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November 2008
11-07-2008 PRESS STATEMENT.
11-06-2008 UNITED STATES FILES CIVIL SUIT AGAINST BOUCHARD TRANSPORTATION COMPANY FOR DISCHARGE OF 56,000 BARRELS OF GASOLINE INTO THE THE ARTHUR KILL WATERWAY IN STATEN ISLAND.
11-03-2008 GENOVESE ORGANIZED CRIME FAMILY CAPTAIN MICHAEL COPPOLA INDICTED ON RACKETEERING CHARGES, INCLUDING 1977 MURDER OF GIOVANNI LARDUCCI AND MOB CONTROL OF NEW JERSEY WATERFRONT.
11-03-2008 UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS AVAILABLE TO RECEIVE ELECTION COMPLAINTS.
October 2008 Top
10-31-2008 NYPD POLICE OFFICER AND TWO OTHERS INDICTED FOR ARMED ROBBERY CONSPIRACY AND NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING.
10-28-2008 NINETEEN DEFENDANTS CHARGED WITH CRACK COCAINE DISTRIBUTION IN BROOKLYN.
10-27-2008 BONANNO ORGANIZED CRIME FAMILY ASSOCIATE CONVICTED BY JURY OF MURDER IN AID OF RACKETEERING, RACKETEERING, AND OTHER CRIMES OF VIOLENCE.
10-23-2008 DEFENDANT INDICTED IN $20 MILLION MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME.
10-22-2008 THE UNITED STATES FILES CIVIL COMPLAINT TO ENJOIN FRAUD IN GOVERNMENT INSURED MORTGAGE LOANS.
10-10-2008 NEW YORK RESIDENT PLEADS GUILTY TO ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF EXPLOSIVES AND SILENCER.
10-10-2008 TWENTY SIX DEFENDANTS CHARGED IN NARCOTICS RING OPERATING IN GREENPOINT AND WILLIAMSBURG SECTIONS OF BROOKLYN.
10-02-2008 CONSTRUCTION COMPANY OWNER AND ASSOCIATES ARRESTED FOR VIOLENT RETALIATION AGAINST PLAINTIFFS IN FEDERAL LABOR LAWSUIT.
September 2008 Top
09-24-2008 LONG ISLAND FITNESS CLUB OWNER INDICTED FOR THREE MURDERS.
09-22-2008 UNITED STATES FILES SUIT AGAINST LONG ISLAND CO-OP APARTMENT BUILDING AND ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR VIOLATING FAIR HOUSING ACT REQUIREMENTS.
09-19-2008 TWO DEFENDANTS PLEAD GUILTY TO OPERATING UNDERAGE PROSTITUTION BUSINESS.
09-17-2008 PRESS STATEMENT.
09-15-2008 STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TO PAY THE U.S. $74 MILLION TO SETTLE CLAIMS OF DEFRAUDING FEDERAL HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS.
09-11-2008 FORMER BUREAU OF PRISONS CORRECTIONAL OFFICER SENTENCED ON CONVICTION ARISING FROM INMATE BEATING AND SUBSEQUENT COVER-UP.
09-08-2008 UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS AVAILABLE TO RECEIVE ELECTION COMPLAINTS.
09-04-2008 BROOKLYN DRUG DEALER SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING AND TWO MURDERS.
09-03-2008 TWO FORMER CREDIT SUISSE BROKERS INDICTED FOR SECURITIES FRAUD, WIRE FRAUD, AND CONSPIRACY IN CONNECTION WITH A FRAUDULENT SCHEME TO SELL MORTGAGE-BACKED COLLATERALIZED DEBT OBLIGATIONS.
August 2008 Top
08-28-2008 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF NEW YORK INVESTMENT FIRM INDICTED ON CHARGES OF SECURITIES FRAUD AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.
08-28-2008 BONANNO ORGANIZED CRIME FAMILY ACTING CAPTAINS, SOLDIER, AND ASSOCIATE INDICTED FOR RACKETEERING AND OTHER OFFENSES.
