Justice Triumphs

A former Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A. (Rabobank) Japanese yen derivatives trader pleaded guilty today for his role in a conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud by manipulating Rabobank’s Yen London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR) submissions to benefit his trading positions.

San Juan, Puerto Rico - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), working jointly with the Caribbean Border Corridor Strike Force (CCSF) seized Monday 1774 kilograms of cocaine near Dorado and arrested two Venezuelan nationals for drug trafficking. The seized contraband has an estimated street value of $50 million.

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Scot Zarkiewicz, the co-founder and former president, chief executive officer, treasurer, and principal owner of SingleClick Systems Corp. (SingleClick), a Delaware-incorporated, New Jersey-based software company, was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 63 months in prison for perpetrating a scheme to defraud SingleClick investors.

Leigh E. Sprague was sentenced yesterday to 50 months in prison and ordered to pay $1.4 million in restitution after being convicted of transporting stolen money in foreign commerce, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and FBI Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson.

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that a Manhattan jury today found DANIEL BONVENTRE, ANNETTE BONGIORNO, JOANN CRUPI (a/k/a “Jodi”), JEROME O’HARA, and GEORGE PEREZ guilty of all 31 counts in connection with their long-time employment at Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC (“Madoff Securities”).