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For Immediate Release
October
31, 2008
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Washington D.C.
FBI National Press Office
(202) 324-3691
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FBI's
Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending October
31, 2008
1.
Washington Field Office: Chuckie Taylor Convicted
In the first
U.S. case to charge an individual with criminal torture,
Roy Belfast, Jr., aka Chuckie Taylor, son of former Liberian
President Charles Taylor, was convicted of torturing
people in Liberia. Full
story
2.
FBI Announces the Results of Child Sex Trafficking
Sweep
Operation Cross
Country II, a three-day multi-agency law enforcement
action, led to 642 arrests and the removal of 47 children
from the cycle of victimization. Full
story
3. Boston:
State Senator Arrested
A long-term
covert operation resulted in the arrest of State Senator
Dianne Wilkerson on public corruption charges. Full
story
4.
Boston: Labor Organizer Charged with Illegal Payment
Conspiracy
Harold Tillinghast,
organizer for Laborers International Union of North America,
was charged with conspiring to make and receive unlawful
payments from employers to labor union officials. Full
story
5. Minneapolis: Three Convicted for Intimidating Judge
Robert Bonine
Beale, Frederick Ogan Bond, and John Howard Pelton were
found guilty of conspiracy to prevent by force, intimidation,
and threat a federal judge from presiding over a criminal
trial. Full
story (pdf)
6.
Sacramento: Arrest in Hoax Mailings
Marc M. Keyser
was arrested and charged with sending a hoax letter after
mailing packages with sugar packets with the words “Anthrax
sample.” Full
story
7. Atlanta:
Operation Pay Cut Nabs 41
Operation Pay
Cut, a long-term multi-agency investigation targeting
cartel-related drug trafficking, resulted in rounding
up $22 million, drugs, and a Sheriff’s Deputy. Full
story
8.
Baltimore: Singapore Citizen Sentenced
Haniffa Bin
Osman was sentenced for providing material support to
the Tamil Tigers, a designated foreign terrorist organization.Full
story
9. New
York: 61 Charged in Insurance Fraud Scam
Two corporations
and 61 individuals were charged with engaging in a widespread
multi-million dollar no-fault insurance fraud scheme.
Full story
10.
Miami: Multi-Million Dollar Ponzi Scheme Operator
Charged
Andres Leonel
Pimstein was charged with wire fraud in connection with
the fraudulent sale of consumer electronics. Full
story
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