Thread: FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending September 13, 2013

FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending September 13, 2013 Washington, D.C. September 13, 2013 FBI National Press Office (202) 324-3691 Los Angeles: Alleged Fugitive Faces New Charges Related to Pipe Bombs Found in Coachella Valley Federal authorities are seeking the public’s help in apprehending Edward Allen Costa, who was indicted on federal charges of illegally possessing pipe bombs that were strewn about residential neighborhoods in Palm Springs last year. Full Story Boston: Chinese National Sentenced for Illegally Exporting Military Electronics Components Zhen Zhou Wu was re-sentenced to 84 months in prison for conspiring over a 10-year period to illegally export military and sophisticated electronics to the People’s Republic of China. Full Story Kansas City: Wisconsin Man Pleads Guilty to Cyber Attack on Koch Industries Eric J. Rosol admitted to taking part in a denial-of-service attack on Koch Industries’ website. Full Story Omaha: Former Nebraska State Senator Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud Brenda Council used campaign funds to place wagers at casinos in Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. Full Story Memphis: Millington Man Charged with Sex Trafficking High School Teens Michael A. Lilley allegedly recruited girls as young as 15 years old from at least three high schools to work as prostitutes at his home, where he and another individual provided them alcohol and drugs. Full Story Detroit: G.S. Electech Inc. Executive Indicted for Role in Bid Rigging and Price Fixing on Automobile Parts Installed in U.S. Cars Japanese national Shingo Okuda allegedly participated in the conspiracy by, among other things, agreeing during meetings and discussions to coordinate bids and fix prices of automotive parts submitted to Toyota. Full Story Newark: Three Admit Roles in $100 Million Bribes-for-Test-Referrals Scheme Involving Clinical Laboratory With the guilty pleas of Dr. Angelo Calabrese, Dr. Paul Ostergaard, and salesman David McCann, 17 people have now admitted their roles in the sophisticated bribery scheme. Full Story Kansas City: Catholic Priest Sentenced to 50 Years for Producing Child Pornography Shawn Ratigan, a diocesan priest and former pastor or assistant pastor in several area parishes, was sentenced for exploiting five victims who ranged in age from 2 to 12 years old at the time of the offenses. Full Story St. Louis: Twenty-Five People Arrested on Federal Drug and Weapons Charges Several of the individuals indicted were members of the Saddle Tramps Motorcycle Club, including the club’s president, Arvil B. Matthews. Full Story Milwaukee: Twenty-Three Defendants Charged with Distribution of Heroin Brothers Victor, Geraldo, and Praxedes Reyes allegedly led the drug trafficking organization that has been selling cocaine and heroin on the south side of Milwaukee for many years. Full Story

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D.E.A. TOP STORY
DEA Announces Arrest of Alleged International Narcotics Trafficker
AUGUST 30 (WASHINGTON)
Derek Maltz, Special-Agent-in-Charge of the Special Operations Division of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA") and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and, announced today that on August 29, 2013, Panamanian authorities arrested DINO BOUTERSE in the Republic of Panama and turned him over to U.S. authorities to face charges that he conspired to import cocaine into the United States. BOUTERSE will be presented and arraigned in Manhattan federal court before U.S. Magistrate Judge James C. Francis IV later today.
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Florida Doctors, Hospitals and Clinics to Pay $3.5 Million to Settle Allegations of Improper Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE Billing(13-1027)
Friday, September 13, 2013
Radiation oncology providers in Pensacola, Fla., will pay $3.5 million to the government and the state of Florida to resolve allegations that they billed Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE – the health care program for uniformed service members, retirees and their families worldwide – for radiation oncology services that were not eligible for payment.
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Former Navy Reservist Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Sexual Exploitation of Multiple Minors to Produce Child Pornography(13-1026)
Friday, September 13, 2013
Anthony K. Mastrogiovanni, 30, of Crofton, Md., was sentenced today to serve 25 years in prison for sexually exploiting more than 30 male juveniles – ranging from 9 to 16 years of age – in Maryland and Louisiana to produce child pornography.
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North Carolina Woman Sentenced for Preparing False Tax Returns and Identity Fraud(13-1025)
Friday, September 13, 2013
The Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that yesterday Leslie Louise Brewster of Durham, N.C. was sentenced to serve 70 months in federal prison for crimes related to preparing false tax returns and identity fraud.
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Justice Department Files Lawsuit Alleging Disability-based Discrimination at Helena, Mont., Apartment Complex(13-1023)
Friday, September 13, 2013
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit yesterday against the owners, builders and designers of an eight unit apartment complex at 175 and 195 Silsbee Avenue in Helena, Mont. for violations of the Fair Housing Act.
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Former Airline Executive Sentenced to Prison for Schemes to Defraud Illinois-Based Ryan International Airlines(13-1022)
Thursday, September 12, 2013
A former executive of Ryan International Airlines, a charter airline company located in Rockford, Ill., was sentenced today to serve 87 months in prison and to pay restitution for participating in kickback schemes to defraud Ryan.
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