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Millions of US court records bound for shredder

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Submitted at 9:52 PM August 25, 2011

The Associated Press (AP) on August 25, 2011 released the following: By MICHAEL TARM Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) Wrestling with the challenges of documents in the digital age, U.S. officials are destroying millions of paper federal court records to save storage costs and raising the ire of some historians, private detectives and others who heavily rely on the files. The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration says at least 10 million bankruptcy case files and several million district court files from 1970 through 1995 will be shredded, pounded to pulp and recycled. Files designated as historically valuable, however, will be kept in storage. Federal archivists spent years consulting legal scholars, historians and others about which files to purge after realizing that sorting and digitizing just the bankruptcy cases would cost tens of millions of dollars. None of the civil or criminal cases up for destruction went to trial, and docket sheets that list basic information such as names of defendants and plaintiffs will be saved from each case. Such reassurances havent allayed concerns of some of those whose work relies on the paper documents. Cornell Law School professor Theodore Eisenberg said its precisely the mundane, every day records with no clear historical significance that, when looked at as a whole, are critical to establishing legal trends upon which court policy is often based. Something really important will be lost here, said Eisenberg, a former clerk at the U.S. Supreme Court for the late Justice Earl Warren. We would lose any ability to assess trends over time. This is not just a matter of history, it is a matter of influencing basic policy today. Christina Boyd, who teaches public law at the University at Buffalo, said only about 2 percent of federal court cases ever make it to trial and little research has been done to explain why that percentage dropped from about 12 percent in the 1960s. One question, she said, is whether federal judges began pushing settlements in the 1970s and 1980s as public aide to indigents dramatically increased, possibly to the advantage of corporations or other

institutions being sued by the individuals. This was a crucial period in legal history, she said. We need to understand the trends and that means looking at files that could be going away. Marvin Kabakoff, a senior analyst with the NARA who himself holds a Ph.D. in history, told The Associated Press on Thursday that he sympathizes and ideally would want all the records digitized, but keeping everything is just not realistic. He said it would be outrageously expensive and since some documents are mashed or stapled together, merely sorting through the millions of papers would be a gargantuan, labor-intensive task. By the end of the year, 140,000 boxes of civil case files out of a total of around 270,000 from the 25-year period are expected to be destroyed, Kabakoff said. Starting next year, about 390,000 of the 400,000 total boxes of bankruptcy case files from the same period will be destroyed and a far smaller number of criminal case files about 40,000 boxes would be destroyed later. Preparing for this first-of-its-kind destruction, federal archivists decided to keep thousands of records deemed historically relevant or that fell into other categories. With the civil files, for instance, authorities decided to save about 110,000 boxes, including all civil rights or government corruption files regardless of whether those cases went to trial. Federal documents meticulously detail which files should be saved, including those related to the shooting down of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 by a Soviet jet fighters in 1983 and files on young men accused of trying to evade the Vietnam War draft. We tried to be very careful about what we are destroying, Kabakoff said The issue came to the fore as the federal court system, like other government entities, struggled to cut costs. The pre1995 files posed a particular challenge because they were created before nearly all court documents were kept electronically. Comparatively, few paperonly documents were created after 1995. Also, 1970 to 1995 was a period of explosive growth in litigation, creating mountains of paperwork that could only be stored in boxes at courthouses or federal archive centers with dwindling space. Historians argue that it is impossible to

