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Philadelphia Media Coordinator
Special Agent J.J. Klaver
Phone: (215) 418-4417
Fax: (215) 418-4476

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2008 Press Releases

11/25/08 Carbon County Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 100 Months in Prison
11/24/08 William “Billy” D’Elia Sentenced to 108 Months’ Imprisonment for Money Laundering Conspiracy and Witness Tampering
11/24/08 Pittston Woman Sentenced to 37 Months in Federal Prison for Defrauding Individuals Through a Phony Investment Scheme
11/20/08 Seeking Public Assistance in Citizens Bank Branch Robbery
11/18/08 Pittston Man Sentenced to Seven Years for Receiving Child Pornography
11/17/08 Two Charged with Illegal Trading with Iran
11/17/08 Seeking Public Assistance in Locating Armored Car Robber
11/14/08 Anderton Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Identity Theft Scheme
11/12/08 Director’s Community Leadership Award Presented to James J. Binns
11/06/08 PNC Bank Robbed
11/06/08 Seeking Public Assistance in Locating Daniel P. Magee
11/06/08 Seeking Public Assistance in Locating Timothy L. Kravel
11/05/08 Franklin County Man Sentenced to 120 Months in Prison for Possession of Child Pornography
11/03/08 Beneficial Savings Bank Robbed
11/03/08 Co-Founder of Datavision Charged With Conspiracy
11/03/08 Camden Man Arrested on Federal Charges for Illegally Trafficking in Firearms
10/27/08 Assistant Vice President Sentenced to 33 Months in Prison for Defrauding the South Jersey Federal Credit Union
10/20/08 Citizens Bank Robbed
10/17/08 California Woman Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Identity Theft Scheme
10/14/08 PNC Bank Robbed
10/14/08 Philadelphia Armed Robbery Charges
10/14/08 Atlanta Woman Charged with Mortgage Fraud for Purchasing Luzerne County Properties
10/14/08 FBI, USAO, SEPARTF to Host Agro-Terrorism Exercise
10/10/08 Pike County Man Indicted For Mortgage Fraud
10/09/08 Robbery of Wachovia Bank
10/08/08 Four Charged in Grocery Store Robbery
10/06/08 Leader of Asylum Fraud Conspiracy Pleads Guilty
10/06/08 Two Philadelphia Men Charged with Bank Fraud
10/06/08 Pennsauken Man Sentenced to 72 Months in Federal Prison for Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy
10/01/08 Lackawanna County Man Pleads Guilty to Mortgage Fraud
10/01/08 Philadelphia Man Charged with Multiple Armed Robberies
09/30/08 Two Men Charged with Fraud Scheme in Connection with Stealing Identities of More Than 234 Persons
09/29/08 Robbery of Wachovia Bank
09/25/08 PNC Bank Robbed
09/20/08 Serial Bank Robbers Hit Again
09/19/08 Armed Robber Fails to Open Account Before Making a Withdrawal
09/18/08 PSU-Harrisburg Student Sentenced After Making Threats on MySpace
09/11/08 Monroe County Man Sentenced to 63 Months for Drug Trafficking
09/09/08 Robbery of Citizens Bank
09/08/08 Billboards Announce Armed Robbery of a Corner Store Could Get You 25 Years in Prison
09/05/08 Philadelphia Export Company and Employees Indicted for Paying Bribes to Foreign Officials
09/04/08 Former Vice President of Boeing Helicopters Credit Union and Seven Others Charged in Loan Fraud Scheme
09/02/08 Robbery of Wachovia Bank
09/02/08 Robbery of Citizens Bank
09/02/08 Allentown Woman Sentenced to 70 Months in Prison for Participating in Cocaine and Crack Conspiracy
08/30/08 Robbery of Commerce Bank
08/28/08 President Of Highway Construction Firm Pleads Guilty to $121 Million Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Fraud
08/28/08 Woman Who Let Drug Dealers Use Her Apartment Sentenced to 70 Months in Prison
08/27/08 "Hard Headed Bandit" Robs Citizens Bank
08/21/08 Scranton Man Sentenced to Five Years for Receiving Child Pornography
08/21/08 Maryland Man Charged with Using Internet to Lure Minors for Sex and Attempting to Produce Child Pornography
08/18/08 Federal Indictment Unsealed Charging Five Individuals with Distributing More Than a Kilogram of Heroin
08/15/08 Danville Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Using Internet to Attempt to Persuade Minor to Have Sex
08/15/08 Heroin Dealer Sentenced to 102 Months' Imprisonment
08/15/08 Internet Predator Who Also Trafficked in Child Pornography Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison
08/14/08 Robbery of the Third Federal Bank
08/14/08 Man Charged with Credit Union and Bank Robberies
08/13/08 Former State Department Employee Charged with Security Breach
08/13/08 Lackawanna County Man Admits to Receiving Child Pornography
08/11/08 Robbery of PNC Bank
08/11/08 Robbery of the Third Federal Bank
08/08/08 Former Pleasantville School Board President and Former Board Member Sentenced to Prison Terms for Extortion
