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December 2013
December 23, 2013
Canadian Deputy Health Minister Impersonator Pleads Gulity In $25 Million Fraud Scheme
December 20, 2013
Former Chief Executive Officer Of Financial Lending Company Pleads Guilty In Bank Fraud Scheme
December 18, 2013
United States Announces Settlement With Suffolk County To Remedy Federal Leak Prevention Violations At The County’s Underground Storage Tanks
December 17, 2013
Former Agape Employees Charged With Massive Ponzi Scheme In Superseding Indictment
December 12, 2013
Ukrainian National Who Co-Founded Cybercrime Marketplace Sentenced To 18 Years In Prison
December 12, 2013
New Arrest: Carmine Mandarano MD- Complaint for Distribution of Controlled Substance
December 10, 2013
Chinese National Sentenced To 57 Months' Incarceration For Attempting To Illegally Export Aerospace-Grade Carbon Fiber
December 10, 2013
Long Island Man Charged With Orchestrating $5 Million Ponzi Scheme
New Arrest in $5 Million Dollar Ponzi Scheme- Indictment
December 09, 2013
Corrupt Colombian Government Employee And Criminal Defense Attorney Convicted In Obstruction Of Justice Case
December 09, 2013
MS-13 Gang Leader Sentenced To Life In Prison
December 03, 2013
United States Agrees To Comprehensive Settlement To Resolve Its Investigation Of The Suffolk County Police Department For Discriminatory Policing Against Latinos
December 03, 2013
New York City Police Officer And Criminal Associates Charged With Extorting Queens Restauranteur
December 02, 2013
US Attorney Lynch's testimony before NY County Lawyers' Association
November 2013
November 26, 2013
Defendant Sentenced To 5 Years' Imprisonment For Exporting Stolen Luxury Cars Worth Over $1 Million To Africa
November 21, 2013
MS-13 Gang Leader Sentenced To Life In Prison
November 21, 2013
Former President Of Union Sentenced To 48 Months Of Imprisonment For Accepting Kickbacks And Tax Evasion
November 20, 2013
Long Island Nurse Practitioner And Brooklyn Podiatrist Plead Guilty To Illegally Distributing Oxycodone
November 18, 2013
Home-Invasion Robber Sentenced To 20 Years' Imprisonment
November 18, 2013
Five New Arrests In $45 Million International
Cyberheist Case
Cyberheist Indictment
November 15, 2013
Sixth Defendant In New York-Based Armed Robbery Crew Convicted Of Gruesome North Carolina Murder
November 15, 2013
Chinese National Sentenced To 108 Months’ Imprisonment For International Weapons Trafficking
November 14, 2013
U.S. Attorney Files Civil Complaint And Stipulation Of Settlement To Forfeit Ancient Italian Tomb Painting
Fresco Stipulation of Settlement
Fresco Complaint
November 14, 2013
Crew Responsible For More Than 45 Commercial And Residential Burglaries Charged With Interstate Transportation Of Stolen Property
November 13, 2013
Two Indicted In $15 Million Investment Fraud Scheme That Victimized National Hockey League Players And Long Island Investors
November 13, 2013
Leader Of Mexican Narcotics Trafficking Organization Extradited To The United States To Face International Narcotics Importation And Distribution Conspiracy Charges
November 12, 2013
Massive Medicare Fraud Mastermind Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison In Connection With $77 Million Scheme
November 12, 2013
Alleged Dominican Drug Supplier Extradited To The United States To Face Narcotics Trafficking Charges
