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1. Dallas: Doctor Arrested for Role in Nearly $375 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme

A physician, along with five owners of home health agencies, were arrested on charges related totheir alleged participation in a nearly $375 million health care fraud scheme involving fraudulentclaims for home health services. Full Story

2. New York: Thirty-Six Charged for Participating in $279 Million Health Care FraudScheme

Thirty-six defendants were charged in a scheme to defraud private insurance companies of morethan $279 million under New York’s no-fault automobile insurance law. The indictment includesracketeering charges against eight members and associates of a criminal organization consistingprimarily of individuals of Russian descent who were the owners and controllers of fraudulentmedical clinics, as well as 10 licensed doctors and three attorneys. The alleged scheme is the largestsingle no-fault automobile insurance fraud ever charged and the first case of its kind to allegeviolations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. Full Story

3. Washington Field: Australian Man Indicted in Plot to Export Restricted Military andOther U.S. Technology to Iran

An Australian man and his company were indicted for conspiring to export sensitive military andother technology from the U.S. to Iran, including components with applications in missiles, drones,torpedoes, and helicopters. Full Story

4. Boston: Seeking Assistance Locating Fugitive John Joseph Hartin, Wanted for CrimesAgainst Children

The FBI is asking for the public’s assistance locating John Joseph Hartin, who has been a fugitivefor nearly 18 years, and is offering up to a $25,000 reward for information leading to his arrest.Full Story

5. Las Vegas: Three Charged with 1998 Racially Motivated Murders of Two Men

Three suspected associates of racist neo-Nazi “skinhead” groups are accused of aiding and abettingone another in the 1998 murders of two members of the Anti-Racist Action Group. Full Story

6. San Francisco: Vesta Strategies Majority Owner Pleads Guilty to $25 Million PonziScheme

John Terzakis pled guilty to three felony counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, andmoney laundering arising out of his role as majority owner of Vesta Strategies, LLC. Full Story

7. Baltimore: Homebuilder Indicted in $14.7 Million Construction Investment Scheme

Patrick J. Belzner was indicted for conspiring to commit wire fraud in connection with his role in ascheme that targeted individuals seeking investment opportunities or commercial real estatedevelopment lending. Full Story

8. San Juan: Former Senator and Businessman Sentenced for Roles in Bribery Scheme

Hector Martinez Maldonado, a former Puerto Rico senator, and Juan Bravo Fernandez, the formerpresident of the largest private security firm in Puerto Rico, were each sentenced to 48 months inprison for their roles in a bribery scheme involving the passage of legislation beneficial to Bravo

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9. Honolulu: Kauai Woman Arrested by FBI on Embezzlement Charges

Kerry Higashi, a former employee of the Kauai Teachers Federal Credit Union, was arrested forallegedly engaging in an extended scheme in which she embezzled more than $24,700 from twocustomer accounts. Full Story

10. Sacramento: Selma Methamphetamine Dealer Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison

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FBI — Dallas Doctor Arrested for Role in Nearly $375 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme

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Dallas Doctor Arrested for Role in Nearly $375 MillionHealth Care Fraud Scheme

Office Manager for Doctor and Five Owners of Dallas-Area Home Health Agencies Also Arrested

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WASHINGTON—A physician and the office manager of his medical practice, along with five owners ofhome health agencies, were arrested today on charges related to their alleged participation in a nearly$375 million health care fraud scheme involving fraudulent claims for home health services.

The arrests and charges were announced today by Deputy Attorney General James Cole and Health andHuman Services (HHS) Deputy Secretary Bill Corr, along with Assistant Attorney General Lanny A.Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the NorthernDistrict of Texas; HHS Inspector General Daniel R. Levinson; Special Agent in Charge Robert E. Casey Jr.of the FBI’s Dallas Field Office; Dr. Peter Budetti, Deputy Administrator for Program Integrity for theCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); and the Texas Attorney General’s Medicaid FraudControl Unit (MFCU).

The indictment, filed in the Northern District of Texas and unsealed today, charges Jacques Roy, M.D.,54, of Rockwall, Texas; Cynthia Stiger, 49, of Dallas; Wilbert James Veasey Jr., 60, of Dallas; CyprianAkamnonu, 63, of Cedar Hill, Texas; Patricia Akamnonu, RN, 48, of Cedar Hill; Teri Sivils, 44, ofMidlothian, Texas; and Charity Eleda, RN, 51, of Rowlett, Texas, each with one count of conspiracy tocommit health care fraud. Roy also is charged with nine counts of substantive health care fraud, andVeasey, Patricia, Akamnonu and Eleda are each charged with three counts of health care fraud. Eleda alsois charged with three counts of making false statements related to a Medicare claim. All the defendantsare expected to make their initial appearances at 2:00 p.m. CST today in federal court in Dallas.

