LAWFUEL – The Legal & Business Newswire –
For the Week Ending November 16, 2007
1. Detroit: Former Employee of FBI and CIA Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Defraud the U.S.
Nada Nadim Prouty engaged in a pattern of deceit to secure U.S. citizenship, to gain employment in the intelligence community, and to obtain and exploit her access to sensitive counterterrorism intelligence. Full Story
2. San Francisco: Barry Bonds Indicted
Barry Lamar Bonds was indicted on perjury charges and obstruction of justice. Full Story
3. San Juan: Former Commissioners Indicted in Bribery and Kickback Scheme
Dean C. Plaskett, former commissioner of the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources, and Marc A. Biggs, former commissioner of the Department of Property and Procurement, were charged with demanding and accepting bribes and kickbacks; with conspiracy to violate the federal program bribery statute; and with multiple counts of obstructing justice. Full Story
4. Miami: International Money Launderer Pleads Guilty After Extradition from Switzerland
Gabriel MacEnroe pled guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering after being extradited from Switzerland in May, 2007. MacEnroe received $2.8 million through a pyramid scheme from U.S. victims. Full Story
5. New York: Former New York City Police Commissioner Indicted
Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard B. Kerik was indicted on charges of filing false income tax returns; defrauding the public of honest services; making false statements on a loan application; and making false statements to the White House in connection with a job application. Full Story
6. Dallas: Sentence for Impersonating Federal Employee
Christopher Wayne Ralston pled guilty to impersonating the director of operations at the Department of Justice. Full Story
7. Los Angeles: Member of “Botnet Underground” Charged in Identity Theft
John Schiefer, well-known member of the “Botnet Underground,” was charged with using “botnets” (armies of compromised computers) to steal the identities of victims across the country by extracting information from their computers. Full Story
8. New York: Former Chief Financial Officer Sentenced for $267 Million Accounting Fraud
Paul Humphreys, former chief financial officer of Safety-Kleen Corp. was sentenced in connection with a fraudulent scheme to manipulate Safety-Kleen’s financial statements in an attempt to meet earnings targets. Full Story
9. Cleveland: Police Officer Pleads Guilty
Zvonko Sarlog, a Cleveland police officer, pled guilty to conspiring to distribute five or more kilos of cocaine and to money laundering. Full Story
10. Portland: White Supremacist Sentenced for Attack on Synagogue
Gabriel Doyle Laskey was sentenced for his role in a 2002 attack on Temple Beth Israel in Eugene, Oregon, in which a group of men threw stones etched with swastikas through the synagogue’s windows. Full Story
