FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending November 20, 2009

1.  Washington Field: Twenty-Six Charged in Nationwide Scheme to Defraud FCC’s Video Relay Service Program Indictments were unsealed against 26 people charged with engaging in a scheme to steal millions of dollars...

Departments of Justice News: Guantanamo Bay Detainees Forum

Departments of Justice and Defense Announce Forum Decisions for Ten Guantanamo Bay Detainees Decisions on Accused 9/11 Plotters, Alleged Mastermind of USS Cole Attack & Others  – The Departments of Justice...

Justice Department Files Fair Housing Lawsuit in Missouri

Justice Department Files Fair Housing Lawsuit in Missouri Against Owner and Managers of Federally-Subsidized Property for Race and Sex Discrimination – The Justice Department announced it has filed a lawsuit today...

Health Care Pro Sentenced To Prison For Product Tampering

Demerol Diverted at Bellevue Surgery Clinic DREA LYNNE GIBSON, 43, of Fall City, Washington, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to a year and a day in...

The “Spam King” Faces Jail in Facebook Anti-Spamming Case

Facebook awarded $711 million in damages; Accused spammer now faces criminal charges Thursday, October 29, a San Jose, CA court awarded Facebook $711 million in damages in their anti-spam case against...

Accused Al-Qaida Sleeper Agent sentenced to 8 Years in Prison

By Kane Farabaugh Accused al-Qaida sleeper agent Ali al-Marri has been sentenced to more than eight years in a civilian prison. The Qatar native was labeled an "enemy combatant and held...

Mel Gibson Cleared of All Charges

By Adam Shapiro Actor Mel Gibson’s slate was wiped clean Tuesday, when Judge Lawrence J. Mira agreed to expunge a pair of drunken driving convictions stemming from his infamous July 2006...

Travolta Back on Witness Stand to Detail Extortion Plot

Travolta explains how $25 mil blackmail went down By Adam Shapiro The alleged extortion plot against actor John Travolta and his family continued Wednesday in the Bahamas, with Travolta returning to...

Everyone Cashes in on Polanski: DA, Directors, Victim, Governments

Vultures and doves circle frequent fleer Roman Polanski By Jeffrey Jolson Like the latest Hollywood hotspot, everyone is flocking to Club Polanski, though with differing agendas. L.A. prosecutors planned Polanski arrest after learning...

Polanski Will Likely Remain in Zurich Jail While Waiting Court Decision

Director Roman Polanski’s Swiss lawyers filed a motion Tuesday asking for his release from prison while his legal proceedings play out—the first step, many say, to his avoiding extradition to...