Man Deported for Murder, Extortion, and Organized Crime

  On October 2, 2012, the Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) under the Immigration and Custom’s Enforcement announced that a Salvadorian man was deported to his home country because he is wanted for murder, organized crime, and extortion.  The man’s name is Walter Fernando Alfaro-Pineda.   Officers ...

11 Russian Procurement Network Members Charged and Arrested

  On October 3, 2012, the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York announced that a Russian agent and 10 other members of a procurement network for the Russian Military and Intelligence were arrested while operating in the United States.  The individuals were charged for their part in exporting high-tech ...

NYC Supervisory Officials Plead Guilty to Bribery

On October 2, 2012, the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York announced that two former supervisors part of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) pleaded guilty to bribery charges in a scheme to bribe highly ranked officials and receive much desired construction contracts. ...

$50,000 Reward for Help in Locating Ahmad Abousamra

On October 3, 2012, the FBI’s Boston Field Office asked for assistance from the public in locating a wanted terrorist by the name of Ahmad Abousamra.  He is a U.S. citizen and lived in Mansfield, Massachusetts until he left the United States in 2006.  The FBI reports that he may be living in Aleppo, Syria with his wife, ...

Man Accused of Elaborate Pharmaceutical Smuggling Scheme

  On October 1, 2012, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement stated that a Florida man was charged for operating an illegal pharmaceutical scheme out of his home and selling over $7 million of unapproved oncology drugs through a pharmacy in San Diego.  The defendants name is Martin Paul Bean III, and he is from Baca Raton ...

Inmate Charged in Murder-to-Hire Plot against Judge

On October 1, 2012, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas announced that Phillip Monroe Ballard—an inmate at the Fort Worth Federal Correctional Institute—was charged for soliciting a murder-for-hire.  Ballard was charged for trying to hire an outside party to murder U.S. District Judge John ...

Businessman Guilty of Bribing Georgia Commissioner

On October 1, 2012, the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia announced that Mark Gary, of Duluth, pleaded guilty to bribing the Gwinnett County Commissioner in 2009 in order to secure rights to build a waste transfer station.   Ricky Maxwell, the Acting Agent in Charge for the FBI Atlanta Field Office ...

Man Admits to Illegal Gambling/Violent Debt Collection

On October 1, 2012, the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts announced that Minh Cam Luong, aka “Ming Jai,” pleaded guilty to operating an illegal gambling business and using violence to collect money from indebted gamblers.  Luong was scheduled for sentencing on January 14, 2013 by United States ...

Attorneys File Even More Charges against Madoff Employees

On October 1, 2012, the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced that Daniel Bonventre, Annette Bongiorno, Joann Crupi, Jerome O’Hara, and George Perez received additional charges in a superseding indictment.  All of the defendants were long-time employees of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities ...

La Cosa Nostra Associate Sentenced to 33 Months

On October 1, 2012, the Department of Justice announced that Louis Barretta of Philadelphia was sentenced to 33 months in prison for involvements in the La Cosa Nostra family.  Barretta was sentenced for participation in loan sharking and illegal gambling.   Barretta is one of 14 members of the La Cosa Nostra family that ...

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