November 12, 2013
The United States And CA, Inc. Settle Federal Civil Fraud Claims For $8 Million
November 12, 2013
Members Of New York Cell Of Cybercrime Organization Plead Guilty In $45 Million Cybercrime Campaign
November 07, 2013
Real Estate Developer Sentenced To 6 Months Of Imprisonment For Soliciting $300,000 In Kickbacks On NYC Housing Preservation & Development Project In The Bronx
November 07, 2013
Romanian National Aurel Cojocaru Extradited From Czech Republic To United States To Face Charges Related To Multimillion Dollar International Cyber Fraud Scheme
November 05, 2013
Irish National Pleads Guilty In Brooklyn Federal Court To Crimes Relating To Illegal Trafficking Of Endangered Rhinoceros Horns
November 05, 2013
Queens Check Cashing Company And Its Owner Plead Guilty In $19 Million Scheme
October 2013
October 30, 2013
Former Veterans Affairs Psychiatrist Pleads Guilty To Medicare Fraud
October 30, 2013
Former Hempstead Police Officer Convicted Of Armed Robbery And Firearms Charges
October 28, 2013
Complaint 1: FEMA fraud charges for Hurricane Sandy disaster relief
Complaint 2: FEMA fraud charges for Hurricane Sandy disaster relief
Complaint 3: FEMA fraud charges for Hurricane Sandy disaster relief
October 25, 2013
Former Hip-Hop Manager James Rosemond, Leader Of A Notorious Drug Trafficking Organization, Sentenced To Life In Prison
October 24, 2013
Indictment Unsealed And “Wanted” Posters Issued
For Fugitives Charged With Multimillion Dollar
International Cyber Fraud Scheme
Popescu Indictment
Popescu Complaint
October 22, 2013
Illinois Man Charged With Fraudulent Scheme Involving Impersonation Of Canadian Government Officials
October 18, 2013
Long Island Man Arrested For Attempting To Join Al-Qaeda In The Arabian Peninsula, Conspiring To Commit Murder Overseas
October 17, 2013
Long Island Doctor Convicted Of Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone And Distribution Of Oxycodone
September 2013
September 30, 2013
Former President and Fund Administrator of Electrical Union Plead Guilty to Embezzlement
September 27, 2013
Alleged International Terrorist Arraigned Today In Brooklyn Federal Court, Following Extradition From Nigeria
September 26, 2013
Eleven Individuals Arrested In A Scheme To Fraudulently Obtain Commercial Driver’s Licenses From The New York State Department Of Motor Vehicles
September 25, 2013
Brooklyn Man Charged With Conspiracy To Commit Honor Killings In Pakistan
September 23, 2013
Pound Ridge Man Sentenced To Eleven Years For Luring Young Foreign Women To His Home For Sex Crimes
September 23, 2013
Long-time Colombo Crime Family Associate Sentenced to 14 Years’ Imprisonment
September 20, 2013
Staten Island Man Sentenced To 13 Years In Prison For Making False Statements In A Matter Involving International Terrorism
September 20, 2013
New York Methodist Hospital Agrees To Implement Compliance Program, To Settle Civil Claims Under The Controlled Substances Act
September 20, 2013
Angel Cortez-Granados, Member Of The Granados-Hernandez Sex Trafficking Organization, Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison
September 20, 2013
New Arrest: Rhamaad Spann, 30, Of Brentwood Arrested Yesterday Evening. Attached Indictment Alleges Spann As Shooter In Murder Of Innocent Home Owner Killed During A Home Invasion In December, 2009 In Bohemia, NY.
