Press Releases from National Press Office http://www.fbi.gov/fieldnews/breaking.htm Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:38:48 -0500 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:38:40 -0500 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.9) http://www.feedforall.com Rudolph Carmen Fratto, of Darien, Illinois, who allegedly represented himself as a member of the Chicago Mob, and co-defendant William Anthony Degironemo, of Inverness, Illinois, were indicted in Chicago for allegedly engaging in a contract bid-rigging scheme to provide forklift trucks for trade shows at McCormick Place Convention Center. http://chicago.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/cg031210.htm 4C769E9E-B36C-48B9-8055-C2FD4AF0EC30 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:33:50 -0500 Ann Bryson, of Cincinnati, Ohio, pled guilty to one count of bank embezzlement for defrauding Good Samaritan Employees Credit Union, where she was the manager between 1998 and 2005, out of more than $245,000. http://cincinnati.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ci031110.htm 0C528B4B-4C68-4C5E-85C7-F7E2359753C0 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:18:30 -0500 The conviction of former Greenville County, South Carolina Councilman Harold Anthony "Tony" Trout was affirmed. Trout was convicted by a federal jury in Spartanburg last year for computer hacking and related charges, and was sentenced to serve one year in federal prison. http://columbia.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/co031210.htm 1E7810E8-A956-44CE-B8FF-6351321B9F40 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:42:14 -0500 Michael Milan, of Bethesda, Maryland,was sentenced to 108 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in carrying out a multi-million-dollar mortgage fraud scheme. Milan was also ordered to pay restitution of $3,141,409 and to forfeit $1,061,890 in proceeds he obtained. http://washingtondc.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/wfo031210.htm 87C0CB30-1C3B-490C-9C88-A7BFE65D9604 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:38:06 -0500 Michel Jamil, of Annandale, Virginia, was sentenced to 40 months in prison for his participation in a scheme to steal approximately 10 million gallons of fuel from the U.S. Army in Iraq. http://washingtondc.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/wfo031110a.htm 8E4245D9-89A4-4E18-8BA2-338CD6A930ED Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:35:19 -0500 Talayah Little, of Hainesport, New Jersey, a former TD Bank employee, was charged in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with participating in a conspiracy to commit bank fraud and identity theft, as well as bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. http://philadelphia.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ph031110.htm 58A7359D-AB3D-4BE1-AFAB-A42265F3B435 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:26:50 -0500 Robert Manuel Perez, of Brevard County, Florida, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison, to be followed by a life term of supervised release, for distributing child pornography. He was a registered sex offender at the time he distributed the child pornography. http://tampa.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ta031110a.htm 7CDBC5A9-2C24-4547-A539-A70E6731168D Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:19:51 -0500 Cipriano Velarde and Cesar Nunez, both of Phoenix, Arizona, were sentenced for their participation in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine in Orlando, Florida. http://tampa.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ta031110.htm 04B61AFB-F2E4-4557-8A8C-492B8A7AF9C2 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:17:08 -0500 Michael Ian Sohn, of Fairfield, Connecticut, pled guilty to charges related to his embezzlement of campaign funds from the Christopher Shays for Congress Committee. http://newhaven.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/nh031110a.htm 60115684-88E9-4248-A586-D824CECD92EF Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:13:00 -0500 Robert Royce Jensen, Jr.,of Sunnyvale, Texas, pled guilty to one count of receipt of child pornography. http://dallas.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/dl031110.htm 178ED219-674F-4381-A2C4-4D6625A45336 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:10:19 -0500 Brian Wilkerson, of Springfield, Massachusetts, was sentenced to five years in prison for receiving and possessing child pornography. http://boston.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/bs031110a.htm 89260E6C-71EC-4F3C-9D12-EB5E2301C5A3 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:05:10 -0500 Michael Lee, David Gefke, Brandon Milby, and Patrick Dehertog were indicted in Boston, Massachusetts on charges relating to a conspiracy to collect a debt using extortionate means. http://boston.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/bs031110.htm B001D022-BC40-4727-A8B8-42D2EAAA4BE4 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:02:01 -0500 Joseph L. Brown, of Belleville, Illinois, was sentenced to 78 months in prison following his convictions for conspiracy to interfere with the federally-protected housing rights of African-American victims; interference with African-American victims because of their occupation of a dwelling through the threatened use of force; and making a false statement to a federal law enforcement officer. http://springfield.