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December 2006
December 22, 2006
Members of Long Island Asphalt Cartel Admit Scheme to Rig Suffolk County and Town of Brookhaven Road Paving Contracts
December 21, 2006
Genovese Family Soldier and 7 Genovese and Gambino Family Associates Charged with Racketeering Conspiracy, Loansharking, Extortion, Attempted Obstruction of Justice, Arson, and Murder
December 20, 2006
Khalid Awan Convicted of Providing Material Support and Resources to Indian Terrorist Organization
December 12, 2006
Colombo Organized Crime Family Soldier and Ten Associates in Staten Island Crew Indicted on Racketeering, Robbery, Assault, Firearms, Loansharking, Gambling, and Narcotics Distribution Charges
December 12, 2006
Gambino Organized Crime Family Soldiers John Gammarano and William Scotto Indicted for Racketeering and Securities Fraud
December 6, 2006
Contractors Plead Guilty to Federal Charges in Connection with Brooklyn Scaffold Collapse Resulting in Employee's Death
November 2006
November 30, 2006
Defendant Who Stole an Historic Theodore Roosevelt Revolver from Sagamore Hill Pleads Guilty
November 30, 2006
Long Island Priest Pleads Guilty to Possession of Child Pornography
November 30, 2006
Nine Clandestine Methamphetamine Drug Labs Discovered and Dismantled in New York City and Long Island
November 28, 2006
Distributor of Pseudoephedrine Tablets Pleads Guilty to Making a False Statement to Drug Enforcement Administration Investigators
November 17, 2006
Long Island Priest Arrested and Charged with Possession of Child Pornography
November 3, 2006
United States Attorneys Available to Receive Election Complaints
November 2, 2006
William F. Sorin, Former General Counsel of Comverse Technology Inc., Pleads Guilty to Securities Fraud Charge
November 2, 2006
Former Computer Associates Ceo Sanjay Kumar Sentenced to 12 Years of Imprisonment for Securities Fraud and Obstruction of Justice Scheme
October 2006
October 31, 2006
MS-13 Street Gang Member Convicted of Murder in Aid of Racketeering
October 24, 2006
Defendants in Natural Resource Damages Case Agree to Restore Fish Pathways at Massapequa Lake in Oyster Bay, New York
October 24, 2006
David Kreinberg, Former Cfo of Comverse Technology Inc., Pleads Guilty to Securities Fraud Charges
October 2, 2006
Former FBI Agent Sentenced to Six Years of Imprisonment for Racketeering and Securities Fraud
September 2006
September 29, 2006
Home Health Care Agency Agrees to Pay $6 Million to Resolve Civil Fraud and Administrative Overpayment Claims
September 27, 2006
Jacob "Kobi" Alexander, Former Ceo of Comverse Technology Inc., Apprehended in the Republic of Namibia
September 25, 2006
Former President and Ceo of American Tissue Corporation Sentenced to 15 Years of Imprisonment and Ordered to Forfeit $65 Million on His Conviction for a $300 Million Bank and Securities Fraud
September 11, 2006
United States Attorneys Available to Receive Election Complaints
September 7, 2006
Long Island Titanium Manufacturer and its Owner/operator Indicted for Illegally Storing over 11 Tons of Hazardous Waste and Illegally Operating Two Diesel Generators
August 2006
August 21, 2006
Eight Defendants Arrested by the Fbi and Charged with Conspiring to Provide Material Support and Resources to a Foreign Terrorist Organization and Related Offenses
August 17, 2006
Former Executives of Defense Contractor D.h.b. Industries, Inc. Charged with Securities Fraud and Insider Trading
August 16, 2006
31 Korean Nationals Arrested Throughout the Northeastern United States in Federal Human Trafficking Case
August 9, 2006
Former Executives of Comverse Technology Inc. Charged with Backdating Millions of Stock Options and Creating a Secret Stock Options Slush Fund
July 2006
July 28, 2006
United States Settles Civil Environmental Case Involving Oil Spill into Sheepshead Bay
July 20, 2006
Former President of Long Island-based Company Charged in Multi-million Dollar Fraud Scheme
July 12, 2006
Long-time Bonanno Organized Crime Family Soldiers Baldassare Amato and Stephen Locurto, and Bonanno Crime Family Associate Anthony Basile, Convicted of Racketeering Conspiracy
July 7, 2006
Owner of Chain of Cellular Phone Stores Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Customers and a Carrier
June 2006
June 28, 2006
Fourteen Defendants Indicted on Drug Trafficking and Firearms Charges
June 15, 2006
Contractor Sentenced to 30 Months Imprisonment on Federal Charges in Connection with Brooklyn Building Collapse and Mail Fraud Scheme
June 15, 2006
Joint Investigation by United States, Trinidad and Tobago, and Ecuador Dismantles International Drug Trafficking Organization
May 2006
May 30, 2006
Nine Former Employees and Contractors of Newsday and Hoy Plead Guilty to Scheme to Defraud Newspaper Advertisers
May 24, 2006
Shahawar Matin Siraj Convicted of Conspiring to Place Explosives at the 34th Street Subway Station
May 18, 2006
Singapore Businessman Convicted of Secretly Diverting U.s. Military and Civilian Aircraft Parts to the Islamic Republic of Iran
May 11, 2006
Bonanno Family Soldier and Associates Indicted for Racketeering and Related Violent Crimes Murder Victim Strangled and Drowned at Staten Island Mansion
May 10, 2006
Convicted Sex Offender Pleads Guilty to Receiving Child Pornography Defendant Faces Mandatory-minimum 15 Years' Imprisonment
May 3, 2006
Home Health Care Agency Agrees to Pay $1.6 Million to Resolve Civil Fraud and Administrative Overpayment Claims
May 2, 2006
Sixteen Defendants, Including Eight Employees of the City of New York, Charged in a Scheme to Sell Medicaid Cards
April 2006
April 28, 2006
United States and State of New York Lodge Consent Judgment with Suffolk County to Remedy Water Pretreatment Violations
April 27, 2006
Three Defendants Sentenced for Forcingyoung Mexican Women into Sexual Slavery in New York
April 24, 2006
Former Computer Associates Ceo Sanjay Kumar and Former Head of World-wide Sales Stephen Richards Plead Guilty to All Charges of Securities Fraud and Admit Lying to Federal Investigators to Cover up the Scheme
April 21, 2006
Defendant Arrested and Charged with Making False Statements to the FBI
April 20, 2006
Member of Violent Long Island Street Gang "The MS-13" Convicted of Murder
April 13, 2006
Construction Contractors Indicted for $10 Million Scheme Involving New York City Contracts
April 13, 2006
Eight Indicted in Scheme to Defraud Fema of Nearly $1 Million in Post-9/11 Disaster Relief Funds
April 6, 2006
Two Former Nypd Detectives Who Secretly Worked as Mafia Associates Convicted of Racketeering.
April 6, 2006
Long Island Man Arrested for Internet "Pump and Dump" Stock Scheme Involving False Claims Designed to Prey on Public Concern about Terrorism and "Bird Flu" Virus
April 5, 2006
Psychiatrist Charged with Conspiracy to Illegally Market the Prescription Medication Xyrem, Also Known as "Ghb," for Unapproved Medical Uses on Behalf of its Manufacturer
March 2006
March 30, 2006
U.S. Army Translator Charged with Theft of Classified Documents Concerning Iraqi Insurgency -- Documents Were Taken from 82nd Airborne in Iraq and Found in Defendant's Brooklyn Apartment
March 28, 2006
Gun Runners Picked up in 2 States
March 28, 2006
Fourteen Charged with Operating an Unlicensed Money Remitting Business and Engaging in an Extortionate Loan Scheme
March 24, 2006
Two Russian Organized Crime Figures Charged in Plot to Murder Businessmen
March 23, 2006
Four Defendants Indicted in Nigerian 'Advance-fee' Fraud Scam
March 23, 2006
Ten Members and Associates of the Colombo, Luchese, and Bonanno Organized Crime Families Charged with Racketeering and Extortion in Connection with Boiler Room Stock Fraud Schemes
March 21, 2006
New Charges Filed Against Senior Managers at Manhattan Day Trading Firm and a Former Merrill Lynch Stock Broker in “Squawk Box” Securities Fraud Case
March 9, 2006
Two New York City Police Officers and the Operators of a Queens Brothel Charged in Bribery Scheme
March 8, 2006
Twenty-one Members of an East European Organized Crime Ring Indicted by a Federal Grand Jury in Brooklyn
February 2006
February 22, 2006
Charges Filed Against Identity Theft Ring That Used Social Security Administration Database to Steal Benefit Payments from Elderly Beneficiaries
February 10, 2006
Two Charged in Attempt to Bribe New York City Police Sergeant in Exchange for Dismissal of Pending Federal Case
January 2006
January 26, 2006
