| December 2006 |
| 12-22-2006 |
MEMBERS OF LONG ISLAND ASPHALT CARTEL ADMIT SCHEME TO RIG SUFFOLK COUNTY AND TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN ROAD PAVING CONTRACTS. |
| 12-21-2006 |
GENOVESE FAMILY SOLDIER AND 7 GENOVESE AND GAMBINO FAMILY ASSOCIATES CHARGED WITH RACKETEERING CONSPIRACY, LOANSHARKING,
EXTORTION, ATTEMPTED OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, ARSON, AND MURDER. |
| 12-20-2006 |
KHALID AWAN CONVICTED OF PROVIDING MATERIAL SUPPORT AND RESOURCES TO INDIAN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. |
| 12-12-2006 |
COLOMBO ORGANIZED CRIME FAMILY SOLDIER AND TEN ASSOCIATES IN STATEN ISLAND CREW INDICTED ON RACKETEERING, ROBBERY, ASSAULT, FIREARMS, LOANSHARKING, GAMBLING, AND NARCOTICS DISTRIBUTION CHARGES. |
| 12-12-2006 |
GAMBINO ORGANIZED CRIME FAMILY SOLDIERS JOHN GAMMARANO AND WILLIAM SCOTTO INDICTED FOR RACKETEERING AND SECURITIES FRAUD. |
| 12-06-2006 |
CONTRACTORS PLEAD GUILTY TO FEDERAL CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH BROOKLYN SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE RESULTING IN EMPLOYEE'S DEATH. |
| November 2006 |
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| 11-30-2006 |
DEFENDANT WHO STOLE AN HISTORIC THEODORE ROOSEVELT REVOLVER FROM SAGAMORE HILL PLEADS GUILTY. |
| 11-30-2006 |
LONG ISLAND PRIEST PLEADS GUILTY TO POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. |
| 11-30-2006 |
NINE CLANDESTINE METHAMPHETAMINE DRUG LABS DISCOVERED AND DISMANTLED IN NEW YORK CITY AND LONG ISLAND. |
| 11-28-2006 |
DISTRIBUTOR OF PSEUDOEPHEDRINE TABLETS PLEADS GUILTY TO MAKING A FALSE STATEMENT TO DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION INVESTIGATORS. |
| 11-17-2006 |
LONG ISLAND PRIEST ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. |
| 11-03-2006 |
UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS AVAILABLE TO RECEIVE ELECTION COMPLAINTS. |
| 11-02-2006 |
WILLIAM F. SORIN, FORMER GENERAL COUNSEL OF COMVERSE TECHNOLOGY INC., PLEADS GUILTY TO SECURITIES FRAUD CHARGE. |
| 11-02-2006 |
FORMER COMPUTER ASSOCIATES CEO SANJAY KUMAR SENTENCED TO 12 YEARS OF IMPRISONMENT FOR SECURITIES FRAUD AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE SCHEME. |
| Octocber 2006 |
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| 10-31-2006 |
MS-13 STREET GANG MEMBER CONVICTED OF MURDER IN AID OF RACKETEERING. |
| 10-24-2006 |
DEFENDANTS IN NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGES CASE AGREE TO RESTORE FISH PATHWAYS AT MASSAPEQUA LAKE IN OYSTER BAY, NEW YORK. |
| 10-24-2006 |
DAVID KREINBERG, FORMER CFO OF COMVERSE TECHNOLOGY INC., PLEADS GUILTY TO SECURITIES FRAUD CHARGES. |
| 10-02-2006 |
FORMER FBI AGENT SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS OF IMPRISONMENT FOR RACKETEERING AND SECURITIES FRAUD. |
| September 2006 |
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| 09-29-2006 |
HOME HEALTH CARE AGENCY AGREES TO PAY $6 MILLION TO RESOLVE CIVIL FRAUD AND ADMINISTRATIVE OVERPAYMENT CLAIMS. |
| 09-27-2006 |
JACOB "KOBI" ALEXANDER, FORMER CEO OF COMVERSE TECHNOLOGY INC., APPREHENDED IN THE REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA. |
| 09-25-2006 |
FORMER PRESIDENT AND CEO OF AMERICAN TISSUE CORPORATION SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS OF IMPRISONMENT AND ORDERED TO FORFEIT $65 MILLION ON HIS CONVICTION FOR A $300 MILLION BANK AND SECURITIES FRAUD. |
