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For Immediate Release
February 29, 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 MARCH 07, 2008
1. Sacramento: Guilty Plea in Theft of Trade
Secrets
Allen
W. Cotton, a former employee of Genesis Microwave, pled
guilty to the theft of controlled U.S. technology and
offering them for sale to foreign governments. Full Story
2. New Haven: Former Sailor Found Guilty of Terror Ties
Hassan
Abu-Jihaad, formerly known as Paul R. Hall, was found
guilty of disclosing classified information related to
national defense and providing material support to an
organization having ties to al-Qaeda. Full Story
3. Anchorage: Chief of Staff Pleads Guilty
James
Clark, former chief of staff to the former governor of
Alaska, pled guilty to conspiracy to commit honest services
mail and wire fraud. Full Story
4. Miami: Foreign National Pleads Guilty to Acting as
Illegal Agent of Foreign Government
Carlos
Kauffman pled guilty to conspiracy to act as an agent
of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Full Story
5. Indianapolis: Public Officials Indicted for Civil
Rights Violations
Chief
Thomas Houston, Deputy Chief Thomas Branson, and Sergeant
Thomas Decanter of the Gary, Indiana Police Department
were indicted for multiple civil rights violations. Full Story
6. New York: Operators of International Prostitution Ring
Charged
Mark
Brener, Cecil Suwal, Temeka Rachelle Lewis, and Tanya
Hollander, organizers and managers of the Emperors Club
VIP, were charged with conspiracy to violate federal
prostitution statutes and money laundering. Full Story
7. New York: Former Executive Charged in Massive
Securities Fraud Scheme
Former
Treasurer and Senior Executive Vice President of Doral
Financial Corporation (“Doral”) Mario S.
Levis, aka Sammy Levis, was charged with the financial
manipulation of stock in Doral. Full Story
8. Los Angeles: Illegal Alien Charged With Computer
Hacking
An
illegal alien from Indonesia, Hario Tandiwidjojo, was
charged with hacking into business kiosks at hotels and
stealing credit card information. Full Story
9. Boston: Arrest in Framing, Robbing Innocent
Man
Jose “Tito” Alvarez
was arrested on charges of conspiring to violate another
person’s civil rights. Full Story
10. Atlanta: Georgia Tech Employee Indicted in “P-Card”
Scheme
Donna
Renee Gamble was indicted on charges of defrauding Georgia
Tech and the National Science Foundation, a U.S. Government
agency. Full Story
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