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Former Ill. FBI Agent Lied About Missing Money, Gets 5 Months Behind Bars

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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…

Ill. FBI Agent Pleads to Lying About Whereabouts of $43,643

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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Where’s the money? That’s what authorities still would like to know. FBI Agent Jerry Nau, 44, of Peoria, Ill. pleaded guilty Wednesday in Urbana, Ill. to lying about the whereabouts of $43,643 seized during a drug investigation in November 2008 by a multi-county task force he was part of, according to…