FBI Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending March 25, 2011

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Washington, D.C. March 25, 2011

FBI National Press Office

1. Los Angeles: ICE Attorney Sentenced for Taking Bribes from Immigrants Seeking Status in U.S.
   
   Immigration and Customs Enforcement Assistant Chief Counsel Constantine Peter Kallas was sentenced to 212 months in prison for taking nearly $500,000 in bribes from immigrants who were promised immigration benefits that would allow them to remain in the United States. Details
   
2. Detroit: Man Arrested in Connection with Explosive Components Found at Federal Building
   
   Gary John Mikulich was arrested on charges relating to explosive components found at the McNamara Federal Building in Detroit on February 26, 2011. Details
   
3. Miami: Charges in Conspiracy to Manipulate Stock of Fortune 500 Company
   Barry Minkow was charged with conspiracy to manipulate the stock price of Lennar Corporation, a former Fortune 500 company doing business in Miami-Dade. Details
   
4. New York: Seven Defendants Charged in Multi-Million-Dollar Lottery Telemarketing Fraud Scheme Plead Guilty in Manhattan Federal Court
   
   Seven individuals, all residents of Israel, pled guilty to their participation in a lottery telemarketing fraud scheme through which they stole approximately $2 million from elderly victims in the United States. Details
   
5. Memphis: Twenty Charged in Mid-State Drug Conspiracy
   
   Federal, state, and local law enforcement officers arrested 19 of 20 defendants charged in a criminal complaint with participating in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving cocaine, crack cocaine, and marijuana. Details
   
6. Atlanta: Two Bank Execs Indicted in Georgia in Multi-Million-Dollar Fraud Conspiracy
   
   Mark A. Connor and Clayton A. Coe, both former top officers of FirstCity Bank, were charged with a variety of offenses, including conspiracy to commit bank fraud and bank fraud in connection with misconduct at FirstCity Bank in the years before the bank's seizure by state and federal authorities on March 20, 2009. Details
   
7. Chicago: Disbarred Chicago Lawyer Guilty in Federal Mortgage Fraud Case
   
   Lorie Westerfield was convicted on fraud charges in connection with her role in facilitating staged real estate transactions involving Chicago homes in 2003. Details
   
8. Boston: 14 Charged with Tax Violations Involving First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit Fraud
   
   Fourteen individuals were charged with committing various crimes arising from their abuse of the federal government's stimulus program by filing false claims with the IRS in which they fraudulently claimed the First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit. Details
   
9. Baltimore: Former California Man Sentenced to Prison in Scheme to Defraud the Baltimore Washington Medical Center
   
   John Milisitz was sentenced to 21 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for mail fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud the Baltimore Washington Medical Center. Milisitz wass also ordered to pay restitution of $380,000. Details
   
10. San Francisco: Former Executive of California Aftermarket Auto Lights Distributor Agrees to Plead Guilty in Price-Fixing Conspiracy
    
    A former executive of a California aftermarket auto lights distributor agreed to plead guilty in connection with his participation in a global conspiracy to fix the prices of aftermarket auto lights. Details

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