08/06/08 Wilkes-Barre Man Charged with Bank and Credit Union Robberies
08/05/08 Council Member's Chief of Staff, Real Estate Developers, and Attorney Charged with Corruption
08/04/08 Crack Cocaine Dealer Sentenced to 46 Months Imprisonment
08/04/08 Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Ten Years Imprisonment
07/30/08 Robbery of Conestoga Bank
07/30/08 Robbery of Commerce Bank
07/29/08 M.O.B. Boys Drug Set Manager Sentenced to 200 Months in Federal Prison
07/28/08 Robbery of Bank of America
07/25/08 Man Charged with Acting as Unregistered Agent of Iran and Violating U.S. Sanctions on Iran
07/24/08 FBI Collectibles Display One of the Most Popular Exhibits at Open House
07/23/08 Heroin Dealer Sentenced to Nine Years Imprisonment
07/23/08 Second Superseding Indictment Returned in Carbon County Drug Case
07/21/08 Former Television News Anchor Charged with Computer Crime
07/21/08 Pennsylvania State Police Intelligence Center Certified by the FBI
07/21/08 Dentist Sentenced to 120 Months in Prison for Multi-Million Dollar Mortgage Fraud
07/18/08 Step Up to the Plate: Strike Out Violence
07/18/08 Carbon County Drug Dealer Sentenced to 115 Months in Prison
07/15/08 Opening Our Doors for the FBI's 100th Anniversary
07/11/08 Camden Man Sentenced to 41 Months in Prison for Illegal Possession of Firearms
07/11/08 Law Enforcement Seeking Public Assistance in Robbery of Mayfair Credit Union
07/10/08 FBI Seeking Public Assistance
07/03/08 State Trooper Indicted Following Joint FBI-State Police Public Corruption/Prostitution Investigation
07/03/08 Luzerne County Man Charged with Receiving Child Pornography
07/02/08 New Jersey Man Indicted on Armed Bank Robbery Charges
07/01/08 Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Ten Years Imprisonment
06/30/08 FBI Seeking Public Assistance
06/27/08 Two-Day Public Open House
06/23/08 Missing Painting - Fairmont Water Works
06/23/08 Allentown Woman Sentenced to 92 Months in Prison for Participating in Cocaine and Crack Conspiracy
06/23/08 Carbon County Woman Sentenced to 76 Months in Prison for Allowing Drug Dealers to Sell From Her Home
06/23/08 Camden County Man Pleads Guilty to Scheme to Defraud Investors of Millions of Dollars
06/20/08 Assistant Vice President Admits Defrauding the South Jersey Federal Credit Union
06/19/08 Philadelphia Man Sentenced to 115 Years in Federal Prison for Committing String of Armed Bank Robberies
06/18/08 Incognito Bandit Identified and Arrested
06/13/08 White Haven Man Charged with Receiving Child Pornography
06/13/08 Scranton Man Charged with Possessing Child Pornography
06/13/08 Paul R. Weakley Sentenced to Life in Prison for RICO Conspiracy
06/11/08 Monroe County Drug Dealer Sentenced to Five Years in Prison
06/06/08 Carbon County Drug Dealer Sentenced to Five Years in Prison
06/06/08 Leader of M.O.B. Boys Sentenced to 360 Months in Federal Prison for Powder and Crack Cocaine Distribution
06/06/08 Camden Man Sentenced to 78 Months in Federal Prison for Credit Card and Counterfeit Check Schemes
06/05/08 Bloomsburg Man Pleads Guilty to Receiving Child Pornography
06/04/08 The Philadelphia Division's New Website
06/04/08 York County Man Pleads Guilty
06/03/08 Lehigh County Drug Dealer Sentenced to 37 Months in Prison
06/02/08 Columbia County Drug Dealer Sentenced to Three Years in Prison
06/02/08 Nanticoke Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Using Internet to Attempt to Persuade Minor to Have Sex
05/29/08 Philadelphia Bank Robbery Charges
05/29/08 Two Charged in Philadelphia Bank Robbery
05/29/08 Philadelphia Armed Bank Robbery Charges
05/29/08 Philadelphia Armed Carjacking Charges
05/29/08 Former Bank Vice-President Sentenced to 33 Months for Embezzling Nearly $400,000 from Church and Other Charitable Organizations
05/28/08 Illegal Gun Purchase Results in 18 Months’ Imprisonment for Peckville Woman
05/28/08 Scranton Man Sentenced to 151 Months in Prison for Distributing Heroin
05/27/08 Former Philadelphia Police Officer Among Three Men Charged in Home Invasion Robbery Case
05/23/08 Wachovia Securities V.P. Sentenced to 20 Months in Prison for Bank Larceny
05/22/08 Former Bank Manager Sentenced to 37 Months for Stealing Over $829,000 from Customer Accounts
05/22/08 Scranton Man Admits to Receiving Child Pornography
05/22/08 Luzerne County Woman Admits to Embezzling $300,000 from Bank
05/21/08 Philadelphia Armed Carjacking Charges
05/20/08 Scranton Man Sentenced to More Than 19 Years for Robbing Bank
05/20/08 Illegal Gun Purchases Result in 35 Months’ Imprisonment for Luzerne County Man
05/19/08 Philadelphia Electrician Admits Unlawful Payment to a Union Official
05/16/08 Seeking Information on Bank Robbery in Philadelphia
