A former Olympic snowboarder accused of running a violent international drug trafficking operation has been added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, federal authorities announced Thursday.
The FBI and Justice Department have launched a criminal investigation into the role of anti-doping authorities and sports officials who enabled elite Chinese swimmers, who tested positive for banned substances, to avoid punishment and secure multiple medals.
Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed – with no evidence – that the FBI is drugging the former head of Russia’s anti-doping lab so he’ll blow the whistle on a massive state-run doping program.
FBI agents found at least 37,000 images and videos of child pornography on hard drives in the garbage can of a longtime USA gymnastics doctor in Grand Rapids, Mich.
The FBI provided the tip that led Brazil to arrest 11 suspected militants accused of plotting a possible terrorist attack in the upcoming Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
The Justice Department is investigating allegations of state-sponsored doping by dozens of Russia’s top athletes.
An Olympic gold medal swimmer who became paralyzed from the waste down said she was “humiliated” during a full-body search after her wheelchair couldn’t go through a metal detector.
