Press Release
For Immediate Release
May 28, 2010
Washington D.C.
FBI National Press Office
(202) 324-3691

FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending May 28, 2010

FBI Headquarters: Preliminary 2009 Crime Statistics Released

Preliminary 2009 statistics indicate that violent crime in the nation decreased 5.5 percent and property crime declined 4.9 percent when compared with data from 2008, according to the FBI’s Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report. Data in the report came from 13,237 law enforcement agencies that submitted six to 12 months of data in both 2008 and 2009. Full Story

Dallas: Man Admits Attempting to Bomb Downtown Dallas Skyscraper Last September

Hosam Maher Husein Smadi pleaded guilty to a felony offense related to his attempted bombing of a downtown Dallas skyscraper in September 2009. Smadi, 19, pleaded guilty to one count of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. He faces a maximum statutory sentence of life in prison and a $250,000 fine. Under the terms of the plea agreement, however, Smadi faces a sentence of 30 years in prison, if the court accepts the plea. Full Story

New York: Assistant to Top Disney Executive and Accomplice Charged with Insider Trading Scheme

Bonnie J. Hoxie, an assistant to a top executive at Walt Disney Company, and Yonni Sebbag, a friend of Hoxie, were charged with conspiracy and wire fraud. The charges stem from their participation in an insider trading scheme in which Hoxie, in her capacity as a Disney employee, obtained confidential inside information, including about Disney's quarterly earnings, and passed that information to Sebbag, who in turn attempted to sell the information to buyers seeking to trade on inside information. Full Story

Chicago: Ohio Man and Two Foreign Residents Indicted for Alleged Ukraine-Based “Scarewareâ€