Pursuing alleged crimes in which other prosecutors have shown little interest, Loretta E. Lynch, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, has arrested Darius X. Johnson in Atlanta for alleged wire fraud and money laundering in selling fraudulent surety bonds. Johnson allegedly sold the bonds to American Architectural Inc., a Bensalem, Pa.-based contract glazier and metalwork firm that
worked on parts of the World Trade Center site in New York City. The value of the subcontract was only $6.2 million, but American Architectural paid one of the companies affiliated with Johnson, Diamond Indemnity Trust, a premium of $178,589. When American Architectural faltered and sought bankruptcy protection, the Skanska-led prime-contracting joint venture was unable to get Diamond Indemnity to fulfill its claim. Cost to replace: about $2 million.