Posted on 8:37 am, Wednesday, April 2, 2014. Tags: fbi, ncmec
The unidentified individual the FBI is seeking is known only as John Doe 28. Video of the man engaging in sexually explicit activities with a young boy was discovered online in November 2012 by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), an organization that works closely with the Bureau to stop child predators.
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Posted on 8:31 pm, Thursday, August 29, 2013. Tags: aniruddha sherbow, fbi, tulsi gabbard
Hawaii 24/7 Staff A man who has been harassing and threatening Rep. Tulsi Gabbard for several years was arrested Wednesday in Mexico. The U.S. Capitol Police Chief Kim Dine and the Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington Field Office Assistant Director in Charge Valerie Parlave announced the arrest of 43-year-old Aniruddha Sherbow. Sherbow was arrested Wednesday, […]
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Posted on 9:34 pm, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Tags: fbi, methamphetamine, uiki teaupa
MEDIA RELEASE A federal jury has found Uiki Teaupa, 42, of Kona, guilty of two drug conspiracy and distribution offenses involving more than 50 grams of methamphetamine, according to the FBI. Teaupa will face a sentence of at least 10 years, and up to life imprisonment, when he is sentenced July 8 by U.S. District […]
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Posted on 1:13 am, Friday, November 30, 2012. Tags: fbi, gambling, harry kubojiri
MEDIA RELEASE Vida G. Bottom, special agent in charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Harry S. Kubojiri, police chief of the Hawaii Police Department; Kenneth J. Hines, special agent in charge of the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation; and Florence T. Nakakuni, U.S. Attorney for the District of Hawaii, announced that law enforcement officers have […]
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Posted on 5:30 am, Sunday, November 25, 2012. Tags: fbi, law enforcement deaths
MEDIA RELEASE According to the FBI, 72 law enforcement officers were feloniously killed in the line of duty in 2011. Another 53 officers died in accidents while performing their duties, and 54,774 officers were assaulted in the line of duty. Comprehensive tabular data about these incidents and brief narratives describing the fatal attacks are included […]
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Posted on 5:44 am, Tuesday, October 30, 2012. Tags: fbi, property crime, violent crime
MEDIA RELEASE According to the figures released Monday by the FBI, the estimated number of violent crimes in 2011 declined for the fifth consecutive year. Property crimes also decreased, marking the ninth straight year that the collective estimates for these offenses declined. The 2011 statistics show the estimated volumes of violent and property crimes declined […]
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Posted on 12:38 am, Friday, October 12, 2012. Tags: brian delima, child molestation, fbi, john tucker
Hawaii 24/7 Staff A Pahoa man sought by the FBI on child pornography charges was arrested Wednesday and appeared Thursday in U.S. District Court in Honolulu. John Tucker, 56, was arrested for allegedly producing and distributing child pornography in Hilo after police executed a search warrant at the bed-and-breakfast in Leilani Estates he runs with […]
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Posted on 9:23 pm, Tuesday, October 9, 2012. Tags: child sexual exploitation, fbi, vida bottom
MEDIA RELEASE Vida G. Bottom, Special Agent in Charge of the Honolulu Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), is seeking the public’s help in providing information that may identify an unknown male suspected of child sexual exploitation, possibly on the Big Island. The suspect first came to the FBI’s attention in 2010 when […]
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Posted on 7:32 am, Tuesday, July 31, 2012. Tags: fbi, fugitives
In April 2009, John and Julieann Dimitrion pled guilty to operating a fraud scheme in which they used their companies to convince distressed homeowners to relinquish their homes with the promise of improving the victims’ financial position. They promised to invest the proceeds of the home sales, but, instead, the Dimitrions used….
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Posted on 10:48 am, Tuesday, June 12, 2012. Tags: annual crime statistics, fbi
MEDIA RELEASE According to the FBI’s Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report, the nation experienced a 4.0 percent decrease in the number of violent crimes and a 0.8 percent decline in the number of property crimes in 2011 when compared with data from 2010. The report is based on information the FBI gathered from 14,009 law […]
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Posted on 12:13 pm, Tuesday, April 3, 2012. Tags: fbi, grandparent scam
MEDIA RELEASE You’re a grandparent, and you get a phone call or an e-mail from someone who identifies himself as your grandson. “I’ve been arrested in another country,†he says, “and need money wired quickly to pay my bail. And oh by the way, don’t tell my mom or dad because they’ll only get upset!†[…]
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Posted on 3:52 am, Thursday, March 22, 2012. Tags: fbi, hawaii internet safety awards
MEDIA RELEASE The FBI’s Honolulu Division has honored the Hawaii Internet Safety Awards (ISA) Program, the state’s largest Internet safety awareness program. The ISA Program began as a partnership between the Honolulu InfraGard chapter, the state Department of Education, and a variety of private sector sponsors, including Microsoft, MySpace, First Hawaiian Bank, Sprint, and others. […]
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Posted on 12:43 pm, Tuesday, March 13, 2012. Tags: fbi, scam
The Honolulu FBI has seen a recent uptick in complaints regarding this type of scam in which a job-seeker responds to an unsolicited e-mail or Internet posting seeking employees to work from home. After a brief job screening period, the worker receives a check and is ordered to negotiate the check in their bank account, […]
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Posted on 2:52 am, Wednesday, February 1, 2012. Tags: fbi, first hawaiian bank, lani ann miho
MEDIA RELEASE Lani Ann Miho, 52, has pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge J. Michael Seabright to the charge of bank embezzlement. She faces a maximum penalty of up to 30 years in prison and a fine of up to $1,000,000 when she is sentenced by Seabright on June 4, 2012. Florence T. Nakakuni, U.S. […]
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