| December 2007 |
| 12-28-2007 |
COLOMBO ORGANIZED CRIME FAMILY ACTING BOSS
ALPHONSE T. PERSICO AND ADMINISTRATION MEMBER JOHN J. DEROSS CONVICTED OF MURDER IN AID OF RACKETEERING AND WITNESS TAMPERING. |
| 12-18-2007 |
NEWSDAY AND HOY AGREE TO RESOLVE CRIMINAL INQUIRY
INTO SCHEME TO DEFRAUD NEWSPAPER ADVERTISERS. |
| 12-18-2007 |
STATEMENT OF UNITED STATES ATTORNEY BENTON J. CAMPBELL. |
| 12-13-2007 |
NINE DEFENDANTS CHARGED WITH CRACK COCAINE
DISTRIBUTION CONSPIRACY IN BROOKLYN. |
| 12-10-2007 |
PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER CHARGED
WITH CHILD EXPLOITATION AND ENTICEMENT
PURSUANT TO PROJECT SAFE CHILDHOOD INITIATIVE. |
| 12-05-2007 |
TWO OFFICERS AND A REGISTERED REPRESENTATIVE OF A RETAIL
BROKERAGE FIRM INDICTED FOR SECURITIES FRAUD. |
| November 2007 |
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| 11-28-2007 |
TWO OFFICIALS IN BRIDGES DIVISION OF NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CHARGED IN BRIBERY SCHEME. |
| 11-16-2007 |
FORMER NASSAU COUNTY DISTRICT COURT
JUDGE SENTENCED TO THIRTY-THREE MONTH'S IMPRISONMENT. |
| 11-14-2007 |
BROOKLYN LEADER OF LATIN KINGS STREET GANG
SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR MURDER. |
| 11-01-2007 |
FORMER BUREAU OF PRISONS CAPTAIN PLEADS GUILTY
TO A SECOND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE OFFENSE. |
| October 2007 |
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| 10-25-2007 |
FORMER BUREAU OF PRISONS CAPTAIN CONVICTED OF EXCESSIVE FORCE CONSPIRACY AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE. |
| 10-25-2007 |
DAVID H. BROOKS, FOUNDER AND FORMER CHIEF EXECUTIVE
OFFICER OF DHB INDUSTRIES, INC., AND SANDRA HATFIELD, FORMER
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, INDICTED FOR INSIDER TRADING,
FRAUD, OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, AND TAX EVASION. |
| 10-19-2007 |
THREE EXECUTIVES, A CORPORATE LAWYER, AND TWO INVESTORS
INDICTED FOR SECURITIES FRAUD AND RELATED CHARGES. |
| 10-16-2007 |
EIGHTEEN DEFENDANTS, INCLUDING TEN JFK AIRPORT EMPLOYEES, CHARGED IN INTERNATIONAL DRUG SMUGGLING AND DISTRIBUTION SCHEMES. |
| 10-05-2007 |
BENTON J. CAMPBELL TO BE NAMED INTERIM U.S. ATTORNEY FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. |
| 10-04-2007 |
FORMER METLIFE BROKER INDICTED FOR DEFRAUDING SEPTEMBER 11 WIDOW OF VICTIM-COMPENSATION FUND PROCEEDS. |
| 10-02-2007 |
ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL HONORS EMPLOYEES AND OTHERS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE'S ANNUAL AWARDS CEREMONY. |
| 10-02-2007 |
MEMBER OF MS-13, A VIOLENT LONG ISLAND STREET GANG, SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR MURDER. |
| September 2007 |
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| 09-20-2007 |
FIVE DEFENDANTS INDICTED FOR KICKBACKS AND FRAUD AT THE "STOCK-LOAN" DESKS OF WALL STREET BROKERAGE FIRMS. |
| August 2007 |
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| 08-28-2007 |
UNITED STATES FILES SUIT AGAINST LONG ISLAND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT COMPANY AND ARCHITECT FOR VIOLATING FAIR HOUSING ACT REQUIREMENTS. |
| 08-15-2007 |
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION REFEREE PLEADS GUILTY TO PARTICIPATING IN AN ILLEGAL SPORTS BETTING SCHEME INVOLVING NBA GAMES. |
| 08-13-2007 |
PARKWAY HOSPITAL AGREES TO SETTLE CIVIL FRAUD ALLEGATIONS. |
| 08-10-2007 |
