Security News in Brief: Department of Justice Announces Arrests in Conspiracy and Dog Fighting Ring Investigation

Source: United States Department of Justice News

An indictment was unsealed today charging 11 individuals on a 136-count federal indictment including violations of drug conspiracy, drug possession, and drug possession with the intent to distribute, and violations of the dog fighting prohibitions of the federal Animal Welfare Act, and conspiracy to commit the same.

Security News in Brief: Businessman Sentenced for Foreign Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme Involving PetroEcuador Officials

Source: United States Department of Justice News

An Ecuadorian businessman living in Miami was sentenced today to 35 months in prison for his role in a $4.4 million bribery and money laundering scheme that funneled bribes to then-public officials of Empresa Pública de Hidrocarburos del Ecuador (PetroEcuador), the state-owned and state-controlled oil company of Ecuador.