FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending October 7, 2011

Washington, D.C. October 07, 2011
FBI National Press Office(202) 324-3691

1.Washington Field: Two U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Employees and Two Others Indicted in $20 Million Bribery and Kickback Scheme Involving Government Contracts

Four Virginia men, including two longtime employees of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, were arrested on charges of taking part in a conspiracy involving more than $20 million in bribes and kickback payments and the planned steering of a $780 million government contract to a favored contractor. Full Story


2.Richmond: FBI Recovers Valuable Civil War Battle Flag

FBI agents recovered a 14th Louisiana Infantry Regiment Confederate Battle Flag which was stolen in the 1980s by a former volunteer at the Memorial Hall Museum (Confederate Memorial Hall) of New Orleans. Full Story


3.Detroit: Man Sentenced for Orchestrating $350 Million Ponzi Scheme

Edward P. May, 75, was sentenced to 16 years in federal prison for orchestrating the largest Ponzi scheme in the history of the Eastern District of Michigan. Full Story


4.Albuquerque: Man Gets Life Sentence for Kidnap, Torture, and Murder of 16-Year-Old Boy

Larry Lujan will serve life in prison for kidnapping, torturing, and murdering a teenage boy who failed to pay a $600 “drug tax.â€