| December 2008 |
| 12-18-2008 |
SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT UNSEALED CHARGING ORGANIZED CRIME MEMBERS
FOR THEIR ROLES IN FOUR “COLD CASE” MURDERS, INCLUDING THE 1997 MURDER
OF NEW YORK CITY POLICE OFFICER RALPH DOLS AND THE 1999 MURDER
OF MOB UNDERBOSS WILLIAM “WILD BILL” CUTOLO. |
| 12-09-2008 |
GENOVESE ORGANIZED CRIME FAMILY CAPTAIN AND ASSOCIATE INDICTED FOR RACKETEERING AND OTHER OFFENSES. |
| 12-05-2008 |
DIRECTOR OF MOVABLE BRIDGES DIVISION OF NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SENTENCED FOR HIS ROLE IN BRIBERY SCHEME. |
| 12-03-2008 |
SIX DEFENDANTS ARRESTED FOR AFRICAN ELEPHANT IVORY SMUGGLING CONSPIRACY OPERATING THROUGH JFK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. |
| November 2008 |
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| 11-25-2008 |
UNITED STATES FILES SUPERFUND SUIT FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF CLEANUP COSTS AND PENALTIES AT A CONTAMINATED SITE IN LEVITTOWN, NEW YORK. |
| 11-20-2008 |
FOUR CURRENT AND FORMER FEDERAL CONTRACT CORRECTIONS OFFICERS INDICTED FOR EXCESSIVE FORCE AND OBSTRUCTION. |
| 11-19-2008 |
SIXTEEN DEFENDANTS INDICTED IN TWO MORTGAGE FRAUD
SCHEMES INVOLVING OVER $13 MILLION IN LOANS. |
| 11-13-2008 |
FATHER AND SON CONVICTED OF RUNNING ILLEGAL INTERNET PHARMACY. |
| 11-13-2008 |
FORMER EMPLOYEE OF HANGER ORTHOPEDIC GROUP, INC.
INDICTED FOR DESTROYING AND FALSIFYING RECORDS
IN CONNECTION WITH FEDERAL INVESTIGATION. |
| 11-12-2008 |
FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF A BROOKLYN NONPROFIT AGENCY DEFRAUDS
THE NATIONAL CHILD FOOD PROGRAM OF MORE THAN $500,000. |
| 11-12-2008 |
MS-13 GANG MEMBER TO BE ARRAIGNED TODAY ON MURDER, ATTEMPTED MURDER, ASSAULT, RACKETEERING, AND ILLEGAL FIREARMS CHARGES. |
| 11-07-2008 |
PRESS STATEMENT. |
| 11-06-2008 |
UNITED STATES FILES CIVIL SUIT AGAINST BOUCHARD TRANSPORTATION COMPANY FOR DISCHARGE OF 56,000 BARRELS OF GASOLINE INTO THE
THE ARTHUR KILL WATERWAY IN STATEN ISLAND. |
| 11-03-2008 |
GENOVESE ORGANIZED CRIME FAMILY CAPTAIN MICHAEL COPPOLA
INDICTED ON RACKETEERING CHARGES, INCLUDING 1977 MURDER OF
GIOVANNI LARDUCCI AND MOB CONTROL OF NEW JERSEY WATERFRONT. |
| 11-03-2008 |
UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS AVAILABLE
TO RECEIVE ELECTION COMPLAINTS. |
| October 2008 |
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| 10-31-2008 |
NYPD POLICE OFFICER AND TWO OTHERS INDICTED FOR ARMED
ROBBERY CONSPIRACY AND NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING. |
| 10-28-2008 |
NINETEEN DEFENDANTS CHARGED WITH CRACK COCAINE
DISTRIBUTION IN BROOKLYN. |
| 10-27-2008 |
BONANNO ORGANIZED CRIME FAMILY ASSOCIATE CONVICTED BY JURY OF
MURDER IN AID OF RACKETEERING, RACKETEERING, AND
OTHER CRIMES OF VIOLENCE. |
| 10-23-2008 |
DEFENDANT INDICTED IN $20 MILLION MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME. |
| 10-22-2008 |
THE UNITED STATES FILES CIVIL COMPLAINT TO ENJOIN FRAUD
