Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
Undercover ATF agents renting a storefront had their energy shut off by the landlord because they exceeded their monthly allotment.
The agents responded by getting the landlord’s account information and calling the electricity company pretending to be him, an internal investigation revealed, the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Account statements were improperly taken and information contained in one of those statements was improperly used to impersonate the landlord in a telephone conversation with the electric power provider,” according to the report, prepared by the ATF’s Office of Professional Responsibility and Security Operations.
The ATF investigation is part of a larger probe involving blundered storefront stings.
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