Success Stories

Chicago RCFL

Somali Sentenced in Plot to Destroy Ohio Shopping Mall - A Somali immigrant was sentenced to 10 years in prison for plotting to blow up an Ohio shopping mall along with another man who was also convicted of being a terrorist with Al Qadea. The Chicago RCFL (CGRCFL) supported a federal joint task force investigating the crime, and one of its Examiners from the Will County Sheriff’s Office, made significant contributions toward indicting Nuradin M. Abdi, 35, formerly of Columbus, Ohio. Click here to read the full story.
Former Illinois Governor George Ryan Sentenced (Chicago, IL) Although former Illinois Governor George Ryan was sentenced to six and a half years in federal prison in 2006 for accepting cash, gifts, free vacations, and favors in exchange for government contracts while in office—he has yet to serve one day in jail. That could soon change as Ryan’s appeals have run their course, and U.S. District Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer set a date of November 7, 2007 for Ryan to report to prison along with co-defendant Larry Warner... (Posted: 11/01/07)
Guilty: The Public Corruption Trial of Chicago Mayor’s Former Aide Chicago Mayor Richard Daley’s ex-patronage chief Robert Sorich, 43, was convicted of two counts of mail fraud and acquitted of two counts of mail fraud on July 6, ending a five-week jury trial. Jurors convicted two other former officials of mail fraud, and a fourth was convicted of lying to an FBI agent... (Posted: 07/13/06)
CHICAGO RCFL AIDS IN THE CONVICTION OF A CHILD PORNOGRAPHER

One year ago, Barry Eytcheson, an unemployed computer engineer, was arrested for allegedly sharing child pornography over the Internet, and later admitted that he had collected child pornography for years. Investigators working with the Chicago RCFL, also learned that Eytcheson made a sexually explicit video and took lewd photographs of a child between June and November 2004... (Posted: 5/17/2006)

Former Trader Receives Heavy Sentence Although it appeared to be a suicide, an investigation supported by the CGRCFL that was conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Chicago Police Department (a CGRCFL participating agency), and the U.S. Attorney's Office revealed a far different conclusion... (Posted: 03/01/06)

Greater Houston RCFL

GUILTY: JURY CONVICTS TWO TOP ENRON EXECUTIVES After six days of deliberations, a jury convicted Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling of conspiracy to commit securities and wire fraud in one of the biggest business scandals in U.S. history. Lay was also convicted of bank fraud and making false statements to banks in a separate trial non-jury trial (regarding his personal banking) before U.S. District Judge Sim Lake ... (Posted: 05/25/06).
SENTENCED: EX-ENRON CFO LEARNS FATE Former Enron Chief Financial Officer Andrew Fastow learned his fate after pleading guilty to a variety of charges related to the company’s collapse in 2004. Click here to read the full story... (Posted 09/27/06)

Heart of America RCFL

Jury Sentences Lisa Montgomery to Death – A federal jury convicted Lisa Montgomery, 39, for the murder of 23-year Bobbi Jo Stinnett, and for kidnapping her unborn baby. Digital evidence helped lead investigators to Montgomery – with help from Examiners assigned to the Heart of America RCFL. Click here for the full story.
Alleged Abduction Was a Hoax On April 11, 2006, 16-year old Kelsey Stelting placed a frantic 9-1-1 call, claiming that she was abducted at gunpoint while outside her Independence, Missouri home. An Amber Alert was issued, and the FBI brought in 30 agents to join police and county officers in the search. The Heart of America RCFL was part of the team – as is often the case when an Amber Alert is issued within an RCFL’s service area. Now safely at home, the teenager admitted that it was all a hoax. Click here to read a joint statement from the Independence Police Department and the FBI. (Posted: 4/14/06).

Intermountain West RCFL

Warren Steed Jeffs Found Guilty St. George Utah - On September 25, 2007, the trial of Warren Steed Jeffs, leader of a polygamous sect, ended with a guilty conviction. The eight-member state jury rendered a unanimous verdict—finding Jeffs guilty as an accomplice for the rape of a 14-year old follower to her 19-year old cousin. The young woman, now 21, testified that she was forced into the marriage which led to nonconsensual sex. After the trial ended, she spoke outside the courthouse and said, “The trial has not been about religion nor a vendetta. It is simply about child abuse and preventing further abuse.” Under Utah law, even with parental consent, a 14-year old is not permitted to marry.

New Jersey RCFL

March 20, 2008 After a two-week trial, a 12-member jury found Clement Bilski, 45, of Ocean Town Township, New Jersey guilty on 143 counts of sexual abuse to a young girl. The New Jersey RCFL was part of a task force that supported the investigation of the former handyman who faces 1,940 years in prison. Read more.

Philadelphia RCFL

Michael Curtis Reynolds of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for offering to help al-Qaida detonate propane trucks along the Trans-Alaskan and Transcontinental Pipelines, along with blowing up the Standard Oil company in Perth Amboy, New Jersey and the Williams Refinery in Opal, Wyoming. The Philadelphia RCFL provided support to this case. Click here to read the full story.

Rocky Mountain RCFL

Rocky Mountain RCFL is Recognized for Outstanding Work - The Adams County (Colorado) District Attorney praised the work of the Rocky Mountain Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory (RMRCFL) in a press release dated January 30, 2007. The investigation involved unlawful sexual contact--click here to learn more.

San Diego RCFL

International Child Pornography Ring Busted Dubbed “Operation Hamlet,” the investigation of an international child pornography ring led by the San Diego Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and supported by the SDRCFL - who invested over 500 man hours in this investigation - was dismantled, with one of the main participants recently sentenced to life in prison... (Posted: 03/06/06)
Former Congressman Sentenced Ex-Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham was sentenced on March 3rd to 8 years and four months in prison for conspiring to commit bribery, honest services fraud, and tax evasion. The SDRCFL supported this investigation... (Posted: 03/06/06)