Press Release
For Immediate Release
February 12, 2010
Washington D.C.
FBI National Press Office
(202) 324-3691


FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending February 12, 2010

Washington Field/Richmond: Virginia Resident Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Bribe Former Panamanian Government Officials

John W. Warwick pleaded guilty to a one-count indictment charging him with conspiring to make corrupt payments to foreign government officials in Panama for the purpose of securing business for Ports Engineering Consultants Corporation in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Full Story

New York: More Charges Filed in Largest Hedge Fund Insider Trading Case in History

Additional charges were filed against Raj Rajaratnam and Danielle Chiesi in a 19-count superseding indictment involving conspiracy and securities fraud crimes stemming from their alleged involvement in the largest hedge fund insider trading case in history. Rajaratnam was the managing member of Galleon Management LLC, and a portfolio manager for Galleon Technology Offshore Ltd., and certain accounts of Galleon Diversified Fund Ltd. Chiesi worked for New Castle Partners, formerly the equity hedge fund group of Bear Stearns Asset Management Inc. Full Story

Miami: Hawaii Man Charged with Sex Trafficking of a Minor over Super Bowl Weekend

Fred Quinton Collins, of Hawaii, was charged in a criminal complaint with transporting and causing a minor to engage in commercial sex acts. If convicted, Collins faces a minimum sentence of 10 years' imprisonment and a maximum sentence life imprisonment. Full Story

San Francisco: Sweden Accepts Request for Transfer of Prosecution in
Case Involving Swedish National Charged with Hacking and Trade Secret Theft

The Kingdom of Sweden accepted the request to transfer the prosecution of Philip Gabriel Pettersson, aka “Stakkato.â€