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Bill Lewis Tapped to Head up the FBI’s Los Angeles Office
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Bill L. Lewis, a former legal attache for the FBI in Baghdad, has been named assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles Division. Lewis most recently served as deputy assistant director in the Human Resources Division at FBI Headquarters. He began his career in 1988 in the Omaha…
FBI Creates Squad to Crack Down on Intellectual Property Thefts
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In an effort to crack down on cyber crimes, the FBI’s field office in Washington has created a squad to investigate intellectual property thefts, the Associated Press reports. The team, assembled with a variety of experts, will investigate intellectual property and economic espionage and occasionally team up with the nearby Intellectual Property…
Trenton Mayor Tony Mack May Have Salary Slashed in Half Amidst Federal Bribery Probe
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Complaining that Trenton Mayor Tony Mack hasn’t be working full-time since his arrest on federal bribery charges, the city council is considering cutting his salary by more than half, reports the Times of Trenton. If the measure is approved, Mack’s annual salary would gall from $126,460 to $60,000. “We’re making the position…
Poorly Designed Fake Cash Fools No One As FBI Arrests 26-Year-Old
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Gene Carlo Pena fooled no one when he stuffed two ATMs in midtown Manhattan with poorly designed counterfeit bills, NBC 4 New York reports. The 26-year-old man was working for a company that services ATMs when he replaced $11,000 with amateurish fake bills, NBC 4 reported. The bills were blank on one…
ATF Agent Who Took Own Life Battled with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A little more than a month on the job, ATF agent Jeff Ryan was helping arrest a man with a history of impersonating police officers when all hell broke loose on Aug. 31, 2001, the Syracuse Post-Standard wrote in a report about the incident. Crouched behind a car, Ryan watched L.A. Deputy…
Hulk Hogan Seeks FBI Help to Track Who Leaked Sex Tape
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Wrestler Hulk Hogan can’t get help from local police, so he’s going to the FBI for help investigating who leaked a tape of him having sex, TMZ reports. Hulk’s attorney said police won’t investigate because the 2006 tape was recorded after the four-year statute of limitations. The offense, the attorney said, also…
Taped Phone Calls Help FBI Build Case Against Traders for JPMorgan Chase
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI appears to be closing in on JPMorgan Chase traders in connection with a multibillion-dollar trading loss, the New York Times reports. Using phone recordings turned over by JPMorgan, the FBI is focusing on at least four London-based traders who were responsible for the $6 billion loss, the Times reported. Feds…