| 09-11-2006 |
UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS AVAILABLE TO RECEIVE ELECTION COMPLAINTS. |
| 09-07-2006 |
LONG ISLAND TITANIUM MANUFACTURER AND ITS OWNER/OPERATOR INDICTED FOR ILLEGALLY STORING OVER 11 TONS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE AND ILLEGALLY OPERATING TWO DIESEL GENERATORS. |
| August 2006 |
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| 08-21-2006 |
EIGHT DEFENDANTS ARRESTED BY THE FBI AND CHARGED WITH CONSPIRING TO PROVIDE MATERIAL SUPPORT AND RESOURCES TO A FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION AND RELATED OFFENSES. |
| 08-17-2006 |
FORMER EXECUTIVES OF DEFENSE CONTRACTOR D.H.B. INDUSTRIES, INC. CHARGED WITH SECURITIES FRAUD AND INSIDER TRADING. |
| 08-16-2006 |
31 KOREAN NATIONALS ARRESTED THROUGHOUT THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES IN FEDERAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASE. |
| 08-09-2006 |
FORMER EXECUTIVES OF COMVERSE TECHNOLOGY INC. CHARGED WITH BACKDATING MILLIONS OF STOCK OPTIONS AND CREATING A SECRET STOCK OPTIONS SLUSH FUND. |
| July 2006 |
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| 7-28-2006 |
UNITED STATES SETTLES CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL CASE INVOLVING OIL SPILL INTO SHEEPSHEAD BAY. |
| 7-20-2006 |
FORMER PRESIDENT OF LONG ISLAND-BASED COMPANY CHARGED IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR FRAUD SCHEME. |
| 7-12-2006 |
LONG-TIME BONANNO ORGANIZED CRIME FAMILY SOLDIERS BALDASSARE AMATO AND STEPHEN LOCURTO, AND BONANNO CRIME FAMILY ASSOCIATE ANTHONY BASILE, CONVICTED OF RACKETEERING CONSPIRACY. |
| 7-7-2006 |
OWNER OF CHAIN OF CELLULAR PHONE STORES PLEADS GUILTY TO DEFRAUDING CUSTOMERS AND A CARRIER. |
| June 2006 |
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| 6-28-2006 |
FOURTEEN DEFENDANTS INDICTED ON DRUG TRAFFICKING AND FIREARMS CHARGES. |
| 6-15-2006 |
CONTRACTOR SENTENCED TO 30 MONTHS IMPRISONMENT ON FEDERAL CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH BROOKLYN BUILDING COLLAPSE AND MAIL FRAUD SCHEME. |
| 6-15-2006 |
JOINT INVESTIGATION BY UNITED STATES, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, AND ECUADOR DISMANTLES INTERNATIONAL DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION. |
| May 2006 |
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| 5-30-2006 |
NINE FORMER EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS OF NEWSDAY AND HOY PLEAD GUILTY TO SCHEME TO DEFRAUD NEWSPAPER ADVERTISERS. |
| 5-24-2006 |
SHAHAWAR MATIN SIRAJ CONVICTED OF CONSPIRING TO PLACE EXPLOSIVES AT THE 34TH STREET SUBWAY STATION. |
| 5-18-2006 |
SINGAPORE BUSINESSMAN CONVICTED OF SECRETLY DIVERTING U.S. MILITARY AND CIVILIAN AIRCRAFT PARTS TO THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN. |
| 5-11-2006 |
BONANNO FAMILY SOLDIER AND ASSOCIATES INDICTED FOR RACKETEERING AND RELATED VIOLENT CRIMES MURDER VICTIM STRANGLED AND DROWNED AT STATEN ISLAND MANSION. |
| 5-10-2006 |
CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER PLEADS GUILTY TO RECEIVING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY DEFENDANT FACES MANDATORY-MINIMUM 15 YEARS' IMPRISONMENT. |
| 5-3-2006 |
HOME HEALTH CARE AGENCY AGREES TO PAY $1.6 MILLION TO RESOLVE CIVIL FRAUD AND ADMINISTRATIVE OVERPAYMENT CLAIMS. |
| 5-2-2006 |
SIXTEEN DEFENDANTS, INCLUDING EIGHT EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, CHARGED IN A SCHEME TO SELL MEDICAID CARDS. |
