Thread: FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending October 12, 2012

FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending October 12, 2012 Washington, D.C. October 12, 2012 FBI National Press Office (202) 324-3691 Headquarters: Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force Members Reveal Results of Distressed Homeowner Initiative The yearlong initiative resulted in 530 criminal defendants charged across the country in cases involving more than 73,000 homeowner victims and total losses estimated at more than $1 billion. Full Story New York: Lebanese Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to Terrorists Jamal Yousef, aka “Talal Hassan Ghantou,” conspired to provide military-grade weapons to the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia in exchange for more than a ton of cocaine. Full Story Denver: Army Sergeant Pleads Guilty to Facilitating Theft of Fuel in Afghanistan Christopher Weaver admitted to receiving payments in exchange for facilitating the theft of approximately 100 fuel trucks at Forward Operating Base Fenty. Full Story Dallas: Owner of Texas Home Health Services Company Admits Role in $374 Million Fraud Scheme Cyprian Akamnonu pleaded guilty to his participation in a home health fraud scheme in which he and others conspired to bill Medicare for unnecessary services that were never performed. Full Story Miami: Forty Defendants Charged in Separate Schemes that Resulted in Thousands of Identities Stolen and Millions of Dollars in Identity Theft Tax Filings Members of the Identity Theft Tax Fraud Strike Force announced the most recent results of their investigative efforts to combat the rising wave of stolen identity refund scams. Full Story Los Angeles: Two U.S. Contractor Employees Sentenced for Kickback Conspiracy and Tax Crimes Related to Iraq Reconstruction Efforts Billy Joe Hunt and Gaines R. Newell took more than $1 million in kickbacks from subcontractors in exchange for awarding contracts on the Coalition Munitions Clearance Program. Full Story Memphis: Woman Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Child Sex Trafficking Conspiracy Kala Bray and a co-defendant lured Memphis-area juveniles to Houston with promises of a trip to a water park. Full Story Houston: Twenty-Five Alleged Members and Associates of Texas Mexican Mafia Prison Gang Indicted The defendants were charged with trafficking heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine; firearms violations; and distributing explosive materials. Full Story Washington: Leader of Methylone Trafficking Ring Pleads Guilty Matthew Scott Baker led a trafficking ring that purchased multi-kilogram amounts of the illegal narcotic known as “bath salts” from China and distributed the substance throughout northern Virginia. Full Story Cincinnati: Ohio State Representative Clayton R. Luckie, II Indicted on 49 Counts The indictment alleges, among other things, that Luckie failed to accurately list expenditures made by his campaign committee and diverted campaign funds to personal bank accounts. Full Story

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Convicted Felon Sentenced for Planning Murder

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October 05, 2012 - Newark, NJ

Longshoreman Sentenced to 180 months for Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine

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Ten Indicted for Marijuana Growing on Public and Private Lands in Fresno and Tulare Counties

October 04, 2012 - Memphis, TN DEA.gov / Home

A.T.F. Breaking News

October 11

• Denver, CO – Anthony Alex Roll Sentenced In U.S. District Court

October 5

• San Francisco, CA – Four Suspects Arrested in American Canyon for Attempt to Commit an Armed Robbery of a Residence
• Atlanta, GA – ATF Offers $5,000 Reward for Information on Retail Gun Theft
• Atlanta, GA – ATF Offers $10,000 Reward for Information on Unsolved Homicide

October 4

• New Orleans, LA – Brothers Sentenced to Lengthy Prison Terms for Drug and Gun Violations
• Denver, CO – Greeley Area Criminals Sentenced to a Combined 142 years in Federal Prison as a Result of the ATF RAGE Task Force's Work

October 3

• Boston, MA – Terry Van Mead Sentenced to 130 Months in Prison for Failing to Register as a Sex Offender and Possession of Stolen Firearms

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