Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Kenneth L. Moore has been appointed special agent in charge of the FBI’s Knoxville Division, the FBI announced in a press release. Moore has served as chief inspector in the FBI’s Inspection Division at FBI Headquarters since April 2011. Moore’s career began in 1987 in Little Rock. He later went on to…
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Sometimes being a ‘friend of Israel’ means sharing criminals. Three Israeli mobsters were extradited to the U.S. in January 2011 in the first extradition of its kind under Israel’s racketeering law, which parallels RICO, the U.S. law targeting organized crime. Two of the three pled guilty to a host of drug and…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI wants greater access. CNET reports that that the FBI is pushing for legislation to force social networks like Facebook and Twitter, email providers and peer-to-peer networks to become “wiretap friendly. CNET reports that the legislation would expand a current law for cell phone operators and broadband networks. To read…
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com DETROIT — The Justice Department on Wednesday announced that it had charged 107 people including nurses, doctors and social workers in a nationwide crackdown on Medicare fraud in seven cities involving a staggering $452 million in false billing. As part of the crackdown, 22 people were charged in Detroit with fraud involving…
Andrew Gumbel is a Los Angeles-based journalist and writer and a longtime foreign correspondent for British newspapers. He is a co-author of the book: “Oklahoma City: What the Investigation Missed–and Why It Still Matters.” By Andrew Gumbel Huffington Post Ever since Timothy McVeigh’s execution, four months to the day before 9/11, a certain conventional…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI has busted five men — three of whom are self-described anarchists — on suspicion of conspiring to blow up a bridge near Cleveland, the Justice Department announced Tuesday morning. The men plotted to blow up a Route 82 bridge at the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, authorities said in a…
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Accusations are flying in Atlanta that airport concession contracts have been rigged to favor the Mayor’s campaign contributors, reports WSBTV. The FBI has apparently contacted several of the losing bidders to interview them about the bidding process. One bidder told WSBTV, “I answered their questions that I had a feeling things went…
