May 27, 2020 Billion-Dollar Secrets Stolen Scientist Sentenced for Theft of Trade Secrets When scientist Hongjin Tan resigned from the Oklahoma petroleum company he’d worked at for 18 months, he told his…
Category: FBI
Ex-FBI Agent Arrested for Accepting Bribes Paid by a Lawyer Linked to Crime Figure
LOS ANGELES A Bay Area man who retired from the FBI last year after 20 years as a special agent was arrested Friday on a federal criminal charge, according to authorities. …
Feds Disrupt Hundreds of Online COVID-19 Scams, Offer Tips on How to Keep from Getting Ripped Off
WASHINGTON D.C. Federal authorities announced Wednesday that an ongoing cooperative effort between law enforcement and a number of private-sector companies, including multiple internet domain providers and registrars, has resulted in the disruption…
Six Arrested on Drug Trafficking Charges, Multiple Firearms, Ammunition, Drugs Seized
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA More than 80 federal, state, and local law enforcement officers and agents in several Richmond neighborhoods executed arrested warrants this week resulting in six arrests of individuals on drug trafficking…
FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
Ten Most Wanted Fugitives Notice: The official FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list is maintained on the FBI website. RAFAEL CARO-QUINTERO ROBERT WILLIAM FISHER BHADRESHKUMAR CHETANBHAI PATEL ALEJANDRO ROSALES CASTILLO ARNOLDO JIMENEZ…
ICE: Foreign Agent Mariia Butina Deported to Russia
ICE removes foreign agent Mariia Butina following conspiracy conviction WASHINGTON A citizen of the Russian Federation, who was convicted of conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government, was removed…
FBI: Samuel Little is Most Prolific Serial Killer in U.S. History
The FBI confirms that Samuel Little, 79, is the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history. To date, Little has confessed to 93 murders, officials announced Sunday. The FBI’s Violent Criminal Apprehension…
Third Prison Guard Will Be Sentenced in January for Concealing Beating of Inmate in Mental Health Unit
TENNESSEE Carl Spurlin Jr., 42, pleaded guilty to a federal offense and admitted concealing other correctional officers’ assault of an inmate while Spurlin was serving as a correctional officer with the Tennessee…
Pittsburgh Man Pleads Guilty of Robbing Four Banks
PITTSBURGH Patrick Acierno, 34, who plead guilty this week to four counts of bank robbery, is facing up to 20 years in prison, according to authorities. In connection with the guilty plea,…
Former FBI Linguist Arrested on False Statement, Obstruction Charges
VIRGINIA A Virginia man who previously served as a linguist for the FBI was arrested Saturday night on charges of making multiple false statements to FBI officials and obstructing a federal investigation,…
Former GE Engineer and Chinese Businesssman Charged with Economic Espionage
NEW YORK An indictment unsealed Wednesday charges Xiaoqing Zheng, 56, of Niskayuna, New York, and Zhaoxi Zhang, 47, of Liaoning Province, China, with economic espionage and conspiring to steal General Electric’s (GE’s)…
FBI: Three Sentenced in Public Corruption Scheme to Stop Environmental Actions
February 19, 2019 State Legislator, Coal Executive, and Lawyer Schemed to Stop Environmental Enforcement Actions in Alabama (FBI Press Release) An Alabama legislator who was bribed by a corporation to represent the…