In addition to the indictment, CMS announced the suspension of an additional 78 home health agencies(HHA) associated with Roy based on credible allegations of fraud against them.

Today’s enforcement actions are the result of the Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations, which are partof the Health Care Fraud Prevention & Enforcement Action Team (HEAT). HEAT is a joint initiativeannounced in May 2009 between the Department of Justice and HHS to focus their efforts to prevent anddeter fraud and enforce anti-fraud laws around the country.

“The conduct charged in this indictment represents the single largest fraud amount orchestrated by onedoctor in the history of HEAT and our Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations,” said Deputy AttorneyGeneral Cole. “Thanks to the historic partnerships we’ve built to combat health care fraud, we are sendinga clear message: If you victimize American taxpayers, we will track you down and prosecute you.”

“Thanks to our new fraud detection tools, we have greater abilities to identify the kind of sophisticatedfraud scheme that previously could have escaped scrutiny,” said HHS Deputy Secretary Corr. “Ouraggressive Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations have enabled us to break up a significant alleged fraudoperation and the fraud-fighting authorities in the Affordable Care Act have allowed us to stop furtherpayments to providers connected to this scheme. This case and our new detection tools are examples ofour growing ability to stop Medicare fraud.”

According to the indictment, Dr. Roy owned and operated Medistat Group Associates P.A. in the Dallasarea. Medistat was an association of health care providers that primarily provided home healthcertifications and performed patient home visits. Dr. Roy allegedly certified or directed the certification ofmore than 11,000 individual patients from more than 500 HHAs for home health services during the pastfive years. Between January 2006 and November 2011, Medistat certified more Medicare beneficiaries forhome health services and had more purported patients than any other medical practice in the UnitedStates. These certifications allegedly resulted in more than $350 million being fraudulently billed toMedicare and more than $24 million being fraudulently billed to Medicaid by Medistat and HHAs.

“Today, the Medicare Fraud Strike Force is taking aim at the largest alleged home health fraud schemeever committed,” said Assistant Attorney General Breuer. “According to the indictment, Dr. Roy and hisco-conspirators, for years, ran a well-oiled fraudulent enterprise in the Dallas area, making millions byrecruiting thousands of patients for unnecessary services, and billing Medicare for those services. InDallas, and the eight other Medicare Fraud Strike Force cities, the Criminal Division and our partners inthe U.S. Attorneys’ Offices will continue to crack down on Medicare fraud, and hold accountable thosestealing from the public fisc.”

“Fraud schemes, like the one we allege Dr. Roy executed, represent the next wave of Medicare and

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Medicaid crime that we face,” said U.S. Attorney Saldaña. “As enforcement actions have ramped up, notonly in the Dallas Metroplex, but in several other areas throughout the country, fraudsters are devisingnew ways to beat the system. Rest assured, however, that with the tools and resources our district’sMedicare Care Fraud Strike Force provides, we will meet this challenge head-on and bring indictmentsagainst those who seek to defraud these critical programs, and you, the taxpayer.”

“Using sophisticated data analysis we can now target suspicious billing spikes,” said HHS InspectorGeneral Levinson. “In this case, our analysts discovered that in 2010, while 99 percent of physicians whocertified patients for home health signed off on 104 or fewer people—Dr. Roy certified more than 5,000.”

“The FBI views health care fraud as a severe crime problem,” said FBI Special Agent in Charge Casey. “Itcauses increased costs for consumers, tax payers and health insurance plans, and degrades the integrity ofour health care system and legitimate patient care. Today’s arrests by the Dallas Medicare Fraud StrikeForce send a clear message to those persons who are not only defrauding our federal Medicare andMedicaid and private health insurance programs, but victimizing the elderly, the disadvantaged, and thosewho are at a vulnerable time in their lives due to legitimate health issues. The FBI will continue todedicate a substantial amount of expert resources to investigate these crimes.”

