Diego Alfonso Navarrete Beltran, 42, an accused member of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) terrorist organization, has been extradited from Colombia to face hostage taking and terrorism charges in the United States. Navarrete Beltran was extradited from Colombia…

Austin, Texas - Former Jarrell (TX) Police Chief Andres Tomas Gutierrez, 52, was sentenced to 54 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for a wire fraud/theft of honest services scheme. On February 7, 2014, Gutierrez…

WASHINGTON—After a three-day trial, a federal jury found the former executive director of the Legislature of the Virgin Islands guilty of accepting bribes and extortion in the awarding of contracts with the Legislature. Louis “Lolo” Willis, 56, of St. Thomas,…

CHICAGO—A former cancer research physician at Northwestern University’s Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Center for Cancer in Chicago will pay the United States $475,000 to settle claims of federal research grant fraud. Dr. Charles L. Bennett agreed to the settlement in…

By Tech. Sgt. Eric Donner, 31st Fighter Wing Public Affairs LASK AIR BASE, Poland (AFNS) -- F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 510th Fighter Squadron and approximately 150 support personnel from the 31st Fighter Wing at Aviano Air Base, Italy, arrived…

WASHINGTON—An executive of Japanese auto parts maker G.S. Electech Inc. pleaded guilty and was sentenced today to serve 13 months in a U.S. prison for his role in an international conspiracy to rig bids and fix prices on auto parts…

WASHINGTON—The former president and chief executive officer of BizJet International Sales and Support Inc., a U.S.-based subsidiary of Lufthansa Technik AG with headquarters in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that provides aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services, pleaded guilty today for his participation…

Karl Oreste, 56, of Miramar, has pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Robert N. Scola, Jr., to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud affecting a financial institution, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1349. Sentencing…

BROOKLYN, NY—Earlier today, Howard Leventhal, 56, pleaded guilty to wire fraud for defrauding and attempting to defraud a number of individuals and entities of millions of dollars by falsely claiming that his company, Neovision USA Inc. (Neovision), had a lucrative…

Philadelphia – For the second time in less than one month, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized a 100-plus pounds load of khat at an express mail facility near Philadelphia International Airport. Minneapolis Police arrested Abdirazak Barre Aden,…

WASHINGTONThirty-four individuals and 23 entities have been indicted and accused of operating an illegal sports bookmaking business that solicited more than $1 billion in illegal bets. According to the indictment, Bartice Alan King, aka Luke and Cool, 42, of Spring,…

This morning at approximately 2:00 am, Troopers assigned to the Massachusetts State Police Barracks at Foxboro received a request for assistance from the Wrentham Police regarding a motor vehicle pursuit of a suspect wanted for breaking into a motor vehicle…