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2007 Press Releases

May 2008
May 14, 2008	MAN CONVICTED OF ILLEGAL DEMOLITION OF ASBESTOS-FILLED COMMERCIAL BUILDING IN HAYWARD Seven day jury trial ends in guilty verdict
	Wassim Mohammad Azizi	Convicted	Three felony counts of violating the Clean Air Act
May 14, 2008	TWO SITE OPERATORS RECEIVE PRISON TERMS FOR CRIMINAL COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT Forty Defendants Convicted In Operation Copycat To Date; Substantial Forfeitures and Restitution Ordered
	Chirayu Patel, William Veyna	Sentenced	Patel was sentenced to a term of 18 months in prison and Veyna to 15 months in prison
May 12, 2008	SANTA CLARA MAN CONVICTED OF TRANSPORTING MINOR FROM PORTUGAL TO UNITED STATES FOR SEX Jury Finds Antique Dealer Guilty of Bringing 16-year old Boy from the Azores to California to Engage in Unlawful Sexual Activity
	John Carvahlo Diniz	Convicted	Transporting a minor from Portugal to the United States for sexual purposes and also of enticing the same minor to travel internationally for sex
May 9, 2008	KAISER SURGEON SENTENCED TO SIX MONTHS IN PRISON Dr. Bruce Barker sentenced to six months for committing perjury during federal trial
	Dr. Bruce Barker	Sentenced	Six months in prison, three years of supervised release, six months in home detention, $35,000 fine. Indictment Plea Agreement
May 9, 2008	ECSTASY IMPORTER SENTENCED TO 121 MONTHS’ IMPRISONMENT
	Yacov “Jacob” Yida	Sentenced	121 months’ imprisonment
May 8, 2008	FORMER TALK RADIO HOST PLEADS GUILTY TO DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
	Bernard V. Ward	Guilty Plea	One count of distributing child pornography via the Internet
May 1, 2008	FORMER PEPSICO EMPLOYEE SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR EMBEZZLING COMPANY FUNDS
	Lindsay Bertelson	Sentenced	Twelve months in prison and ordered to pay $60,219 in restitution
April 2008
April 29, 2008	FINAL DEFENDANT CONVICTED IN “OPERATION STEAL CURTAIN”
	Ricardo Saez	Convicted	Distribution of methamphetamine
April 29, 2008	CONNECTICUT MAN SENTENCED TO 30 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR CRIMINAL COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT Forty Defendants Convicted In Operation Copycat To Date
	David M. Fish	Sentenced	Thirty months in prison, a three year term of supervised release following his release from prison, a mandatory special assessment of $500, and the forfeiture of computer and other equipment used in committing the copyright offenses
April 29, 2008	EMERYVILLE LOAN OFFICER SENTENCED TO 3 YEARS IN PRISON FOR LOAN KICKBACK SCHEME Ordered to pay restitution of $769,224 to the IRS and victims of his scheme
	Renato Gonzales Quiazon	Sentenced	Three years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release
April 24, 2008	UNITED STATES ATTORNEY JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF ANNEMARIE CONROY AS LAW ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR
	Annemarie Conroy	Appointed	Law Enforcement Coordinator for the United States Attorney’s Office, Northern District of California
April 23, 2008	SAN FRANCISCO MAN CHARGED WITH ESCAPE FROM CUSTODY AND THREE COUNTS OF BANK ROBBERY
	Scot Allan Beane	Charged	One count of escape from custody and three counts of bank robbery
April 23, 2008	MORTGAGE LENDER INDICTED FOR MAIL AND WIRE FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT SCHEME
	Cheryl Hernandez Camus	Indicted	Mail and wire fraud in connection with a Ponzi scheme
April 22, 2008	PILOT OF COSCO BUSAN INDICTED ON NEW CHARGES Pilot Charged with Lying about Medications During Required Annual Physicals
	John Joseph Cota	Indicted	Making false statements to the Coast Guard concerning his medications and medical conditions in 2006 and 2007
April 22, 2008	FORMER MERCURY INTERACTIVE CFO INDICTED IN STOCK OPTIONS BACKDATING SCHEME Backdated Stock Option Exercise Dates To Reduce Income Taxes
