Border Patrol Agent Charged with Lying to Grand Jury about Expense Vouchers
A Border Patrol agent out of Tucson was charged with lying to a grand jury in San Diego following a military housing voucher scheme.
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FBI Informant Committed Fraud While Working Undercover on Terrorism Sting
The FBI placed an awful lot of trust in a Florida man who had just been released from prison for committing fraud.
Ex-DEA Agent Pleads Guilty to Stealing Fraud Proceeds
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A former DEA agents pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing fraud proceeds that she had been assigned to recover on behalf of fraud victims, the Justice Department said. Artemis Papadakis, 57, of Richmond, Calif., pleaded guilty in Southern California before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jill L. Burkhardt to an information charging her with…
FBI Arrests Iraqi Refugees Who Failed to Disclose Brother’s Involvement in Kidnapping of American
Two Iraqi refugees living in Northern Virginia were arrested by the FBI after failing to disclose their brother’s involvement in a 2004 kidnapping of an American contractor in Iraq.
Parker: Supreme Court Opens the Term with Criminal Case Arguments
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office. By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com The Supreme Court opens the 2016-2017 term on Monday with only 8 Justices because of the death last spring of Justice Scalia. The…
Justice Department: DEA Paid Informants Millions of Dollars without Proper Oversight
The DEA is under fire for spending millions of dollars on confidential informants without proper oversight and using sources in a way that potentially violates the Constitution, the Justice Department inspector general found.
Prosecutors Drop Case Against ex-DEA Agent Accused of Posing As FBI Agent
A former DEA agent who was accused of posing as an FBI agent in a fraud scheme no longer faces charges.
FBI: Polygamist Leader Lyle Jeffs Escaped Using Slippery Substance
Fundamentalist LDS Church leader Lyle Jeffs was able to escape custody using what likely is a readily available product.