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For Immediate Release
January 25, 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 JANUARY 25, 2008
1.
New York: Canadian Al Qaeda Member Sentenced to Life in
Prison
Mohammed
Mansour Jabarah, aka "Abu Hafs al Kuwaiti," was
sentenced to life in prison on multiple terrorism conspiracy
charges. Full
Story
2.
Oklahoma City: State Auditor and Wife Indicted
Oklahoma
State Auditor and Inspector Jeff McMahan, and his wife,
Lori McMahan, were indicted on charges of conspiracy, fraud
and racketeering. Full
Story
3.
Miami: Jose Padilla Sentenced on Terrorism Charges
Jose
Padilla, Adham Amin Hassoun, and Kifah Wael Jayyousi were
sentenced on charges of conspiracy to murder, kidnap and
maim and conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists.
Full
Story
4.
New Orleans: Indictment for Displaying Hangman Nooses
Jeremiah
Munsen was indicted on federal hate crime charges for intimidating
marchers in a civil rights rally by displaying hangman's
nooses from the back of a pickup truck. Full
Story
5.
Miami: Sentencing in $56.5 Million Medicare Fraud
Owners
of nine separate Miami-based health care corporations have
been sentenced for filing $56.5 million in fraudulent Medicare
claims for unnecessary durable medical equipment and infusion
therapy. Full
Story
6.
Boston: $458 Million Settlement in Fatal Tunnel Collapse
Bechtel
Infrastructure Corporation, PB America Inc., and certain
design consultants have agreed to pay a total of $458 million
to settle federal and state claims in the collapse of the
"Big Dig" Project. Full
Story
7.
Newark: Thirteen Individuals Indicted in $20 Million Home
Equity Loan Scheme
Thirteen
individuals were indicted in a scheme to fraudulently obtain
more than $20 million in home equity and business lines
of credit. Seven other individuals have already pled guilty.
Full
Story
8.
Honolulu: Prison Warden Sentenced for Civil Rights Violation
Mika
Kelemente, former warden at the Tafuna Correctional Facility,
and Siaumau Mapu, a former corrections officer at the same
prison, were sentenced for physical assault of inmates.
Full
Story
9.
Birmingham: Postsecondary Chancellor Pleads Guilty
Roy
W. Johnson, Jr., former Chancellor of Alabama's Department
of Postsecondary Education, pled guilty to conspiracy, bribery,
obstruction of justice and money laundering. Full
Story
10.
Boston: Guilty Plea in Bilking Senior Citizens
John
A. Baldo pled guilty to defrauding senior citizens out of
over $1.9 million by claiming he was a certified financial
planner and offering them handsome returns on their money.
Full
Story
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