05/12/08 Couple Charged in Identity Theft Schemes
05/09/08 Armed Carjacking Charges
05/08/08 Delaware Man Charged with Threatening to Bomb Rohm & Haas
05/02/08 CEO of Electronics Companies Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud
04/25/08 National Park Borough Drug Dealer Sentenced to 96 Months in Prison
04/23/08 Nazareth Man Indicted for Four Monroe County Robberies
04/23/08 Monroe County Man Admits to Receiving Child Pornography
04/23/08 Four People from New Jersey Charged with Allegedly Robbing Lebanon County Bank
04/23/08 Harrisburg Man Indicted for Allegedly Robbing 16 Local Businesses and Banks
04/15/08 Second Former Executive Pleads Guilty to $121 Million Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Fraud and Tax Fraud Charges
04/11/08 2008 Philadelphia Man Sentenced to 120 Months in Federal Prison for Robbing 13 Pharmacies of Drugs
04/10/08 Bank Fraud and Tax Evasion Charges
04/10/08 Bank Robber Sentenced to 70 Months Imprisonment
04/09/08 Father and Son Charged in Cocaine Operation
04/09/08 Luzerne County Man Charged with Receiving Child Pornography
04/07/08 Former Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Pleads Guilty
04/07/08 Luzerne County Man Admits to Receiving Child Pornography
04/02/08 Two Plead Guilty to Tampering with Government Witnesses in Connection with
“Who’s-A-Rat”
04/02/08 Monroe County Man Sentenced to 57 Months for Drug Trafficking
03/31/08 Abdullahu Sentenced to 20 Months in Prison for Supplying Guns and Ammunition to Illegal Aliens
03/28/08 William “Billy” D’Elia Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering Conspiracy and Witness Tampering
03/20/08 Monroe County Drug Dealer Sentenced to 130 Months
03/19/08 Member of Philadelphia Organized Crime Family Sentenced to 66 Months in Prison for Interstate Travel in Aid of Racketeering
03/19/08 Two Delaware Valley Men Convicted of Committing String of Armed Bank Robberies
03/13/08 York County Man Sentenced 210 Months on Child Pornography Charges
03/12/08 Former Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Federally Charged
03/12/08 Wayne County Man Charged with Receiving Child Pornography
03/12/08 Scranton Man Charged with Receiving Child Pornography
03/12/08 Monroe County Man Sentenced to 40 Months in Prison for Illegally Possessing Firearms as a Convicted Felon
03/10/08 Luzerne County Man Admits to Using Internet to Attempt to Persuade Minor to Have Sex
02/27/08 Scranton Woman Sentenced to Prison for Aiding Bank Robber
02/21/08 Producer of Child Pornography Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison
02/20/08 Former Waste Management Employee Sentenced for Embezzlement
02/15/08 Philadelphia Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Assault and Attempted Sexual Assault Upon the Defendant’s Defense Attorney
02/13/08 Former Executive at Schuylkill Products, Inc. Pleads Guilty to $121 Million Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Fraud
02/12/08 PSU-Harrisburg Student Found Guilty in Federal Court of Making Threats on Myspace
02/08/08 Wachovia Securities V.P. Pleads Guilty to Bank Larceny Charge
02/08/08 Two Men Touting their Commitment to Drug Trafficking on You Tube Video Convicted in Federal Court
02/07/08 Waterford Man Sentenced to 120 Months in Prison for Robbing Nine Pharmacies of Drugs at Gunpoint
02/05/08 Susquehanna County Man Admits to Receiving Child Pornography
02/04/08 Owner of Gentleman’s Clubs Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion
01/31/08 Former Bank Official Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud Involving Nearly $400,000
01/24/08 Bank Robbery Charges
01/24/08 Identity Theft Charges
01/23/08 Drug Trafficking Charges
01/22/08 Mississippi Man Indicted for Attempting to Lure a Minor to Have Sex and for Transmitting Child Pornography
01/22/08 Former Williamsport Undertaker Sentenced to 78 Months in Prison for Possession of Child Pornography
01/18/08 City Employees Plead Guilty to Extortion
01/18/08 Monroe County Man Sentenced to 90 Months for Drug Trafficking
01/17/08 Armed Carjacking
01/16/08 Cocaine Distribution Charges
01/15/08 Stroudsburg Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Receiving Child Pornography
01/10/08 Carjacking Charges
01/10/08 Indictments Announced into Alleged Fraud Involving the Administration of Lackawanna County’s Workers’ Compensation Fund and Alleged Extortion and Money Laundering Involving Contracts for Maintenance at the Lackawanna County Courthouse
01/08/08 Possession of Child Pornography Charges
01/08/08 Crack Distribution Charges
01/03/08 Luzerne County Man Admits to Attempting to Lure Minor for Sex and Receiving Child Pornography