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Page A2 Jîortlaith ODbseruer March 12. 2003 P olice Strip Club Bribery Attempt Higher Ups Reprimanded (A P ) — A m an w ho alleg edly bought green cards from an im m igration official and sold them to illegal im m igrants has been arrested on charges that he and 12 others conspired to bribe a public official. T h e c a s e a g a in s t Ily a A d a m id o v , 4 3, m a n ag e r o f U nion Jacks strip club, is the result o f a tw o-year FBI inves tigation into alleged Russian organized crim e in Portland. It includes nearly tw o years o f litigation and a paid FBI infor mant w ho continuously lied to his handlers and eventually fled the country with $55,000 o f the governm ent’s money. A dam idov, w as ordered to ap pear M arch 11 before a federal m agistrate in Chicago, where a grand ju ry recently issued a 24- count indictm ent. The government charged that Adamitlov, Dale Barron, Roman M uklanovich, 31, all of Port land, and others recruited clients from across the United States, the former Soviet Union and else where who paid up to $20,000 each for a resident alien card. In one instance, tw o defen dants with alleged ties to the Russian mafia paid MuklaiK) vich $ 1 0 0 ,0 0 0 fo r resid en t alien cards. T he schem e allegedly ran from A ugust 1999 to O cto ber 2001. Police chief action follows investigation of a cover up (A P) — Seven Portland police officers face disciplinary action af- tera m onths-long investigation into an alleged cover-up surrounding the case o f tw o off-duty officers convicted o f bludgeoning a m an at a nightclub. In a statem ent released T h u rs day, C h ief M ark K roeker said one com m ander, tw o lieutenants, three sergeants and one officer are fac ing sanctions ranging from d em o tions to letters o f reprim and. “All citizens have a right to ex pect the m en and w om en o f the Portland Police B ureau to provide service w ith dignity, respect and m o s t im p o rta n tly , in t e g r ity ,” K roeker said. Previously, tw oofficers— Grant Bailey and Craig H am ptom — were convicted o f third-degree assault for beating the unidentified 32-year- old man outside Stephanos bar in front o f num erous w itnesses on Jan. 24,2002. A ju d g e sentenced Bailey to 18 m onths in prison and H am pton to P olice C h ie f M ark K ro eker 2 1 m onths. Both men had resigned from the police bureau after the incident cam e to light. A M ultnom ah C ounty grand jury investigation also looked at how fellow officers responded to the beating. A lthough the victim had a bro ken nose and bled from cuts on his face after the tw o officers slam m ed his head into a building, police w ho responded to the fight did not file a police report, grand ju ro rs said in a letter to the district attorney. An internal police m em o about the fight was sent to headquarters tw o days after the fight, but the departm ent did not begin an inves tigation until more than a week later, and only after the city’s indepen dent police auditor received an anonym ous letter about the incident. The lack o f action “in our m inds am ounted to a cover-up,” the G rand Ju ry ’s letter said. But the panel said it lacked evi dence for a crim inal indictm ent against officers, because police may have m erely fum bled the case. K roekercalled the letter released in M ay o f last year “very tro u bling,” and launched an internal affairs investigation o f an unspeci fied num ber o f beat police and com - m a n d sta ff. 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A u th o rities said C o v ersto n e has used aliases o f Troy Everett Lord and S teven Troy M oore. He is a 36-year-old white male, with a dateof birth o f M arch21,1966. He is 5 feet | 11 inches tall, w eighs approxim ately 185 pounds, with blue eyes, dark blond hair, and “T R O Y ” tattooed on his right arm. Police said he is know n tocarry weap ons and has had contact w ith police agencies throughout the m etro area. Troy E- C o v e rsto n e Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward o f up to $1,000fo r information, reported to Crime Stoppers, that leads to an arrest in this case, or any unsolvedfelony crime, any you need not give your name. Call Crime Stoppers at 503-823-HELP. M uslim Leader Awaits Sentencing (AP)— A Muslim religious leader from Portland, w ho w as arrested by a local FBI terrorism task force last year, w ill be sentenced M ay 12 for having a false Social Security num ber. M oham ed A bdirahm an K ariye p lead ed g u ilty to the ch arg e last w eek as th e re su lt o f an a g re e m ent w ith federal prosecutors. He w as arre ste d S ept. 8 at the P o rt land airp o rt w hile try in g to board a plane for the U n ited A rab E m ir a tes. The 41 -year-old religious leader was charged with m isuse o f a Social for explosives, so a ju d g e released Security num ber and possession K ariye on bail on O ct. 12. o f a Social Security card that was P rosecutors and K ariye’s de issued illegally. fense team , led by Stanley C ohen o f A judge ordered him held after N ew Y ork, had held several m eet prosecutors said he had traveled ings since his release. extensively to the M iddle East since C’ohen had accused the federal 1999 and was carrying several thou g o v e rn m e n t o f g r a n d s ta n d in g sand dollars and a checkbook bear about a m inor charge that rarely, ing a different nam e w hen he was g e ts p u b lic a tte n tio n b e c a u se arrested. 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O ne guy was picking on him .” The FBI said T hursday it was. investigating. The investigation started after the San B ernardino C ounty Sun received an anonym ous tip early T uesday. “ Yes, I’d I ike to inform your news paper that John Lindh W alker, w ho is incarcerated in V ictorville, w as assaulted this night by a w hite su prem acist organization that is im prisoned there. T hank you," the m ale caller said in a voice m essage. L indh was sentenced in O ctober to 20 years in prison after pleading g u ilty to supplying serv ices to A fghanistan’sT aliban governm ent and carrying explosives in com m is sion o f a felony. 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