FORMER TEACHER AND REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER SENTENCED TO TWENTY YEARS' IMPRISONMENT FOR POSSESSION AND DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. |
| 08-01-2007 |
LONG ISLAND CORPORATE EXECUTIVE PLEADS GUILTY TO DESTROYING A COMPETITOR'S TRADE SECRET FORMULA. |
| July 2007 |
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| 07-20-2007 |
FOUR DEFENDANTS, INCLUDING TWO CPAs AND A LAWYER, SENTENCED FOR INSIDER TRADING IN THE OPTIONS OF THEIR CLIENT COMPANIES AND EMPLOYER. |
| 07-20-2007 |
LEADER OF NORTE VALLE COLOMBIAN DRUG CARTEL EXTRADITED TO UNITED STATES. |
| 07-19-2007 |
OWNERS OF TWO OIL TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES IN NEW YORK INDICTED FOR STEALING AND RESELLING $75 MILLION OF STOLEN HEATING OIL. |
| 07-19-2007 |
DOMINICAN HEROIN AND COCAINE TRAFFICKER EXTRADITED FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FOLLOWING JOINT INVESTIGATION
BY UNITED STATES, GERMANY, CANADA, AND SWITZERLAND. |
| 07-13-2007 |
FORMER NASSAU COUNTY DISTRICT COURT JUDGE PLEADS GUILTY TO MONEY LAUNDERING CONSPIRACY. |
| 07-13-2007 |
JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. AGREES TO PAY $20 MILLION TO RESOLVE CRIMINAL AND CIVIL ALLEGATIONS IN "OFF-LABEL" MARKETING INVESTIGATION. |
| 07-09-2007 |
LONG ISLAND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY PAYS $800,000 CIVIL PENALTY FOR FAILING TO REPORT SUSPICIOUS ORDERS OF
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES TO INTERNET PHARMACIES. |
| June 2007 |
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| 06-28-2007 |
LONG ISLAND TAVERN OWNER INDICTED IN ARSON-FOR-HIRE SCHEME. |
| 06-26-2007 |
TWENTY-NINE DEFENDANTS IN NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, AND CALIFORNIA CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY TO SMUGGLE OVER 950 SHIPMENTS
OF MERCHANDISE INTO THE UNITED STATES. |
| 06-22-2007 |
TWO LONG ISLAND PHYSICAL THERAPISTS AND A MASSAGE THERAPIST INDICTED FOR HEALTH CARE FRAUD. |
| 06-02-2007 |
FOUR INDIVIDUALS CHARGED IN PLOT TO BOMB JOHN F. KENNEDY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. |
| May 2007 |
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| 05-22-2007 |
FOURTEEN DEFENDANTS ON LONG ISLAND CHARGED WITH CRACK COCAINE DISTRIBUTION CONSPIRACY. |
| 05-21-2007 |
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SUES NEW YORK CITY FOR DISCRIMINATING AGAINST BLACK AND HISPANIC FIREFIGHTER APPLICANTS. |
| 05-14-2007 |
LONG ISLAND DOCTOR AND TWO OTHERS INDICTED FOR ILLEGAL DISTRIBUTION OF OXYCONTIN. |
| April 2007 |
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| 04-25-2007 |
LEADER OF AMERICAN BRANCH OF SRI LANKAN TERRORIST GROUP ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH PROVIDING MATERIAL SUPPORT TO A FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. |
| 04-17-2007 |
SEVEN MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES OF THE COLOMBO AND LUCHESE ORGANIZED CRIME FAMILIES PLEAD GUILTY TO RACKETEERING AND EXTORTION IN CONNECTION WITH BOILER ROOM STOCK FRAUD SCHEMES. |
| 04-13-2007 |
SCOTT HALPERIN, FORMER CEO OF THE CLASSICA GROUP, INC., PLEADS GUILTY TO SECURITIES FRAUD CHARGES. |
| 04-12-2007 |
ELEVEN CURRENT AND FORMER FEDERAL CORRECTIONS OFFICERS INDICTED FOR EXCESSIVE FORCE AND FALSE STATEMENTS. |
| 04-11-2007 |
TEN DEFENDANTS ON LONG ISLAND INDICTED ON CRACK COCAINE DISTRIBUTION CHARGES. |
| 04-10-2007 |
