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Accountant for Bernard L. Madoff Pleads Guilty to Fraud and Tax Charges

David G. Friehling, the accountant for Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, LLC, pled guilty in Manhattan federal court to securities fraud, investment adviser fraud, four counts of filing false audit reports with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, and three counts of obstructing or impeding the administration of the internal revenue laws.

2009-11-03

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Louisiana Man Indicted for Operating a $20 Million Ponzi Scheme

Matthew B. Pizzolato, of Tickfaw, Louisiana, was charged in a 64-count indictment for allegedly operating a $20 million investment Ponzi scheme.

2009-11-20

Defendant Pleads Guilty to Murder of U.S. Border Patrol Agent

A 17-year-old pled guilty in San Diego, California to the murder of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol Agent Robert W. Rosas, Jr., which the individual, who entered the U.S. illegally, committed in perpetration of a robbery.

2009-11-20

Texas Man Sentenced for Role in Drug Conspiracy Related to Gulf Cartel

Uriel Palacios, of Dallas, Texas, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for his role in a cocaine trafficking and money laundering conspiracy related to Mexico's Gulf Cartel.

2009-11-20

Texas Family Members Sentenced in Structuring Case

The last of four family members from San Angelo, Texas, who pled guilty in a transaction structuring case was sentenced. The husband and wife are serving prison sentences, and the children received probation.

2009-11-20

Florida Man Charged with Bank Robbery

Christopher M. Walters, of Palm Springs, Florida, was charged with robbery of a Wachovia Bank in Palm Springs.

2009-11-20

Thirteen Charged in Oregon in $19 Million Bank Fraud Scheme

A federal grand jury sitting in Eugene, Oregon returned indictments against 13 individuals on a variety of mortgage and loan fraud charges arising out of the collapse of Desert Sun Development, a company previously headquartered in Bend, Oregon.

2009-11-20

New York Man Sentenced in New Hampshire on Drug Charges

Jayson Galeano, of New York City, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for his involvement in the distribution of cocaine, crack cocaine, and heroin in Manchester, New Hampshire.

2009-11-20

Twenty-Nine Indicted and Arrested for Drug Trafficking in Puerto Rico

Twenty-nine individuals indicted by a federal grand jury were arrested as a result of an investigation by the FBI and the Puerto Rico Police Department. The defendants are charged with conspiracy, possession with intent to distribute heroin, crack, cocaine, and marijuana, and forfeiture allegations for $11 million.

2009-11-20

Connecticut Gang Member Sentenced for Trafficking Cocaine

Julio Bonilla, of Hartford, Connecticut, was sentenced to more than four years in prison for his participation in a narcotics trafficking ring.

2009-11-20

Vermont Man Sentenced for Producing Child Pornography

Allan Edward Patrick, of Rutland, Vermont, was sentenced to 151 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to charges that he produced child pornography at his residence.

2009-11-20

Virginia Man Sentenced for Mortgage Fraud Scheme

Godwin Asifo, of Woodbridge, Virginia, was sentenced to 57 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for running a mortgage fraud scheme that resulted in the foreclosure of at least three homes in northern Virginia. He was also ordered to pay $546,685.20 in restitution.

2009-11-20

Minnesota Man Indicted for Providing Support to Somali Terrorists

Omer Abdi Mohamed, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, was indicted on charges of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and related offenses.

2009-11-19

Illinois Pediatrician Charged with Health Care Fraud

Jamie S. Warnick, a pediatrician who practiced in Decatur, Illinois, was charged with health care fraud for allegedly defrauding a federally funded health care benefit program as well as private insurance companies.

2009-11-19

Guilty Pleas in Providence, Newport Bank Robberies

Dennis Tasker, 38, of Providence, pleaded guilty today to robbing tellers at banks in Providence and Newport in July by using threatening notes. Quickly identified as a suspect, Tasker was arrested in Boston three days after the second robbery while allegedly trying to break into cars.

2009-11-19

Connecticut Businessman Pleads Guilty to Stealing More Than $1 Million

Joseph Sorrentino, of Stratford, Connecticut, pled guilty to one count of interstate transportation of money obtained by fraud. The charge stems from Sorrentino's scheme to steal advance fees from victims who sought financing from him and his company Kenlin Capital, Inc.