say what records will be historically significant in 10, 50 or 100 years, since a file deemed inconsequential today might one day shed light on someone who emerges to prominence, from a presidential candidate to a murder suspect. Beyond scholars, among those concerned is Don Haworth, a 35-year veteran private investigator in Chicago who said he frequently uses those same 1970-95 federal records. In his work, the slightest clue in the seemingly most mundane records could make or break a case. He said that applies to run-of-the-mill bankruptcy records that could show a pattern of a businessman over a 30- or 40year period of opening a business, then declaring bankruptcy and jilting creditors. He recently found that a target of his investigation lied when she said shed never been involved in a federal case: She showed up as a witness in a federal case decades ago. While a record may not be pertinent to one individual, they may be a gold mine to others, Haworth said. He also runs into other private investigators, scholars, historians and even writers doing research at Chicagos Federal Records Center, which houses records from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. But certainly not everyone in the law business is alarmed. Most trial attorneys deal with civil and criminal cases that arose in recent months or years, and they arent likely to need decades-old archives. Chicago-based bankruptcy attorney Brad Foreman said he usually only needs to do research dating back seven or eight years, which is readily available online. As a lawyer, I am not concerned, he said. In bankruptcy cases, I cant think of ever once having to go back as far as 1995." To find additional federal criminal news, please read Federal Crimes Watch Daily. Douglas McNabb and other members of the U.S. law firm practice and write extensively on matters involving Federal Criminal Defense, INTERPOL Red Notice Removal, International Extradition and OFAC SDN List Removal. The author of this blog is Douglas McNabb. Please feel free to contact him directly at mcnabb@mcnabbassociates.com or at one of the offices listed above.

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F.B.I. Focusing on Security Over Ordinary Crime

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Submitted at 3:02 PM August 25, 2011

The New York Times on August 23, 2011 released the following: By CHARLIE SAVAGE WASHINGTON Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation have been more likely to be hunting for potential threats to national security than for ordinary criminals in recent years, but much of the time found neither, according to newly disclosed internal information. Data from a recent two-year period showed that the bureau opened 82,325 assessments of people and groups in search for signs of wrongdoing. Agents closed out most of the assessments, the lowest-level of F.B.I. investigation, without finding information that justified a more intensive inquiry. Separately, the bureau also initiated 1,819 assessments during the period to identify any possible threats within particular geographic districts. That activity ranged from looking for the presence of particular organizations, like gangs or terrorist groups with definable characteristics, to evaluating other potential vulnerabilities, like a university with classified research and many foreign students. The data, obtained by The New York Times under the Freedom of Information Act, offers a panoramic view of the bureaus activities toward the end of a decade-long effort to transform the F.B.I. from a law-enforcement agency focused on solving crimes to a domestic intelligence agency whose mission is to detect potential threats before they can reach fruition. The disclosure, covering March 25, 2009, to March 31, 2011, focused on assessments, which an agent may open proactively or in response to investigative leads and without first having a particular factual basis for suspecting a target of wrongdoing, according to the F.B.I. manual. Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey issued guidelines for the bureau creating that category in 2008. During an assessment, agents may use a limited set of techniques, including searching databases about targets, conducting surveillance of their movements and sending a confidential informant to an organizations meetings. But to use more intrusive techniques, like secretly reading e-mail, agents must open a more traditional preliminary or full investigation. Such inquiries require agents to first have a greater reason to

start scrutinizing someone: either an information or allegation or an articulable factual basis indicating possible wrongdoing. According to the data, during the 2009-11 period agents opened 42,888 assessments of people or groups to see whether they were terrorists or spies. A database search in May 2011 showed that 41,056 of the assessments had been closed. Information gathered by agents during those assessments had led to 1,986 preliminary or full investigations. The data also showed that agents initiated 39,437 assessments of people or groups to see whether they were engaged in ordinary crime. Of those, 36,044 had been closed, while 1,329 preliminary or full investigations had been opened based on the information gathered. Michael German, a former F.B.I. agent who is now with the American Civil Liberties Union, said the high number of assessments relative to the number that developed into more intensive investigations was cause for concern. He noted that the F.B.I. retained the data it collects about a target, even if the person or group turns out to be innocent. Its clear the F.B.I. is casting its investigative net too broadly, Mr. German said. And remember that only a small proportion of preliminary investigations become full investigations, and only a small percentage of full investigations result in criminal charges. This data makes it clear that the assessment authority granted in the attorney general guidelines is far too broad. But Valerie E. Caproni, the F.B.I. general counsel, said that the data showed that agents had been able to dispose of about 96 percent of the low-grade reasons they might have had for suspecting someone of wrongdoing, like a vague tip or some other ambiguous lead, using low intrusion techniques rather than by opening a potentially more invasive preliminary investigation. The new investigation standards, Ms. Caproni said, end up being privacy protective because previously, without a well-developed, robust assessment category, many if not most of those would have been opened as preliminary investigations. The newly disclosed data roughly matched a far more limited disclosure earlier this year about assessments of people and groups generated in late 2008 and early 2009, but the latest data covered a longer period and included additional