	Sharlene P. Abrams	Indicted	Tax evasion and aiding in the preparation of false tax returns related to a stock options backdating scheme
April 21, 2008	OAKLAND MAN SENTENCED TO 13 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CRACK COCAINE AND A FIREARM
	Kenneth Eugene Holloway	Sentenced	Thirteen years in prison followed by five years of supervised release
April 21, 2008	FOUNDERS OF GLOBAL MISSIONS UN LIMITED CHARGED WITH FRAUD
	Joseph Lawrence Williams, Keith Aaron Vann, William Joseph Little, Jr.	Charged	Conspiring to commit mail fraud and wire fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering
April 18, 2008	ILLEGAL TIGER IMPORTERS PLEAD GUILTY Rare Seizure of Real Tiger Mount in San Francisco
	Nicki Phung, Steven Tieu	Guilty Plea	Illegally importing a real mounted stuffed tiger from Vietnam
April 17, 2008	ORINDA MAN CHARGED WITH CHILD SEX TOURISM AND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY VIOLATIONS Mortgage Finance Expert Now Considered a Fugitive
	Leonard B. Auerbach	Charged	Traveling internationally for the purpose of engaging in sexual acts with a minor (also known as “child sex tourism”), in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2423(b), and transporting and possessing child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A
April 14, 2008	GUATEMALEN NATIONAL PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT HOSTAGE TAKING
	Julio Lopez Morales	Guilty Plea	Conspiring to commit hostage taking
April 14, 2008	NORTH RICHMOND DRUG DEALER SENTENCED TO TWELVE YEARS PRISON
	Warren Steven Smith	Sentenced	Twelve years in prison for selling crack cocaine
April 14, 2008	SAN DIEGO MAN SENTENCED TO MORE THAN TWELVE YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF 3900 ECSTASY PILLS
	David Charles Bailey	Sentenced	151 months imprisonment, 3 years of supervised release, and a $200 special assessment
April 10, 2008	SAN FRANCISCO MAN CHARGED WITH ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT VIOLATIONS AND MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS TO INVESTIGATORS President of Brugnara Corporation Accused of Harming Steelhead; First Federal Criminal ESA Case for Blocking Steelhead Migration
	Luke D. Brugnara	Charged	Four counts of “taking” steelhead trout, a listed threatened species on the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”), and two counts of making a false statement in the course of the investigation
April 10, 2008	FOUR NORTH RICHMOND DRUG DEALERS SENTENCED TO PRISON Two Dealers Sentenced to Ten Years or More in Prison
	Bobby Ray Williams, Michael Green Johnson, Stephen Louis Montgomery, Leonard Dan Gordon	Sentenced	Williams: one hundred and thirty months prison, five years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment Johnson: one hundred and twenty months prison, five years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment Montgomery: ninety-six months prison, one year of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment Gordon: eighty-four months prison, four years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment
April 09, 2008	SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DOCTOR AND TWO OTHERS CHARGED WITH ANABOLIC STEROID AND HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE DISTRIBUTION Indictment Alleges Importation of Human Growth Hormone from China for Distribution in the United States
	Dr. Ramon Scruggs, Allan Danto, and Heidi MacPherson	Charged	Counts of conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and money laundering. In addition, Dr. Scruggs is also charged with four counts of distribution of anabolic steroids and four counts of misbranding drugs held for sale with intent to defraud and mislead
April 09, 2008	PACIFICA HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER CHARGED WITH RECEIVING AND POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
