For Immediate Release
December 21, 2007
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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 December 21, 2007
1.
St. Louis: Microsoft, Google, Yahoo! Pay Millions for Promoting
Online Illegal Gambling
Microsoft
Corporation, Google and Yahoo! agreed to pay a total of
$31.5 million to resolve claims that between 1997 and 2007
they received payments from online gambling businesses for
advertising online gambling. Full
Story
2.
Baltimore: Senior IRS Employee Charged in D.C. Property
Tax Refund Scheme
Robert
O. Steven, IRS division director, Modernization Information
Technology Systems, and Patricia A. Steven were charged
with receiving stolen property in connection with the D.C.
property tax refund scheme. Full
Story
3.
Newark: Councilman Pleads Guilty to Accepting Bribes
Passaic
City Council member Marcellus Jackson pled guilty to accepting
bribes in return for his official assistance in steering
public contracts to an undercover insurance company. Full
Story
4.
Richmond: Deputy Pleads Guilty to Mann Act Violation
Former
Greene County Sheriff's Office Lt. Leftery N. "Terry"
Tsouroutis pled guilty to violating the Mann Act and lying
to FBI special agents. Full
Story
5.
Birmingham: Department of the Army Official Convicted on
Public Corruption Charges
Jeffrey
H. Stayton, former chief of the Aviation Division for the
U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, was found guilty
of honest services wire fraud and obstruction of justice.
Full
Story
6.
Tampa: 3 Sentenced in Viatical Fraud Scheme
C.
Keith LaMonda, his brother, Jesse W. LaMonda, and John L.
Maynard were sentenced in a multi-million dollar fraud scheme
and ordered to pay a total of $140 million to their victims.
Full
Story
7.
Los Angeles: Film Executive Arrested for Paying Bribes to
Thai Tourism Official
Gerald
Green and his wife, Patricia Green, were arrested for making
corrupt payments to a Thai government official in order
to obtain lucrative contracts to run an international film
festival in Bangkok. Full
Story
8.
Baltimore: Indonesian Sentenced for Conspiracy to Provide
Material Support to a Foreign Terrorist Organization
Haji
Subandi, an Indonesian citizen, was sentenced for conspiracy
to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist
organization, money laundering, and attempted exportation
of arms and ammunition. Full
Story
9.
Sacramento: "Grandma Bandit" Arrested
Valerie
Harris, also known as the "Grandma Bandit," was
arrested and charged with armed bank robbery. Full
Story
10.
Los Angeles: Brooklyn Rabbi and Associates Charged in Tax
Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme
The
Grand Rabbi of Spinka, Naftali Tzi Weisz, and several associates
were charged in an indictment that alleges a wide-ranging
conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government through tax fraud
and money laundering. Full
Story
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