detail. The data also bolsters the F.B.I.s assertion that since the Sept. 11 attacks, the bureau has taken low-grade tips about national security threats more seriously than similarly vague and seemingly implausible leads about possible criminal activity. The 39,437 criminal assessments were based on 73,303 complaints received by the F.B.I., indicating that about half of the time, agents merely filled out a complaint form but saw nothing worth following up on. In contrast, the disclosure did not offer a separate number of national security complaints, suggesting that some were not followed up with an assessment. The bureau says its policy calls for every national security-related tip, no matter how dubious, to be investigated. Still, Ms. Caproni cautioned that the assessment data did not offer a complete view of the F.B.I.s activities. For example, she said, if the Central Intelligence Agency told the bureau that an overseas source had provided a specific claim about a terrorist cell operating inside the United States, agents would immediately open a more intensive investigation rather than starting with an assessment. She also cautioned that some details about the numbers might be fuzzy. In the past, for example, the F.B.I. has noted that one assessment may uncover information that leads to more than one preliminary investigation. At the same time, agents may occasionally have neglected, when opening a preliminary investigation, to record the fact that it developed out of an assessment. The new data also showed that while the agency has opened fewer assessments looking for broader intelligence about possible threats and vulnerabilities within a district, a category it calls Type 3 assessments, it has been slower to close them. Of the 1,819 it had opened during the period, 1,056 were open by May. Those figures covered Type 3 assessments generated both by national security programs like domestic and international terrorism, weapons of mass destruction and counterintelligence and criminal programs, like civil rights, gangs, organized crime, violent crime and whitecollar crime. The F.B.I. censored the specific breakdown for each category. The data release comes as the F.B.I. is preparing to issue agents a new version of its manual, the Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide, that will relax some rules about the techniques allowed F.B.I. page 3

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Department of Defense (DoD) Employee Desi Deandre Wade Charged in a Federal Criminal Complaint For Allegedly Taking a $95,000 Bribe
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Submitted at 2:25 PM August 25, 2011

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on August 25, 2011 released the following: Department of Defense Employee Arrested for Taking $95,000 Bribe in Atlanta Relating to Military Contract in Afghanistan ATLANTA DESI DEANDRE WADE, 39, of Climax, Georgia, was arrested yesterday by FBI agents and has now been charged in a criminal complaint with bribery. WADE is expected to make an appearance before a United States Magistrate Judge 3:00 p.m. today. United States Attorney Sally Quillian Yates said, This Department of Defense employee is charged with selling his position of public trust for cash. While he was supposed to be working to support our troops, he was lining his pockets. The FBI and our partner defense agencies are to be commended for rooting out and stopping this corruption. Brian D. Lamkin, Special Agent in Charge, FBI Atlanta Field Office, said, When the integrity of the contracting process is compromised, the taxpayers bear the brunt of this monetarily and the mission overseas can be adversely impacted to say the least. The FBI aggressively seeks out those individuals who attempt to personally profit from the contracting and funding process of these many and varied critical government missions overseas. Special Agent in Charge John F. Khin, Southeast Field Office, Defense Criminal Investigative Service said, DCIS continues to place the highest priority on ferreting out public corruption involving Department of Defense contracting in Southwest Asia military operations. These joint investigations with our partner agencies, spanning across the globe, have

