By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A corrupt former aide to two Buffalo mayors may help the feds find more corruption. Timothy E. Wanamaker, also a former economic development chief, pleaded guilty Tuesday to a felony charge of stealing government funds, reports Buffalo News, and agreed to cooperate with federal investigators. Wanamaker admitted to charging about $30,000…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A former FBI agent was taken into custody Tuesday after being sentenced to five months in prison followed by five months home confinement for lying to investigators about losing money seized in a major drug bust. Authorities suspect he actually stole the money. Jerry Nau, from Peoria, Ill., pleaded guilty in…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com FBI investigators have found themselves in a “Whack-a-Mole” like search for $600 million in missing funds, reports MSNBC. The search, in partnership with the Commodity Futures Training Commission and the SEC, is for lost customer cash in an investigation into New Jersey Gov. John Corzine’s now bankrupt brokerage firm MF Global….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III emphasized Thursday that the cyberworld has dramatically changed the landscape when it comes to theft of intelligence and money. “You have probes and capabilities of intruding into networks..that previously you had to recruit somebody inside to obtain, which makes it much easier for…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Convicted ex-Rep. William Jefferson of money-in-the-freezer fame has had his fair share of disputes with the federal government. But this time around he’s got to be pleased with the government, which, according to the New Orleans Times-Picayune, has asked and gotten more time to file briefs in the case. After all,…
Leonard Levitt wrote the column “One Police Plaza” for the newspaper Newsday about the New York City police department. Before joining Newsday, he worked as a reporter for the Associated Press and the Detroit News, as a correspondent for Time Magazine, and as the investigations editor of the New York Post. By Leonard Levitt Huffington…
On Wednesday, the administration appointed a Border Czar to deal with the drug problems at the border. Now President Obama is taking it up another notch. Hopefully the administration can sustain its campaign to help the Mexicans battle the dangerous cartels. By Spencer S. Hsu Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — President Obama yesterday ratcheted…