2009-11-19

Man Sentenced in Tennessee for $18 Million Ponzi Scheme

Luis Hiram Rivas was sentenced in Chattanooga, Tennessee to 24 years and five months in prison for his role in an $18 million Ponzi scheme.

2009-11-19

Kansas City Man Pleads Guilty to Bank Robbery

Albert Vincent Perkins, of Kansas City, Missouri, pled guilty to robbing First Federal Bank.

2009-11-19

Mississippi Man Sentenced for Sex Trafficking of a Child

Christopher M. Cockrell, of Amory, Mississippi, was sentenced in Kansas City, Missouri to 10 years in federal prison for the attempted commercial sex trafficking of a child.

2009-11-19

New Jersey Men Charged in Plot to Extort Landscaping/Paving Business Owner

Michael C. Sciarra, of Pompton Plains; his nephew, Michael A. Sciarra, of Union City; Mark Ventricelli, of Union City; and Peter Ventricelli, of Parlin, New Jersey, were indicted on charges of conspiracy to extort the owner of a Hawthorne landscaping and paving business.

2009-11-19

New Jersey Accountant Admits Embezzling More Than $1 Million

Daniel Chiu, of Rockaway Township, New Jersey, a senior accountant employed by Bel Fuse, Inc. pled guilty to embezzling approximately $1 million in cash and stock from the company.

2009-11-19

Three Charged in Louisiana in Connection with Bribery Scheme

Evelyn J. Holden, Koveria D. Williams, and Ann M. Warr, all of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, were indicted on charges of using interstate facilities in aid of bribery in connection with Operation Illegal Motion.

2009-11-19

Louisiana Businessman Convicted of Bank Fraud, Bankruptcy Fraud

William R. Hayes, of Bossier City, Louisiana, owner of Fire Security Systems, Inc., was convicted by a federal jury of defrauding the First Louisiana Bank, and later committing bankruptcy fraud by submitting false statements regarding his business and the income from his business.

2009-11-19

Former McKesson HBOC Chairman Convicted in $8 Billion Securities Fraud Scheme

Charles W. McCall, the former chairman of McKessonHBOC, was convicted in San Francisco of four counts of securities fraud and one count of circumventing internal accounting controls at a public company. As a result of his actions, defrauded investors lost more than $8 billion.

2009-11-19

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Sentenced in Money Laundering, Extortion Scheme

Pavel Ivanovich Lazarenko, the former prime minister of Ukraine, was sentenced in San Francisco to 97 months in prison, for his role in laundering $30 million of extortion proceeds.

2009-11-19

California Exec Indicted for Embezzling More Than $1 Million from Company

Ethan Farid Jinian, of San Francisco, was indicted on 14 counts of wire fraud in connection with his alleged embezzlement of more than $1 million from Bricsnet FM America Inc., where he served as CEO.

2009-11-19

New Orleans Bank Robber Sentenced to 51 Months in Prison

Steven Lyle Fickes, 47 and a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced in federal court to fifty-one (51) months in prison for bank robbery.

2009-11-18

Ex-Kentucky Jail Chief Sentenced on Charges Related to Abuse of Detainees

A former lieutenant and supervisor at the Lexington-Fayette County Detention Center was sentenced in federal court for her role in covering up systematic detainee abuse.

2009-11-18

Utah Indictment for Attempting to Murder Witness

Jeffrey Lane Mowen, 47, of Lindon, who was charged in a federal indictment returned in February with three counts of wire fraud in connection with an alleged fraudulent investment scheme, faces new federal charges today. A superseding indictment returned late Wednesday afternoon charges Mowen, who is in federal custody, with solicitation to commit a crime of violence, tampering with a witness, and retaliating against a witness

2009-11-18

FBI Seeks Suspect in Nevada Stabbing

The FBI has obtained an arrest warrant for an Elko man wanted for the stabbing of another Elko man earlier this week. Terry Dale Jones is wanted by the FBI as the lone suspect in the stabbing, which occurred in the Upper Elko Colony during the early-morning hours of Monday, November 16.

2009-11-18

Texas Man Guilty of Dog Fighting Charges

A 41-year-old Beckville, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal dog fighting charges in the Eastern District of Texas.

2009-11-18