08-22-2008 COCAINE CARTEL LEADER TO FACE CHARGES IN THE UNITED STATES.
08-21-2008 TWO INDIVIDUALS PLEAD GUILTY TO TRAFFICKING IN MORE THAN HALF A MILLION TUBES OF COUNTERFEIT TOOTHPASTE.
08-18-2008 QUEENS-BASED RESIDENTIAL COOPERATIVE AND PROPERTY MANAGER CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL DISPOSAL OF ASBESTOS.
08-18-2008 THE UNITED STATES AND GENERAL DYNAMICS SETTLE CIVIL FRAUD CLAIMS FOR OVER $ 4 MILLION.
08-14-2008 TWO FORMER DIRECTORS OF QUEÉNCH, INC. SENTENCED FOR SECURITIES FRAUD AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.
08-14-2008 THREE CHARGED WITH APRIL 2008 MURDER OF STATEN ISLAND JEWELER LOUIS ANTONELLI.
08-11-2008 MS-13 STREET GANG MEMBER SENTENCED TO FORTY YEARS' IMPRISONMENT FOR MURDER.
08-06-2008 BONANNO ORGANIZED CRIME FAMILY ACTING BOSS AND THREE SOLDIERS PLEAD GUILTY TO MURDER CONSPIRACY AND OTHER CHARGES.
July 2008 Top
07-28-2008 THE UNITED STATES AND LOCAL 14 OF THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS AGREE TO APPOINTMENT OF UNION CORRUPTION OFFICERS.
07-22-2008 MEXICAN CITIZEN PLEADS GUILTY TO SEX TRAFFICKING AND ADMITS HER ROLE IN AN ORGANIZATION THAT FORCED YOUNG MEXICAN WOMEN INTO SEXUAL SLAVERY IN NEW YORK.
07-21-2008 UNITED STATES ANNOUNCES SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS AGAINST CORPORATION FOR VIOLATING FEDERAL LEAK PREVENTION REQUIREMENTS AT TWENTY-FIVE METROPOLITAN NEW YORK CITY GAS STATIONS.
07-16-2008 CITY EMPLOYEE ARRESTED FOR HER ROLE IN COUNTERFEIT CHECK CASHING RING.
07-15-2008 AIRLINE MAINTENANCE COMPANY OWNER ARRESTED FOR RUNNING FRAUDULENT SCHEMES.
07-09-2008 LAWRENCE AVIATION INDUSTRIES, INC. AND ITS OWNER/OPERATOR PLEAD GUILTY TO ILLEGALLY STORING HAZARDOUS WASTE ON LONG ISLAND.
07-08-2008 FRAUDULENT SPOT FOREIGN CURRENCY TRADERS PLEAD GUILTY AND FORFEIT OVER $28 MILLION IN U.S. CURRENCY AND PROPERTY.
June 2008 Top
06-26-2008 FORMER BUREAU OF PRISONS CAPTAIN SENTENCED FOR EXCESSIVE FORCE CONSPIRACY, FALSE STATEMENTS, AND TWO SEPARATE ACTS OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.
06-26-2008 VARSHA SABHNANI SENTENCED TO 132 MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT FOR HER CONVICTION IN LONG ISLAND "SLAVE" CASE.
06-19-2008 TWO SENIOR MANAGERS OF FAILED BEAR STEARNS HEDGE FUNDS INDICTED ON CONSPIRACY AND FRAUD CHARGES.
06-12-2008 PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL SETTLEMENT AGENCY PLEADS GUILTY TO EMBEZZLING.
06-04-2008 COLOMBO ORGANIZED CRIME FAMILY ACTING BOSS, UNDERBOSS, AND TEN OTHER MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES INDICTED.
May 2008 Top
05-27-2008 LAWYER INDICTED ON WIRE FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING CHARGES FOR STEALING FROM CLIENT ESCROW ACCOUNT.
05-22-2008 SIX DEFENDANTS INDICTED FOR KICKBACKS AND FRAUD AT THE STOCK-LOAN DESKS OF WALL STREET BROKERAGE FIRMS.
