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Madoff Investor Agrees to Surrender $625 Million
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com While world-class Ponzi swindler Bernie Madoff sits in prison, the feds are still trying to figure out ways to get back some of the funds for investors. The latest came this week when federal authorities announced they had struck a deal with Carl Shapiro, 97, a Boston area businessman and philanthropist,…
FBI Warns “Video Girl” Barbie Has Potential for Child Porn
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Navy Sailor in N.C. Arrested for Selling Classified Documents to Undercover FBI Agent
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In this turbulent era of WikiLeaks, this hardly seems shocking. Authorities are alleging in a search warrant that a Navy sailor based at Fort Bragg passed classified documents to an undercover FBI agent posing as a foreign intelligence agent, the Associated Press reports. In exchange, he was given cash. AP reported…
The Feds Say in This Story Spiderman is the Bad Guy
“Spiderman, Spiderman, Does whatever a spider can. Spins a web, any size, Catches thieves just like flies. Look Out! Here comes the Spiderman.” Theme song to Spiderman By Glynnesha Taylor ticklethewire.com In this case, the feds spun a web to capture a German man in a probe dubbed “Operation Spiderman.” Late last week, special agents…
Hundreds Charged in Crackdown on Investment Fraud
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A 3 1/2 month operation involving the nation’s “largest ever” crackdown on financial fraud, has resulted in the arrest of hundreds of people who swindled investors out of billions of dollars, the Justice Department announced Monday. Dubbed “Operation Broken Trust”, authorities said they have taken criminal action against 343…
Calif FBI Employee Charged With Lying About Debt
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A FBI employee in San Francisco is in big trouble as a result of financial statement she made, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. The paper reported that Rachelle Thomas-Zuill, 39, who conducted background investigations on FBI agents for security clearances in San Francisco, was charged in court documents in San Jose…
Man Once Charged With Trying to Kill Boston Celtic Star Convicted of Trying to Murder DEA Informant
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A man once charged with the attempted murder of Boston Celtics basketball star Paul Pierce, was convicted late last week of attempting to kill a DEA informant who provided evidence against him in cocaine trafficking case, authorities said. Trevor A. Watson, 44, of Boston, was found guilty Thursday in U.S. District…
Weekend Series on Crime: Atty. Gen. Robert Kennedy vs. Jimmy Hoffa
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNLYXSJjSJU WEEKEND STORIES OF INTEREST Mexico Arrests U.S. Boy Accused of Being Hitman for Drug Cartel (AOL News) Obama Pardons 9 Convicted of Drugs or Other Offenses (AP) FBI Employee Charged With Lying About Debt (San Francisco Chronicle) DEA Intelligence Aids Mexican Marines in Fight Against Cartels (Washington Post)