FBI Arrests Former Top Puerto Rico Officials in Corruption Case
The FBI arrested two former top officials in Puerto Rico for allegedly directing about $15.5 million in federal funding to political connected businesses.
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Manafort Faces Renewed Scrutiny over $40M in ‘Suspicious Transactions’
President Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort is facing renewed scrutiny after special counsel Robert Mueller resurrected a shelved federal investigation that previously identified $40 million in “suspicious transactions” to and from Manafort’s companies
FBI Investigating Whether Suspected Russian Mobster Funneled Money to NRA to Help Trump During Election
The FBI is investigating whether a Russian banker with ties to the Kremlin, mobsters and money laundering illegally funneled money to the National Rifle Association to help Donald Trump win the presidency.
Disgraced Ex-House Speaker Dennis Hastert Released From Federal Prison
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, 75, who had long been regarded in the public eye as just a Regular Joe from the Midwest — that is until his scandal emerged — has been released from a federal prison hospital in Minnesota and transferred to a halfway house in Chicago, Josh Gerstein of…
Former Homeland Security Investigations Agent Accused of Stealing Drug Money
A former Homeland Security Investigations agent faces numerous federal charges alleging he stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in drug cash and laundering it through real estate transactions and banks.
American Families of Victims Killed By Drug Traffickers Sue HSBC Bank for Allegedly Laundering Money and Supporting Cartels
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com American families of victims killed by “ruthless” Mexican drug cartels are suing the HSBC Holdings PLC, saying it “knowingly provided continuous and systematic material support to the cartels and their acts of terrorism by laundering billions of dollars for them.” “As a proximate result of HSBC’s material support to the Mexican drug…
FBI, Justice Department Trying to Determine Role Goldman Sachs Played in Corruption Case
At this point, the inquiry does not suggest criminal wrongdoing by Goldman Sachs.
Ex-Border Patrol Agent Who Laundered Drug Money Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former Border Patrol agent who laundered drug money was sentenced to two years in prison Thursday, the Arizona Daily Star. Raimundo Borjas was convicted of money laundering after trying to conceal $61,600 in deposits. After he’s released from prison, Borjas was ordered to spend three years of supervision and to…