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FBI’s Top Ten
News Stories for the Week Ending September 20, 2013
Washington, D.C.
September 20, 2013
Washington: FBI Seeks Information on September 16, 2013, Navy Yard
Shootings
The FBI is asking for the public’s assistance with obtaining any
information regarding Aaron Alexis, deceased, who was responsible for
the shootings at the Navy Yard in the Southeast area of Washington,
D.C. Full Story
Washington/Pittsburgh/Salt Lake City: Idaho Man Pleads Guilty to
Terrorism and Weapons Offenses in Connection with Shooting at White
House
Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez fired at least eight rounds at the White
House in November 2011 and admitted that the attack was a terrorist
act. Full Story
New York: Court Judgment Finds Office Building Secretly Owned and
Controlled by Government of Iran Subject to Forfeiture for Violations
of the Iranian Transactions Regulations and Money Laundering Offenses
The seizure and sale of the 36-story Midtown Manhattan office building
would be the largest-ever terrorism-related forfeiture and would
provide a means of compensating victims of Iranian-sponsored terrorism.
Full Story
New York: Malian National Indicted for Murder of U.S. Diplomat
Alhassane Ould Mohamed was charged with the murder and attempted murder
of United States Embassy personnel stationed in Niamey, Niger, in
December 2000. Full Story
New Orleans: Halliburton Pleads Guilty to Destruction of Evidence in
Connection with Deepwater Horizon Disaster
In addition, a former Halliburton manager was charged for allegedly
directing the evidence be destroyed. Full Story
Chicago: Former Cook County Official Convicted of Wire Fraud, Accepting
Kickbacks
Eugene Mullins, former director of the Department of Public Affairs and
Communications, was convicted of steering four county contracts to four
acquaintances and taking a portion of the contract payments as
kickbacks. Full Story
Pittsburgh: Former County Prosecutor in West Virginia Convicted of
Oxycodone Distribution
James Casimiro, III admitted to obtaining painkillers from a cancer
patient and selling them for profit while he was still employed as an
assistant prosecutor. Full Story
Washingto: UBS Securities Japan Co. Ltd. Sentenced for
Long-Running Manipulation of London Interbank Offered Rate
Together with approximately $1 billion in regulatory penalties and
disgorgement, the Justice Department’s criminal penalties bring the
total amount of the resolution to more than $1.5 billion. Full Story
Newark: Two Plead Guilty in International $200 Million Credit Card
Fraud Conspiracy
Qaiser Khan admitted his role in one of the largest credit card fraud
schemes ever charged by the Justice Department, following the guilty
plea of co-conspirator Shafique Ahmed last week. Full Story
Cleveland: Trafficking Indictment Filed Against 60 People in Heroin
Conspiracy
The 203-count federal indictment describes a conspiracy to bring heroin
from Chicago and Atlanta and sell it throughout Cleveland. Full
Story
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