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2006 Press Releases


December 22, 2006 Members of Long Island Asphalt Cartel Admit Scheme to Rig Suffolk County and Town of Brookhaven Road Paving Contracts (pdf)
December 21, 2006 Businessman Pleads Guilty to Bribing High-Ranking United Nations Official to Win More Than $50 Million in Procurement Contracts (pdf)
December 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 (pdf)
December 20, 2006 Former US Weekly Reporter Found Guilty of Using the Internet to Entice Minor Girl to Engage in Sexual Activity(pdf)
December 20, 2006 Khalid Awan Convicted of Providing Material Support and Resources to Indian Terrorist Organization
December 14, 2006 Bayou Funds Co-Founder Pleads Guilty in White Plains Federal Court to Conspiring to Defraud Investors in Hedge Fund Collapse (pdf)
December 12, 2006 New Jersey Grand Juror Sentenced to 33 Months in Federal Prison for Leaking Details of Bristol-Myers Investigation to International Insider Trading Ring (pdf)
December 12, 2006 Gambino Organized Crime Family Soldiers John Gammarano and William Scotto Indicted for Racketeering and Securities Fraud (pdf)
December 6, 2006 Musician Sentenced to Prison for Enticing Minor Over Internet
December 4, 2006 Former Employee Arrested for Stealing Company Information
November 30, 2006 Defendant Who Stole An Historic Theodore Roosevelt Revolver From Sagamore Hill Pleads Guilty
November 30, 2006 Long Island Priest Pleads Guilty to Possession of Child Pornography
November 21, 2006 Former New York City Public School Employee Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Defraud the City's Department of Education  
November 20, 2006 U.S. Arrests President of Union Local Representative City School Bus Drivers for Racketeering Offenses Committed on Behalf of Genovese Organized Crime Family (pdf)
November 20, 2006 International Money Manager Pleads Guilty to Laundering Narcotics Proceeds in Government Sting (pdf)
November 20, 2006

U.S. Arrests Two for Supporting Hizballah (pdf)

November 18, 2006

Former President of Cashpoint Network Services Pleads Guilty to Large-Scale Electronic Check Kiting Scheme (pdf)

November 17, 2006 Long Island Priest Arrested and Charged with Possession of Child Pornography (pdf)
November 15, 2006 U.S. Arrests Ex-Employee for Hacking into Financial Publishing Firm's Computer Network (pdf)
November 13, 2006

Rockland Man Sentenced to 211 Months in Federal Prison for the Robberies and Attempted Robberies of Seven Banks and Check Cashing Stores in the Bronx, Rockland, Sullivan and Nassau Counties (pdf)

November 9, 2006

U.S. Arrests Health Official in Scheme to Steal Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars From Federal Program Designed to Assist Low-Income Mothers and Children (pdf)

November 8, 2006 U.S. Arrests Investigator in Scheme to Defraud High Profile Litigants
November 6, 2006

Florida Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Multi-Million Dollar Fraud of Senior Citizens Related to Fractional Jet Ownership Scam (pdf)

November 6, 2006

Ex-Assistant Principal of N.Y.C. High School Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Internet Sex Crimes Involving Minors

November 3, 2006

United States Attorneys Available to Receive Election Complaints

November 3, 2006 United States Attorneys Available to Receive Election Complaints
November 3, 2006 Owners of Check Cashing Operation and Armored Car Company Convicted of Bank Fraud in Federal Court
November 2, 2006

William F. Sorin, Former General Counsel of Comverse Technology Inc., Pleads Guilty to Securities Fraud Charge

