(FBI BLOG APRIL 7, 2015) When FBI Special Agent Jeff Youngblood helped convict a corrupt public official from the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma last year who was demanding bribes and kickbacks from…
Odometer Tampering Results in Two Year Sentence
LOS ANGELES – A Tarzana man was sentenced Monday to two years in prison for odometer tampering, officials said. U.S. District Court Judge George H. King sentenced Shamai Salpeter, 66, and ordered him…
UPS Driver Convicted of Stealing Guns and Jewelry Sentenced to Three Years
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. – A former United Parcel Service driver who was convicted of federal gun trafficking charges for stealing dozens of guns going through the shipping company’s Ontario hub was sentence to three…
A Federal Inmate Who Admitted Murdering Another Prisoner Gets Life Sentence
WEST VIRGINIA – A federal inmate at the U.S. Penitentiary in Hazelton, West Virginia, plead guilty and was sentenced Monday to life in prison for the murder of another inmate, officials said. Patrick…
Man Convicted of Kidnapping and Sexually Abusing Toddler
CALIFORNIA – A 31-year-old man who kidnapped a toddler in the middle of the night, sexually abused him at a motel, outdoors and in his truck, was convicted Friday, federal officials announced Friday….
Feds: Two Cardiovascular Labs Pay $48 Million for Paying Kickbacks
WASHINGTON D.C. – Two cardiovascular disease testing laboratories agreed to pay $48.5 million to settle claims of paying physicians kickbacks, officials stated last week. Also the labs were conducting unnecessary testing, official said….
Old West a Hotbed of Multiculturalism; A Wyoming Town had 56 Nationalities
The classic Hollywood picture of the West involves white, all-American tough guys teaming up with or fighting other American white guys, according to the ListVerse.com “Sure, you’ll get a few black people…
Credit Card and ID Thief Sentenced to More Than 12 Years, Ordered to Pay $50 Million as Restitution
NEVADA – A credit card and identity thief and member of a credit card ring known as “Carer.su” was sentenced Thursday to 12 years and six months in prison for selling stolen…
Jamaican Admits to Preying on Elderly Using International Lottery Schemes
MIAMI – A Jamaican man plead guilty this week in the U.S. District Court in Fort Lauderdale to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, the Justice Department announced today. Damion…
Man Who Gave Child Porno to Undercover FBI Agent Pleads Guilty to Distributing Pornography
PITTSBURGH—A Butler County resident who gave child porno to an undercover FBI agent plead guilty to one count of distribution of child pornography, federal prosecutors announced Thursday. Justin Ellenberger, 26, of Butler,…
Man Who Allegedly Supports ISIS Charged With Trying to Set Off Explosive at a Military Base
KANSAS – A man was charged with trying to detonate a vehicle bomb at Fort Riley, a military base near Manhattan, Kansas, federal officials announced Friday. John T. Booker Jr., 20, of…
Two Women Who Were Involved in The Hate-Crime Death of a Black Man Sentenced to Prison
WASHINGTON— Two Mississippi women were sentenced Thursday for their roles in a federal hate crime in connection with the killing of a black man by running over him with a F-250 pickup truck…