	Carlos D. Araiza	Charged	One count of receiving child pornography in or about January 2005, and one count of possessing child pornography in or about March 2005
April 09, 2008	EIGHT MORE CHARGED WITH PASSPORT FRAUD AS PART OF OPERATION DUSTBUSTER
	Various	Charged	Misrepresentations of identity on applications for United States passports
April 04, 2008	FORMER WORLD-CLASS CYCLIST TAMMY THOMAS CONVICTED OF PERJURY AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE Guilty of False Statements Related to Steroid Use
	Tammy Thomas	Convicted	Three counts of making false declarations before the grand jury and one count of obstruction of justice
April 04, 2008	OWNER OF BRUGNARA CORPORATION CHARGED WITH FILING FALSE TAX RETURNS *Failed to report more than $45 million in capital gains from sale of real property*
	Luke D. Brugnara	Indicted	Filing false tax returns
April 02, 2008	RICHMOND MAN SENTENCED TO 151 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR USING HIS RESIDENCE TO DISTRIBUTE DRUGS
	Clifford Harris	Sentenced	151 months in prison, and supervised release for a period of three years
March 2008
March 27, 2008	HAYWARD CHIROPRACTOR SENTENCED TO 2 YEARS FOR TAX EVASION Ordered to pay $1,162,222 in restitution for unpaid taxes
	Ramon Reynoso	Sentenced	Two years in federal prison and ordered to pay a $50,000 fine and $1,162,222 in restitution
March 27, 2008	MARIJUANA CANDY MANUFACTURER PLEADS GUILTY
	Michael J. Martin	Guilty Plea	Conspiracy to manufacture and to distribute a mixture containing a detectable amount of marijuana
March 27, 2008	SAN FRANCISCO EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT SENTENCED TO 20 MONTHS IMPRISONMENT FOR EMBEZZLING $1.4 MILLION AND FILING A FALSE TAX RETURN Fraud Victim Was Over Ninety Years Old
	Suzie Moy Yuen	Sentenced	Twenty months imprisonment, followed by three years supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution of $182,000
March 27, 2008	HOLLISTER MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES Defendant Remanded into Custody After Guilty Plea
	Mark First	Guilty Plea	One count of possessing images of child pornography
March 26, 2008	FORMER NASA ENGINEER SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS PRISON FOR POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ON A GOVERNMENT COMPUTER
	Mark Charles Zelinsky	Sentenced	Three years in prison
March 26, 2008	MAN SENTENCED TO TWO MONTHS IN PRISON FOR SELLING ENDANGERED SPECIES OVER THE INTERNET U.S. Fish & Wildlife Cracks Down on Wildlife Trafficking Over the Internet
	Danny Yep	Sentenced	Two months in prison, four months of home confinement
March 25, 2008	SAN LEANDRO TAX RETURN PREPARER PLEADS GUILTY TO FILING HER OWN FALSE TAX RETURN The Defendant failed to report more than $93,000 of income
	Aurora Cahayag Cabalar	Guilty Plea	Three counts of filing a false tax return
March 21, 2008	CONCORD MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES
	Nathan Charles Carey	Guilty Plea	Possessing approximately seventy-three videos and fourteen still images on his computer
March 20, 2008	FORMER NASA ENGINEER PLEADS GUILTY TO POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ON GOVERNMENT COMPUTER Defendant Remanded into Custody After Guilty Plea
	Christopher Burt Wiltsee	Guilty Plea	Possessing child pornography on a government computer
March 20, 2008	CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF INTERNET PHARMACY PLEADS GUILTY TO ILLEGAL DISTRIBUTION OF WEIGHT LOSS DRUGS OVER THE INTERNET
	Andrew Thomas Russo	Guilty Plea	Conspiring to illegally distribute controlled substances, including phentermine
March 20, 2008	SAN JOSE MAN ORDERED TO PAY $239,450 IN RESTITUTION FOR CHINESE INHERITANCE SCAM
	Shiu Chau Wang	Sentenced	Restitution in the amount of $239,450
March 20, 2008	FOUNDERS OF NATIONWIDE DEBT ELIMINATION SCHEME SENTENCED
	Dale Scott Heineman, Kurt F. Johnson	Sentenced	Heineman: 21 years, 8 months imprisonment Johnson: 25 years imprisonment
