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Secret Service Investigates Massive Breach of Credit Cards at Target During Holidays
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Just as the holidays kick into high gear, Target is reporting a security breach involving stolen credit card and debit card information for millions of customers, the New York Times reports. The Secret Service is investigating a breach that apparently occurred on the day after Thanksgiving and may still be happening. Authorities…
How FBI Agents Tracked Down Harvard Student Accused of Making Bomb Threats
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI had a crisis on its hands. Several bomb threats were sent via email to Harvard University, causing the school to close buildings during final exams. The student accused of sending in the threat, sophomore Eldo Kim, took steps to hide his identity using two anonymity tools – the routing service Tor…
Gang Land News: Dead Mobster Ignored FBI Warning
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Sometimes it really does pay to listen to the FBI. Jerry Capeci of the website Gang Land News, reports that mobster Anthony DiLapi was murdered by a Luchese family hit squad after ignoring warnings by an FBI agent that he was targeted for death. Capeci writes: Anthony DiLapi, a short, stocky mobster…
Justice Department Puts Off Decision to Indict Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell and Wife
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Will Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell and his wife get indicted? We may soon find out. Rosalind S. Helderman, Carol D. Leonnig and Sari Horwitz of the Washington Post report that the Justice Department last week had notified him and his wife that they would be charged in connection with a gift scandal. But…
FBI Agent Pleads Guilty to Illegal Bank Deposits in Scheme to Hide Gambling From Bosses
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com FBI agent Travis Raymond Wilson, 38, of Huntington Beach, Calif., thought he could hide his gambling activity from his bosses. He was wrong. Wilson pleaded guilty Wednesday to structuring financial transactions in violation of the federal Bank Secrecy Act, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Fresno, Calif. Authorities stated in…
Naval Criminal Investigator Pleads in Massive Fraud and Bribery Scheme
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A big scandal continues to unravel. The latest: John Bertrand Beliveau Jr., 44, a special agent with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) pleaded guilty Wednesday to participating in a massive international fraud and bribery scheme, admitting he shared with a foreign Navy contractor confidential information about ongoing criminal probes into the…
Border Patrol Employs New Approach to Keeping Northern Border Safer
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol agents at the northern border are taking a new approach to tightening security, the Associated Press reports. Instead of spending most of their time at border stations, agents are spreading out into communities and assisting local police. The idea is to work more closely with other law enforcement agencies to…
Former Head of Boston’s FBI Office Fined for Violating Ethics Charge
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The former head of the FBI’s Boston office choked up Tuesday as he was fined $10,000 for violating an ethics charge, the Boston Globe reports. Kenneth Kaiser, a retired assistant director of the FBI, had pleaded guilty as part of a plea agreement that spared him jail time. “I lost something I…