November 2, 2006 Former Computer Associates CEO Sanjay Kumar Sentenced to 12 Years of Imprisonment for Securities Fraud and Obstruction of Justice Scheme (pdf)
November 1, 2006 U.S. Charges United Nation Official and Businessman in Procurement Scheme Involving Millions (pdf)
October 31, 2006 MS-13 Street Gang Member Convicted of Murder in Aid of Racketeering (pdf)
October 31, 2006 U.S. Makes Arrest in Loan and Credit Card Fraud (pdf)
October 30, 2006 Pickens Pleads Guilty in U.S. Court to Pump-and-Dump Stock Schem Involving "Misdirected" Faxes (pdf)
October 26, 2006 U.S. Arrests Former and Present Immigration Officials and Six Others in Scheme to Take Bribes in Exchange for Granting Citizenship to Aliens (pdf)
October 24, 2006 Former CFO of Comverse Technology Inc. Pleads Guilty to Securities Fraud Charges
October 20, 2006 United States Receives $100 Million in Funds Forfeited in Bayou Hedge Fund Fraud (pdf)
October 19, 2006 Former Head of American Trading at Citibank Commodoties Desk Pleads Guilty in Federal Court to Charge of Inflating Profits by Up to $20 Million
October 17, 2006 New York State Assemblyman and Labor Leader Indicted on Racketeering Charges
October 13, 2006 U.S. Charges Three With Selling Pirated Software on Craigslist After Undercover FBI Sting (pdf)
October 10, 2006 U.S. Sentences Warwick Man to 115 Years and His Companion to 65 Years for Sexual Abuse of Children
October 06, 2006 Manhattan Telecommunications Installation Company Executive Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy Charge
October 05, 2006 Three Former New York Archdiocese Purchasing Officials Sentenced for Fraud, Tax and Obstruction of Justice Charges
October 02, 2006 Former FBI Agent Sentenced to Six Years of Imprisonment For Racketeering and Securities
September 29, 2006 Former New York Hospital Employee and a Manhattan Telecommunications Company Plead Guilty to Bid Rigging and Related Charges
September 29, 2006 U.S. Charges 11 Men in $6.5 Million Foreign Exchange "Boiler Room" Fraud
September 28, 2006 Manhattan U.S. Attorney and Canada Jointly Announce Takedown of Massive Ecstasy Smuggling Ring
September 28, 2006

U.S. Reaches Non-Prosecution Agreement With Royal Ahold, N.V.

September 27, 2006 U.S. Arrests Manhattan Man for Scam to Defraud Numerous Priests Nationwide After Undercover Sting
September 27, 2006 Jacob "Kobi" Alexander, Former CEO of Comverse Technology Inc., Apprehended in The Republic of Namibia
September 26, 2006 Former Church Youth Pastor Convicted in Mortgage Fraud Scheme Carried Out in Westchester and New York (pdf)
September 26, 2006

Former New York Hospital Employee Pleads Guilty to Bid Rigging

September 26, 2006

Former Head of Citibank Commodities Desk Pleads Guilty in Federal Court to Charge of Inflating Profits By Up to $20 Million (pdf)

September 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

September 21, 2006

Brooklyn Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Using the Internet to Attempt toEntice Minor Girls to Engage in Sexual Activity (pdf)

September 20, 2006 Former Westchester County Jail Guard Found Guilty of Violating Civil Rights of Inmate (pdf)
September 19, 2006 Former Owner of New Rochelle Ford Sentenced to Prison on Federal Charges of Tax Evasion and Bank Fraud (pdf)
September 13, 2006

U.S. Makes Arrest in Multi-Million Medicaid Fraud

September 13, 2006

Former New York City Department of Environmental Protection Employee Pleads Guilty to Federal Felony of Making False Records Relating to Drinking Water Monitoring

September 12, 2006 Former FBI Agent Pleads Guilty in Manhattan Federal Court to Making False Statements
September 7, 2006 Long Island Titanium Manufacture and Its Owner/Operator Indicted for Illegally Storing Over 11 Tons of Hazardous Waste and Illegally Operating Two Diesel Generators
September 6, 2006 Acting Underboss of Gambino Crime Family Sentenced to Over 11 Years in Federal Prison for Racketeering and Extortion of Three Area Business
August 24, 2006 FBI Violent Crimes Task Force Apprehends Suspect in Two Attempted Bank Robberies in Rockland County
August 24, 2006 U.S. Arrests Provider of Hizballah TV in New York Area
August 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 (pdf)
August 18, 2006 Former HSBC Vice President Pleads Guilty in Massive Telemarketing Fraud Scheme That Targeted Tens of Thousands U.S. Victims
August 17, 2006 Former Currency Trader Pleads Guilty in Connection With $3 Billion Ponzi Scheme
August 17, 2006

Former Executives of Defense Contractor D.H.B. Industries, Inc. Charged With Securities Fraud and Insider Trading

August 16, 2006

31 Korean Nationals Arrested Throughout the Northeastern United States in Federal Human Trafficking Case

August 15 , 2006 President of Dallas-Based Securities Firm Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison for Defrauding Investors in $12 Million "Boiler Room" Seheme (pdf)
August 15, 2006 FBI Fugitive Jacob "Kobi" Alexander
August 11, 2006 New Jersey Grand Juror Who Leaked Details of Bristol-Myers Investigation Pleads Guilty to Insider Trading and Contempt Charges (pdf)
August 9, 2006

Former Executives of Comverse Technology Inc. Charged With Backdating Millions of Stock Options and Creating a Secret Stock Options Slush Fund

August 4, 2006 Former Broker to the Archdiocese of New York Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Tax and Obstruction of Justice Charges
July 28, 2006 Acting Boss of Gambino Crime Family Sentenced to 92 Months' Imprisonment for Racketeering and Extortion of Three Metropolitan Area Businesses
July 26, 2006

U.S. Announces Takedown of International Narcotics-Trafficking Enterprise Responsible for Smuggling More Than 25 Tons of Khat from Africa into the U.S.