The indictment alleges that Dr. Roy used HHAs as recruiters so that Medistat could bill unnecessary homevisits and medical services. Dr. Roy and other Medistat physicians certified and recertified plans of care sothat HHAs also were able to bill Medicare for home health services that were not medically necessary andnot provided. In addition, Dr. Roy allegedly performed unnecessary home visits and ordered unnecessarymedical services.

According to the indictment, Medistat maintained a “485 Department,” named for the number of theMedicare form on which the plan of care was documented. Dr. Roy allegedly instructed Medistatemployees to complete the 485s by either signing his name by hand or by using his electronic signature onthe document.

Three of the HHAs Dr. Roy used as part of the scheme were Apple of Your Eye Healthcare Services Inc.,owned and operated by Stiger and Veasey; Ultimate Care Home Health Services Inc., owned and operatedby Cyprian and Patricia Akamnonu; and Charry Home Care Services Inc., owned and operated by Eleda.According to the indictment, Veasey, Akamnonu, Eleda and others recruited beneficiaries to be placed attheir HHAs so that they could bill Medicare for the unnecessary and not provided services. As part of herrole in the scheme, Eleda allegedly visited The Bridge Homeless Shelter in Dallas to recruit homelessbeneficiaries staying at the facility, paying recruiters $50 per beneficiary they found at The Bridge anddirected to Eleda’s vehicle parked outside the shelter’s gates.

Apple allegedly submitted claims to Medicare from Jan. 1, 2006, through July 31, 2011, totaling$9,157,646 for home health services to Medicare beneficiaries that were medically unnecessary and notprovided. Dr. Roy or another Medistat physician certified the services. From Jan. 1, 2006, to Aug. 31,2011, Ultimate submitted claims for medically unnecessary home health services totaling $43,184,628.Charry allegedly submitted fraudulent claims from Aug. 1, 2008, to June 30, 2011, totaling $468,858 inmedically unnecessary and not provided home health services.

The indictment alleges that Sivils, as Medistat’s office manager, helped facilitate the fraud scheme by,among other actions, supervising the processing of thousands of plans of care that contained Dr. Roy’selectronic signature and other Medistat physicians’ signatures, permitting HHAs to bill Medicare forunnecessary home health services and accepting cash payments from Cyprian Akamnonu in exchange forensuring plans of care contained Dr. Roy or another Medistat physician’s signature.

As outlined in the government’s request to the court to detain Dr. Roy, in June 2011, CMS suspendedprovider numbers for Dr. Roy and Medistat based on credible allegations of fraud, thus ensuring Dr. Roydid not receive payment from Medicare. Immediately after the suspension, nearly all of Medistat’semployees started billing Medicare under the provider number for Medcare HouseCalls. The courtdocument alleges that Dr. Roy was in fact in charge of day-to-day operations at Medcare, and that Dr.Roy continued to certify patients for home health despite the suspension.

Each charged count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and substantive health care fraud carries amaximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Each false statement charge carries amaximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The indictment also seeks forfeiture ofnumerous items including funds in bank accounts, a sailboat, vehicles, and multiple pieces of property.

An indictment is merely an allegation and defendants are presumed innocent unless and until provenguilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Michael C. Elliott, Mindy Sauter, and JohnDeLaGarza of the Northern District of Texas and Trial Attorney Ben O’Neil and Deputy Chief Sam S.Sheldon of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section. The case was investigated by the FBI, HHS-OIG, andMFCU and was brought as part of the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, supervised by the Criminal Division’sFraud Section and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas.

Since their inception in March 2007, Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations in nine locations havecharged more than 1,190 defendants who collectively have falsely billed the Medicare program for morethan $3.6 billion.

To learn more about the HEAT Strike Force, please visit: www.stopmedicarefraud.gov.

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FBI — Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against 36 Individuals for Participating in $279 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme

http://www.fbi.gov/newyork/press-releases/2012/manhattan-u.s.-attorney-announces-charges-against-36-individuals-for-participating-in-279-million-health-care-fraud-scheme[2012/03/03 11:38:43]


Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against36 Individuals for Participating in $279 Million Health

Care Fraud Scheme Largest No-Fault Automobile Insurance Fraud Case

Charged to Date Includes 10 Doctors and Three Lawyers;Charges Also Include Racketeering and Money

Laundering

U.S. Attorney’s OfficeFebruary 29, 2012

Southern District of New York(212) 637-2600

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Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Janice K. Fedarcyk, theAssistant Director in Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”); andRaymond W. Kelly, the Police Commissioner of the City of New York (“NYPD”), announced today theunsealing of charges against 36 defendants involved in a systematic scheme to defraud private insurancecompanies of more than $279 million under New York’s no-fault automobile insurance law. Theindictment includes racketeering charges against eight members and associates of a criminal organizationconsisting primarily of individuals of Russian descent who were the owners and controllers of fraudulentmedical clinics (the “No Fault Organization”), as well as 10 licensed doctors and three attorneys. Thealleged scheme identified today is the largest single no-fault automobile insurance fraud ever charged, andthe first case of its kind to allege violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations(“RICO”) Act.

