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Engineer Charged with Obstructing Investigation into Yanky 72 Plane Crash

Breaking Local News ReportJuly 7, 20240

OXFORD, MS – A former Robins Air Force Base employee has been arrested for making false statements and obstructing justice during a federal criminal investigation into a 2017 military plane crash that resulted in the deaths of 16 service members. On July 10, 2017, a United States Marine Corps KC-130 transport aircraft, known as “Yanky 72,” crashed near Itta Bena, Mississippi, killing fifteen Marines and one Navy Corpsman. On Tuesday morning, James Michael Fisher, 67, formerly of Warner Robins, Georgia, and currently residing in Portugal, was arrested based on an indictment issued by a federal grand jury in the Northern

‘It Has To Be Built Properly’: Josh Hawley Asks Boeing Quality Engineer Point Blank If Company’s Planes Are Safe

The Daily CallerApril 18, 20240

A current Boeing employee warned Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley that the company’s planes have increased risk factors due to poor company safety standards at a hearing on Wednesday of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs. Boeing quality engineer Sam Salehpour, in his response to Hawley, emphasized the risks Boeing planes pose currently, pointing out that while not all planes are experiencing issues, quality concerns could become more apparent as planes age. The testimony is the result of numerous safety issues reported with Boeing planes going back several years, with a recent report from the Federal Aviation

Former Security Engineer Sentenced for Hacking Cryptocurrency Exchanges

Breaking Local News ReportApril 14, 20240

NEW YORK, NY – Shakeeb Ahmed, a former senior security engineer, has been sentenced to three years in prison for hacking two decentralized cryptocurrency exchanges and stealing over $12 million worth of cryptocurrency. The sentence, handed down by U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero, includes three years of supervised release, and Ahmed is also required to forfeit the stolen funds and pay restitution exceeding $5 million. U.S. Attorney Damian Williams announced the sentencing, emphasizing the significance of this being the first-ever conviction for hacking a smart contract. Ahmed’s hacks involved exploiting weaknesses in the exchanges’ systems to manipulate transactions and pricing

US Scraps Plans To Reverse Engineer UFOs, Pentagon Report Says

Op-ed ContributorMarch 9, 20240

US Scrapped Plans To Create Program For Reverse Engineering UFOs, Pentagon Report Says Micaela Burrow on March 8, 2024 The U.S. scrapped an initiative to create a program for reverse-engineering remnants of alien spacecraft over a decade ago, according to a new report the Pentagon’s UFO investigator released in unclassified form Friday. The report overall found no evidence that any UFOs were reverse-engineered and dismissed whistleblower allegations of such programs as false or misrepresentations of existing national security programs. However, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in 2012 explored the idea of setting up a program, code-named “Kona Blue,” to

Ex-Google Engineer Charged With Stealing Trade Secrets While Working For Chinese Companies

The Daily CallerMarch 7, 20240

Ex-Google Engineer Charged With Stealing Trade Secrets While Working For Chinese Companies Jake Smith on March 6, 2024 An ex-Google employee was charged with stealing trade secrets while working for Chinese technology companies, the Department of Justice said on Monday. Linwei Ding, a 38-year-old Chinese national who previously worked as an engineer for Google, swiped company technology and AI trade secrets while he worked for two China-based technology companies, according to the DOJ. Ding is charged with four counts of trade secret theft; he faces a maximum of 10 years in prison and $250,000 in penalties for each count if

Fired Toms River Engineer’s Firm Hired by Jackson Municipal Utilities Authority

Phil StiltonFebruary 27, 20240

TOMS RIVER, NJ – The Jackson Township Municipal Utilities Authority has hired the firm of Van Cleef Engineering Associates, LLC, where former Toms River Township Engineer Robert Chankalian serves as Senior Professional Engineer. Chankalian previously served as the Township Engineer for Toms River before being fired by Toms River Mayor Dan Rodrick. The contract with the Jackson MUA is valued at approximately $300,000 annually for the firm. Chankalian earned $142,000 per year in Toms River before his termination. The hire was facilitated by MUA chairperson Todd Porter. Porter, also a former Toms River Township employee was recently fired by Rodrick.

