1.
Las Vegas: Bank of China Managers and Their Wives Convicted
of Stealing More Than $485 Million
Xu Chaofan,
Xu Guojun and their wives were convicted of racketeering
and money laundering in their elaborate scheme to defraud
the Bank of China through Las Vegas casinos. Full
story
2.
Minneapolis: FBI JTTF Arrests Michigan Man for Possessing
Molotov Cocktails
Matthew Bradley
DePalma was arrested and charged with illegally possessing
of Molotov cocktails which he allegedly planned to use
at the Republican National Convention. Full story
3.
Baltimore: State Delegate Charged With Possession of Child
Porn
Robert Alan
McKee, a member of the Maryland House of Delegates since
1994, was charged with possessing material containing
the sexual abuse of children. Full story
4. New
Haven: Owner of Trash Empire Sentenced
James Galante,
majority owner of 25 trash companies, was sentenced for
his leadership of an extensive racketeering enterprise. Full story
5.
New York: Pakistani Indicted for Attempting to Kill U.S.
Nationals in Afghanistan
Aafia Saddiqui,
a graduate of M.I.T. as well as Brandeis University,
was charged with armed assault and attempting to kill
U.S. officers and employees. Full story
6.
Tampa: Brothers Plead Guilty to Enslaving Farm Workers
Cesar Navarrete,
Geovanni Navarrete, Villhina Navarrete, Ismael Michael
Navarrete and Antonio Zúñiga Navarrete
pled guilty to enslaving undocumented Mexican and Guatemalan
nationals and compelling them to work as agricultural
laborers. Full story
7.
Knoxville: University of Tennessee Professor Convicted
Dr. J. Reece
Roth was convicted of conspiracy to violate the Arms
Export Control Act by illegally exporting military defense-related
materials to the People’s Republic of China.
Full story
8.
Pittsburgh: Guilty Plea in Collar-Bomb Bank Robbery
Kenneth Barnes
pled guilty to charges related to his involvement in
a bank robbery scheme in which a pizza deliveryman, acting
as an unwilling participant, robbed a bank while wearing
a bomb around his neck. Full story
9.
Buffalo: Guilty Plea in Bomb Hoax
Gino Demitro
pled guilty to calling Southwest Airlines and USAir to
falsely advise that a woman would be carrying a bomb
onto a plane. Full story
10.
Washington Field Office: Former Lobbyist Sentenced
Former lobbyist
Jack A. Abramoff was sentenced to 48 months in prison
and ordered to pay more than $23 million in restitution
to his victims and, to date, thirteen various lobbyists
and public officials have pled guilty in the ongoing
investigation. Full story