the Department of Justice in Indian country, the American Indian and Alaska Native Task Force will consist of two groups – an Advisory Committee and a Federal Working Group.
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Vermont Man Charged with Obtaining U.S. Citizenship by Failing to Disclose Violent Crimes Committed During the Bosnian Conflict(13-854)
Friday, July 26, 2013
Edin Sakoè, 54, of Burlington, Vt., was arrested today on charges that he obtained his naturalized citizenship through fraud by failing to disclose his prior acts of persecution and crimes committed during the Bosnian conflict, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Tristram J. Coffin of the District of Vermont, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge in Boston Bruce M. Foucart and Special Agent in Charge Andrew W. Vale of the FBI’s Albany, N.Y., Field Office.
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Two Louisiana Men Indicted for Threatening to Retaliate Against a Witness in a Federal Tax Trial(13-853)
Friday, July 26, 2013
The Justice Department announced today that a federal grand jury in Baton Rouge, La., returned an indictment yesterday charging Anthony Williams and Bobby Riley with conspiring to threaten to retaliate against a witness in a federal trial, threatening to retaliate against a witness in a federal trial and making false statements to federal agents.
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Justice Department Settles with Bariatric Clinic in Michigan and Pennsylvania Over Hiv Discrimination(13-852)
Friday, July 26, 2013
The Justice Department announced today that, as part of its Barrier-Free Health Care Initiative, it has reached a settlement with Barix Clinics under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
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Dubuis Health System and Southern Crescent Hospital for Specialty Care, Inc. to Pay U.S. $8 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations(13-851)
Friday, July 26, 2013
Dubuis Health System and Southern Crescent Hospital for Specialty Care, Inc. (Southern Crescent) have agreed to pay the United States $8,000,000 to settle allegations that they submitted false claims to Medicare, the Justice Department announced today. Dubuis Health System manages long-term acute care hospitals in multiple states, including Southern Crescent. Southern Crescent is a long-term acute care hospital located in Riverdale, GA and is part of the CHRISTUS Health System.
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News for U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

CBP Nogales Seizes More Than $1 Million in Drugs
07/26/2013 05:09 PM EDT
Nogales, Ariz. -U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers had a busy weekend for drug seizures at the port of Nogales. Seizures of methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin and marijuana, with a combined value of $1,091,371, were seized from smugglers attempting to enter the United States. (more)

CBP Officers Seize $315,000 worth of Methamphetamine at Calexico Downtown Port
07/26/2013 05:09 PM EDT
Calexico, Calif. - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Calexico downtown port of entry arrested a U.S. citizen after discovering approximately $315,000 worth of methamphetamine concealed within the vehicle she was driving. The incident occurred yesterday, July 24, at about 11:45 a. (more)

CBP Seizes Over $5.5 Million in Narcotics in Texas
07/26/2013 05:09 PM EDT
Anzalduas, Texas-U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Anzalduas International Bridge seized $5,706,000 worth of heroin and cocaine and arrested a man from Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico in connection with the failed smuggling attempt. (more)

San Luis Man Busted with Nearly $324k in Meth
07/26/2013 05:09 PM EDT
San Luis, Ariz. - A local man is in custody after a failed attempt to smuggle nearly 21 pounds of meth into the United States through the port of San Luis on Wednesday.Customs and Border Protection officers referred Virginio Quezada, 34, a U.S. citizen presently living in San Luis, Rio Colorado, Sonora, Mexico, for inspection of his Chevrolet van when he attempted to enter the U. (more)

Garita de Otay Mesa Incrementará Carriles Vehiculares Durante el Verano
07/26/2013 05:09 PM EDT
Otay Mesa, Calif. - Oficiales de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza de los Estados Unidos (CBP por sus siglas en inglés) abrirán carriles en la garita comercial los domingos, para procesar el tráfico general durante la temporada alta de verano. Oficiales de CBP convertirán cuatro carriles comerciales para procesar vehículos de pasajeros una vez que finalice el proceso de carga comercial, alrededor de las 4:00 p. (more)

Otay Mesa Port Increases Vehicle Lanes for Summer Season
07/26/2013 05:09 PM EDT
Otay Mesa, Calif. - Customs and Border Protection officials will open lanes at the Otay Mesa Cargo Facility to process general traffic on Sundays during the busy summer travel season.CBP officials will convert four cargo truck lanes at the cargo port to supplement vehicle traffic lanes at the adjacent Otay Mesa passenger border crossing. (more)

Detroit Border Patrol Thwarts Kidnapping in Progress
07/26/2013 05:09 PM EDT
Detroit - U.S. Border Patrol agents caught an armed kidnapping suspect on I-94, rescuing two women Monday afternoon. At approximately 12:45 P.M. on Monday July 22, two Border Patrol agents were traveling westbound on I-94 headed into Detroit when a concerned citizen flagged them down and relayed that she had just witnessed an armed kidnapping. (more)

Agents Arrest Illegal Alien Carrying Loaded Handgun
07/26/2013 05:09 PM EDT
San Ysidro, Calif.-U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested an armed Mexican national on Tuesday approximately 3 miles west of the San Ysidro port of entry who had entered the U.S. illegally.At approximately 2 p.m., agents patrolling the border observed a man wearing an orange construction vest. (more)

San Luis CBP Arrest Couple of Meth 'Body Carriers'
07/26/2013 05:09 PM EDT
San Luis, Ariz. - A Somerton, Ariz., man and woman were arrested yesterday by Customs and Border Protection officers at the Port of San Luis for attempting to smuggle into the United States more than 10 pounds of methamphetamine strapped to their bodies. (more)

Philly CBP Assesses $1,000 Penalty to Currency Reporting Violator
07/26/2013 05:09 PM EDT
Philadelphia - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at Philadelphia International Airport assessed a $1,000 penalty to an Italian citizen Tuesday for violating federal currency reporting requirements.During a secondary inspection, the man, who arrived from Italy, reported possessing $11,700. (more)

Border Patrol Apprehends Murderer, Rapist at Separate Locations in New Mexico
07/26/2013 05:09 PM EDT
New Mexico - El Paso Sector U.S. Border Patrol agents working in the southwest quadrant of New Mexico apprehended two convicted felons within a two-day period this week.On Tuesday, July 23, Border Patrol agents assigned to the Santa Teresa Border Patrol Station apprehended three subjects who made an illegal entry into the U. (more)

U.S. Border Patrol Agents Rescue Five Distressed Illegal Immigrants
07/26/2013 05:09 PM EDT
Calexico, Calif. - On July 23, Border Patrol agents from the El Centro Sector encountered five suspected illegal aliens in the Yuha Desert approximately 17 miles west of Calexico, Calif. suffering from heat related symptoms. At the time of their arrest, at approximately 4 p. (more)

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