| April 2006 |
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| 4-28-2006 |
UNITED STATES AND STATE OF NEW YORK LODGE CONSENT JUDGMENT WITH SUFFOLK COUNTY TO REMEDY WATER PRETREATMENT VIOLATIONS. |
| 4-27-2006 |
THREE DEFENDANTS SENTENCED FOR FORCINGYOUNG MEXICAN WOMEN INTO SEXUAL SLAVERY IN NEW YORK. |
| 4-24-2006 |
FORMER COMPUTER ASSOCIATES CEO SANJAY KUMAR AND FORMER HEAD OF WORLD-WIDE SALES STEPHEN RICHARDS PLEAD GUILTY TO ALL CHARGES OF SECURITIES FRAUD AND ADMIT LYING TO FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS TO COVER UP THE SCHEME. |
| 4-21-2006 |
DEFENDANT ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS TO THE FBI. |
| 4-20-2006 |
MEMBER OF VIOLENT LONG ISLAND STREET GANG "THE MS-13" CONVICTED OF MURDER. |
| 4-13-2006 |
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS INDICTED
FOR $10 MILLION SCHEME INVOLVING NEW YORK CITY CONTRACTS. |
| 4-13-2006 |
EIGHT INDICTED IN SCHEME TO DEFRAUD FEMA OF
NEARLY $1 MILLION IN POST-9/11 DISASTER RELIEF FUNDS. |
| 4-06-2006 |
TWO FORMER NYPD DETECTIVES WHO SECRETLY WORKED AS MAFIA
ASSOCIATES CONVICTED OF RACKETEERING. |
| 4-06-2006 |
LONG ISLAND MAN ARRESTED FOR INTERNET "PUMP AND DUMP"
STOCK SCHEME INVOLVING FALSE CLAIMS DESIGNED TO PREY
ON PUBLIC CONCERN ABOUT TERRORISM AND "BIRD FLU" VIRUS. |
| 4-05-2006 |
PSYCHIATRIST CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY TO ILLEGALLY MARKET THE PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION XYREM, ALSO KNOWN AS "GHB," FOR UNAPPROVED MEDICAL USES ON BEHALF OF ITS MANUFACTURER. |
| March 2006 |
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| 3-30-2006 |
U.S. ARMY TRANSLATOR CHARGED WITH THEFT OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CONCERNING IRAQI INSURGENCY -- DOCUMENTS WERE TAKEN FROM 82nd AIRBORNE IN IRAQ AND FOUND IN DEFENDANT'S BROOKLYN APARTMENT |
| 3-28-2006 |
GUN RUNNERS PICKED UP IN 2 STATES. |
| 3-28-2006 |
FOURTEEN CHARGED WITH OPERATING AN UNLICENSED MONEY REMITTING BUSINESS AND ENGAGING IN AN EXTORTIONATE LOAN SCHEME.. |
| 3-24-2006 |
TWO RUSSIAN ORGANIZED CRIME FIGURES CHARGED IN PLOT TO MURDER BUSINESSMEN. |
| 3-23-2006 |
FOUR DEFENDANTS INDICTED IN NIGERIAN 'ADVANCE-FEE' FRAUD SCAM. |
| 3-23-2006 |
TEN MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES OF THE COLOMBO, LUCHESE, AND BONANNO ORGANIZED CRIME FAMILIES CHARGED WITH RACKETEERING AND EXTORTION IN CONNECTION WITH BOILER ROOM STOCK FRAUD SCHEMES. |
| 3-21-2006 |
NEW CHARGES FILED AGAINST SENIOR MANAGERS AT MANHATTAN DAY TRADING FIRM AND A FORMER MERRILL LYNCH STOCK BROKER IN “SQUAWK BOX” SECURITIES FRAUD CASE. |
| 3-9-2006 |
TWO NEW YORK CITY POLICE OFFICERS AND THE OPERATORS OF A QUEENS BROTHEL CHARGED IN BRIBERY SCHEME. |
| 3-8-2006 |
TWENTY-ONE MEMBERS OF AN EAST EUROPEAN ORGANIZED CRIME RING INDICTED BY A FEDERAL GRAND JURY IN BROOKLYN. |
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| 2-22-2006 |
CHARGES FILED AGAINST IDENTITY THEFT RING THAT USED SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION DATABASE TO STEAL BENEFIT PAYMENTS FROM ELDERLY BENEFICIARIES. |
| 2-10-2006 |
TWO CHARGED IN ATTEMPT TO BRIBE NEW YORK CITY POLICE SERGEANT IN EXCHANGE FOR DISMISSAL OF PENDING FEDERAL CASE. |
| January 2006 |
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| 1-26-2006 |
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REACHES SETTLEMENT REGARDING CONDITIONS AT NEW YORK NURSING HOME. |