IN GOVERNMENT INSURED MORTGAGE LOANS. |
| 10-10-2008 |
NEW YORK RESIDENT PLEADS GUILTY TO
ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF EXPLOSIVES AND SILENCER. |
| 10-10-2008 |
TWENTY SIX DEFENDANTS CHARGED IN NARCOTICS RING OPERATING
IN GREENPOINT AND WILLIAMSBURG SECTIONS OF BROOKLYN. |
| 10-02-2008 |
CONSTRUCTION COMPANY OWNER AND ASSOCIATES ARRESTED FOR VIOLENT RETALIATION AGAINST PLAINTIFFS IN FEDERAL LABOR LAWSUIT. |
| September 2008 |
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| 09-24-2008 |
LONG ISLAND FITNESS CLUB OWNER INDICTED FOR THREE MURDERS. |
| 09-22-2008 |
UNITED STATES FILES SUIT AGAINST LONG ISLAND CO-OP APARTMENT BUILDING AND ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR VIOLATING
FAIR HOUSING ACT REQUIREMENTS. |
| 09-19-2008 |
TWO DEFENDANTS PLEAD GUILTY TO OPERATING
UNDERAGE PROSTITUTION BUSINESS. |
| 09-17-2008 |
PRESS STATEMENT. |
| 09-15-2008 |
STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TO PAY THE U.S. $74 MILLION
TO SETTLE CLAIMS OF DEFRAUDING FEDERAL HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS. |
| 09-11-2008 |
FORMER BUREAU OF PRISONS CORRECTIONAL OFFICER SENTENCED ON CONVICTION ARISING FROM INMATE BEATING AND SUBSEQUENT COVER-UP. |
| 09-08-2008 |
UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS AVAILABLE
TO RECEIVE ELECTION COMPLAINTS. |
| 09-04-2008 |
BROOKLYN DRUG DEALER SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON
FOR NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING AND TWO MURDERS. |
| 09-03-2008 |
TWO FORMER CREDIT SUISSE BROKERS INDICTED FOR SECURITIES FRAUD, WIRE FRAUD, AND CONSPIRACY IN CONNECTION WITH A FRAUDULENT SCHEME TO SELL MORTGAGE-BACKED COLLATERALIZED DEBT OBLIGATIONS. |
| August 2008 |
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| 08-28-2008 |
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF NEW YORK INVESTMENT FIRM INDICTED
ON CHARGES OF SECURITIES FRAUD AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE. |
| 08-28-2008 |
BONANNO ORGANIZED CRIME FAMILY ACTING CAPTAINS, SOLDIER, AND ASSOCIATE INDICTED FOR RACKETEERING AND OTHER OFFENSES. |
| 08-22-2008 |
COCAINE CARTEL LEADER TO FACE CHARGES IN THE UNITED STATES. |
| 08-21-2008 |
TWO INDIVIDUALS PLEAD GUILTY TO TRAFFICKING
IN MORE THAN HALF A MILLION TUBES OF COUNTERFEIT TOOTHPASTE. |
| 08-18-2008 |
QUEENS-BASED RESIDENTIAL COOPERATIVE AND PROPERTY MANAGER CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL DISPOSAL OF ASBESTOS. |
| 08-18-2008 |
THE UNITED STATES AND GENERAL DYNAMICS SETTLE CIVIL FRAUD CLAIMS FOR OVER $ 4 MILLION. |
| 08-14-2008 |
TWO FORMER DIRECTORS OF QUEÉNCH, INC. SENTENCED
FOR SECURITIES FRAUD AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE. |
| 08-14-2008 |
THREE CHARGED WITH APRIL 2008 MURDER OF
STATEN ISLAND JEWELER LOUIS ANTONELLI. |
| 08-11-2008 |
MS-13 STREET GANG MEMBER SENTENCED
TO FORTY YEARS' IMPRISONMENT FOR MURDER. |
| 08-06-2008 |