05-21-2008 ELEVEN DEFENDANTS INDICTED IN $14 MILLION MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME.
05-19-2008 U.S. ARMY TRANSLATOR SENTENCED TO 121 MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT FOR UNAUTHORIZED POSSESSION OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CONCERNING IRAQI INSURGENCY AND FOR USING A FALSE IDENTITY.
05-16-2008 LEADER OF THE FOLK NATION, A VIOLENT BROOKLYN STREET GANG, SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR RACKETEERING AND MULTIPLE MURDERS AND ATTEMPTED MURDERS.
05-15-2008 FORMER COURT ASSISTANT SENTENCED TO 40 MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND SOCIAL SECURITY FRAUD.
05-08-2008 TWO FORMER PRINCIPALS OF OLYMPIA MORTGAGE INDICTED ON CONSPIRACY, WIRE FRAUD, AND BANK FRAUD CHARGES.
05-06-2008 EIGHT MEMBERS OF A VIOLENT POLICE-IMPERSONATION ROBBERY CREW INDICTED.
05-02-2008 LONG ISLAND PRIEST SENTENCED TO FORTY-ONE MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.
April 2008 Top
04-25-2008 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO REVIEW THE SHOOTING OF SEAN BELL AND OTHERS.
04-24-2008 ONCOLOGIST AND HIS WIFE AGREE TO SETTLE CIVIL FRAUD ALLEGATIONS INVOLVING IMPORTATION OF ONCOLOGY DRUGS FROM CANADA.
04-11-2008 IDENTICAL TWIN LEADERS OF VIOLENT CRACK DISTRIBUTION CREW PLEAD GUILTY TO RACKETEERING, MURDER, ATTEMPTED MURDER, ROBBERY, AND DRUG CONSPIRACY.
March 2008 Top
03-27-2008 COLOMBO ORGANIZED CRIME FAMILY CAPTAIN AND FIVE ASSOCIATES INDICTED FOR RACKETEERING AND OTHER OFFENSES.
03-25-2008 FORMER CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF FRIEDMAN'S INC. AND CRESCENT JEWELERS CONVICTED IN ACCOUNTING FRAUD SCHEME.
03-24-2008 TWO OFFICIALS IN THE BRIDGES DIVISION OF NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PLEAD GUILTY TO BRIBERY SCHEME.
February 2008 Top
02-28-2008 EIGHT LUCHESE ORGANIZED CRIME FAMILY MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES INDICTED FOR RACKETEERING AND OTHER OFFENSES.
02-11-2008 MEDIA ADVISORY - CORRECTION.
02-07-2008 SIXTY-TWO DEFENDANTS INDICTED, INCLUDING GAMBINO ORGANIZED CRIME FAMILY ACTING BOSS, ACTING UNDERBOSS, CONSIGLIERE, AND MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES, AS WELL AS CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AND UNION OFFICIALS.
02-01-2008 DIRECTOR OF SINGAPORE FIRM ARRAIGNED ON CHARGES OF ILLEGALLY EXPORTING CONTROLLED AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS TO IRAN.
02-01-2008 UNITED STATES FILES CIVIL ACTION AGAINST AIR JAMAICA LIMITED FOR VIOLATIONS OF FEDERAL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS.
January 2008 Top
01-31-2008 NYPD DETECTIVE AND SERGEANT, TOGETHER WITH TWO OTHERS, FACE FEDERAL FELONY CHARGES IN BROOKLYN.
01-30-2008 THREE DEFENDANTS PLEAD GUILTY IN "ADVANCE-FEE" FRAUD SCHEME.
01-24-2008 THREE FORMER BUREAU OF PRISONS CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS AND A LIEUTENANT OF THE BROOKLYN METROPOLITAN DETENTION CENTER CONVICTED OF CHARGES STEMMING FROM INMATE BEATING AND SUBSEQUENT COVER-UP.
01-15-2008 SPOT FOREIGN CURRENCY TRADER ARRESTED FOR RUNNING FRAUDULENT SCHEME.