September 20, 2013
Federal Grand Jury In Brooklyn Hands Down Indictment In Maralit Gun Trafficking Case
September 19, 2013
MS-13 Members Plead Guilty To Racketeering, Murder Conspiracy, Assault And Witness Tampering Charges
September 18, 2013
Rhino Horn Trafficker Arrested And Detained
September 18, 2013
Malian National Indicted In Brooklyn Federal Court For Murder Of U.S. Diplomat
Unseald Indictiment Alhassane Mohamed
Photograph of Victim-William Bultemeier
DOJ/FBI Wanted Poster
September 17, 2013
US Attorney Lynch Testimony at Moreland Act Commission
September 16, 2013
Staten Island Doctor Sentenced To 151 Months In Prison In Connection With $77 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
September 13, 2013
Chief Executive Officer Of ACI Capital Group Pleads Guilty
September 10, 2013
Statement of United States Attorney Loretta E. Lynch Regarding the Sentencing of Ronell Wilson
September 09, 2013
East Moriches Man Pleads Guilty To Child Pornography Possession
September 09, 2013
MS-13 Gang Member Convicted Of Murdering Mother And Two Year-Old Child
September 06, 2013
Brooklyn Resident Pleads Guilty In Connection With $13 Million Kickback And Health Care Fraud Scheme
September 06, 2013
New York City Police Officer And Customs And Border Protection Officer Arrested For International Arms Trafficking; Brother In Philippines Also Charged
Maralit Charging Documents and Exhibits:
Maralit.Complaint & Affidavit.pdf
Maralit.Detention letter.pdf
Maralit.Exhibits to Detention Letter.pdf
September 04, 2013
In the Spotlight: Loretta Lynch
August 2013
August 27, 2013
Nigerian Court Orders Alleged AQAP Operative Extradited To The Us W/I 15 Days To Face Indictment Charging Terrorism Offenses
August 27, 2013
Member Of Al-Qaeda In The Arabian Peninsula, Al-Qaeda’s Yemeni Affiliate, Indicted In Brooklyn Federal Court
August 26, 2013
East Elmhurst Man Pleads Guilty To Hiding $3.2 Million From The Internal Revenue Service In Foreign Bank Accounts
August 23, 2013
Stock Broker Sentenced On Wire Fraud Charges For Executing International Investment Fraud Scheme
August 20, 2013
49 Members And Associates Of An International Ethnic-Albanian Organized Crime Syndicate Convicted Of Drug Trafficking Crimes
August 20, 2013
Bostwick laboratories, inc. Pays $503,668 to resolve civil fraud allegations that its sales representatives used a clinical study to induce physicians to utilize its services
August 20, 2013
Sandy Winick And Gregory Curry Arrested In Thailand For One Of The Largest International Penny Stock Frauds And Advance Fee Schemes In History
August 19, 2013
Chinese National Pleads Guilty To Attempting To Illegally Export Aerospace-Grade Carbon Fiber To China
August 16, 2013
Two Organized Crime Members Sentenced To 180 Months And 168 Months, Respectively, For Conspiring To Distribute Cocaine
August 15, 2013
David H. Brooks, Founder And Former Chief Executive Officer Of DHB Industries, Inc., Sentenced To 17 Years In Prison For Insider Trading, Fraud, Lying To Auditors And Obstruction Of Justice
August 13, 2013
Nine Individuals Indicted For One Of The Largest International Penny Stock Frauds And Advance Fee Schemes In History
August 09, 2013
Three Queens Defendants Convicted Of Committing Armed Robberies Of Check Cashing Stores
August 09, 2013
Al-Qaeda Inspired Operative Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison For Attempting To Bomb Federal Reserve Bank In Lower Manhattan
August 09, 2013
Defendant In Romanian Cybercrime Ring Convicted Of Wire Fraud And Identification Document Fraud Conspiracies
August 07, 2013
Corporate Lawyer Sentenced To 24 Months’ Imprisonment On Convictions For Money Laundering And Securities Fraud Conspiracy
August 01, 2013
Florida Man Sentenced to 24 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Kill Federal Judge
August 01, 2013
Bricklayers Union Shop Steward Pleads Guilty To Accepting Bribes
August 01, 2013
Fund Manager And Real Estate Developer Arrested And Charged In $96 Million Securities Fraud
July 2013
July 30, 2013
Brooklyn Clinic Employee Sentenced To Eight Years In Prison In Connection With $77 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