AMO Flight Engineer Surpasses 23,000 Hours of Flight Time on the P-3 Aircraft and 50 Years of Federal Service

US Border PatrolJanuary 4, 20240

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations flight engineer has surpassed multiple career milestones, having spent more than 23,000 hours on a P-3 aircraft, 48 years as a flight engineer working with P-3s, and 50 years of federal service. Paul J. Waeghe, Jr., will retire this year after 48 years and over 23,000 hours as a P-3 aircraft flight engineer. Paul J. Waeghe, Jr., ventured from his hometown of Wyandotte, Michigan, and began his federal service in 1973. He entered the U.S. Navy where he served in a P-3 training patrol squadron. Over the

Former San Francisco Department Of Building Inspection Engineer Pleads Guilty To Honest Services Fraud Conspiracy

Indira PatelDecember 9, 20230

SAN FRANCISCO – Rodolfo “Rudy” Pada pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco today to participating in an honest services fraud conspiracy, announced Criminal Division Deputy Chief Matthew Yelovich and FBI Special Agent in Charge Robert K. Tripp. The plea was accepted by the Hon. Susan Illston, U.S. District Judge. In pleading guilty, Pada, 68 of Millbrae, CA, admitted that he accepted bribes from individuals seeking building and construction permits from the San Francisco Department of Building Inspection. Pada worked as a plan checker at DBI from 1984 to September 2017, reviewing and approving construction plans and providing builders

Tesla engineer defends ‘Full Self-Driving’ name at crash trial

ReutersOctober 5, 20230

By Dan Levine and Hyunjoo Jin SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A Tesla engineer in court on Wednesday rejected a lawyer’s suggestion that the company named its driver-assistant feature “Full Self-Driving” because it wanted people to believe that its systems had more abilities than was really the case. The electric-vehicle maker is defending itself at the first U.S. trial over allegations that Tesla’s Autopilot feature led to a death. The lawsuit, filed in a California state court, alleges the Autopilot system caused owner Micah Lee’s Model 3 to suddenly veer off a highway east of Los Angeles at 65 miles per

US charges former Apple engineer with attempt to steal self-driving car tech

ReutersMay 16, 20230

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday that it had charged a former Apple Inc engineer with attempting to steal the firm’s technology related to autonomous systems, including self-driving cars. The engineer, whom Justice Department officials named as Weibao Wang, 35, in 2017 accepted a U.S.-based job with a Chinese company working to develop self-driving cars before resigning from Apple. (Reporting by Sarah N. Lynch, David Shepardson and Rami Ayyub)

Boeing names new chief engineer

ReutersMarch 1, 20230

By Valerie Insinna (Reuters) – Boeing Co has named a new chief engineer, promoting the engineering lead at its commercial planes unit to oversee engineering and technology development efforts across the company, the U.S. aerospace giant announced on Wednesday. Howard McKenzie, the top engineer at Boeing’s commercial airplanes unit, replaces Greg Hyslop, who assumed the role of chief engineer in 2019 and will retire in June, the company said. David Loffing, 777X chief program engineer, takes over as vice president and chief engineer of Boeing’s commercial airplanes unit, the company added. McKenzie steps into Boeing’s top engineering position at a

Doctor? Engineer? As dreams fade, Afghan girls turn to madrasas

ReutersFebruary 16, 20230

By Charlotte Greenfield and Mohammad Yunus Yawar KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – In a chilly classroom in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, the birthplace of the Taliban movement, teenage girls pore over Islamic texts as the disembodied voice of a male scholar emanates from a loud speaker. Pupils take turns to email questions to the scholar on the class laptop at the Taalum-ul-Islam Girls’ Madrasa, or religious school, where male teachers are forbidden from hearing the voices of female students in person. The number of students at the institution in Kandahar city has about doubled to around 400 in the past year,

Former GE Power Engineer Sentenced for Conspiracy to Commit Economic Espionage

DOJ PressJanuary 15, 20230

A New York man was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for conspiring to steal General Electric (GE) trade secrets, knowing or intending to benefit the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Xiaoqing Zheng, 59, of Niskayuna, New York, was convicted of conspiracy to commit economic espionage, following a four-week jury trial that ended on March 31, 2022. According to court documents, Zheng was employed at GE Power in Schenectady, New York, as an engineer specializing in turbine sealing technology. He worked at GE from 2008 until the summer of 2018. The trial evidence demonstrated that Zheng and others in China