March 19, 2008	BROCADE VICE PRESIDENT STEPHANIE JENSEN SENTENCED TO 4 MONTHS IN PRISON AND A $1.25 MILLION FINE
	Stephanie Jensen	Sentenced	Four months in prison and ordered to pay a $1,250,000 fine stemming from her fraudulent backdating of stock options at Brocade
March 18, 2008	FORMER INTERMUNE CEO W. SCOTT HARKONEN INDICTED FOR WIRE FRAUD AND FDA VIOLATIONS
	W. Scott Harkonen	Indicted	Wire fraud and felony Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act charges for his role in the creation and dissemination of false and misleading information about the efficacy of InterMune’s drug Actimmune (Interferon gamma-1b) as a treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
March 17, 2008	SHIP PILOT CHARGED IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY OIL SPILL CASE
	John Joseph Cota	Charged	Violations of the Clean Water Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act
March 11, 2008	LOS ALTOS MAN SENTENCED FOR TAX FRAUD President of Electronics Firm Diverted Company Funds to Own Use
	Inn-Chung Chen	Sentenced	Five years probation, reside in a community confinement facility for four months, four months of home detention with electronic monitoring, and a $40,000 fine
March 11, 2008	FORMER SAN DIEGO POLICE OFFICER AND ASSOCIATE SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO CONSPIRING TO POSSESS FIREARMS WITH SILENCERS Former Police Officer and Associate Sought Guns with Obliterated Serial Numbers and Silencers to Commit Armed Robberies
	Richard Williams, Rafael Miranda	Sentenced	Five years prison, three years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment
March 11, 2008	FORMER ALZA EMPLOYEE ARRAIGNED ON EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGES Former Alza Administrative Assistant Charged Over $240,000 in Personal Expenses to Corporation
	Sherry Gehrung	Arraigned	Wire fraud charge alleging that she embezzled money from her former employer, Alza Corporation
March 03, 2008	INDIVIDUAL INVOLVED IN DISTRIBUTING ILLEGAL DRUGS FROM BAY AREA NONPROFIT SENTENCED TO 14 MONTHS IN PRISON
	Frederick Lamar Lindsey	Sentenced	Fourteen months in prison followed by three years of supervised release
February 2008
February 29, 2008	MASTERMIND OF $314,000 SALINAS ROBBERY SENTENCED
	Jorge Lopez	Sentenced	Ninety-six months in prison and three years supervised release
February 28, 2008	ROBBERY DEFENDANT SENTENCED TO TWELVE YEARS, NINE MONTHS
	Duc Dien Tran Nguyen	Sentenced	Twelve years, nine months in prison for robbery and use of a firearm during a crime of violence
February 27, 2008	FEDERAL TASK FORCE DISMANTLES METHAMPHETAMINE RING Fourteen Indicted By Federal Grand Jury for Conspiracy; Approximately 200 Law Enforcement Personnel Join Forces to Conduct Multiple Searches and Arrests
	Fourteen individuals	Indictment	Conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine
February 27, 2008	DONALD RAY WILLIAMS ARRAIGNED ON CHARGES HE INTENTIONALLY STARTED BLAZE THAT RAZED PALO ALTO DRUG STORE
	Donald Ray Williams	Arraigned	The July 1, 2007 fire that razed a Walgreen’s drug store in Palo Alto
February 26, 2008	OWNER OF LARRY & DELLA’S WATERFRONT RESTAURANT PLEADS GUILTY TO MAIL FRAUD
	Lawrence Murphy	Guilty Plea	Mail fraud for inflating his fire insurance claim following an unexplained fire that destroyed his restaurant in Alameda, California, in January 2003
February 25, 2008	SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENT SENTENCED TO 2 YEARS IN PRISON FOR FILING FALSE CLAIMS WITH THE IRS Defendant filed false tax returns using names and social security numbers purchased through Craigslist
	Roger Lexin Mai	Sentenced	Two years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release and ordered to pay restitution of $57,481
February 25, 2008	NASA CONTRACT EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY TO RECEIVING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY Former NASA Employee Downloaded Images Over the Internet and Faces Five Year Mandatory Minimum Sentence
