FBI News - Top Ten 7 August 2009

1. Former U.S. Representative for Louisiana found guilty of solicitation of bribes and more.
2. 3 Chinese citizens in California sentenced for illegal export of sensitive technology, including thermal imaging cameras with military possibilities.
3. Chicago, Illinois, resident arrested for alleged malicious radio interference with mass transit operations.
4. Ten Carpenters Union District Council in New York City officials charged with allegedly receiving bribes in order to allow union wage and benefit violations.
5. President of USA Capital, a real estate loan company, pleads guilty to wire fraud for allegedly moving investor monies towards his and associates' businesses.
6. New York rabbi pleads guilty to accepting tax-free donations from patrons, then returning most of the money, in order to defraud the Internal Revenue Service of tax money.
7. Two Brooklyn, New York, residents arrested for allegedly defrauding banks of mortgage money, destroying the good credit ratings of "straw buyers," and stealing money from and allowing foreclosure on homeowners.
8. Accountant and husband of U.S. Army lieutenant colonel pleads guilty of laundering money allegedly stolen from Iraq by his wife; she and several other military personnel have admitted or been found guilty of theft.
9. Two New York residents, a North Carolina resident, and a Pennsylvania resident were indicted by a federal grand jury on more than a score of money laundering and fraud charges.
10. A former Polk County, Alabama, jail sergeant pleaded guilty to excessive force "when he unnecessarily and repeatedly struck an inmate in his head and face while the inmate was strapped in a restraint chair."