All of the defendants were arrested this morning in connection with today’s charges. Thirty-five weretaken into custody in New York and New Jersey and will be presented and arraigned in Manhattan federalcourt before U.S. Magistrate Judge Theodore H. Katz later this afternoon. One defendant was arrested inDuluth, Minnesota and will be presented tomorrow in federal court in the District of Minnesota.

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said: “Today’s charges expose a colossal criminal trifecta, as thefraud’s tentacles simultaneously reached into the medical system, the legal system, and the insurancesystem, pulling out cash to fund the defendants’ lavish lifestyles. As alleged, the scheme relied on a cadreof corrupt doctors who essentially peddled their medical licenses like a corner fraudster might sell fakeIDs, except those medical licenses allowed unlawful entry, not to a club or a bar, but to a multi-billion-dollar pool of insurance proceeds.”

FBI Assistant Director in Charge Janice K. Fedarcyk said: “Our investigation uncovered a pattern oflucrative fraud exploiting New York’s no-fault auto insurance system to the tune of more than a quarter-of-a-billion dollars. The criminal enterprise, while it lasted, was obscenely profitable. The scheme not onlyunjustly enriched the defendants and defrauded insurance companies. Auto insurance fraud is also acrime that indirectly victimizes every driver in New York.”

NYPD Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said: “Our undercover officers were treated like thousands ofother ‘patients’ receiving therapy, tests, and medical equipment they didn’t need. I want to congratulatethe U.S. Attorney’s Office and the agents and detectives assigned to the joint FBI-NYPD Organized CrimeTask Force for bringing this investigation to a successful conclusion.”

The following allegations are based on the unsealed indictment and other documents filed today inManhattan federal court:

Under New York state law, every vehicle registered in the state is required to have no-fault automobileinsurance, which enables the driver and passengers of a registered and insured vehicle to obtain benefitsof up to $50,000 per person for injuries sustained in an automobile accident, regardless of fault (the “No-Fault Law”). The No-Fault Law requires prompt payment for medical treatment, thereby obviating theneed for claimants to file personal injury lawsuits in order to be reimbursed. Under the No-Fault Law,patients can assign their right to reimbursement from an insurance company to others, including medicalclinics that provide treatment for their injuries. New York state law also requires that all medical clinics inthe state be incorporated, owned, operated, and/or controlled by a licensed medical practitioner in orderto be eligible for reimbursement under the No-Fault Law. Insurance companies will not honor claims formedical treatments from a medical clinic that is not actually owned, operated, and/or controlled by alicensed medical practitioner.

From at least 2007 through 2012, the No-Fault Organization has engaged in a massive and sophisticatedscheme to defraud automobile insurance companies of hundreds of millions of dollars by, among otherthings, creating and operating medical clinics that provided unnecessary and excessive medical treatmentsin order to take advantage of the No-Fault Law. In order to mislead New York authorities and privateinsurers, the true owners of these medical clinics (“Clinic Controllers”), almost all of whom were also

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members and associates of a criminal organization consisting primarily of individuals of Russian descent,paid licensed medical practitioners, including doctors, to use their licenses to incorporate the professionalcorporations, through which the medical clinics billed the private insurers for the bogus medicaltreatments. These doctors effectively operated as “straw owners” of the clinics.

The Clinic Controllers paid thousands of dollars in kickbacks to runners who recruited automobileaccident passengers to receive medically unnecessary treatments from the no-fault clinics. They alsoinstructed the clinic doctors/straw owners to prescribe excessive and unwarranted referrals for various“modality treatments” for every patient they saw. The treatments included physical therapy, acupuncture,and chiropractic treatments—as many as five times per week for each—and treatments for psychology,neurology, orthopedics, and audiology. Clinic doctors also prescribed unnecessary MRI’s, x-rays,orthopedics, and medical supplies. The Clinic Controllers received thousands of dollars in kickbacks forpatient referrals from the owners of the modality clinics (“Modality Controllers”), who were members andassociates of the same criminal organization to which the members of the No-Fault Organization andClinic Controllers belonged.

