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For Immediate Release
October 12, 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 October 12, 2007
1. New
York: Afghan Heroin Kingpin Sentenced to Over 15 Years
Baz
Mohammad, the first defendant to be extradited from Afghanistan
to the U.S., was sentenced to 188 months imprisonment for
managing an international narcotics-trafficking organization.
His massive drug profits funded the Taliban and, in exchange
for its financial support, the Taliban provided protection
for its opium crops, heroin laboratories, and drug-transportation
routes. Full
Story
2.
Boston: Man Sentenced in Glass-Eating Fraud Scheme
Ronald
Evano was sentenced for defrauding restaurants, grocery
stores, insurers, hospitals and doctors for his long-running
scheme in which he and his wife falsely claimed there was
glass in the food they bought. In connection with their
scheme, the Evanos submitted their claims under a variety
of identities. Evano's wife, Mary Evano, who has also been
charged, remains a fugitive. Full
Story
3.
Boston: Former House Majority Leader Charged in Pharmacy
Scheme
Former
House Majority Leader Gerard M. Martineau was charged with
honest services mail fraud for engineering personal business
dealings with a pharmacy company and a health insurer and,
in return, steering the outcome of legislation in which
those companies were interested. Full
Story
4.
New York: Woman Charged With Selling Fake Works of Art
Angela
Hamblin was arrested on art fraud charges. Hamblin was engaged
in a fraudulent scheme to sell works of art on the internet
auction site, eBay, and in private transactions when she
knew they were not authentic. Full
Story
5.
Baltimore: Funeral Home Owner Pleads Guilty to Defrauding
Customers in Prepaid Funeral Expenses
Paul
Stella pleaded guilty to bank fraud arising from two fraudulent
schemes to obtain over $900,000 in prepaid funeral expenses.
Full
Story
6.
New York: Genovese Family Associates Arrested on Extortion
and Robbery Charges
Seven
individuals were arrested for extortions and robberies targeted
at business owners in New York and New Jersey. Three of
the defendants—John Melicharek, Michael Iuni, and Angelo
Nicosia—were associates of the Genovese Organized Crime
Family. Full
Story
7.
Newark: Lead Paint Inspector Sentenced for Taking Bribes
Yolanda
Lane, a lead-paint inspector for the City of Paterson Environmental
Health Department, was sentenced for accepting bribes in
exchange for exercising official action. Full
Story
8.
Philadelphia: Probation Officer Admits Running an Illegal
Poker Operation
A
New Jersey Probation Officer, Gordon Ernst, pleaded guilty
to running an illegal gambling operation. Ernst admitted
that he owned, supervised, and conducted the illegal poker
operation. Full
Story
9.
Milwaukee: Indonesian Man Charged With Attempting to Export
Arms
An
Indonesian citizen, Doli Syarief Pulungan, was charged with
conspiracy to export riflescopes to Indonesia. Pulungan
was also charged with making a false statement to the FBI.
Full
Story
10.
San Diego: Stock Options Administrator Sentenced to $6 Million
Fraud
Vencent
A. Donlan, former stock options administrator at Wireless
Facilities, Inc. (WFI), was sentenced for stealing more
than $6 million worth of WFI stock and ordered to pay restitution
to WFI in the amount of $6.2 million. Donlan was also ordered
to pay the IRS $2.2 million for failing to declare the gain
on the sales of the stock on his 2002 and 2003 income tax
returns. Full
Story
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