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Puerto Rico Airport Was Hub in Major Drug Trafficking Bust
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Things got hot in Puerto Rico Thursday for two criminal organizations busted for massive-scale narcotics trafficking. Thirty-six arrests were made in a major bust, culminating a collaboration between the DEA, the Puerto Rico PD, FBI, and San Juan Municipal Police. It was all part of an effort to disable two criminal organizations…
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FBI Probing Theft of 6.4 Million Passwords of Linkedin
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Welcome to the endless headaches of the 21st Century. Reuters reports that the FBI is investigating the theft of 6.4 million members’ passwords from the social network LinkedIn. The company says it doesn’t know of any accounts being taken over. To read more click here. OTHER STORIES OF INTEREST Slack…
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FBI’s Chief of Birmingham Office Tapped to Become IG in South Carolina
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Patrick Maley, head of the Birmingham, Ala. FBI office, has picked to become South Carolina’s Inspector General to head up a new agency, according to the Post and Courier. Gov. Nikki Haley made the announcement on Wednesday. Haley, 53, a 30 year veteran of the FBI, must be confirmed by the…
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Penny-Stock Co.’s, Officers, Promoters, Face SEC Charges for Kickback Schemes
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Collaboration between the SEC, FBI, and Florida U.S. Attorney’s office has resulted in charges against several penny-stock companies, their officers, and three promotors for bribes and kickbacks. The Wall Street Journal reports that shady players charged by the SEC Monday include one caught paying kickbacks to an FBI agent posing as a…
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FBI Adds Accused Rapist and Murderer to Top 10 Most Wanted List
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI has a new face on its Ten Most Wanted Fugitive list. The FBI in Chicago announced Tuesday that Fidel Urbina, the subject of a nationwide manhunt since 1999, was put on the infamous list. He’s wanted in connection with two sexual assaults and murder. The former Chicago resident…
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FBI Probes Leak About U.S. Cyber Attack Program Aimed at Iran
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The hunt is on for the leak. The Wall Street Journal reports that the FBI has opened an investigation into a classified U.S. program that involved cyberattacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities. The New York Times ran an excerpt last week of a book by reporter David Sanger. It included details of…
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Agent Daphne Hearn Heads South to Take Charge of FBI’s San Diego Office
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com FBI agent Daphne Hearn is heading south — actually just a bit south — to head up the San Diego FBI office. Hearn, who has served as special agent in charge of the administrative division in Los Angeles, succeeds Keith Slotter, who is retiring after 25 years. Hearn, a Kansas City,…
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Lifetime-Achievement Recipient Recalls the FBI Under Hoover
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Former FBI agent Norbert Dembinski served under J. Edgar Hoover from 1950-53, and conducted interviews in Russian and Polish. At a recent ceremony honoring his service he recalled, “It seems I was always at the right place at the right time.” W. Al Bostdorff, President of the Society of Former Special Agents presented…