The Clinic Controllers also referred patients to personal injury lawyers who filed bogus lawsuits on behalfof the patients and coached them on what injuries to claim in order to get as many treatments as possible.The personal injury lawyers also paid the Clinic Controllers thousands of dollars in kickbacks for thesereferrals.

In order to conceal and disguise the millions of dollars in claims paid by the automobile insurancecompanies, the members of the No-Fault Organization laundered the money through shell companies andcorrupt check-cashing services. Often, checks would be written from the No-Fault or Modality Clinics withthe payee line left blank, and in amounts less than $10,000 in order to avoid potential financial institutionreporting requirements and other scrutiny. The checks were then cashed through check-cashers whomade the checks payable to shell companies they controlled in order to conceal the true nature andpurpose of the checks. The cash was then returned to members of the No-Fault Organization to fundkickbacks and for their personal use. At other times, the members and associates of the No-FaultOrganization paid themselves through their own shell companies and then used the criminal proceeds tofund expensive vacations and to purchase luxury goods.

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A chart identifying each defendant, the charges, and the maximum penalties, is below. The case isassigned to U.S. District Judge J. Paul Oetken.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara thanked the FBI and the NYPD for their work in the 18-month investigation,which he noted is ongoing. Mr. Bharara also thanked the National Insurance Crime Bureau and theinvestigative units of the insurance companies that provided invaluable assistance with the investigation,as well as the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.

The case is being prosecuted by the office’s Organized Crime Unit. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Daniel S.Goldman, Nicholas L. McQuaid and Carolina Fornos are in charge of the prosecution. Assistant U.S.Attorney Jason L. Cowley of the office’s Asset Forfeiture Unit is responsible for the forfeiture of assets.

The charges contained in the indictment are merely accusations, and the defendants are presumedinnocent unless and until proven guilty.

