UPDATE:
March 6, 2008
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://sanantonio.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel08/bombthreats030608.htm
WOMAN SENTENCED FOR MAKING BOMB THREATS TO AIRLINE
United States Attorney Johnny Sutton and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Ralph Diaz announced today that 36-year-old April Wormly, of Hobbs, New Mexico, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge Orlando Garcia to 24 months in federal prison for calling in a bomb hoax. She was also ordered to pay $19,761.20 in restitution.
Earlier this year the defendant pled guilty to the federal charges. By pleading guilty, she admitted that on April 21, 2007, she made numerous telephone calls to the San Antonio International Airport (SAIA) and Southwest Airlines (SWA) claiming that there was a bomb on a Southwest flight from San Antonio to Dallas. The airplane was diverted to a secure site at SAIA and removed from service. No explosives were found, but 120 passengers were delayed. Southwest incurred additional costs of $19,761.20, due to the defendant’s actions which form the basis of the restitution.
Five of the defendant’s 36 telephone calls to SWA were recorded. The defendant admitted in a signed statement to FBI agents that she did in fact make the false telephone calls and that she knew there was no bomb on the plane. Wormly stated that her motivation was to end her relationship with her sometimes boyfriend, who was a passenger on the flight; she hoped that once he discovered that she made the false calls, he would leave her alone.
This investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, San Antonio Police Department, San Antonio Airport Police, the Transportation Security Administration, and the Hobbs New Mexico Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Roomberg prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.
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March 14, 2008
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://minneapolis.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel08/immigrationfraud031408.htm
Elzahabi sentenced to time served for possessing fraudulent immigration documents
United States District Court Judge John Tunheim today sentenced a 44-year-old Minneapolis man to time served and two years of supervised release for possessing fraudulent immigration documents.
Elzahabi, who has been in custody since May 2004, will be turned over to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) who will determine whether or not Elzahabi will remain in the country or be deported.
In August 2007, a jury convicted Mohamed Kamal Elzahabi, also known as Abu Kamal al Lubnani, on three counts of possession of false immigration documents following a four-day trial. The jury deliberated for about eight hours before rendering its decision.
Court documents and evidence at trial showed that on Sept. 6, 2001; Sept. 21, 2001; and Feb. 7, 2002, Elzahabi used an alien registration receipt card, commonly referred to as a “green card,” as evidence of his eligibility to stay and work in this country. That card, however, was obtained by fraud.
Specifically, the card was authorized because of Elzahabi’s 1984 marriage to a U.S. citizen. That marriage occurred, however, only after Elzahabi paid a dancer at the Pink Pussy Cat Club in Houston, Texas, to become his bride for the sole purpose of evading immigration laws and obtaining an alien registration card. Elzahabi never lived with the woman as her husband, but he made statements to the contrary on his immigration petition.
This case was the result of an investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, ICE, Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Minneapolis Police Department, the Boston Police Department, and the Matagorda County Sheriff’s Office in Texas.
This case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Anders Folk and U.S. Department of Justice Trial Attorney John Van Lonkhuyzen.