Assistant U.S. Attorney John P. Collins Jr. of the Southern District of New York was recently named a winner of a 2007 Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA) National Award for his prosecution of two violent Westchester County street gangs, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Collins and others helped indict 37 gang members, authorities said….
NEW YORK — Bret A. Grebow, a co-manager and trader of an investment fund, HMC International LLC (“HMC”), pleaded guilty Tuesday to defrauding investors of more than $7 million in what federal authorities said was a “Ponzi scheme”. GREBOW told investors that he was getting back handsome returns on investments, when in fact he was…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Don’t expect Dmitriy Guzner to get invited to Scientologist Tom Cruise’s next movie premiere. The 18-year-old New Jersey man, who claimed to be a member of “Anonymous”, an anti-Scientology group, has agreed to plead guilty to hacking into the Church of Scientology websites and rendering them “unavailable”, according to the U.S….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Who would want to mess with a group that has the word “guns” in its name? Well, apparently Kevin Cogill would — or at least that’s what the feds are saying The 27-year-old pleaded not guilty Monday in Los Angeles U.S. District Court to federal copyright infringement for posting on the…
Are the five men on trial part of the al-Qaeda fan club or were they duped by the government? By By George Anastasia Philadelphia Inquirer CAMDEN, N.J. — The five defendants in the Fort Dix terrorism trial were described by a federal prosecutor yesterday as dedicated jihadists intent on attacking America. “Their motive was to…
By Milton J. Valencia Boston Globe The U.S. Appeals Court has upheld a lower court ruling holding the FBI responsible for the 1984 killing of a Quincy fisherman by Winter Hill gang leaders and a rogue agent who leaked information to them, in a decision that could settle at least six other cases claiming the…
It has been one turbulent ride for Special Counsel Scott Bloch. He says it’s time to go. By Lara Jakes Jordan The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The nation’s top protector of whistle-blowers, who himself is being investigated for allegedly retaliating against employees, said Monday he will resign at the end of his term in January…
TUCSON, Ariz. – Defense lawyers in trial want to mention an illegal immigrant’s gang tatoo if a judge allows the prosecution to introduce testimony about the immigrant’s good character, the Associated Press reported. The pretrial motion was raised Monday in the case of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Corbett. Corbett goes on trial again today…