ATTORNEY CHARGED WITH MAIL AND WIRE FRAUD, MONEY LAUNDERING, AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE IN SCHEME TO DEFRAUD GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. |
| March 2007 |
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| 03-30-2007 |
FIFTEEN DEFENDANTS, INCLUDING EIGHT FORMER EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, PLEAD GUILTY IN SCHEME TO SELL MEDICAID CARDS. |
| 03-29-2007 |
DAN RUBIN, CEO OF RUBIN INVESTMENT GROUP, INC. AND 1-800-ATTORNEY, INC., PLEADS GUILTY TO SECURITIES FRAUD CHARGES. |
| 03-28-2007 |
ELEVEN MEMBERS OF COLOMBIAN HEROIN TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION ARRESTED FOLLOWING JOINT INVESTIGATION BY U.S. AND COLOMBIA. |
| 03-28-2007 |
SIX SUBSCRIBERS TO A CHILD PORNOGRAPHY WEBSITE PLEAD GUILTY TO POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY DOWNLOADED FROM THE INTERNET. |
| 03-27-2007 |
LONG ISLAND MAN CHARGED WITH INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. |
| 03-21-2007 |
LONG ISLAND TEACHER FOR THE GIFTED PLEADS GUILTY TO POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. |
| 03-21-2007 |
CONVICTED CHILD SEX OFFENDER CHARGED WITH FAILING TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER IN NEW YORK. |
| 03-09-2007 |
NOTORIOUS QUEENS GANG LEADER KENNETH "SUPREME" McGRIFF SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR RACKETEERING, DOUBLE MURDER-FOR-HIRE HOMICIDES, NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING, AND LAUNDERING DRUG PROCEEDS. |
| 03-09-2007 |
FORMER CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF FRIEDMAN'S INC. AND CRESCENT JEWELERS INDICTED IN ACCOUNTING FRAUD SCHEME. |
| 03-07-2007 |
LONG ISLAND MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGE. |
03-06-2007 |
FORMER LONG ISLAND TEACHER AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL ARRESTED FOR CHILD EXPLOITATION AND ENTICEMENT. |
| 03-02-2007 |
MEXICAN CITIZEN CHARGED WITH FORCING YOUNG MEXICAN WOMEN INTO SEXUAL SLAVERY IN NEW YORK EXTRADITED TO U.S. |
| February
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| 02-28-2007 |
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ANNOUNCE SETTLEMENT TO CLEAN UP LI TUNGSTEN SUPERFUND SITE IN NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK. |
| 02-14-2007 |
U.S. ARMY TRANSLATOR PLEADS GUILTY TO UNAUTHORIZED POSSESSION OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CONCERNING IRAQI INSURGENCY. |
| 02-08-2007 |
FOUR MEMBERS OF INSIDER TRADING RING, INCLUDING A CORPORATE EXECUTIVE, TWO CPAs, AND A LAWYER, PLEAD GUILTY TO SECURITIES FRAUD CHARGES. |
| 02-07-2007 |
TWENTY-SEVEN INDIVIDUALS CHARGED IN CONTINUING PROBE OF DRUG MONEY LAUNDERING IN MONEY REMITTER INDUSTRY. |
| 02-06-2007 |
BONANNO FAMILY ACTING UNDERBOSS, ACTING CONSIGLIERE AND 17 CAPOS, SOLDIERS, AND ASSOCIATES INDICTED FOR RACKETEERING, RACKETEERING CONSPIRACY, AND OTHER CHARGES. |
| January 2007 |
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| 01-30-2007 |
ELEVEN MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES OF THE GAMBINO AND LUCHESE FAMILIES, AND TWO ASSOCIATES OF THE SICILIAN MAFIA, CHARGED WITH RACKETEERING, BRIBERY, EXTORTION, MONEY LAUNDERING, LOANSHARKING, AND BANK FRAUD. |
| 01-08-2007 |
SHAHAWAR MATIN SIRAJ SENTENCED TO THIRTY YEARS OF IMPRISONMENT FOR CONSPIRING TO PLACE EXPLOSIVES AT THE 34TH STREET SUBWAY STATION . |
| 01-04-2007 |
MEMBER OF MS-13,VIOLENT LONG ISLAND STREET GANG, SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR MURDER. |