For Immediate Release
November 16, 2007
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Washington D.C.
FBI National Press Office
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FBI's
Top Ten News Stories
For the Week Ending November 16, 2007
1.
Detroit: Former Employee of FBI and CIA Pleads Guilty to
Conspiracy to Defraud the U.S.
Nada
Nadim Prouty engaged in a pattern of deceit to secure U.S.
citizenship, to gain employment in the intelligence community,
and to obtain and exploit her access to sensitive counterterrorism
intelligence. Full
Story
2.
San Francisco: Barry Bonds Indicted
Barry
Lamar Bonds was indicted on perjury charges and obstruction
of justice. Full
Story
3.
San Juan: Former Commissioners Indicted in Bribery and Kickback
Scheme
Dean
C. Plaskett, former commissioner of the U.S. Virgin Islands
Department of Planning and Natural Resources, and Marc A.
Biggs, former commissioner of the Department of Property
and Procurement, were charged with demanding and accepting
bribes and kickbacks; with conspiracy to violate the federal
program bribery statute; and with multiple counts of obstructing
justice. Full
Story
4.
Miami: International Money Launderer Pleads Guilty After
Extradition from Switzerland
Gabriel
MacEnroe pled guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering
after being extradited from Switzerland in May, 2007. MacEnroe
received $2.8 million through a pyramid scheme from U.S.
victims. Full
Story
5.
New York: Former New York City Police Commissioner Indicted
Former
New York City Police Commissioner Bernard B. Kerik was indicted
on charges of filing false income tax returns; defrauding
the public of honest services; making false statements on
a loan application; and making false statements to the White
House in connection with a job application. Full
Story
6.
Dallas: Sentence for Impersonating Federal Employee
Christopher
Wayne Ralston pled guilty to impersonating the director
of operations at the Department of Justice. Full
Story
7.
Los Angeles: Member of "Botnet Underground" Charged
in Identity Theft
John
Schiefer, well-known member of the "Botnet Underground,"
was charged with using "botnets" (armies of compromised
computers) to steal the identities of victims across the
country by extracting information from their computers.
Full
Story
8.
New York: Former Chief Financial Officer Sentenced for $267
Million Accounting Fraud
Paul
Humphreys, former chief financial officer of Safety-Kleen
Corp. was sentenced in connection with a fraudulent scheme
to manipulate Safety-Kleen's financial statements in an
attempt to meet earnings targets. Full
Story
9.
Cleveland: Police Officer Pleads Guilty
Zvonko
Sarlog, a Cleveland police officer, pled guilty to conspiring
to distribute five or more kilos of cocaine and to money
laundering. Full
Story
10.
Portland: White Supremacist Sentenced for Attack on Synagogue
Gabriel
Doyle Laskey was sentenced for his role in a 2002 attack
on Temple Beth Israel in Eugene, Oregon, in which a group
of men threw stones etched with swastikas through the synagogue's
windows. Full
Story
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