U.S. authorities probe FTX engineer Singh -Bloomberg News

ReutersJanuary 5, 20230

(Reuters) – U.S. authorities are investigating the chief engineer of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, Nishad Singh, ratcheting up pressure on founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s inner circle, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. Singh could be charged as soon as this month if federal prosecutors in Manhattan find he played a role in the alleged multiyear scheme at FTX and trading firm Alameda Research to defraud investors and clients, the report added. Authorities have not accused Singh of wrongdoing. It was not clear if Singh was cooperating with U.S. officials, the report said. A spokesman for the

Canton City Officials and Former Canton City Engineer Indicted in Bribery Scheme

DOJ PressNovember 22, 20220

Jackson, Miss. – A federal grand jury in Jackson returned an indictment in December 2021 charging three City of Canton officials, and the former city engineer, with criminal conspiracy charges relating to bribery and wire fraud. That indictment was unsealed yesterday as two of the defendants, Eric Gilkey and Andrew Grant, pleaded guilty to conspiring with Cleveland Anderson and Rudolph M. (“Rudy”) Warnock, Jr. in the bribery scheme. According to court documents, Warnock is charged with having directed payments and rewards to Anderson, Gilkey, and Grant in exchange for preferential treatment that resulted in lucrative city engineering contracts for Warnock.

Liberty Center Electrical Engineer Convicted of Tax Evasion

DOJ PressOctober 7, 20220

TOLEDO – A federal jury convicted a Liberty Center, Ohio man on Oct. 6 of tax evasion after he used a sham trust to help conceal three years of income he earned from his business. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, John Everson owned an electrical engineering business. From approximately 2012 through 2015, Everson earned more than $1.3 million in income from the business. He attempted to conceal much of this income and evade personal income taxes he owed to the IRS by instructing his clients to pay a trust that he controlled. Everson used the money

Chief Engineer of Towing Vessel Admits Negligently Discharging Oil into Kill Van Kull

DOJ PressOctober 5, 20220

NEWARK, N.J. – The chief engineer of a towing vessel today admitted his role in negligently discharging marine diesel fuel oil into the Kill Van Kull, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Michael Brown, 67, of Kingston, Tennessee, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Leda D. Wettre to an information charging him with violating the Clean Water Act by negligently discharging marine diesel fuel oil while refueling his towing vessel at the International Matex Tank Terminal’s Mobil Pier in Bayonne, New Jersey. According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court: On Sept. 12, 2016, Brown failed to

Former Broadcom Engineer Sentenced To Eight Months In Prison For Theft Of Trade Secrets

DOJ PressSeptember 20, 20220

SAN JOSE – Peter Kisang Kim, a former Broadcom Inc. engineer, was sentenced today to eight months in prison for trade secret theft involving Broadcom trade secrets, announced United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds and FBI Special Agent in Charge Sean Ragan. The sentence was handed down by the Hon. Beth Labson Freeman, United States District Judge. Kim, 51, a resident of Ben Lomond, pleaded guilty to the crimes on May 10, 2022. According to documents filed in the case, Broadcom is headquarted in San Jose and its products include networking chips used in equipment sold worldwide, including for enterprise

Vessel Operator and Chief Engineer Sentenced for Oily Bilge Water Discharge Offense

DOJ PressSeptember 9, 20220

Assistant U. S. Attorney Melanie Pierson (619) 546-7976 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – September 9, 2022 SAN DIEGO – New Trade Ship Management S.A., a vessel operating company, and vessel Chief Engineer Dennis Plasabas were sentenced in federal court today for environmental crimes. The company and its engineer pleaded guilty August 9, 2022, to maintaining false and incomplete records relating to the discharge of oily bilge water from the bulk carrier vessel Longshore. New Trade was sentenced to pay a fine of $1.1 million, a term of four years of probation, and ordered to hire an independent monitor to audit environmental