been highly effective in bringing wrongdoers to justice, and deterring others who would consider betraying the public trust. Steven Trent, Acting Deputy Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, said, SIGAR agents are proud to have participated in this investigation, which underscores the cooperation among U.S. law enforcement agencies operating in a conflict zone. According to United States Attorney Yates and the criminal complaint just filed in this case: WADE is currently a U.S. Department of Defense employee assigned to Kabul, Afghanistan as the chief of Fire and Emergency Services. On July 16, 2011, Defense Criminal Investigative Services (DCIS) and FBI in Kabul, Afghanistan, received information that WADE was utilizing his position as a contracting official to improperly direct Department of Defense (DoD) contracts to certain bidders in return for personal gain. Specifically, WADE influenced an Afghan-based contractor to make bribe payments to him in return for guarantees of continued work by way of future contracts in Afghanistan. While in Afghanistan, WADE allegedly solicited and received a $4,000 bribe in exchange for the awarding of a repair/maintenance contract modification submitted by the Afghan-based contractor. WADE then allegedly proposed steering a subsequent, much larger contract to the company in exchange for a certain percentage of the value of the contract. The bribe, as calculated by WADE, would amount to over $100,000. WADE promised to obtain the quotes from other bidders and provide them to the company to insure that the company would be the low bidder and ultimately get the contract. Several weeks later, WADE traveled to Atlanta to attend the August 22-26 Fire Rescue International Conference. While in

Atlanta, WADE allegedly reiterated that he wanted $110,000 for the awarding of the new contract to the company. WADE confirmed that he would disclose the competing companies bids. On August 24, 2011, at approximately 5:45 p.m., WADE accepted $95,000 in cash in exchange for his promise to direct the contract to the company. WADE counted the bundles of money before he put them in his backpack. WADE was subsequently arrested by federal agents and his backpack was found to contain $95,000 in cash. This case is part of an ongoing effort by the FBI, the Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS), as well as the U.S. Armys Criminal Investigation Commands Major Procurement Fraud Unit to investigate and bring forward for prosecution those individuals engaging in the very costly endeavor of corruption and fraud involving U.S. government funds intended for critical military and other efforts around the world. This case is being investigated by special agents of the FBI and the Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS), with support from the U.S. Armys Criminal Investigation Commands Major Procurement Fraud Unit. Assistant United States Attorney Robert McBurney is prosecuting the case. To find additional federal criminal news, please read Federal Crimes Watch Daily. Douglas McNabb and other members of the U.S. law firm practice and write extensively on matters involving Federal Criminal Defense, INTERPOL Red Notice Removal, International Extradition and OFAC SDN List Removal. The author of this blog is Douglas McNabb. Please feel free to contact him directly at mcnabb@mcnabbassociates.com or at one of the offices listed above.

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at the assessment stage. Ms. Caproni said the new rulebook is at the printer now, and a partly redacted version is likely to be released to the public at the same time it takes effect around mid-October. To find additional federal criminal news, please read Federal Crimes Watch Daily. Douglas McNabb and other members of the U.S. law firm practice and write extensively on matters involving Federal Criminal Defense, INTERPOL Red

Notice Removal, International Extradition and OFAC SDN List Removal. The author of this blog is Douglas McNabb. Please feel free to contact him directly at mcnabb@mcnabbassociates.com or at one of the offices listed above.

Final Charged Pittsburgh Crips Members Plead Guilty to Racketeering Crimes

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Submitted at 1:31 PM August 25, 2011

Lamon Street, 20, aka M-Dot, and Dominique Steele, 21, aka C-Flack, pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge Gustave Diamond to one count of conspiracy to engage in a racketeering enterprise.

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Feds seek to set aside conviction in genocide case

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Submitted at 4:27 PM August 25, 2011

