Trucker Jeffrey Daniel Greer gambled on extortion and lost big time. Details of the case, including use of secret recordings, are included in a confidential government memo to the judge that was recently unsealed. LAS VEGAS (AP) – A former trucker could face decades in federal prison after he was found guilty of trying to…
By Tricia Bishop Baltimore Sun BALTIMORE — Alan B. Fabian, a politically connected Hunt Valley entrepreneur, was sentenced today to nine years in prison for a multimillion-dollar mail and tax fraud scheme. Prosecutors say he inflicted “losses of millions of dollars on numerous people and institutions” and is a “persistent white collar criminal.” Fabian, 46,…
Maybe they’ve got a good excuse. Whatever the case, a Congressional report says the FBI and the military should pay their parking fines. By David Nakamura Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — The FBI and U.S. Armed Forces are institutions in which following the rules is supposed to be a given. Except when it comes…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s always good for a father and daughter to bond. But David Vincent Peace, 45, and his daughter Amanda Jo Lowrance, 25, may have taken the concept a little too far. The two were indicted this week in Kentucky on charges of manufacturing and passing off fake $20 bills. What’s worse,…
Text of Threatening Letter/fbi photo One Of The Envelopes/fbi photo The letters are a little too reminiscent of 2001. The FBI is turning to the public for help. By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Government agents turned to the public Thursday to help find whoever sent more than 50 threatening letters, many of which declared…
Like milk, informants have a limited shelf life — at least that seem to be gist of the testimony earlier this week. By Shelley Murphy Boston Globe Staff MIAMI – The FBI dropped James “Whitey” Bulger and Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi as informants in 1990 because their handler, agent John J. Connolly Jr., was retiring…
Can time run out on justice? Federal authorities says they are investigating 22 civil rights-era crimes, but a court ruling invoking the statute of limitations could undermine their efforts. By HOLBROOK MOHR Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. – Federal prosecutors have identified 22 current investigations into civil rights-era crimes that could be impacted by a federal…