Ship Chief Engineer Sentenced to Prison for Discharging Oily Waste in U.S. Waters and Obstructing the Coast Guard’s Investigation

DOJ PressAugust 31, 20220

WASHINGTON – Kirill Kompaniets, the Chief Engineer of a foreign flagged vessel, was sentenced to prison for deliberately discharging approximately 10,000 gallons of oil-contaminated bilge water overboard in U.S. waters off the coast of New Orleans last year, and obstructing justice. The illegal conduct was first reported to the Coast Guard by a crew member via social media. The Honorable Nannette Jolivette Brown sentenced Kompaniets to serve a year and a day in prison, pay a $5,000 fine and $200 special assessment and serve six months of supervised release. Repair operations to correct a problem with the discharge of clean

Saudi Aramco’s Amin Nasser: a homegrown engineer who reached the top

ReutersAugust 14, 20220

By Maha El Dahan and Michael Georgy DUBAI – At an industry event this year in Riyadh, the Saudi energy minister paused at about 9 p.m. in front of some 1,000 people and told them it was bedtime for Amin Nasser, the chief executive of state-owned oil producer Saudi Aramco. He was not joking. Over a career of four decades, Nasser has earned a reputation for a style of dedication that means he will be making sure he’s prepared for the challenges of the day ahead, not mingling into the early hours. “It was kind of embarrassing you know with

Vessel Operator and Chief Engineer Convicted for Oily Bilge Water Discharge Offense

DOJ PressAugust 10, 20220

Assistant U. S. Attorney Melanie Pierson (619) 546-7976 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – August 9, 2022 SAN DIEGO – New Trade Ship Management S.A. (New Trade), a vessel operating company, and vessel Chief Engineer Dennis Plasabas, pleaded guilty in federal court today to maintaining false and incomplete records relating to the discharge of oily bilge water from the bulk carrier vessel Longshore. New Trade and Plasabas admitted that oily bilge water was illegally dumped from the Longshore directly into the ocean without being properly processed through required pollution prevention equipment. Oily bilge water typically contains oil contamination from the operation and

Former CIA engineer convicted in WikiLeaks espionage case

ReutersJuly 13, 20220

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK – A former CIA software engineer was convicted on Wednesday of leaking classified information to WikiLeaks from the spy agency, in one of the biggest such thefts in CIA history. Jurors in Manhattan federal court convicted Joshua Schulte, 33, on eight espionage charges and one obstruction charge over the so-called Vault 7 leak. Schulte had represented himself at the month-long trial. The jury began deliberating on Friday. An earlier trial ended in a March 2020 mistrial because jurors deadlocked on the main counts. “Today, Schulte has been convicted for one of the most brazen and

Ship Chief Engineer Pleads Guilty to Intentional Discharge of Oily Waste and Obstruction of Justice Charges in New Orleans

DOJ PressMay 18, 20220

The Chief Engineer of a foreign flagged vessel pleaded guilty today to two felony counts for deliberately discharging approximately 10,000 gallons of oil-contaminated bilge water overboard in U.S. waters off the coast of New Orleans last year and then trying to obstruct the Coast Guard’s investigation of the spill. The illegal conduct was first reported to the Coast Guard by a crew member via social media. Kirill Kompaniets, a Russian national and the Chief Engineer of the ship, a commercial bulk carrier registered in the Marshall Islands, was charged with the illegal discharge in violation of the Act to Prevent

U.S. POSTAL SERVICE ENGINEER PLEADS GUILTY TO TAKING ILLEGAL GRATUITIES FROM POSTAL SERVICE CONTRACTOR

DOJ PressMay 4, 20220

DETROIT – Thomas Berlucchi, a Facilities Engineer for the United States Postal Service (USPS), pleaded guilty today to accepting over $6,500 in illegal gratuities from a USPS contractor announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison. Ison was joined in the announcement by Kenneth Cleevely, Special Agent in Charge of the Contract Fraud Investigations Division, United States Postal Service, Office of Inspector General (OIG). Thomas Berlucchi, 61 years old, of Troy, Michigan, stands convicted of accepting illegal gratuities from Michael Rymar, who was the owner of a Rochester Hills company, Horizons Materials & Management LLC, which was awarded contracts to repair