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Public Corruption Probes Up in Colorado, FBI Says
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com It may not be Chicago, but the Denver FBI is now investigating more than a dozen cases of public corruption in Colorado, Wyoming and Indian country, reports the Denver Post. That number is up from three years ago, when the bureau launched a special hotline for tips on public corruption At…
Series of Church Vandalism May Be Hate Crimes
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The FBI is taking part in the investigation in what might be a series of hate crimes, reports WBIR. The investigation revolves around the vandalism of three churches and a former church in West Knox County The FBI has joined in the investigation of vandalism at three churches and a vacant…
FBI: Fed Reserve Employee Stole Computer Code
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A New York computer programmer was arrested and charged with stealing proprietary software code this week, reports the website TechWorld.com. But the software he allegedly stole didn’t belong to just anyone; it belonged to the federal reserve. Bo Zhang is charged with stealing software code, known as the Government-Wide Accounting and…
Appeals Court Upholds Multi-Million $$ Judgments Against Feds in Whitey Bulger Murders
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Payday may be getting closer for families who had relatives who fell victim to Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger. The Associated Press reports that a federal appeals court has upheld multi-million dollar judgments against the government in the deaths of three people supposedly murdered by Bulger, who sits behind bars now…
Column: The Truth About the FBI’s Clyde Tolson, Hoover’s Confidante
By Larry Wack Retired FBI Agent In a Jan. 5, 2012 Los Angeles Times article, reporter Amy Dawes asked Armie Hammer a series of questions regarding his role as the FBI’s Clyde Tolson in the movie “J. Edgar.” In commenting on Tolson, Hammer is quoted by Ms. Dawes saying, in part: “But he was…
Dozen-Plus Arrested in Spokane Crime Ring Bust
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com There were some big happenings in snowy Spokane, Wash., on Thursday, where FBI agents executed multiple searches and made more than a dozen arrests in the culmination of the year-long investigation called Operation “Old School,” reports KXLY. Multi-agency SWAT teams made raids that stretched across Northern Oregon, Walla Walla, Tri-Cities and…
Police Chief Lured By Xbox 360; Pleads Guilty to Stealing Evidence
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com “It is a sad day when law enforcement must pursue one of their own,” said US Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois Stephen R. Wigginton. Particularly when it involves stealing evidence, or more specifically, gaming consoles Xbox 360s. Wigginton was announcing on Thursday the guilty plea of Michael Baxton, the…