The FBI’s top official in Los Angeles has been quietly reassigned after an Inspector’s General’s report found he and other top bureau officials violated ethics regulations by holding a sensitive meeting at a 2018 Los Angels Dodgers during a playoff game.
Five senior FBI officials who attended a Los Angeles Dodgers playoff following a security briefing violated the bureau’s gift policies, the Justice Department’s Office of Inspector General said.
The FBI’s investigation into a popular daily fantasy sports operator could extend to team owners and executives of Major League Baseball.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is accusing the St. Louis Cardinals’ front office of illegally gaining access to another team’s computer to steal information about players and potential trades. But there’s one problem, the New York Times reports: Agents are having trouble determining who specifically did the deed. The investigation has narrowed in on…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The St. Louis Cardinals are under investigation by the FBI for allegedly hacking the computer network of the Houston Astros to steal player information, The Washington Post reports. A federal law enforcement official said the investigation is “ongoing” and that there is “a lot of working going into” it. It would…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The horrific Sandy Hook school shooting that killed 20 children and six staff members was a hoax? So claimed former Atlanta Braves star Chipper Jones in an odd tweet that suggested the FBI confirmed the shooting was not real, Huffington Post reports. The next day, on Saturday, Jones apologized, saying he…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling’s son caused quite a scare at Logan International Airport on Saturday when his 12-year-old son told federal agents he had a fake grenade in his bag, MassLive reports. “I think I left (a) fake grenade in my bag!” his son said. Schilling tweeted that the…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Just two weeks after New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez issued a statement in which he adamantly denied using performance enhancing drugs, the baseball player admitted to the DEA and prosecutors that he had in fact used the ban substances, the Washington Post reports. “I have been clear that I did…
