Press Release
For Immediate Release
June 12, 2009

Washington D.C.
FBI National Press Office
(202) 324-3691


FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending June 12, 2009

1. Atlanta: Syed Haris Ahmed Found Guilty of Conspiracy to Support Terrorists

After a bench trial held last week in the Northern District of Georgia, Syed Haris Ahmed was found guilty of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists. Full Story

2. New York: Four Plead Guilty to Providing Material Support to a Foreign Terrorist Organization

On June 9 at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, defendants Karunakaran Kandasamy, Pratheepan Thavaraja, Murugesu Vinayagamoorthy, and Vijayshanthar Patpanathan pled guilty to conspiring to provide material support to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a designated foreign terrorist organization. Full Story

3. Portland: Global Online Direct Executives Plead Guilty to Money Laundering Charge

Bryant Behrmann and Larry “Buckâ€