The Associated Press (AP) on August 25, 2011 released the following: By ROXANA HEGEMAN WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Federal prosecutors asked a judge Thursday to dismiss all charges against a Kansas man convicted of lying to U.S. immigration officials about his whereabouts during the 1994 Rwandan mass killings, ending a case that was the first in the nation to require proof of genocide. Prosecutors asked U.S. District Judge Monti Belot to set aside Lazare Kobagayas visa fraud conviction and dismiss a charge of lying during his citizenship application. Jurors earlier this year found that Kobagaya, 84, of Topeka lied on immigration forms about where he was at the time of the genocide, but said the government did not prove he took part in the atrocities. They hung on the second count related to lying on his citizenship application. In their motion, prosecutors said that they have identified a potential issue with the jury instructions and witness information that likely would warrant a new trial even on the single count for which Kobagaya was convicted. Based on the totality of circumstances in this case, including the substantial resources required to continue to litigate this matter and the jurys verdict in the first trial, the Government has determined it would not seek to retry this case, prosecutors wrote. In a filing last week, the government first revealed to the court that it inadvertently failed to disclose earlier to the defense information from a consular officer in Kenya who was listed on Kobagayas immigration application. The consular officer had told prosecutors that even if she had known Kobagaya was in Rwanda in 1994, it would not have caused her to inquire further into his application because Kobagaya was a Burundian national. A key argument in the defense case was that the alleged falsehood about Kobagayas whereabouts during the genocide was not a material fact that would have caused further investigation

by immigration authorities that could have possibly kept him out of the United States. Our position was that witness was critical and a key exculpatory witness it was a key witness who demonstrated Lazares innocence, defense attorney Kurt Kerns said in a phone interview. Three jurors told The Associated Press after the verdict that they unanimously rejected allegation Kobagaya participated in the genocide, focusing only on the paperwork issues. They said they deadlocked 10-2 to convict on the count related to his immigration paperwork. Jurors said the judge informed them after the verdict that the case had cost more than a million dollars to prosecute. Juror Richard Shain told AP at the time that jurors generally felt there was a lot of money wasted in prosecuting Kobagaya. Government and defense attorneys have traveled to Rwanda with their investigators, translators and a court reporter to take depositions. Taxpayers also have picked up the tab for all defense

costs for Kobagaya, who has two courtappointed attorneys. At least 45 foreign witnesses were brought to the U.S., although not all testified. Each foreign witness was paid $96 a day over more than six weeks they remained in the country. Assuming the Court grants the governments motion, it will bring to a close a very costly prosecution, defense attorneys said in a statement. As for Mr. Kobagaya and his family, this was a long walk to freedom once again. We are just honored to have made that walk with them. Kobagayas two court-appointed attorneys, Kerns and Olathe attorney Melanie Morgan, spent two years investigating the allegations after the government filed an indictment in January 2009. Their investigation took them to Rwanda, Burundi, Congo, South Africa, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Tanzania, Finland and Belgium. This was by far the most difficult factual investigation Ive ever undertaken, Kerns said in a news release. Everywhere I went, witnesses kept telling me that Lazare didnt do this. The challenge was getting those witnesses to the United States to testify. The governments motion not only seeks to set aside the verdict on the sole count on which he was convicted, but also to dismiss the entire indictment with prejudice meaning the prosecutors could not again indict him on it. The defense waived any right to make a claim for attorney fees or expenses, although Kobagaya had court-appointed attorneys throughout most of the case. To find additional federal criminal news, please read Federal Crimes Watch Daily. Douglas McNabb and other members of the U.S. law firm practice and write extensively on matters involving Federal Criminal Defense, INTERPOL Red Notice Removal, International Extradition and OFAC SDN List Removal. The author of this blog is Douglas McNabb. Please feel free to contact him directly at mcnabb@mcnabbassociates.com or at one of the offices listed above.

Attorney General Eric Holder Speaks at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil Rights Luncheon
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Submitted at 1:34 PM August 25, 2011

"Although more than four decades have passed since his tragic death, it is clear

that Dr. Kings spirit lives on. It still has the power to bring ordinary people together to accomplish extraordinary things; to inspire acts of courage,

compassion, and collaboration; and to embolden people to blaze new trails, to overcome longstanding obstacles, and, of course, to make history."

