Weekend Series on Crime: The Story of FBI Top 10 Fugitive “Whitey” Bulger
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FBI Official Says Kidnappings in Texas Border Town “Off the Charts”
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com An FBI official in Texas told state lawmakers Thursday that kidnappings in the border town of McAllen, Tex., have nearly quadrupled over the last fiscal year, and most were drug related, the Associated Press reported. John Johnson, assistant special agent in charge of the FBI McAllen office, said 42 people were…
70-Year-Old Art Dealer Admits Selling Fake Picasso For $2 Million and Lying to FBI
By Allan Lengel For AOL News About three years ago, Los Angeles art dealer Tatiana Khan sold a 1902 pastel by Pablo Picasso for $2 million. She told the buyer it had come from the family of famed publisher Malcolm Forbes and was in fact worth far more. Only problem was the painting was a…
Ex-FBI Agent Gets 30 Years For Home-Invasion Plot
By Allan Lengel For AOL NEWS A former FBI agent was sentenced Monday in California to 30 years in prison for plotting a violent home invasion of a suspected drug stash house in Orange County in what turned out to be an FBI sting. Vo Duong Tran, 42, of New Orleans, was convicted in March…
Dept. Justice to Add 15 Fed Prosecutor Positions and 20 FBI Agents to Battle Intellectual Crimes
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — As part of its ongoing battle against intellectual property crimes domestically and internationally, the Justice Department on Monday announced the appointment of 15 new assistant U.S. Attorneys and 20 FBI agents to address the problem that includes theft of trademarks, copyrights and industrial secrets. The Justice Department said the…
New High Tech Devices Like Smartphones Pose Challenges to FBI and Other Agencies
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Traditionally computers and emails have provided an endless treasure of info for agencies like the FBI, but new devices like smartphones and game consoles are posing challenges for the agencies. That’s what people attending the 2010 Computer Forensics Show last week in New York were told, according to the website Network…
New Head of Newark FBI Michael Ward Knows Corruption Will be a Priority
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Michael Ward, the new head of the FBI’s Newarks office, is getting his feet wet, getting to know his agents, quickly learning what clearly will be a big priority, the Newark Star-Legder reports. “After my first couple of briefings, I think I can safely say that corruption is an issue in…
Gordon Snow To Head FBI’s Cyber Security Division
Gordon Snow/ fbi photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Gordon M. Snow, a Detroit native, gets a bump up, going from deputy assistant director of the agency’s Cyber Division to assistant director of the division, which protects U.S. from cyber attacks and high tech crimes. “The FBI considers the cyber threat against our nation…