- Prepared remarks of ADIC Fedarcyk at press conference

Count Charge Maximum Penalty

Count one RICO conspiracy (mail fraud and money laundering) 20 years

Count two Conspiracy to commit health care fraud 10 years

Count three Conspiracy to commit mail fraud 20 years

Count four Conspiracy to commit money laundering 20 years

Defendant Age/ResidenceAlleged Role in the

SchemeCharges

MaximumPenalty

MikhailZemlyansky

35/Hewlett, NYClinic/modalitycontroller

Counts one, two,three, four

70 years

MichaelDanilovich

38/Brooklyn, NYClinic/modalitycontroller


70 years

Yuriy Zayonts40/Staten Island,NY

Clinic/modalitycontroller


70 years

MikhailKremerman

41/Staten Island,NY



70 years

Matthew Conroy 42/Melville, NY AttorneyCounts one, two,three, four

70 years

MichaelBarukhin

32/Brooklyn, NYClinic/modalitycontroller


70 years

MikhailOstrumsky

42/Brooklyn/NY Clinic controllerCounts one, two,three, four

70 years

Boris Treysler 42/Brooklyn/NY Clinic controllerCounts one, two,three, four

70 years

Andrey Anikeyev 37/Fort Lee, NJ Modality controllerCounts two, three,four

50 years

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VladimirGrinberg

35/Staten Island,NY

Modality controllerCounts two, three,four

50 years

VladislavZaretskiy

40/Staten Island,NY


Counts two, three,four

50 years

YevgeniyShuman

33/Brooklyn, NY Clinic managerCounts two, three,four

50 years

DmitrySlobodyansky

41/Brooklyn, NY Modality controllerCounts two, three,four

50 years

AlexanderSandler

57/East Brunswick,NJ

Clinic controller Counts two, three 30 years

GregoryMikhalov

56/Brooklyn, NY Modality controller Counts two, three 30 years

Michael Morgan33/PortWashington, NY

Modality controller Counts two, three 30 years

Mark Danilovich 60/Brooklyn, NY Modality controller Counts two, three 30 years

Jeffrey Lereah 56/Suffern, NY Modality manager Counts two, three 30 years

Dmitry Lipis 44/Brooklyn, NY Clinic manager Counts two, three 30 years

Lynda Tadder 34/Brooklyn, NY Clinic manager Counts two, three 30 years

Maria Diglio 47/Garden City, NY Attorney Counts two, three 30 years

Sol Naimark 53/Flushing, NY Attorney Counts two, three 30 years

Sergey Gabinsky 54/Brooklyn, NY Doctor Counts two, three 30 years

TatyanaGabinskaya

57/Brooklyn, NY Doctor Counts two, three 30 years

Joseph Vitoulis42/Valley Stream,NY

Doctor Counts two, three 30 years

LaurettaGrzegorczyk

64/Staten Island,NY


Eva Gateva 48/Bronx, NY Doctor Counts two, three 30 years

Zuheir Said 64/Bronx, NY Doctor Counts two, three 30 years

David Thomas42/HopewellJunction/NY


Billy Geris 53/Morganville, NJ Doctor Counts two, three 30 years

Mark Shapiro 46/Brooklyn, NY Doctor Counts two, three 30 years

Robert DellaBadia

72/South Salem, NY Doctor Counts two, three 30 years

Michelle Glick 33/Duluth, MNAcupuncturepractitioner

Counts two, three 30 years

Pavel Poznansky 52/Brooklyn, NYAcupuncturepractitioner

Counts two, three 30 years

ChadGreenshner

45/Flushing, NY Chiropractic practitioner Counts two, three 30 years

ConstantineVoytenko

40/Brooklyn, NY Chiropractic practitioner Counts two, three 30 years

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FBI — Australian Man and His Firm Indicted in Plot to Export Restricted Military and Other U.S. Technology to Iran

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WASHINGTON—An Australian man and his company have been indicted today by a federal grand jury inthe District of Columbia for conspiring to export sensitive military and other technology from the UnitedStates to Iran, including components with applications in missiles, drones, torpedoes, and helicopters.

The five-count indictment charges David Levick, 50, an Australian national, and his company, ICMComponents Inc., located in Thorleigh, Australia, each with one count of conspiracy to defraud the UnitedStates and to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and the Arms ExportControl Act; as well as four counts of illegally exporting goods to an embargoed nation in violation ofIEEPA; and forfeiture of at least $199,227.41.

The indictment was announced by Lisa Monaco, Assistant Attorney General for National Security; RonaldC. Machen Jr., U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia; John J. McKenna, Special Agent in Charge ofthe Commerce Department’s Office of Export Enforcement Boston Field Office; James W. McJunkin,Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office; Kathryn Feeney, Resident Agent inCharge of the Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS) Resident Agency in New Haven, Connecticut;and Bruce M. Foucart, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE)Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Boston.

Levick, who is the general manager of ICM Components, remains at large and is believed to be inAustralia. If convicted, Levick faces a potential maximum sentence of five years in prison for theconspiracy count and 20 years in prison for each count of violating IEEPA.

According to the indictment, beginning as early as March 2007 and continuing through around March 15,2009, Levick and ICM solicited purchase orders from a representative of a trading company in Iran forU.S.-origin aircraft parts and other goods. This person in Iran, referenced in the charges as “Iranian A,”also operated and controlled companies in Malaysia that acted as intermediaries for the Iranian tradingcompany.

The indictment alleges that Levick and ICM then placed orders with U.S. companies on behalf of IranianA for aircraft parts and other goods that Iranian A could not have directly purchased from the UnitedStates without U.S. government permission. Among the items the defendants allegedly sought to procurefrom the United States are the following:

VG-34 Series Miniature Vertical Gyroscopes. These are aerospace products used to measureprecisely and/or maintain control of pitch and roll in applications such as helicopter flight systems,target drones, missiles, torpedoes, and remotely piloted vehicles. They are classified as defensearticles by the U.S. government and may not be exported from the United States without a licensefrom the State Department or exported to Iran without a license from the Treasury Department.

K2000 Series Servo Actuators designed for use on aircraft. The standard Servo Actuator is designedto be used for throttle, nose wheel steering, and most flight control surfaces. High-torque ServoActuators are designed to be used for providing higher torque levels for applications such as flapsand landing gear retraction. These items are classified as defense articles by the U.S. governmentand may not be exported from the United States without a license from the State Department orexported to Iran without a license from the Treasury Department.Precision Pressure Transducers. These are sensor devices that have a wide variety of applications inthe avionics industry, among others, and can be used for altitude measurements, laboratory testing,measuring instrumentations, and recording barometric pressure. These items may not be exportedto Iran without a license from the Treasury Department.Emergency Floatation System Kits. These kits contained landing gear, float bags, compositecylinder, and a complete electrical installation kit. Such float kits were designed for use on Bell 206helicopters to assist the helicopter when landing in either water or soft desert terrain. These itemsmay not be exported to Iran without a license from the Treasury Department.Shock Mounted Light Assemblies. These items are packages of lights and mounting equipmentdesigned for high vibration use and which can be used on helicopters and other fixed wing aircraft.These items may not be exported to Iran without a license from the Treasury Department.

