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Authorities Mistake Canadian Man For Infamous Boston Mobster
Warning to the James “Whitey” Bulger look-a-likes of the world. Authorities could end up arresting you as Canadian Angelo Plytasas, 69, discovered on Thursday. Nick Aveling and Alex Cooper Toronto Star TORONTO — James Bulger is a man of simple pleasures. When the 79-year-old bookworm isn’t indulging his passion for history at libraries and historical…
Authorities Arrest Suspected Afghan Drug Kingpin With Links To Taliban
Sadly, oil isn’t the only thing American consumers are buying that helps fund our enemies. There’s drugs. The arrest of of Haji Juma Khan is the latest reminder. By Larry Neumeister The Associated Press NEW YORK — An Afghan man was brought to the United States on Friday to face charges that he led an…
Trucker Convicted Of Extorting Las Vegas Casinos
Trucker Jeffrey Daniel Greer gambled on extortion and lost big time. Details of the case, including use of secret recordings, are included in a confidential government memo to the judge that was recently unsealed. LAS VEGAS (AP) – A former trucker could face decades in federal prison after he was found guilty of trying to…
Maryland Man Stole Up To $40 Million In Scheme
By Tricia Bishop Baltimore Sun BALTIMORE — Alan B. Fabian, a politically connected Hunt Valley entrepreneur, was sentenced today to nine years in prison for a multimillion-dollar mail and tax fraud scheme. Prosecutors say he inflicted “losses of millions of dollars on numerous people and institutions” and is a “persistent white collar criminal.” Fabian, 46,…
FBI And Military Failing To Pay Parking Tickets
Maybe they’ve got a good excuse. Whatever the case, a Congressional report says the FBI and the military should pay their parking fines. By David Nakamura Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — The FBI and U.S. Armed Forces are institutions in which following the rules is supposed to be a given. Except when it comes…
Secret Service Busts Ky Father And Daughter For Counterfeiting
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s always good for a father and daughter to bond. But David Vincent Peace, 45, and his daughter Amanda Jo Lowrance, 25, may have taken the concept a little too far. The two were indicted this week in Kentucky on charges of manufacturing and passing off fake $20 bills. What’s worse,…
FBI Seeks Public Help In Threatening Letter Case
Text of Threatening Letter/fbi photo One Of The Envelopes/fbi photo The letters are a little too reminiscent of 2001. The FBI is turning to the public for help. By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Government agents turned to the public Thursday to help find whoever sent more than 50 threatening letters, many of which declared…