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Ex-FBI Agent and Wife Charged in $1.3 Million Investment Fraud Scheme
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A former FBI special agent and his wife have been charged in Richmond, Va. federal court in a $1.3 million investment fraud scheme, the Justice Department announced Wednesday. Ex-agent John Robert Graves, 52, and Sara Turberville Graves, 44, both of Fredericksburg, Va., are charged with multiple counts. Authorities said…
FBI Denies Playing Any Role in Boston Globe Naming Bulger Tipster
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The controversy surrounding the decision by the Boston Globe to publish the name of the woman who tipped off the FBI as to the whereabouts of mobster James “Whitey” Bulger, continued on Wednesday. The FBI in Boston posted a statement on its website denying it played any role in the publication…
Atty. Gen. Holder Holds Up Underwear Bomber Case As a Positive Example of Prosecuting Terrorism in Civilian Courts
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Atty. Gen. Eric Holder Jr. took the opportunity following the guilty plea Wednesday morning of the “Underwear Bomber” to hold the case up as another example of the success the Justice Department has had prosecuting terrorism cases in civilian courts. “Contrary to what some have claimed, today’s plea removes any doubt…
Florida Man Arrested in Celebrity Hacking Case
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Though he may be a hero to some the world over, a Florida resident was arrested Wednesday for hacking the computers and releasing information from Hollywood celebrities, including the infamous nude photos of actress Scarlett Johansson. The FBI said Wednesday that it had arrested Christopher Chaney, 35, of Jacksonville, Fla. without…
Paper Defends Naming “Whitey” Bulger’s Tipster
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The Boston Globe is standing by its decision to publicly name the tipster that led federal agents to nab fugitive gangster James “Whitey” Bulger in June in California. Editors were confident that revealing the name of Anna Bjornsdottir, an Iceland native and Santa Monica, Calif. neighbor of Bulger’s, did not pose…
News Report Questions FBI Theory That Anthrax Suspect Tried to Deceive Investigators
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com An investigative report published by ProPublica points to some flaws in the FBI’s conclusion that Ft. Detrick, Md. scientist Bruce Ivins was the culprit who mailed the deadly anthrax in 2001. The investigation, conducted by ProPublica, PBS and McClatchy Newspapers, attempts to undercut a key theory that Ivins tried to deceive…
FBI Finds More than Veal Cutlets at Brooklyn Butcher
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com FBI agents found more than a good cut of veal and pork chops at the Graham Ave. Meats and Deli in Brooklyn, N.Y. neighborhood of Williamsburg this summer. In their arrest of Michael “Mike The Butcher” Virtuoso on extortion charges this past July, agents found a rolodex of Virtuoso’s with the contact…
FBI-DEA Foil Iranian-Linked Plot to Kill Saudi Ambassador to U.S.
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The Justice Department on Tuesday afternoon announced that FBI and DEA agents had foiled a plot linked to the Iranian government to kill the Saudi ambassador to the U.S. Manssor Arbabsiar, a 56-year-old Iranian-American, and Gholam Shakuri, an Iran-based member of Iran’s Qods Force– a unit of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary…