Tag: FBI
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BULLETIN: Suspect Whose Aim Was To Carry Out Suicide Bombing At U.S. Capitol Building In Washington Arrested; Man Also Proposed Attacks On U.S. Military Offices, Army Generals, Restaurant And Synagogue, FBI Says
BULLETIN: The FBI and federal prosecutors in Virginia have confirmed the arrest of Amine El Khalifi, describing him as a Moroccan national living in the United States illegally and saying he planned a suicide bombing with a vest strapped to his body today at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington. El Khalifi, 29, resided in…
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DEVELOPING STORY: Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, Longtime Member Of U.S. Supreme Court, Robbed In Caribbean By Masked Intruder Armed With Machete; Alleged Crime Occured While Prominent Jurist Was Vacationing In Nevis
BULLETIN: The St. Kitts Nevis Observer is reporting that U.S. Associate Justice Stephen Breyer was robbed last week by a masked intruder wielding a machete. (See report.) Breyer, 73, is one of nine members of the U.S. Supreme Court and has served the nation in that capacity since being appointed by President Clinton in 1994.…
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Investigators Outline Darren Berg’s Ponzi Haul: ‘Stunning’ Greed, Top Prosecutor Says; ‘No Moral Compass,’ Judge Comments When Ordering Washington State Schemer To Spend 18 Years In Jail
“The greed in this case is stunning. [Frederick Darren Berg] stole and squandered the dreams of hundreds: dreams of retirement, dreams of homeownership, dreams of a college education for their children and grandchildren. While we could not restore those dreams, today he was held accountable for his acts.” — U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan, Western…
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Illinois Forex Ponzi Schemers Get Combined Prison Sentences Of Nearly 30 Years; Feds Identify More Than 1,000 Victims Of $17 Million Swindle In Which $1 Million Went To ‘Strip Club And Restaurants’
Charles G. Martin has been sentenced to 17 years in federal prison — and fellow Forex Ponzi schemer John E. Walsh has been sentenced to more than 12 years — in a case in which investors’ money went to pay for strippers, fine meals, fine hotels, a piano, high-end electronics, artwork, jewelry, flashy cars and…
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FBI Seeks Arrest Of Fugitive Oregon Couple Accused In Alleged Internet Scam; Billboard Campaign Underway As Agency Offers Reward Of Up To $5,000
Rick Devan Hendrix and Sarah Candace Deswert-Hendrix disappeared while on pretrial release after their 2005 arrests for mail fraud and wire fraud in an alleged Internet auction scam in which victims were bilked out of more than $300,000, the FBI said. Hendrix, 56, and Deswert-Hendrix, 30, now are the subjects of a billboard campaign in…
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BULLETIN: Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, Accused White House Shooter, Formally Indicted On Charges Of Attempting To Assassinate President Obama; Case Assigned To Judge Collyer
BULLETIN: Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, the Idaho man accused in November of shooting at the White House, now has been formally indicted on charges of attempting to assassinate the President of the United States. Ortega-Hernandez, 21, also was accused of assaulting three U.S. officers or employees with a deadly weapon. Whether the officers or employees were…