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A federal grand jury in Covington, Kentucky, returned an indictment against one former and two current Japanese automotive executives for their alleged participation in a conspiracy to fix prices and rig bids for the sale of automotive body sealing products…
SAN JUAN, PR—On September 9, 2015, a Federal grand jury returned a seventy-four count indictment charging Rocket Learning, LLC and 31 individuals with conspiracy to commit mail fraud, mail fraud, theft of government money and property, and aggravated identity theft.…
International parental kidnapper Jeff Hanson’s boat, the Draco, is seen at a dry dock on the South Pacific island of Niue, where Hanson was located with his 9-year-old son in October 2014. Partnerships, Publicity Key to 9-Year-Old’s Rescue When 9-year-old…
WASHINGTON—Amir Said Abdul Rahman Al-Ghazi, 38, a U.S. Citizen, was arrested this morning in North Olmstead, Ohio, on charges that he attempted to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), possessed a firearm as…
NEW HAVEN - On February 20, 2015, a federal grand jury in New Haven returned a 23-count indictment charging Brett C. Lillemoe, 45, of Minneapolis, Minn., Pablo Calderon, 59, Darien, Conn., and Sarah Zirbes, 39, Minneapolis, Minn., with conspiracy, fraud…
Known Supporter of al Shabaab and al Qaeda Departed U.S. in 2012 The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has added Liban Haji Mohamed to the Most Wanted Terrorists list. Liban Haji Mohamed has been charged by complaint with providing material…
A former CIA officer was convicted today by a federal jury in Alexandria, Virginia, of illegally disclosing national defense information and obstructing justice. Jeffrey Alexander Sterling, 47, of O’Fallon, Missouri, was convicted in the Eastern District of Virginia of six…
WASHINGTON — A Detroit federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment against an executive of a Japanese manufacturer of automotive parts for his participation in a conspiracy to fix prices of seatbelts. The indictment, filed today in the U.S. District…
Diego Alfonso Navarrete Beltran, 42, an accused member of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) terrorist organization, has been extradited from Colombia to face hostage taking and terrorism charges in the United States. Navarrete Beltran was extradited from Colombia…
Austin, Texas - Former Jarrell (TX) Police Chief Andres Tomas Gutierrez, 52, was sentenced to 54 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for a wire fraud/theft of honest services scheme. On February 7, 2014, Gutierrez…
WASHINGTON—After a three-day trial, a federal jury found the former executive director of the Legislature of the Virgin Islands guilty of accepting bribes and extortion in the awarding of contracts with the Legislature. Louis “Lolo†Willis, 56, of St. Thomas,…
CHICAGO—A former cancer research physician at Northwestern University’s Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Center for Cancer in Chicago will pay the United States $475,000 to settle claims of federal research grant fraud. Dr. Charles L. Bennett agreed to the settlement in…