By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Semion Mogilevich, an international crime boss and Ukrainian businessman suspected of contract murder, weapons and drug trafficking, high-end corporate fraud and extortion, joins Osama bin Laden on the elite FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted List. The FBI said Mogilevich is suspected of being involved in a multi-million dollar scheme…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Mexican man has learned the hard way not to press his luck, particularly when it comes to physically beating FBI agents who suffered serious, but non-life threatening injuries. Juan Jose Magallanes Torres of Anapara, Mexico, was originally charged with being part of a gang that beat two FBI agents in…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — It certainly can’t hurt morale. President Barack Obama is headed to the Big Apple Tuesday to give a big pat on the back to the FBI for its work on the latest terrorism case involving suspect Najibullah Zazi, who is accused of plotting to kill Americans here at home,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — If notoriety is what you seek, Joe Luis Saenz, this is your lucky day. With the capture of three of the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives since July, there’s been some openings, and Joe Luis Saenz has just been added to the list. “Starting today, and over the next…
Would J. Edgar Hoover Have Bought a bottle of “Integrity”?/fbi photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — And now for the FBI agent who has everything. The FBI Recreation Association, a non-profit organization which sells official FBI merchandise at headquarters and FBI field offices, has announced on its website that it is selling an official…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A Pittsburgh FBI agent was among 41 law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in 2008 during arrests, tactical situations, surveillance, ambushes or domestic violence, according to an FBI report released Monday. The number of deaths marked a significant decline from 2007 when 58 officers were killed…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Back in the day, Ford ran a commercial that said: “Ford Has a Better Idea”. Chinese National Xiang Dong Yu figured that was still the case. The former product engineer for the Ford Motor Co. was indicted in the Motor City on charges that he stole trade secrets from the automaker…
