Former Capt. Elizabeth Croley, 37, with the Decatur County, Georgia, Sheriff’s Office, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for willfully withholding evidence favorable to a criminal defendant and for writing a false report to cover up another law enforcement officer’s use of force against a civilian, officials announced today.
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Pennsylvania Man Charged With Hacking Email Accounts Belonging to 100 People, Including Celebrities
A Pennsylvania man entered a plea agreement after being charged today with felony computer hacking related to a phishing scheme that gave him illegal access to over 100 Apple and Google email accounts.
German Shipping Companies That Illegally Dumped Oil into Ocean Fined $1.5 Million
The German shipping companies Briese Schiffahrts GmbH & Co. KG and Briese Schiffahrts GmbH & Co. KG MS “Extum,” who owned and operated the cargo ship M/V BBC Magellan, plead guilty today to failure to maintain an accurate oil record book, in violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships.
Call Center Owner Sentenced to Nine Years for Ripping off Elderly Through Sweepstakes Scam
A federal judge on Monday sentenced a dual U.S.-Costa Rican citizen who was the owner of a Call Center to nine years in prison for his role in a $1.8 million sweepstakes that targeted hundreds of elderly victims.
Thief Who Had 1,400 Stolen Consumer Credit Card Numbers Facing Up to 22 Years in Prison
A federal jury convicted Koren Robert Kechedzian, a Studio City man, of possessing more than 1,400 credit card numbers that had been stolen from gasoline pumps with “skimmers” that are used to illegally collect credit card information, according officials.
Prison Tax Scam Run by Inmates Netted $368,000 In Refunds, Money Used to Pay for Lawyers, Bail
Two men were charged with running a prison tax scam by filing false federal income tax returns for inmates at the Essex County Correctional Facility.
The refunds were used by inmates to pay for attorneys, bail and other expenses, according to officials.
Man Sentenced to 150 Years for Sexually Abusing Minor Females During Trips to Russia
A federal judge sentenced a Los Angeles man today to 150 years in prison for sexually abusing three minor girls during trips to Russia over a two-year period, according to federal officials.
D.C. Subway Managers Who Reported Millions of Dollars Less in Profits to IRS Guilty of Filing False Taxes
Two subway franchise managers and a gas station manager plead guilty to helping file false tax returns, according to authorities.
Court records indicate that Mohammed Ali, 54, of Herndon, Virginia, owned and operated multiple Subway restaurant franchises in Washington, D.C. and Arlington, Virginia, with Obdayel Hoque, 49, of Alexandria, Virginia.
Russian Spy Pleads Guilty to Cold War-Era Espionage to Get U.S. Economic Secrets
Russian spy ring member Evgeny Buryakov, also known as “Zhenya,” plead guilty today to conspiring to spy for the Russians in what authorities described as Cold War-style espionage.
Evgeny Buryakov, aka Zhenya, 41, plead to being an unregistered spy agent for Russia. He also tried to recruit New York residents to spy for Russia, officials allege.
Former Federal Prison Employee Indicted for Taking Tobacco, Pornography, Food and Clothing to Inmate
A federal grand jury today indicted a woman who worked at the federal prison in Oxford, Wisconsin for allegedly smuggling tobacco for an inmate so he could use it and sell it to other inmates, according to federal officials.
Former Air Force Veteran Convicted of Traveling from Egypt to Turkey to Cross the Border into Syria to Help ISIS
A jury found U.S. Air Force veteran, Tairod Nathan Webster Pugh, guilty of traveling from Egypt to Turkey to cross the border into Syria to join the terrorist group, ISIS, and fight in the jihad, officials said.
Louisiana Sheriff Indicted for His Role in Beating of Inmates at the Jail Chapel Who Didn’t Pose a Threat (News Video)
A federal grand jury today indicted Iberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackal for his role in the alleged beating of five inmates that were taken to the jail chapel and assaulted with batons, according to officials.
Also indicted was a sheriff’s supervisor Lt. Colonel Gerald Savoy.
Ackal and Savoy were charged with civil rights violations arising out of the beatings of five pre-trial detainees at the Iberia Parish Jail on April 29, 2011.