Former U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Manager Pleads Guilty in Alleged $20 Million Bribery and Kickback Scheme
Scam Involved Steering of Government Contracts; Contractor Also Pleads Guilty to Charges Today
Leader of Bloods Street Gang Indicted for Racketeering, Including Three Murders and Three Attempted Murders
A superseding indictment was unsealed yesterday in federal court in Brooklyn charging Ronald Herron, also known as “Ra,†“Ra Diggs,†“Ra Digga†and “Raheem,†with various crimes, including three counts of murder, related to his leadership of a set of the Bloods Street Gang.
Chairman Optimistic That Afghan Forces Ready by 2014
ABOARD A MILITARY AIRCRAFT, Feb. 12, 2012 – A quick trip to Afghanistan this week, and meetings with leaders and troops there, encouraged the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff that the Afghan National Security Forces will be ready by 2014 to take the combat lead.
Mercer Island Man Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison for Ponzi Scheme and Bankruptcy Fraud
FREDERICK DARREN BERG, 49, of Mercer Island, Washington, was sentenced last week in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 18 years in prison, and three years of supervised release for wire fraud, money laundering, and bankruptcy fraud.