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Zhengpeng Hu and Shengfeng Cui Indicted by a Providence Federal Grand Jury For Conspiracy and Kidnapping
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Submitted at 2:24 PM August 25, 2011

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on August 25, 2011 released the following: Two Chinese Nationals Indicted for Conspiracy, Kidnapping PROVIDENCE, RIA federal grand jury on Wednesday returned an indictment charging two Chinese nationals with allegedly kidnapping a college classmate in Providence and transporting him to the Boston area in an alleged plot to steal his luxury sport utility vehicle valued at $80,000, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha. Zhengpeng Hu, a/k/a Todd, 25, of Malden, Mass., and Shengfeng Cui, a/k/a Alex, 27, of East Providence, R.I., are charged with one count each of conspiracy and kidnapping. Hu, who is currently detained, is scheduled to be arraigned in U.S. District Court on August 30. A federal arrest warrant has been issued for Shengfeng Cui, who is believed to have fled the country shortly after the alleged incident occurred. According to the indictment and court documents, in the early morning hours of

April 2, 2011, a man and woman were allegedly attacked in a Providence apartment by two men brandishing a knife and a stun gun. The female victim was allegedly bound, placed into a suitcase and warned not to call police. She later freed herself and sought the assistance of a neighbor. The male victim was allegedly assaulted, bound, blindfolded and forced into a large storage bag. His attackers then allegedly carried him to a garage which housed his vehicle, a 2011 Porsche, placed him inside the vehicle and then drove him from the area. According to court documents, the victim was later placed into a second car, driven to an apartment in Malden, Mass., and confined inside a bathroom where he was restrained with duct tape and plastic ties. During the alleged abduction and assault, the victim tried to negotiate with his kidnappers, but no demands were made of him. After being left alone in the apartment by his alleged abductors, the victim was able to free himself about two hours later and sought help from an apartment manager. Malden police later found Zhengpeng Hu on the roof of the building and arrested him. It is believed that Zhengpeng Cui fled the country

shortly after the incident occurred. The victims Porsche was later recovered in Cranston. The second vehicle allegedly used in the alleged abduction was recovered in East Providence. The matter, which is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Gerard B. Sullivan, was investigated by the FBI, and the Providence and Malden police departments. An indictment is merely an allegation and is not evidence of guilt. A defendant is entitled to a fair trial in which it will be the governments burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. To find additional federal criminal news, please read Federal Crimes Watch Daily. Douglas McNabb and other members of the U.S. law firm practice and write extensively on matters involving Federal Criminal Defense, INTERPOL Red Notice Removal, International Extradition and OFAC SDN List Removal. The author of this blog is Douglas McNabb. Please feel free to contact him directly at mcnabb@mcnabbassociates.com or at one of the offices listed above.

Jennifer S. Love Named Assistant Director of the FBIs Security Division

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Submitted at 2:10 PM August 25, 2011

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on August 25, 2011 released the following: Director Robert S. Mueller, III has named Jennifer S. Love assistant director of the FBIs Security Division. Ms. Love most recently served as acting assistant director of the FBIs Inspection Division. Ms. Love began her career with the FBI as a financial analyst in the St. Louis Division and completed new agents training in Quantico, Virginia in 1987. She started her career as an FBI special agent in the New Orleans Division, then the Chicago Division, and later returned to the New Orleans Divisions Baton Rouge Resident Agency. Ms. Love investigated white-collar crime, violent crime, and civil rights matters. In 1997, she was appointed as a

supervisory special agent in the Office of Professional Responsibility at FBI Headquarters. Ms. Love transferred to the Philadelphia Division in 1999 in a supervisory role, where she led a whitecollar crime/computer intrusions squad. Ms. Love was named assistant special agent in charge in the Baltimore Field Office in 2002. Then in 2005, she returned to Headquarters as section chief in the Counterterrorism Division. She oversaw administrative functions and programs, and later oversaw the Counterterrorism Divisions Communication Exploitation Section. In 2006, Ms. Love reported to the Washington Field Office as special agent in charge of the Criminal Division. She was appointed as special agent in charge of the Richmond Division in 2008. In 2010, she served as deputy assistant director in the Inspection Division, where she oversaw the Office of Inspections,

Inspection Strategic Analysis Section, Internal Investigations Section, and External Audit Section. Ms. Love is native of Mississippi and holds a Bachelor of Science in accounting from Jackson State University. Ms. Love worked in the private sector prior to her FBI career. To find additional federal criminal news, please read Federal Crimes Watch Daily. Douglas McNabb and other members of the U.S. law firm practice and write extensively on matters involving Federal Criminal Defense, INTERPOL Red Notice Removal, International Extradition and OFAC SDN List Removal. The author of this blog is Douglas McNabb. Please feel free to contact him directly at mcnabb@mcnabbassociates.com or at one of the offices listed above.