July 30, 2013
Former Long Island Stockbroker Pleads Guilty In Connection With 17 Years Of Financial Fraud Schemes
July 26, 2013
MS-13 Gang Leader Sentenced To 30 Years’ Incarceration
July 24, 2013
Jury Verdict Imposes Death Penalty On Ronell Wilson
July 24, 2013
Commodities Trader Indicted For $300,000 Ponzi Scheme
July 24, 2013
Philadelphia Money Launderer Pleads Guilty In Connection With $13 Million Brooklyn Medicare/Medicaid Fraud Scheme
July 23, 2013
Justice Department Obtains Comprehensive Agreement To Ensure New York City Adult Home Residents With Mental Illness Are Afforded Opportunities To Live In The Community
July 22, 2013
Former High-Ranking Nassau County Housing Official Sentenced To Eighteen Months’ Incarceration
July 19, 2013
Defendant Sentenced to 151 Months’ Imprisonment For Assaulting Correctional Counselor at the Metropolitan Detention Center
July 19, 2013
Former Special Forces Sergeant Sentenced To 24 Months’ Imprisonment For International Arms Smuggling
July 17, 2013
Eastern District U.S. Attorney’s Office Participates In Record Settlement: Walgreens Agrees To Pay $80 Million In Civil Penalties Under The Controlled Substances Act
July 17, 2013
Bay Shore Doctor Sentenced To 65 Months In Prison For Pension- Fund Looting, Health Care Fraud, And Tax Evasion
July 17, 2013
Real Estate Developer Sergio Benitez Sentenced To 22 Months’ Imprisonment For Defrauding NYC Department Of Housing Preservation & Development
July 16, 2013
Brooklyn Money Launderer Senteced To 37 Months In Prison In Connection With $77 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
July 16, 2013
New Arrest: DEA agents executed a search warrant this morning in Huntington Station, Long Island. Adrian Bonilla, 34, of Huntington Station was placed under arrest. The search yielded 11 kilos of cocaine and $3 million in USC.
July 11, 2013
Long Island Doctor Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone
July 10, 2013
Florida Attorney Charged With Laundering Purported Stock Fraud Proceeds
July 09, 2013
Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Miami U.S. Attorneys Announce Extradition of Colombian Narcotics Kingpin
July 02, 2013
Court approves “without hesitation” HSBC DPA that imposes a record corporate forfeiture of $1.256 billion, independent monitor and important remedial measures.
July 02, 2013
Canadian National Pleads Guilty To Conspiring To Provide Material Support To The Tamil Tigers
June 2013
June 28, 2013
Registered Sex Offender Sentenced To 264 Months’ Imprisonment And Lifetime Supervised Release For Transporting Child Pornography
June 28, 2013
Ms-13 Street Gang Leader Sentenced To 365 Months’ Imprisonment For 2009 Murder And Attempted Murder
June 26, 2013
Woodmere Man Pleads Guilty To Defrauding Investors Of $62 Million In A Real Estate Ponzi Scheme
June 26, 2013
New Arrest: British citizen Christopher Gardner, residing in Farmingdale, LI, arrested by FBI agents and charged in the attached complaint for hacking former employer Dan’s Papers web files, and disabling company’s website. Defendant Faces up to 10 years in Prison.
June 26, 2013
Long Island Resident Pleads Guilty To Attempting To Provide Material Support To Al-Qaeda Affiliate
June 25, 2013
Fugitive Armed Robber Who Shot At Deputy United States Marshals Sentenced To 241 Months’ Imprisonment
June 19, 2013
Purported Environmental Product Inventor and Developer Pleads Guilty in $5 Million Dollar Fraud Scheme
June 19, 2013
Former Supervisory Official At NYC Department Of Housing Preservation & Development Sentenced To 18 Months’ Imprisonment For Accepting $100,000 Bribe
June 18, 2013
Scarsdale Woman Indicted For Manufacturing Marijuana
June 18, 2013
Former New York City Councilman Pedro Gautier Espada Sentenced To Six Months’ Imprisonment
June 18, 2013
Former Corporate Executive Indicted for Executing Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme Involving over $230 Million in Purchases
June 18, 2013
Brooklyn Licensed Home Health Care Services Agency Pays One Million Dollars to Settle Civil Fraud Claims That it Provided Unqualified Home Health Aides to Medicaid Recipients
