Colleen R. LaRose, of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, was charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, conspiracy to kill in a foreign country, making false statements to a government official, and attempted identity theft. Find out more about this topic. Go to the link.

Jesse Todd Thompson, of Lubbock, Texas, pled guilty in Portland, Oregon to the felony offense of interference with a flight crew in connection with an incident that occurred on a Southwest Airlines flight from Kansas City to Portland. Use the link in the article title to view the entire news article.

Gregory A. Stinson, of Madras, Oregon, who had been a detective with the Warm Springs Police Department for 13 years, was sentenced to three months in prison and ordered to pay restitution for stealing nearly $5,000 from the department, which is an Indian tribal organization. Jump to this feature by clicking the title.

Eight members and associates of the Colombo organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra were charged variously with racketeering conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy, extortion, and embezzlement of union benefit funds. Find out more about this topic. Go to the link.

Vincent Delazzero and Ralph Petrillo, the owners of two of the largest marble and stone contracting companies in the New York metropolitan area, pled guilty to participating in a tax fraud scheme designed to evade taxes on profits made from a collusive bidding scheme in which both participated. Get more information on this topic by clicking on the link.

Five executives of an investment management company previously headquartered in Uniondale, New York, all of whom also held leadership positions in a Forest Hills, New York church, admitted to their roles in a securities fraud scheme that defrauded investors out of approximately $10 million. For additional details, please follow the link contained in the title.

Scott Edward Whitney, an inmate at the Herlong Federal Correctional Institution in California, was sentenced to an additional seven years and three months in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud the IRS by filing false income tax returns. Read the whole article for full details

James Terry Brinley, of Millington, Tennessee, pled guilty to operating a Ponzi scheme through which he defrauded investors of approximately $3.5 million. Read more about this news.

Three former owners and employees of two different video relay service companies pled guilty to conspiring to defraud the Federal Communications Commission's Video Relay Service program of more than $2.5 million. Read the whole article for full details

Paul Mayotte, of Brookfield, Connecticut, the former chief financial officer of a real estate investment firm, was sentenced to four years of probation for conspiring with real estate developer Richard Girouard to defraud an investor out of money. Read more about this news.