According to the charges, Levick and ICM, when necessary, used a broker in Florida to place orders for

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these goods with U.S. firms to conceal that they were intended for transshipment to Iran. The defendantsalso concealed the final end-use and end-users of the goods from manufacturers, distributors, shippers,and freight forwarders in the United States and elsewhere, as well as from U.S. Customs and BorderProtection. To further conceal their efforts, the defendants structured payments between each other forthe goods to avoid restrictions on Iranian financial institutions by other countries.

The indictment further alleges that Levick and ICM wired money to companies located in the UnitedStates as payment for these restricted goods. Levick, ICM, and other members of the conspiracy neverobtained the required licenses from the Treasury or State Department for the export of any of these goodsto Iran, according to the charges.

In addition to the conspiracy allegations, the indictment charges the defendants with exporting orattempting to export four specific shipments of goods from the United States to Iran in violation ofIEEPA. These include a shipment of 10 shock mounted light assemblies on Jan. 27, 2007; a shipment offive precision pressure transducers on Dec. 20, 2007; a shipment of 10 shock mounted light assemblies onMarch 17, 2008; and a shipment of one emergency floatation system kit on June 24, 2008.

This investigation was jointly conducted by agents of the Department of Commerce Office of ExportEnforcement, FBI, DCIS and ICE-HSI. The prosecution is being handled by Assistant U.S. Attorneys JohnW. Borchert and Ann Petalas of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia; and Trial AttorneyJonathan C. Poling of the Counterespionage Section of the Justice Department’s National SecurityDivision.

The public is reminded that an indictment contains mere allegations. Defendants are presumed innocentunless and until proven guilty in a court of law.

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FBI Boston Asks for the Public’s Help to LocateFugitive John Joseph Hartin, Who is Wanted for

Crimes Against Children Up to $25,000 Reward Offered for Information Leadingto His Arrest; Hartin Should be Considered Armed and

Dangerous

FBI BostonFebruary 27, 2012

Special Agent Greg Comcowich(617) 223-6110

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BOSTON—The Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Division, is asking for the public’s assistancelocating John Joseph Hartin, who has been a fugitive for nearly 18 years.

The FBI is offering up to a $25,000 reward for information leading to his arrest.

Mr. Hartin is wanted for allegedly abusing two youngchildren he befriended in the Boston, Massachusettsarea. After an investigation by the Boston PoliceDepartment, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Officecharged Mr. Hartin in 1993 with five counts of statutoryrape of a child. A federal arrest warrant was issued forMr. Hartin on December 18, 1997 charging him withunlawful flight to avoid prosecution (UFAP).

Mr. Hartin is a white male, 42 years old, and 5’8” tall. Atthe time of his disappearance, he weighed 200 pounds,with brown hair and brown eyes, and worked as asecurity guard. He studied graphic and computer arts incollege and was a lifelong Dorchester, Massachusettsresident until he fled. Mr. Hartin should be consideredarmed and dangerous.

“John Hartin has been on the run for 18 years, much toolong for the victims of his alleged crimes. We ask anyonewith information as to Mr. Hartin’s whereabouts toplease call 1-800-CALL-FBI or their local FBI office,”said Special Agent Kristina Norris.

The FBI is using both social and traditional media togenerate tips from the public. Combining the reach andpower of all media platforms with alert citizens is asuccessful formula for identifying and locating suspects.For the first time, the Boston Division is using limitedFacebook ads to search for a fugitive.

The FBI produced and distributed a “Wanted by the FBI” radio podcast which aired across the country. Itwas played on a local Boston station, which led to a radio news story highlighting the FBI’s search efforts.

Mr. Hartin was also featured on a local Boston “Most Wanted” television news program. Digital billboardsfeaturing Mr. Hartin’s photo will also be utilized in the Boston, Orlando and Tampa, Florida areas. Boththe Facebook ads and digital billboards will run for one week starting February 27, 2012.

