FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending August 15, 2008

1. Chicago: Lawson Product Agrees to Pay $30 Million

Lawson Products, Inc. has agreed to pay $30 million in forfeiture and restitution for the corrupt conduct of its sales agents.

2. Miami: Former Fugitive Fund Manager Sentenced

Salman Shariff, a fugitive from justice living under an assumed identity in New York, was sentenced for securities fraud.

3. Philadelphia: Former State Department Employee Charged with Security Breach

Samuel Peter Karmilowicz, a former employee with the U.S. Department of State, was charged with unauthorized possession of documents relating to the defense of the U.S.

4. Kansas City: Five Men Indicted for Conspiracy to Use Fake Diplomatic Identification

Five men with connections to various sovereign citizen movements have been indicted for participating in a conspiracy to use fraudulent diplomatic credentials.

5. Washington Field Office: U.S. Army Major Pleads Guilty

James Momon, Jr., a contracting officer, pled guilty to accepting cash bribes in return for awarding contracts to five Department of Defense contracting firms.

6. San Juan: Two Commissioners Sentenced

Dean C. Plaskett and Marc A. Biggs, former Virgin Islands commissioners, were sentenced for their roles in a $1.4 million bribery and kickback scheme.

7. Sacramento: Federal Inmates Indicted for Murder of Correctional Officer

Federal inmates Jose Cabrera Sablan and James Ninete Leon Guerrero were indicted for the murder of Federal Correctional Officer Jose Rivera.

8. Dallas: Chairman of Texas Syndicate Gang Sentenced

Roy Arredondo, sillon (chairman) of the violent Dallas Texas Syndicate Gang, was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

9. Newark: Woman Arrested in Ponzi Scheme

Marcia Sladich solicited hundreds of investors, including members of her church, in a $10 million fraudulent real estate scheme.

10. Sacramento: Fake DEA Agent Pleads Guilty

Brett Michael Petersen pled guilty to transmitting threatening text messages while impersonating a Drug Enforcement Administration agent.