July 24, 2006

White Plains Man Convicted in Federal Court for His Role in the Armed Holdup of a Westchester Bank

July 20, 2006 Pakistani Man Convicted of Providing Material Support to Al Qaeda Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison (pdf)
July 18, 2006 Lucchese Soldier Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charges in Connection with a "No-Show" Job at a Doctor's Office (pdf)
July 17, 2006

U.S. Convicts Musician of Using the Internet to Attempt to Entice Minor Girl to Engage in Sexual Activity

July 14, 2006 Merrill Lynch Investment Banker Stanislav Shpigelman Pleads Guilty to Insider Trading (pdf)
July 14, 2006

FBI special agents and NYPD detectives of the FBI-NYPD Joint Bank Robbery Task Force arrested Anthony Digiosaffate

July 13, 2006

New Jersey Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Armed Home Invasion in Piermont, New York

July 13, 2006 U.S. Announces Guilty Plea in Large and Sophisticated Identity Theft Ring
July 13, 2006 U.S. Convicts Tongsun Park for Conspiring to Act as an Unregistered Agent of Iraq in First Trial Related to the United Nations' Oil-For-Food Program (pdf)
July 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 (pdf)
June 28, 2006 Rockland Man Pleads Guilty to the Robberies and Attempted Robberies of 7 Banks and Check Cashing Stores in the Bronx, Rockland, Sullivan, and Nassau Counties
June 28, 2006 Fourteen Defendants Indicted on Drug Trafficking and Firearms Charges
June 28, 2006 FBI Dismantles Two Large-Scale International Movie Piracy Rings
June 16, 2006 Four Leaders of Violent Albanian Racketeering Enterprise Sentenced Between 22 and 27 Years in Prison and Ordered to Forfeit $5,755,000 and Four Properties to the Government (pdf)
June 14, 2006 FBI Announces Recovery and Return of Historic Theodore Roosevelt Revolver
June 7, 2006 U.S. Announces Food Vendor Pleads Guilty to Insider Trading and Securities Fraud Charges Related to Ahold Subsidiary, U.S. Food Services  (pdf)
June 7, 2006 U.S. Announces Arrests on Charges of Using Scam Marriages to Obtain Immigration Documents (pdf)
June 6, 2006 Return Ceremony to Be Held at Sagamore Hill Historic Site
May 24, 2006 Shahawar Matin Siraj Convicted of Conspiring to Place Explosives at the 34th Street Subway Station
May 19, 2006 Violent Prior Felon Sentenced to 35 Years in Federal Prison for Home Invasion and Armed Robberies in Tri-State Area (pdf)
May 18, 2006 U.S. Indicts NYPD Officers and Two Others in Cocaine and Robbery Ring  (pdf)
May 17, 2006 Local FBI Agents to Receive Awards at Westchester, Rockland Police Week Ceremonies
May 15, 2006 New Rochelle Country Club Owner Sentenced to a Year and A Day for Tax Evasion  (pdf)
May 12, 2006 Two Former New York Stock Exchange Specialists Plead Guilty to Federal Securities Fraud Charges  (pdf)
May 12, 2006 United States Attorney, FBI Announce Public Corruption Initiative in Northern Counties
May 11, 2006 New Jersey Grand Juror Charged With Leaking Details of Bristol-Myers Investigation to Members of International Insider Trading Ring (pdf)
May 11, 2006 Former Brean Murray Investment Banker Sentenced to 37 Months in Federal Prison for Stealing Almost $1 Million
May 10, 2006 Ex-Stockbroker Sentenced to 40 Months in U.S. Prison
May 10, 2006 Florida Man and Three Others Plead Guilty To Multi-Million Dollar Fraud Related to Fractional Jet Ownership Scam
May 3, 2006 U.S. Charges Five With Extortion of Private Van Drivers (pdf)
May 1, 2006 U.S. Indicts Two for Illegal Trade With Iraq (pdf)
April 24, 2006 Former Computer Associates CEO Sanjay Kumar and Fomer Head of World Wide Sales Stephen Richards Plead Guilty to All Charges of Securities Fraud and Admit to Lying to Federal Investigators to Cover Up the Scheme
April 21, 2006 Defendant Arrested and Charged With Making False Statements to the FBI
April 21, 2006 Father and Son Convicted in Murder for Hire Plot from Prison
April 20, 2006 Acting Boss of Gambino Crime Family Pleads Guilty to Racketeering and Extortion of Three Metropolitan Area Businesses
