Thread: FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending June 14, 2013

FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending June 14, 2013

U.S. Attorney’s Office June 14, 2013

FBI National Press Office (202) 324-3691

1. Cleveland: Man Convicted of Trying to Use Explosives to Destroy a Bridge in Northeast Ohio
   
   Joshua Stafford is the last of five men to be found guilty for their roles in a conspiracy to destroy the Route 82 Brecksville-Northfield High Level Bridge. Full Story
2. Seattle: Clarkston Man Sentenced for Attempting to Provide Material Support to Terrorists
   
   Joseph Jefferey Brice received more than 12 years in prison for attempting to assist a “terrorist” with manufacturing an improvised explosive device over the Internet. Full Story
3. New York: Man Sentenced for Trafficking in Stolen Identification Information for More Than 100,000 Online Accounts
   
   Justin Mills received six years in prison for trafficking access devices, including stolen credit card numbers and stolen login information for online accounts at Paypal and other financial websites. Full Story
4. New Haven: Romanian Citizen Involved in Phishing Scheme Sentenced to More Than Six Years in Prison
   
   Dragos Nicolae Draghici used stolen personal and financial information to access bank accounts and lines of credit to withdraw funds without authorization, often from ATMs in Romania. Full Story
5. Phoenix: Former Congressman Convicted of Extortion and Bribery in Illegal Federal Land Swap
   
   Richard G. Renzi, then a member of Congress from Arizona’s 1st Congressional District, promised in 2005 to use his legislative influence to profit from a federal land exchange that involved property owned by real estate investor James W. Sandlin. Full Story
6. New York: Former State Senate Majority Leader Sentenced to Five Years in Prison
   
   Pedro Espada, Jr. stole federal funds from Bronx-based, non-profit health care clinics and lied on his 2005 personal tax return. Full Story
7. St. Louis: Former Chief of St. Clair Fire Protection District and Ladue Fire Department Sentenced on Federal Fraud and Tax Charges
   
   Eric Hinson was sentenced to 35 months in prison on mail fraud and multiple tax evasion charges involving his misuse of St. Clair Fire Protection District funds between January 2006 and September 2011. Full Story
8. Newark: President of Clinical Laboratory, Six Salesmen Admit Bribing Doctors for More Than $100 Million in Test Referrals
   
   Each of the seven defendants pleaded guilty for their roles in a kickback scheme in which they paid physicians over a number of years in exchange for blood sample referrals. Full Story
9. Louisville: Former FBI Fugitives Plead Guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Operating an Unlicensed Money Transmitting Business
   
   Abdalla Hajisufi and his son, Mohamed, failed to appear in federal court for arraignment in June 2012 and were fugitives until their arrests in January 2013. Full Story
10. New Orleans: Multi-Agency Gang Unit Investigation Nets Indictment of 20 Defendants
    
    Members of the 3-N-G gang allegedly conspired to distribute illegal narcotics and used violence to gain and maintain its control over the area in which it operated. Full Story http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/pre...ng-june-7-2013

D.E.A. TOP STORY Treasury Sanctions Mexican Traffickers Tied to Camarena Murder
JUNE 12 (WASHINGTON)
The DEA today announced that the U.S. Department of the Treasury designated 18 individuals and 15 entities linked to Rafael Caro Quintero, a Mexican drug trafficker. Rafael Caro Quintero is a significant Mexican narcotics trafficker who began his criminal career in the late 1970s when he and others, including Juan Jose Esparragoza Moreno (a.k.a. “El Azul”), formed the Guadalajara drug cartel and amassed an illicit fortune.
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• Fort Thompson Man Sentenced For Felon in Possession of a Firearm
  Posted on 06/14/13
  United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota man convicted of Felon in Possession of a Firearm was sentenced on June 12, 2013 by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange. Samuel Redwater, age 22, was sentenced to 24 convicted...
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• 06/14/13
  Denton County Man Sentenced for Firearms Arsenal
  
• 06/14/13
  Eight Indicted in Connection With a Drug Organization Allegedly Operating in Annapolis and Other Areas of Anne Arundel County
  
• 06/14/13
  Cigarette Trafficker Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison and Forfeits More Than $115,000 and Lexus SUV
  
• 06/14/13
  Superseding Indictment Returned for Violations of the Federal Controlled Substances Act and Federal Gun Control Act

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