June 17, 2013
Long Island Man Convicted in $2 Million Extortion Scheme
June 17, 2013
Nine Individuals Indicted And Fourteen 7-Eleven Stores Secured As Federal Authorities Shut Down Multi-State Scheme To Conceal Systematic Employment Of Illegal Immigrants, Victimize Immigrant Employees, And Steal Identities
June 14, 2013
Axius Ceo Roland Kaufmann Sentenced For Conspiracy To Pay Bribes In Stock Sales
June 14, 2013
Former New York State Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada, Jr. Sentenced To Five Years’ Imprisonment
June 12, 2013
Former Long Island Bar Owner Sentenced to 60 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking, Forced Labor and Immigration Crimes on Long Island
June 04, 2013
Chief Executive Officer Of ACI Capital Group Charged With Wire Fraud
May 2013
May 31, 2013
Brooklyn Man Sentenced to 325 Months’ Imprisonment for Child Exploitation and Receipt of Child Pornography
May 30, 2013
Cyber-sting Nets Chinese National in Attempt to Export Sensitive Defense Technology
May 29, 2013
Canadian Drug Kingpin with Ties to the Rizutto and Bonanno Crime Families, the Hells Angels and the Mexican Sinaloa Cartel Pleads Guilty to Narcotics Trafficking Crimes Carrying Sentence of 20 Years to Life and $1 Billion in Forfeiture
May 23, 2013
Alleged Rizzuto Organized Crime Family Associate Pleads Guilty to Narcotics Trafficking Crimes Carrying Sentence of 10 Years to Life
May 22, 2013
Corrupt Colombian Government Employee and Criminal Defense Attorney Extradited in Obstruction of Justice Case
May 21, 2013
Most Wanted “Deadbeat Parent” Sentenced to 31 Months’ Imprisonment for Fleeing to Evade over $1 Million in Child Support Obligations
May 21, 2013
Staten Island Man Pleads Guilty to $82 Million Check Kiting Scam
May 21, 2013
Former High-ranking Official at NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison
May 20, 2013
Three Mexican Brothers Plead Guilty To International Sex Trafficking
May 20, 2013
Former Chief Investment Officer Of Construction Supply Company Convicted On All Counts By Jury In Bank Fraud Scheme
May 17, 2013
United States Sues Brooklyn Fish Processors In Food Safety Case
May 14, 2013
Two Doctors, Including a Psychiatrist for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and Two Others Charged in Brooklyn as Part of Nationwide Medicare Strike Force Initiative
May 09, 2013
Statement of United States Attorney Loretta E. Lynch Regarding the Sentencing of Former New York State Senator Shirley Huntley
May 09, 2013
Long Island Doctor Sentenced To 30 Months’ Imprisonment For Distribution Of Oxycodone And Income Tax Evasion
May 09, 2013
Eight Members of New York Cell of Cybercrime Organization Indicted in $45 Million Cybercrime Campaign
May 08, 2013
Eight Indicted in Two Million Dollar Staged Accident Conspiracy
May 08, 2013
United States Obtains Settlement From City Of New York Over Failure To Reasonably Accommodate Disabled Firefighter Who Was 9/11 First Responder
May 06, 2013
Alleged Bonanno Associate Pleads Guilty to Narcotics Trafficking Crimes Carrying Sentence of 10 Years to Life
May 06, 2013
State Senator from Brooklyn Charged with Embezzlement and Obstruction of Justice
May 03, 2013
New York State Assemblyman William F. Boyland Charged With Mail Fraud Conspiracy for Defrauding New York State
May 03, 2013
Queens Doctor Indicted for Illegal Distribution of Oxycodone
May 02, 2013
Three Members of International Cyber Fraud Ring Extradited from Romania to the United States
May 02, 2013
Long Island Software Programmer Arrested for Hacking into Network of High-voltage Power Manufacturer
April 2013
April 26, 2013
Long Island Man Pleads Guilty after Multi-state Scam to Steal Victims’ Retirement Savings
April 25, 2013
Former Chief Merchandising Officer of Aéropostale, Inc. Found Guilty of Receiving More than $25 Million in Kickbacks
April 24, 2013
Fitness Club Owner Sentenced to Life Imprisonment
April 22, 2013
Ralph Lauren Corporation Resolves Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Investigation And Agrees to Pay $882,000 Monetary Penalty