	Ernst John Rohde	Guilty Plea	Receiving images of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct
February 21, 2008	CHAIRMAN OF NON-PROFIT CORPORATION SENTENCED TO 37 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR DISTRIBUTING ILLEGAL DRUGS Used Non-Profit Entity to Purchase Illegal Drugs That Then Were Sold on the Streets of Oakland and Houston
	Chuka Ogele	Sentenced	Thirty-seven months in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release
February 21, 2008	JURY CONVICTS PALM SPRINGS MAN IN SCHEME TO DEFRAUD THE IRS The Defendant created a false release of a tax lien to obstruct collection of payroll taxes
	Kenneth Gerald Bordewick	Convicted	Mail fraud and corruptly obstructing or impeding the due administration of the tax laws
February 19, 2008	MARTINEZ MAN SENTENCED TO ELEVEN YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR TRANSPORTING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY OVER THE INTERNET
	Kenneth Gibson	Sentenced	Eleven years in prison
February 13, 2008	OWNER OF PALO ALTO CHINESE RESTAURANT SENTENCED FOR FILING FALSE TAX RETURNS Failed to report $625,000 in gross receipts
	Simon Yuan	Sentenced	Four months in prison and four months home confinement followed by one year of supervised release and ordered to pay $25,424 in restitution
February 11, 2008	DEVRY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE STUDENT INDICTED FOR POSSESSION AND TRANSPORTATION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
	Chad A. Holste	Indicted	Possession and transportation of child pornography
February 8, 2008	STEROID DEALER TO MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS IS SENTENCED
	Kirk J. Radomski	Sentenced	Five years probation, an $18,575 fine, and a $200 special assessment
February 8, 2008	CUPERTINO MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
	Gordon Jensen	Guilty Plea	One count of possessing images of child pornography
February 5, 2008	TWO INDICTED IN SCHEME TO COMMIT WIRE FRAUD WITH ACCOUNT INFORMATION STOLEN FROM FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
	Dmitir Glaznikov, Maxim Leontev	Indicted	Obtaining account information stolen from financial institutions, creating unauthorized access devices encoded with the stolen account information, and making unauthorized withdrawals from ATMs in San Francisco with the access devices
February 1, 2008	JOSHUA HEDLUND CONVICTED FOR BERKELEY MARIJUANA GROW Defendant Forfeits Land and Money and Consents to Searches of Thousands of Acres of Land in Humboldt and Mendocino Counties
	Joshua L. Hedlund	Convicted	Using a Berkeley warehouse for the manufacture of marijuana and to laundering the proceeds of that illegal marijuana grow
February 1, 2008	FORMER EMERYVILLE FINANCIAL ADVISOR SENTENCED TO 30 MONTHS FOR INVESTMENT FRAUD SCHEME Ordered to pay $2,850,861.55 in Restitution
	Frank J. Garza, Jr.	Sentenced	Thirty months in prison followed by three years of supervised release and ordered to pay restitution of $2,850,861.55
February 1, 2008	SUNNYVALE RESIDENT PLEADS GUILTY TO TAX EVASION Auto repair business owner failed to report more than $450,000 in taxable income
	Dominic Chang	Guilty Plea	Three counts of tax evasion
January 2008
January 28, 2008	CONVICTED BANK ROBBER SENTENCED TO 22-AND-A -HALF YEARS IN PRISON FOR ILLEGAL GUN POSSESSION
	Frederick Lim Johnson	Sentenced	Twenty-two years and seven months in prison for illegally possessing a firearm, and for violating the terms of his supervised release
January 24, 2008	NOVATO MAN ARRAIGNED ON INDICTMENT CHARGING RECEIPT AND POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
	Remsen Benedict	Indicted	One count of Receipt of Child Pornography and one count of Possession of Child Pornography
January 24, 2008	MEMBER OF EAST BAY IDENTITY THEFT RING SENTENCED TO 57 MONTHS
	Daniel Armstrong	Sentenced	Fifty-seven months imprisonment, a fine of $5,000, restitution in the amount of $9,000, and a $100 special assessment
