Mahmoud Reza Banki says he was only getting money from his Iranian family. But prosecutors say he helped run a shadow banking operation.
Thu 13 May 2010
Filed under: Keenan, John F, Bharara, Preet, Embargoes and Economic Sanctions, Federal District Courts — @ 3:57 am
Tue 11 May 2010
Filed under: Al Qaeda, Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (Cuba), Central Intelligence Agency, Torture, Terrorism, Federal District Courts, Manhattan (NYC) — @ 3:25 am
A federal judge ruled that Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani’s treatment during his detention was not related to his court case, which concerns his role in a conspiracy to bomb embassies.
Sat 1 May 2010
Filed under: Hasanoff, Sabirhan, El-Hanafi, Wesam, Knapp, Victor, Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Australia, Casio Computer Co|CSIOF|other-OTC, Ricco, Anthony L, Bharara, Preet, Brooklyn (NYC), Terrorism, Kelly, Raymond W, Federal District Courts, Alexandria (Va), Al Qaeda, Manhattan (NYC) — @ 4:31 am
Wesam El-Hanafi and Sabirhan Hasanoff intended to provide Al Qaeda with computer advice and other assistance, according to an indictment.
Fri 23 Apr 2010
Denny Chin rose to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and Loretta E. Lynch was confirmed as United States attorney for the Eastern District of New York.
Thu 22 Apr 2010
Filed under: Fire Department (NYC), Briscoe, Michael, Federal District Courts, New Haven (Conn), Decisions and Verdicts, Fires and Firefighters — @ 3:30 am
Michael Briscoe said that the scoring on a 2003 exam cost him the chance to become a Fire Department lieutenant.
Sat 10 Apr 2010
Kurt Seidl, who took the name Gerald Conteh after an arrest in 1975 with Nadine Konopski, for whom he worked as a nanny.After an arrest in 1975, Kurt Seidl wrote and lived under the pen name Gerald Conteh. In November 2009, after a health scare, he decided to come clean.
Fri 5 Mar 2010
A lawyer for one family said he worried that the settlement amount would be rejected, and court papers suggested the figure was somewhat higher than those in other cases.
Fri 5 Mar 2010
A lawyer for one family said he worried that the settlement amount would be rejected, and court papers suggested the figure was somewhat higher than those in other cases.
Fri 19 Feb 2010
Filed under: Kenya, Duffy, Kevin Thomas, Interrogations, Al-'Owhali, Mohamed Rashed Daoud, Bombs and Explosives, Federal District Courts, Terrorism — @ 2:45 am
Statements made by Mohamed Rashed Daoud al-’Owhali, convicted in the 1998 bombing of the American Embassy in Kenya, should not be suppressed, a judge ruled.
Tue 26 Jan 2010
Filed under: September 11 (2001), Mohammed, Khalid Shaikh, Menin, Julie, Young, William G, Detainees, Federal District Courts, Terrorism, Kelly, Raymond W, Governors Island (NYC), Manhattan (NYC) — @ 2:10 am
The history of Governor’s Island is part of an argument for holding the trial of Sept. 11 terrorism suspects there — or at least, somewhere besides Lower Manhattan.