Tag: FBI
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BULLETIN: Authorities In Canada Say Terror Plot Linked To Al-Qaeda Was Thwarted And That 2 Arrests Have Been Made
BULLETIN: (UPDATED 4:08 P.M. EDT U.S.A.) The Royal Canadian Mounted Police says a terrorist plot against a VIA passenger train in the Toronto area was thwarted and that two suspects were arrested today after a probe that began last year. Arrested were Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, and Raed Jaser, 35. RCMP said they lived in the…
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URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Bombing Suspect In Custody, Boston Police Say
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: A suspect (Dzhokar Tsarnaev) is “in custody” in the Boston Marathon bombing, the Boston Police Department announced on Twitter minutes ago . . . Boston PD on Twitter. UPDATE 9:07 P.M. EDT: As shown on U.S. television networks, residents of Watertown are applauding and cheering for police as they pass…
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Suspect 2 Still At Large; Suspect 1 Reported Dead; Extraordinary Drama Plays Out In Greater Boston; 1 Police Officer Killed, Another Wounded
UPDATED 1:15 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) Suspect 1 in the Boston Marathon bombings is reported dead after an overnight battle with police; Suspect 2 is reportedly still on the loose. There are concerns he may be armed with explosives. The FBI this morning identified Suspect 2 as Dzhokar Tsarnaev, 19. (See newly released photo at left.)…
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BULLETIN: FBI Releases Photos, Video Of 2 Men Deemed Suspects In Boston Marathon Bombing; Asks Public’s Help In Identifying Them; Men Considered Armed And Extremely Dangerous
EDITOR’S NOTE: These photos and the video link were released by the FBI late this afternoon. Suspect 1 is in the black cap; Suspect 2 is in the white cap. FBI contact information is at the bottom of this post . . . Link to FBI YouTube video: The suspects are considered armed and extremely dangerous,…
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Paul Kevin Curtis Of Corinth, Miss., Under Arrest In Ricin Letters Probe, FBI Says
UPDATED 1:43 P.M. EDT U.S.A. (APRIL 25) The charges against Paul Kevin Curtis have been dropped and he has been released from custody. See this April 25 story by the AP via Yahoo News. Here, below, our earlier story . . . The FBI has arrested Paul Kevin Curtis in the ricin letters probe, the…
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BULLETIN: ‘Bags Of Cash And A Rolex’: KPMG Auditor Charged In Alleged Insider-Trading Scheme Involving Herbalife, Others; SEC Says Tips Went To Auditor’s Golfing Buddy In The Jewelry Business
BULLETIN: (UPDATED 4:44 P.M. EDT U.S.A.) The SEC has gone to federal court in the Central District of California, accusing a former KPMG “lead partner” and auditor of KPMG’s Herbalife account of insider trading by providing nonpublic information on Herbalife and other companies to a golfing buddy. Scott London, 50, of Agoura Hills, Calif., was fired…
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California Scammers Who Wiped Out Investors In 4,000 Percent ‘International Bank Trades’ Swindle Get Extra Prison Time For Filing False Liens Against Federal Prosecutor, FBI Agents
Ronald Wesley Groves and Donald Charles Mann swindled $4.8 million from 642 investors in a bizarre “international bank trades” caper that promised a payout of 4,000 percent. Now, they’ve been sentenced to an extra year in federal prison for filing false liens against a federal prosecutor and two FBI agents involved in the fraud probe,…
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BULLETIN: No Profitable Sunrise For Florida Ponzi Pitchman; Gary D. Martin Sentenced In North Carolina To 10 Years In Federal Prison For ‘Queen Shoals’ Money-Laundering Conspiracy And Ordered To Pay More Than $31 Million In Restitution
In a development that could give pause to promoters of the purportedly “private” Profitable Sunrise scheme now on the radar of regulators in North America and Europe, a Florida man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for his role in pitching a purported “opportunity” known as Queen Shoals. The announcement of the…