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Retired Special Agent in Charge. Former Economic Crimes Advisor to two dozen+ countries. Proud graduate of The Ohio State University, Fort Hays State University, and Western New Mexico University. Former Oakland Athletics fan White collar crime is crime
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February 14 is the birthday of my grandfather, Valentine born 1887. Grandmother also born in the U.S. in 1890, never learned English. I've seen at least 6 different spellings of the last name that my grandfather used. He had a 2nd grade education, so it was probably that and not being on the lam.

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My Dad used to call President Nixon "Honest Richard" and by today's standards he was right. In October, 1973, Vice President Spiro Agnew pled guilty to felony tax evsion (He did not report bribe income when he was a county commissioner/governor.) Special Agents or Prosecutors were not fired

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Why do I keep getting emails from Linkedin suggesting that I follow Vivek Ramaswamy? Hard pass.

submitted 84 days ago • 1 comment

Book read this week: "Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories" by Mike Rothschild (no relation).

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Thisis one of the difficult cases to grade when assigning it to a Special Agent. Because of the sensitivity/notoriety of the investigation, it needs a very senior, experienced person. However, the investigative steps (Venmo and checks) warrant assignment to the most junior person available.

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"A fire-gutted shack in San Francisco with no bathroom, kitchen, running water, or electricity can be yours — or dare I say mine? — for $299,000." sfstandard.com/2024/11/18/s...

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California law enforcement authorities allege that four people involved in an insurance claim concerning a bear attack on a Rolls Royce committed fraud since the attack was actually by a human in a bear suit.

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Book read this week (for no particular reason). "The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters" by Tom Nichols.

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The head of anti-money laundering for the national police in Spain has been arrested after 20 million Euros was allegedly found at his residence. The alleged source was payoffs from drug dealers. Placement, let alone layering and integration, of ill-gotten gains is hard.

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Folks: we hate doing these posts, but now is the time to rebuild our pro-democracy community right here on BlueSky. No more leaving our future in the hands of Elon Musk. If you are able, please follow, repost this, and let your followers know we are here. Let's do this!

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