Phoenix, Arizona - A major Phoenix-based smuggling organization has been broken up and 35 individuals have been indicted on felony charges relating to human smuggling. The indictment is the result of a seven-month investigation by the Arizona Financial Crimes Task…

NEW YORK - Bernard L. Madoff, the founder of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, a registered investment adviser, and former Chairman of the NASDAQ Stock Market, was arrested and charged with one count of securities fraud. According to the…

Blagojevich and aide allegedly conspired to sell U.S. Senate appointment, engaged inpay-to-play schemes and threatened to withhold state assistance to Tribune Company for Wrigley Field to induce purge of newspaper editorial writers. CHICAGO Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich and his…

SACRAMENTO, Calif.The United States Attorney General has filed two civil complaints seeking the forfeiture of more than $15 million in tobacco products, over $76,000 seized from bank accounts controlled by Ideal Tobacco and Phoenix Cash & Carry, and over $23,000…

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As part of its ongoing effort to increase and diversify America's energy supply, the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management published final regulations to establish a commercial oil shale program that could result in the…

Charges include conspiracy, harboring illegal aliens, aggravated identity theft, document fraud and bank fraud CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Agriprocessors Inc., its former CEO, three company managers and a company human resources employee were all charged with federal immigration crimes in…

Changes will allow more struggling families to use the program and keep their homes WASHINGTON - U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that the HOPE for Homeowners (H4H) Board of Directors has approved changes to the program to help…

Defendants believed they were selling weapons to members of the FARC. International arms dealer Monzer Al Kassar, a/k/a "Abu Munawar," a/k/a "El Taous," and his associate, Luis Felipe Moreno Godoy, were convicted on November 20 following a three-week jury trial…

The FBI in Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Police Department are seeking the public's assistance to identify and apprehend the individual responsible for the robbery of the Citizens Bank Branch located at 2014 Cottman Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, on November 20, 2008,…

WASHINGTON Miami residents Dilcia Marinez, Juan Carlos Castaneda and Luis Frias each were sentenced to prison for their roles in defrauding the Medicare program and laundering the illegal proceeds in connection with a $14 million HIV infusion fraud scheme, Acting…

Tractor-Trailer Load of Drugs is Worth $4.6 Million Laredo, Texas Border Patrol agents from the Hebbronville station seized more than 5,700 pounds of marijuana from a tractor-trailer. This case illustrates that the immigration checkpoints are an effective element of the…

Laredo, Texas Border Patrol agents from the Laredo North station disrupted an attempt to smuggle cocaine this morning. Agents patrolling in Laredo became suspicious of a small white Chevrolet cargo van and attempted to stop the vehicle by activating the…