By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents crossed the line when they posed as Internet repairmen to get access to computers in a Las Vegas Strip hotel last summer during an investigation into online gambling, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge Andrew Gordon in Las Vegas dismissed the evidence collected during the sting, leaving…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI crossed the line when agents cut off the Internet connection at a Las Vegas luxury villa and then posed as repairmen in order to access information from the computers of people suspected of running illegal betting operations, a federal magistrate said, Bloomberg reports. U.S. Magistrate Judge Peggy Leen said…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A federal judge has postponed an illegal Internet gambling trial to determine whether FBI agents went beyond the law when they entered Las Vegas hotel suites without a warrant and obtained information from the computers of the suspects, the Associated Press reports. The Jan. 12 trial date was vacated pending a…
The FBI is trying to determine whether two American tourists broke any laws by shipping preserved human parts from Thailand to Las Vegas.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Prosecutors defended the FBI’s controversial decision shut off the Internet connection to three luxury Las Vegas suites in a ruse to send in undercover agents to “fix” the problems, the Associated Press reports. U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden and two other government lawyers filed a lengthy court filing defending the practice….
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A man accused of ramming his truck into a car carrying two FBI agents pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday, the Las Vegas Review Journal reports. Yatnier Gonzalez, 32, pleaded guilty to one count of assault on a federal officer. He will be sentenced on March 12. The two agents are…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents acted against the recommendation of an assistant U.S. attorney and impersonated repair technicians at a Las Vegas hotel to investigate online sports betting, the Associated Press reports. The agents shut off the Internet at a Las Vegas hotel to make it appears as though the computer and hardware needed…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A burglary suspect accused of trying to ram his truck into FBI cars to avoid arrest was indicted on federal assault charges Tuesday by a Las Vegas grand jury, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. The agents weren’t injured in the attack but their cars were damaged, authorities said. According to the criminal…
