Lawrence Pesce, of Bellmore, New York, a construction manager for Touro College, was arrested on charges filed in Manhattan federal court that he defrauded Touro College out of more than $2 million since May 2008 through a kickback scheme that included the submission of an inflated bid for a construction project, bid-rigging, and the submission of fraudulent invoices.
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College Construction Manager Charged in New York with $2 Million Kickback Scheme
Fourteen members and associates of the Gambino Organized Crime Family of La Cosa Nostra were arrested on charges filed in New York including racketeering, murder, sex trafficking, sex trafficking of a minor, jury tampering, extortion, assault, narcotics trafficking, wire fraud, loansharking, and illegal gambling.
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Fourteen Gambino Crime Family Members, Associates Indicted on Multiple Charges
Peter J. Cammarano, III, former mayor of the City of Hoboken, New Jersey, pled guilty and admitted accepting $25,000 in illicit cash contributions in exchange for exercising his future official influence and authority. Cammarano’s guilty plea stems from a two-track undercover FBI investigation into public corruption and money laundering which resulted in the charging of 44 individuals on July 23, 2009.
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New Jersey Mayor Admits Extorting Cash Contributions in Return for Official Influence
As part of a joint U.S. and Italian law enforcement action, three Florida men were arrested on charges including obstruction of justice and money laundering; and three men were arrested on charges filed New York including obstruction of justice, extortion, and concealment of assets in bankruptcy. Also as part of this coordinated enforcement action, prosecutors in Palermo, Italy charged 21 defendants in Sicily with extortion, drug trafficking, attempted homicide, and other crimes arising from their alleged affiliation with a Sicilian Mafia family.
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FBI and Italian Authorities Conduct Coordinated Enforcement Action
Anthony Digati, of Chino, California, was was arrested on charges filed in Manhattan of attempting to extort approximately $200,000 from a New York-based life insurance company by threatening to make false public statements and transmit computer spam in an effort to damage the reputation of the company and cost it millions of dollars in revenue.
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California Man Charged with Cyber-Extortion of New York-Based Insurance Company
A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment adding three defendants–Tahawwur Rana, Ilyas Kashmiri, and a retired Pakistan Major–to charges filed last month against David Coleman Headley, alleging that they and others participated in conspiracies involving a planned terrorist attack against a Danish newspaper and the November 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, that killed approximately 164 people, including six Americans.
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Three More Charged with Headley in Mumbai and Demark Terrorism Plots
Alec Sou and Mike Sou, co-owners of Aloun Farm, pled guilty in Honolulu, to conspiring to commit forced labor. The brothers each face up to five years in prison for their respective roles in a labor trafficking scheme that held Thai agricultural workers in service at Aloun Farm through a scheme of debts, threats, and restraint.
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Brothers Plead Guilty in Conspiracy to Hold Thai Workers in Forced Labor in Hawaii
Alfred Doty, of Monroe, Connecticut, was arrested on charges filed in White Plains, New York of enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity.
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Connecticut Man Charged in New York for Enticement of a Minor
Former U.S. Army contracting officer John L
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Army Officer, Wife, and Relatives Sentenced in Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme
