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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…
FBI Suspects a Law Enforcement Leak in Bike Club Investigation
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating suspicions that a law enforcement official in Atlanta compromised a probe into the Outlaw Motorcycle Club this summer, the Associated Press reports. The AP said FBI agents believe a law enforcement official leaked the name of a government informant, which forced feds to halt the case. But that…
FBI Spied on Renegade Journalist Hunter S. Thompson During his Colorful Career
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI trailed outlaw journalist Hunter S. Thompson during his eclectic career, interviewing those close to him and gathering information on his whereabouts, RT.com reports. It’s unclear why the bureau was interested in Thompson, but a journalism professor suggested the FBI wanted to know more about his time with biker gang, the…
Former and Current Law Enforcement Officials Arrested in Theft Scheme
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI arrested four people – three of them former and current cops – accused of scheming to steal cash from drug dealers, the bureau announced Wednesday, according to the Jackson Free Press. In September 2011, the men allegedly entered a Jackson, Mississippi, hotel room of suspected drug dealers and stole $23,000 in…
Thousands of Recorded Phone Calls Helped FBI Investigate Sale of Suspicious Electronics to Russia
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal agents investigating a Houston business that is accused of sending microelectronics that can be used for weapons and radar to Russia spied on damning phone calls, the Houston Chronicle reports. One of the most revealing phone calls that helped the FBI was a phone call between an ARC Electronics manager and…
FBI Launches Probe of Man’s Death While in Police Custody in Milwaukee
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating the death of a man who died while in police custody in Milwaukee after a newspaper report cast suspicions over the manner of death, the Associated Press reports. A medical examiner changed the cause of Derek William’s July 6, 2011, death from natural to homicide after the Milwaukee…
FBI: Tell the Truth Or You Could End up Behind Bars Like Martha Stewart
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com No one wants to end up like Martha Stewart – a raging success who landed behind bars. Tapping into that fear, FBI agents bounced around the design diva’s name several times during a year-long probe into whether Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne and staffer Kathleen Winn violated election laws, the East Valley Tribune…
FBI Taps New Special Agent in Charge of Criminal Division in Washington Field Office, Timothy Gallagher
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has tapped a new Special Agent in Charge of the bureau’s Washington Field Office, the FBI announced Tuesday. Timothy Gallagher, who most recently served as chief of the Financial Crimes Section at FBI headquarters, will head criminal and cyber probes in D.C. and northern Virginia. Gallagher’s career as a special…