By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – The mortgage fraud problem is growing and continues to plague the crippled real estate market. The FBI on Tuesday released the 2008 Mortgage Fraud Report which showed that mortgage fraud Suspicious Activity Reports increased 36 percent to 63,713 during fiscal year 2008, compared to 46,717 during the same period…
The Justice Department Civil Rights Division is already looking into the department. And the Los Angeles Times found last year that 5 of 11 people shot and killed by the department since 2003 were unarmed. Something needs to change there. By Ari B. Bloomekatz Los Angeles Times The FBI has opened a criminal investigation into…
Sen. Dick Durbin/official photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Things aren’t looking so good for Bush loyalist Mary Beth Buchanan, who has expressed interest in remaining the U.S. Attorney in Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review is reporting that Pennsylvania Democratic Sens. Bob Casey and Arlen Specter are taking the applications for the Pittsburgh job as well as…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com If there’s any place on earth that takes the illegal distribution of movies seriously, it’s the Los Angeles area. Derek Hawthorne, 21, is learning that the hard way. Hawthorne pleaded guilty Monday before U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner in Los Angeles to two felony counts of illegally uploading copyrighted works….
heroin stuffed in teddy bear/dea photo Agents have seen it all when it comes to hiding drugs like heroin. Here’s the latest hide-and-seek game where the dealers lost. BY Samuel Goldsmith New York DAILY NEWS NEW YORK –– They don’t stock this option at your local Build-A-Bear store. Authorities announced Saturday a massive heroin bust…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The holiday week from June 29 to July 5 brought more than fireworks and hotdogs. The Transportation Security Administration reported finding 25 firearms at airport checkpoints around the nation during that period. Also during that time, six passengers were arrested for suspicious behavior or for fraudulent travel documents, the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Baltimore announced Monday that it has hired three new prosecutors to focus exclusively on gangs in a community that has seen the presence of such groups as MS-13, TTP Bloods and the Black Guerilla Family. “A record number of federal prosecutors are now pursuing cases against…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Well, it’s always a little awkward when someone from the Transportation Security Administration, which oversees our airports, gets arrested. But that’s what happened Friday morning at Newark Liberty International Airport. The Associated Press reports that airport authorities arrested TSA agent Wanda Weems of Newark after she boarded a Continental Airlines flight…