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/si031110a.htm 36390715-9EC6-46C0-83EF-6D5E1FDB45BD Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:55:47 -0500 Three people who were formerly employed by or working on behalf of Wildwood Industries of Bloomington, Illinois, pled guilty to their respective roles in a fraud conspiracy that resulted in the company obtaining more than $213 million from lenders over a five-year period. http://springfield.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/si031110.htm DD880798-C4E8-479A-B89B-61CB1C26A937 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:54:05 -0500 William C. Holley, of Middletown, Pennsylvania, and Joseph E. Funk, Jr., of Newark, New Jersey, were found guilty by a federal jury on various charges, including tax fraud, wire fraud, and Employee Retirement Income Security Act fraud. http://baltimore.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ba031110a.htm 165FB9C8-AC2F-478B-A5C0-5B70FC3A1248 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:30:57 -0500 Shawn Ryan Walker, of Baltimore, Maryland, pled guilty to transportation of child pornography following an undercover investigation in which Walker sought to have sex with a 12-year-old girl. http://baltimore.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ba031110.htm 8F9CF905-8A24-440A-AA9E-5875771398E5 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:26:33 -0500 Farmington Hills, Michigan physician Jose Castro-Ramirez was convicted by a Detroit federal jury on all 13 charged counts in connection with his role in an $18.3 million Medicare fraud scheme. http://detroit.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/de031110a.htm D28ED861-EA18-4D5F-B53C-41AE4D6A5B59 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:02:42 -0500 Real estate investor Paul Bashi, of Royal Oak, Michigan, pled guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with his perpetration of a $6.2 million loan fraud scheme. http://detroit.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/de031110.htm 652D36BD-55D2-4153-9803-3545298B9E99 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:59:33 -0500 Michael Edward Tindall, of Conroe, Texas, a 22-year veteran of the Conroe Police Department, was convicted of one count of bank robbery for robbing the First Bank of Conroe on August 11, 2008. http://houston.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ho031110b.htm 4062129E-164F-4118-B75B-7333160798E3 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:54:08 -0500 Evan "Nick" Jarvis and Jim Dial, both of Houston, and Alex Ellerman, of Chicago, were charged in Houston with conspiracy and wire fraud for allegedly defrauding investors who purchased stock from 2004 until 2007 in a publicly-traded company called Grifco International Inc. http://houston.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ho031110a.htm 9640D3AC-E020-43FE-9973-1F1EFF7A165F Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:50:07 -0500 Joseph Silva and his wife, Georgia Silva, both of Fairfield, California, were convicted of a federal civil rights felony offense in connection with a racially-motivated assault on an Indian-American couple. http://sacramento.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/sc031110.htm B2C2023A-6BCB-4DED-A1BC-48DB00BBF2A9 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:34:17 -0500 Mercy Chieza, of Hewitt, Texas, a licensed psychologist who owned and operated Chieza Psychological Services in Waco, Texas, was sentenced to 37 months in prison as a result of her conviction on health care fraud and money laundering charges. http://sanantonio.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/sa031110.htm F076922B-3DD7-4A2A-A5AB-992C2BD5A16D Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:10:50 -0500 Scott J. Beeson, of North Kansas City, Missouri, a former employee of Ferrellgas, Inc., was sentenced to four years and three months in federal prison without parole for wire fraud and money laundering related to his embezzlement of $3.5 million from the company. http://kansascity.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/kc031110b.htm 5F3CB12E-7B24-44AC-86DD-90893E50ECA8 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:00:58 -0500 Yem Nguyen, of Eagan, Minnesota, was indicted for allegedly possessing and distributing more than 350 images of child pornography. http://minneapolis.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/mp031110a.htm A42FA623-0D9D-4C5B-9CF5-73040AEC8625 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:37:27 -0500 Shane Allen Werlein, of Stillwater, Minnesota, was indicted for knowingly possessing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Police recovered seven videos on Werlein's computer. http://minneapolis.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/mp031110.htm 2698F8ED-A5C7-4BA2-9D9B-87ACB663F66D Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:36:03 -0500