April 19, 2006 Yonkers' Chief Marshal Pleads Guilty to Obstructing the IRS, Failing to File Tax Returns
April 12, 2006 Indictment in two 1992 Murders Linked to Russian Organized Crime
April 11, 2006 Merrill Lynch Investment Banker and Goldman Sachs Associate Charged Federally With Massiver International Insider Trading Scheme (pdf)
April 10, 2006 U.S. Charges Assistant Principal of N.Y. City High School With Internet Sex Crimes Involving Minors (pdf)
April 10, 2006 Members and Associates of the Genovese Crime Family Plead Guilty to Racketeering, Tax Fraud, and Other Offenses for Controlling the Drywall Industry in N.Y. (pdf)
April 6, 2006 J. P. Morgan Chase Foreign Exchange Salesman Pleads Guilty to $6 Million Fraud (pdf)
April 6, 2006 Two Former NYPD Detectives Who Secretly Worked as Mafia Associates Convicted of Racketeering
April 6, 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
March 30, 2006 Freelance Graphic Designer Pleads Guilty in Federal Court to Bribing Employee of N.Y.C. Health and Hospitals Corporation in $3 Million Fraud Scheme
March 30, 2006 U.S. Army Translator Charged With Theft of Classified Documents Concerning Iraqi Insurgency (pdf)
March 28, 2006 Fourteen Charged With Operating an Unlicensed Money Remitting Business and Engaging in an Extortionate Loan Scheme--More Than $5 Million Smuggled To Yemen
March 27, 2006 U.S. Charges Three, Including Three Convicted Felons, in $16 Million Dollar Real Estate Securities Fraud Scheme
March 24, 2006 Two Russian Organized Crime Members Charged in Plot to Murder Businessmen(pdf)
March 23, 2006 Ten Members and Associated of the Colombo, Luchese, and Bonanno, Organized Crime Families Charged With Racketeering and Extortion in Connection With Boiler Room Stock Fraud Scheme (pdf)
March 22, 2006 United Stated Charges 50 Leaders of Narco-Terrorist FARC in Columbia With Supplying More Than Half of the World's Cocaine
March 16, 2006 Sister Ping Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison
March 9, 2006 Two New York City Police Officers and the Operations of a Queens Brothel Charged in Bribery Scheme (pdf)
March 9, 2006 NY School Construction Authority Employee Pleads Guilty to Accepting Bribes
March 9. 2006 Disbarred Attorney Sentenced in Federal Fraud Case
March 8, 2006 Twenty-One Members of an East European Organized Crime Ring Indicted by a Federal Grand Jury in Brooklyn (pdf)
March 1, 2006 U.S. Settles False Claims Act Suit Against Former Doctor Convicted of Medicare Fraud
February 23, 2006 U.S. Charges Acting Boss and Over 30 Members and Associates of the Genovese Organized Crime Family with Racketeering and Other Offenses Including Murder, Extortion, Narcotics Trafficking, and Firearms Trafficking (pdf)
February 16, 2006 Manhattan Art Dealer Sentenced to Jail for Internet Art Fraud (pdf)
February 7, 2006 Accused Dominican Cop Killer Captured in Brooklyn
February 6, 2006 JP Morgan Chase Foreign Exchange Salesman Arrested for $6 Million Wire Fraud (pdf)
February 2, 2006 Naji Antoine Abi Khalil Sentenced to 60 Month's Imprisonment for Attempting to Export Military Night-Vision Equipment to Hizballah (pdf)
January 27, 2006 Hacker Sentenced to 24 Months in Federal Prison for Selling Stolen Microsoft Windows Source Code (pdf)
January 23, 2006 United States Arrest International Money Manager Accused of Laundering $1 Billion in Illegal Proceeds (pdf)
January 19, 2006 Ex-Poughkeepsie Town Attorney Indicted for Forgery, Tax Evasion, and Bank Fraud; 3 Other Lawyers, an Accountant and Banker Plead Guilty to an Array of U.S. Charges (pdf)
January 12, 2006 Figure in Theft of Telecommunications Equipment from Verizon in White Plains Sentenced to 37 Months in Federal Prison (pdf)
January 6, 2006 U.S. Arrests South Korean National Charged With Receiving Millions of Dollars in Conspiracy to Act as Unregistered Agent in Iraq (pdf)
January 4, 2006 Six Members of Violent Albanian Organized Crime Group Convicted (pdf)

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