January 18, 2008	FORMER NFL ALL-PRO DANA STUBBLEFIELD PLEADS GUILTY TO MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS IN BALCO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION Former Player Admits Using Illegal Performance-Enhancing Substances
	Dana Stubblefield	Guilty Plea	Making false statements to federal investigators in the Balco steroids distribution investigation
January 17, 2008	14 MOVING INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES IN CALIFORNIA AND FLORIDA CHARGED WITH COMMITTING EXTORTION AND FRAUD UPON CONSUMERS IN RESIDENTIAL MOVES San Jose-Based Moving Company Charged With Illegally Withholding Customer Goods
	Amit Ezyoni, Asaf Nass, Limor Gefen, Eli Kaupp, Daniel Rangel, Barak Braunshtain, Randy Goldberg, Brandy Aycock, David Lamondin, Matthew Sandomir, Stuart Sheinfeld, Carol Hauessler, Christopher Sariol, Eduardo Subirats	Charged	Defrauding, and extorting fees from, hundreds of moving customers throughout the United States
January 17, 2008	FOUR BAY AREA TAX RETURN PREPARERS CHARGED WITH PREPARING FALSE TAX RETURNS
	Charles Edward Pullen, Lydia Hernandez, Robert Thomas Doyle, Fatai Onevai	Charged	Pullen: Twenty-five counts of willfully preparing false U.S. Individual Income Tax Returns Hernandez: Three counts of tax evasion and 39 counts of willfully preparing false and fraudulent U.S. Individual Income Tax Returns Doyle: Thirty-four counts of filing false claims against the United States by preparing U.S. Individual Income Tax Returns Onevai: Thirty-seven counts of preparing false and fraudulent U.S. Individual Income Tax Returns
January 17, 2008	CASTRO VALLEY MAN SENTENCED TO 24 MONTHS FOR MONEY LAUNDERING AND FELONY POSSESSION OF A FIREARM
	Kirby Ward Blackmon	Sentenced	Twenty-four months imprisonment, 3 years of supervised release, a $5,000 fine, and a $200 special assessment
January 16, 2008	REYES SENTENCED TO 21 MONTHS IMPRISONMENT AND $15 MILLION FINE
	Gregory L. Reyes	Sentenced	Twenty-one months in prison and ordered to pay a $15 million fine for securities fraud stemming from his scheme to backdate stock options at Brocade
January 11, 2008	FORMER OLYMPIC CHAMPION MARION JONES-THOMPSON SENTENCED TO SIX MONTHS IMPRISONMENT FOR MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS IN TWO FEDERAL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS
	Marion Jones-Thompson	Sentenced	Six months imprisonment for making false statements in connection with two separate federal investigations
January 10, 2008	PINOLE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO OPERATING AN ILLEGAL MONEY TRANSMITTING BUSINESS TO TRANSMIT MONEY TO SYRIA Defendant admits to sending over 4.8 million dollars to Syria through intermediary countries including Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates, and China.
	Hesham Badawi	Charged	Operating an illegal money transmitting business
January 10, 2008	SANTA CRUZ RESIDENT CHARGED WITH BEATING HARBOR SEALS Defendant charged with violating the Marine Mammal Protection Act
	William Lester Johnsen	Charged	Unlawfully taking a marine mammal
January 9, 2008	FORMER TICKET AGENT INDICTED FOR EMBEZZLING APPROXIMATELY $180,000 FROM AMTRAK FROM 2002 TO 2004
	Lawrence E. Crayton III	Indicted	Theft Concerning Programs Receiving Federal Funds
January 9, 2008	FOUR MINNESOTA RESIDENTS CHARGED IN CALIFORNIA WITH SCHEME TO DEFRAUD CISCO OF COMPUTER NETWORKING EQUIPMENT Defendant Fraudulently Conspired to Obtain over $400,000 in Equipment From Cisco under the SMARTnet Service Contract Program
	Charles Levi Lytle	Guilty Plea	Mail fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering
January 8, 2008	ALLEGED MONEY LAUNDERER FROM ICELAND APPEARS IN NEW JERSEY ON CALIFORNIA INDICTMENT Defendant Arrested in India
	Stefan Wathne	Indicted	One count of conspiring to launder money

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