Through the use of the FBI’s own Twitter and Facebook account, the 433,000 combined followers werealerted of the FBI’s search for Mr. Hartin. Followers can link to the radio podcast on their Facebookaccounts or re-tweet the information on Twitter.

For more information regarding John Joseph Hartin please go to FBI.gov/Boston or click on the followinglinks.

“Wanted by the FBI” Poster: http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/cac/john-j.-hartin“Wanted by the FBI” Radio Podcast: http://www.fbi.gov/news/podcasts/wanted/john-joseph-hartin/view

Anyone with information regarding Mr. Hartin is asked to call 1-800-CALL-FBI or the nearest local FBIfield office. Anyone overseas is asked to call the nearest American Embassy or Consulate.

The details contained in the charging documents are allegations. The defendant is presumed to beinnocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

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Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution - Rape of a Child

JOHN J. HARTIN

Photograph takenin 1989

Photograph takenin 1989

Photograph ageprogressed to 42

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Aliases:John Hartin, John Joseph Hartin

DESCRIPTIONDate(s) of Birth Used: January 22, 1970Place of Birth: MassachusettsHeight: 5'8"Weight: 200 poundsNCIC: W045762331Occupation: Security Guard

Hair: Dark BrownEyes: BrownSex: MaleRace: WhiteNationality: American

Remarks: Hartin studied graphic and computer arts in college.

CAUTIONJohn J. Hartin is wanted for allegedly abusing two young boys, approximately eight and nine years old, whom he hadbefriended in the Boston, Massachusetts, area in 1993. After being charged locally with five counts of statutory rape of achild, a federal arrest warrant was issued for Hartin on December 18, 1997, in Boston, Massachusetts, and he wascharged with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.

REWARDThe FBI is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to the arrest of John J. Hartin.

SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS

ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONListen to the FBI Podcast about John J. Hartin

If you have any information concerning this person, please contact your local FBI office or the nearest AmericanEmbassy or Consulate.

Field Office: Boston

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FBI — JOHN J. HARTIN

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FBI — Three Individuals Charged with 1998 Racially Motivated Murders of Two Men in Las Vegas

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Three Individuals Charged with 1998 RaciallyMotivated Murders of Two Men in Las Vegas


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WASHINGTON—The Justice Department announced today that Ross Hack, 40, Leland Jones, 31, andMelissa Hack, 37, have been charged with first-degree murder and firearms offenses in relation to the1998 deaths of Lin Newborn and Daniel Shersty. The murders took place on land owned and managed bythe Federal Bureau of Land Management within the Las Vegas northwest valley.

According to the indictment, which was unsealed today, between on or about July 3 and July 4, 1998,Ross Hack, Leland Jones, Melissa Hack, and others not named in the indictment allegedly aided andabetted each other in the premeditated shooting and killing of the two victims. The government expects tointroduce evidence at trial that the defendants were affiliated or associated with racist neo-Nazi“skinhead” groups at the time of the murders, and that Newborn, who was African-American, andShersty, who was white, were members of the Anti-Racist Action Group, which is also known as theSkinheads Against Racial Prejudice (SHARPS). Both victims were in their 20s at the time of their deaths.

A third man, John Butler, was convicted of the murders of Newborn and Shersty by the Clark CountyDistrict Attorney’s Office in 2000 and is serving two consecutive life sentences in state prison.

“This case demonstrates that the Department of Justice will be vigilant in working to ensure that everyperpetrator of racially motivated violence is brought to justice,” said Thomas E. Perez, Assistant AttorneyGeneral for the Civil Rights Division. “I commend the partnership between federal and local lawenforcement agencies that led to the charges in this indictment and for continuing to investigatecircumstances surrounding the victims’ deaths.”

“I commend the law enforcement agents and detectives for their persistence and efforts in thisinvestigation,” said Daniel G. Bogden, U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada. “We will pursue theprosecution of these defendants with equal vigor.”

“This week’s indictments and arrests in the brutal murders of Daniel Shertsy and Lin Newborn would nothave been possible without the extraordinary effort and dedication of the FBI agents, Metro detectives,and DOJ prosecutors who have worked on this matter,” said Kevin Favreau, FBI Special Agent in Chargein Las Vegas. “Even though it was difficult, and it took a very long time to fully investigate, the FBI andMetro never gave up on this case. And with the support of outstanding prosecutors from the U.S.Attorney’s Office and the DOJ’s Civi

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