BONANNO ORGANIZED CRIME FAMILY ACTING BOSS AND THREE SOLDIERS
PLEAD GUILTY TO MURDER CONSPIRACY AND OTHER CHARGES. |
| July 2008 |
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| 07-28-2008 |
THE UNITED STATES AND LOCAL 14 OF THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS AGREE TO APPOINTMENT OF UNION CORRUPTION OFFICERS. |
| 07-22-2008 |
MEXICAN CITIZEN PLEADS GUILTY TO SEX TRAFFICKING AND
ADMITS HER ROLE IN AN ORGANIZATION THAT FORCED YOUNG
MEXICAN WOMEN INTO SEXUAL SLAVERY IN NEW YORK. |
| 07-21-2008 |
UNITED STATES ANNOUNCES SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS AGAINST CORPORATION
FOR VIOLATING FEDERAL LEAK PREVENTION REQUIREMENTS
AT TWENTY-FIVE METROPOLITAN NEW YORK CITY GAS STATIONS. |
| 07-16-2008 |
CITY EMPLOYEE ARRESTED FOR HER ROLE
IN COUNTERFEIT CHECK CASHING RING. |
| 07-15-2008 |
AIRLINE MAINTENANCE COMPANY OWNER ARRESTED
FOR RUNNING FRAUDULENT SCHEMES. |
| 07-09-2008 |
LAWRENCE AVIATION INDUSTRIES, INC. AND ITS OWNER/OPERATOR PLEAD
GUILTY TO ILLEGALLY STORING HAZARDOUS WASTE ON LONG ISLAND. |
| 07-08-2008 |
FRAUDULENT SPOT FOREIGN CURRENCY TRADERS PLEAD GUILTY
AND FORFEIT OVER $28 MILLION IN U.S. CURRENCY AND PROPERTY. |
| June 2008 |
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| 06-26-2008 |
FORMER BUREAU OF PRISONS CAPTAIN SENTENCED FOR
EXCESSIVE FORCE CONSPIRACY, FALSE STATEMENTS, AND
TWO SEPARATE ACTS OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE. |
| 06-26-2008 |
VARSHA SABHNANI SENTENCED TO 132 MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT
FOR HER CONVICTION IN LONG ISLAND "SLAVE" CASE. |
| 06-19-2008 |
TWO SENIOR MANAGERS OF FAILED BEAR STEARNS
HEDGE FUNDS INDICTED ON CONSPIRACY AND FRAUD CHARGES. |
| 06-12-2008 |
PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL SETTLEMENT AGENCY PLEADS GUILTY TO EMBEZZLING. |
| 06-04-2008 |
COLOMBO ORGANIZED CRIME FAMILY ACTING BOSS, UNDERBOSS, AND
TEN OTHER MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES INDICTED. |
| May 2008 |
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| 05-27-2008 |
LAWYER INDICTED ON WIRE FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING
CHARGES FOR STEALING FROM CLIENT ESCROW ACCOUNT. |
| 05-22-2008 |
SIX DEFENDANTS INDICTED FOR KICKBACKS AND FRAUD AT THE
STOCK-LOAN DESKS OF WALL STREET BROKERAGE FIRMS. |
| 05-21-2008 |
ELEVEN DEFENDANTS INDICTED IN $14 MILLION MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME. |
| 05-19-2008 |
U.S. ARMY TRANSLATOR SENTENCED TO 121 MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT
FOR UNAUTHORIZED POSSESSION OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS
CONCERNING IRAQI INSURGENCY AND FOR USING A FALSE IDENTITY. |
| 05-16-2008 |
LEADER OF THE FOLK NATION, A VIOLENT BROOKLYN STREET GANG,
SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR RACKETEERING
AND MULTIPLE MURDERS AND ATTEMPTED MURDERS. |
| 05-15-2008 |
FORMER COURT ASSISTANT SENTENCED TO 40 MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT
FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND SOCIAL SECURITY FRAUD. |
| 05-08-2008 |
TWO FORMER PRINCIPALS OF OLYMPIA MORTGAGE INDICTED
ON CONSPIRACY, WIRE FRAUD, AND BANK FRAUD CHARGES. |
| 05-06-2008 |
EIGHT MEMBERS OF A VIOLENT POLICE-IMPERSONATION
ROBBERY CREW INDICTED. |
| 05-02-2008 |
LONG ISLAND PRIEST SENTENCED TO FORTY-ONE MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT
FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. |
| April 2008 |
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| 04-25-2008 |
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO REVIEW THE SHOOTING OF SEAN BELL AND OTHERS. |
| 04-24-2008 |
ONCOLOGIST AND HIS WIFE AGREE TO SETTLE CIVIL FRAUD ALLEGATIONS
INVOLVING IMPORTATION OF ONCOLOGY DRUGS FROM CANADA. |
| 04-11-2008 |
IDENTICAL TWIN LEADERS OF VIOLENT CRACK DISTRIBUTION CREW
PLEAD GUILTY TO RACKETEERING, MURDER, ATTEMPTED MURDER,
ROBBERY, AND DRUG CONSPIRACY. |
| March 2008 |
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| 03-27-2008 |
COLOMBO ORGANIZED CRIME FAMILY CAPTAIN AND FIVE ASSOCIATES
INDICTED FOR RACKETEERING AND OTHER OFFENSES. |
| 03-25-2008 |
FORMER CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF FRIEDMAN'S INC. AND
CRESCENT JEWELERS CONVICTED IN ACCOUNTING FRAUD SCHEME. |
| 03-24-2008 |
TWO OFFICIALS IN THE BRIDGES DIVISION OF NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PLEAD GUILTY TO BRIBERY SCHEME. |
| February 2008 |
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| 02-28-2008 |
EIGHT LUCHESE ORGANIZED CRIME FAMILY MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES
INDICTED FOR RACKETEERING AND OTHER OFFENSES. |
| 02-11-2008 |
MEDIA ADVISORY - CORRECTION. |
| 02-07-2008 |
SIXTY-TWO DEFENDANTS INDICTED, INCLUDING GAMBINO ORGANIZED CRIME FAMILY ACTING BOSS, ACTING UNDERBOSS, CONSIGLIERE,
AND MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES, AS WELL AS CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRY AND UNION OFFICIALS. |
| 02-01-2008 |
DIRECTOR OF SINGAPORE FIRM ARRAIGNED ON CHARGES OF ILLEGALLY EXPORTING CONTROLLED AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS TO IRAN. |
| 02-01-2008 |
UNITED STATES FILES CIVIL ACTION AGAINST AIR JAMAICA LIMITED FOR VIOLATIONS OF FEDERAL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS. |
| January 2008 |
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| 01-31-2008 |
NYPD DETECTIVE AND SERGEANT, TOGETHER WITH TWO OTHERS,
FACE FEDERAL FELONY CHARGES IN BROOKLYN. |
| 01-30-2008 |
THREE DEFENDANTS PLEAD GUILTY IN "ADVANCE-FEE" FRAUD SCHEME. |
| 01-24-2008 |
THREE FORMER BUREAU OF PRISONS CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS AND A LIEUTENANT OF THE BROOKLYN METROPOLITAN DETENTION CENTER CONVICTED OF CHARGES STEMMING FROM INMATE BEATING AND SUBSEQUENT COVER-UP. |
| 01-15-2008 |
SPOT FOREIGN CURRENCY TRADER ARRESTED
FOR RUNNING FRAUDULENT SCHEME. |