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Charles Alan Dyer Wanted By the FBI for Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution was Arrested in Texas
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Submitted at 2:42 PM August 25, 2011

Oregon Man Charged with Hate Crime for Arson at Mosque

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Submitted at 2:59 PM August 25, 2011

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on August 25, 2011 released the following: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announces the arrest of 31-year-old Charles Alan Dyer, of Duncan, Oklahoma. The arrest comes after a nationwide manhunt and the efforts of multiple federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies in Texas and Oklahoma. At approximately 8:00 a.m. today, at the intersection of Mason and Farmer Roads in the Pecan Grove community of Fort Bend County, Texas, a Fort Bend County Sheriffs Deputy questioned a man on foot fitting Dyers description. He was arrested and taken to the Fort Bend County jail, where a fingerprint check confirmed his identity. Dyer was wanted by the FBI in Oklahoma City for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. According to law enforcement in Oklahoma, Dyer was scheduled to begin a trial for a state felony charge there, but failed to appear in court on August 15, 2011. On Sunday, August 21, 2011, the Oklahoma office of the FBI issued a press release requesting public assistance in

locating Dyer, making him the subject of a nationwide manhunt. The investigation which lead to Dyers arrest was conducted by the FBI, along with significant assistance from the Fort Bend County Sheriffs Office, Texas Highway Patrol, Texas Rangers, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Austin County Sheriffs Office, Sealy Police Department, San Felipe Police Department, Waller County Sheriffs Office, and the Stephens County Sheriffs Office in Oklahoma. The FBI appreciates the assistance provided by the public and media during the course of this investigation. To find additional federal criminal news, please read Federal Crimes Watch Daily. Douglas McNabb and other members of the U.S. law firm practice and write extensively on matters involving Federal Criminal Defense, INTERPOL Red Notice Removal, International Extradition and OFAC SDN List Removal. The author of this blog is Douglas McNabb. Please feel free to contact him directly at mcnabb@mcnabbassociates.com or at one of the offices listed above.

The Justice Department announced today that a federal grand jury in Eugene, Ore., has indicted Cody Crawford, 24, of Corvallis, Ore., on federal hate crime and arson charges for intentionally setting fire to the Salman Alfarisi Islamic Center.

Former Department of Defense Employee Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Financial Assistance Funds Intended for Service Members
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Submitted at 1:18 PM August 25, 2011

Tyrone L. Ellis, 56, of Columbus, Ga., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Clay D. Land of the Middle District of Georgia.

Detroit Occupational Therapist Pleads Guilty to Medicare Fraud Scheme

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Submitted at 6:48 PM August 25, 2011

Carol Gant pleaded guilty in the Eastern District of Michigan to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud.

Michigan Man Convicted of Obstructing the Internal Revenue Service in IRS Form 1099-OID Schemes and Gun Crime
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Submitted at 5:46 PM August 25, 2011

Statement of Attorney General Eric Holder on Lawsuit Challenging the Voting Rights Act of 1965
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Submitted at 5:29 PM August 25, 2011

Karl Herrington of Parma, Mich., was convicted of corruptly endeavoring to obstruct the administration of the Internal Revenue laws, of filing false tax forms with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and of being a felon in possession of six different firearms.

The Voting Rights Act plays a vital role in our society by ensuring that every American has the right to vote and to have that vote counted," said Attorney General Holder.

Detroit-Area Clinic Owner Sentenced to 48 Months in Prison for Medicare Fraud Schemes Totaling More Than $15 Million
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Submitted at 5:24 PM August 25, 2011

Jose Rosario, 54, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gerald E. Rosen in the Eastern District of Michigan.