April 17, 2013
Gambino Family Administration Member Convicted of Racketeering Conspiracy Involving Two Murders
April 17, 2013
Queens Man Sentenced to 72 Months Imprisonment for Mail Fraud Conspiracy and Aggravated Identity Theft
April 12, 2013
Approximately $1 Million Worth Of Food Products Seized From V.I.P. Foods, Inc.’s Ridgewood, New York Facility
April 10, 2013
Long Island Health Care Provider Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for $10 Million Medicare Fraud and Hipaa Identity Theft
April 09, 2013
Former President of Union Pleads Guilty to Accepting Kickbacks Embezzled from Union Welfare Fund
April 08, 2013
Brooklyn Doctor Convicted in $77 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
April 04, 2013
NYPD Officer Assigned to Harlem Precinct Indicted for Armed Robbery and Narcotics Trafficking
March 2013
March 28, 2013
Far Rockaway Man Charged with Defrauding Victims of $50 Million in a Real Estate Ponzi Scheme
March 26, 2013
Port Authority Police Officer Arrested for Mail Fraud
March 25, 2013
Staten Island Man Convicted of Making False Statements In a Matter Involving International Terrorism
March 22, 2013
Two Ms-13 Street Gang Members Convicted in Federal Court on Racketeering, Murder and Firearms Charges
March 20, 2013
Queens Doctor Arrested for Illegal Distribution of Oxycodone
March 20, 2013
Alleged Al-Qaeda Operative Charged In New York For Terrorism Offenses Against Americans Overseas
March 18, 2013
New York State Assemblyman William F. Boyland Charged with Mail Fraud for Defrauding New York State
March 14, 2013
16 Members of an International Money Laundering Scheme Arrested in the United States and Colombia
March 13, 2013
Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Kill Federal Judge
March 7, 2013
MS-13 Gang Leader Pleads Guilty to Racketeering and Murder Conspiracy Charges
February 2013
February 28, 2013
Seven Defendants Arrested for Narcotics Trafficking in Brooklyn’s Bushwick Houses
February 27, 2013
Long Island Financial Advisor Charged in Insider Trading Conspiracy
February 22, 2013
Ukrainian National Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Export Night Vision Equipment
February 21, 2013
Most Wanted “Deadbeat Parent” Pleads Guilty to Flight To Evade over $1.2 Million in Child Support Obligations
February 21, 2013
Bedford-stuyvesant Based Drug Ring Charged with Narcotics Trafficking
February 21, 2013
Three Charged in Scheme to Defraud New York City School Construction Authority of over $32 Million; Two Others Charged with Structuring to Conceal Fraud
February 08, 2013
Teacher's Aide Pleads Guilty to Producing Child Pornography
February 07, 2013
New York Man Pleads Guilty To Attempting To Bomb New York Federal Reserve Bank In Lower Manhattan
February 06, 2013
Five Individuals and Five Corporations Charged in New York for Importing and Selling Hazardous and Counterfeit Toys
January 2013
January 30, 2013
Former New York State Senator from Queens Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Defraud State of over $87,000
January 29, 2013
Former Dockworker Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Extortion Conspiracy Involving Christmastime Tribute Payments
January 25, 2013
Former Bank Director Charged with Securities and Wire Fraud
January 25, 2013
East Moriches Man to Be Arraigned Today on Charge Of Child Pornography Possession
January 25, 2013
Gambino Organized Crime Family Associate John Burke Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for Racketeering and Murder
January 23, 2013
Defendant from Shirley Arrested for Aiming a Laser Beam At Aircraft Flying over Long Island
January 15, 2013
Brooklyn Real Estate Developer Charged in $2 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme
January 11, 2013
Axius Ceo Roland Kaufmann Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Pay Bribes in Stock Sales
January 08, 2013
Brooklyn Resident from Albania Sentenced to 15 Years’ Imprisonment for Attempting to Support Terrorism
January 07, 2013
U.S. Attorneys Loretta E. Lynch and Sally Yates to Lead Attorney General’s Advisory Committee
January 03, 2013
