An ex-FBI agent has been sentenced to prison for accepting $225,000 from a foreign government while serving in the agency. Charles McGonigal, 55, was found guilty of taking money from an Albanian agent. At the time, McGonigal oversaw counterintelligence and national-security matters as the top agent in the FBI's New York office from 2017 and … Continue reading Ex-FBI agent faces more jail time for taking foreign payments
A former high-ranking FBI counterintelligence official has pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate sanctions on Russia by going to work, after he retired, for an oligarch he once investigated. Charles McGonigal, 55, said he was "deeply remorseful" for work he did in 2021 for the billionaire industrialist Oleg Deripaska. McGonigal was a former special agent … Continue reading Ex-FBI high ranking official pleads guilty to charge for helping Russian oligarch
A Utah man accused of making threats against President Joe Biden was shot and killed by FBI agents hours before the president was expected to land in the state Wednesday, authorities said. Special agents were trying to serve a warrant on the home of Craig Deleeuw Robertson in Provo, south of Salt Lake City, when … Continue reading FBI kills man threatening to shoot Joe Biden
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is pushing for the FBI to build new headquarters in Huntsville, Alabama, instead of Washington, D.C., to take politics out of how the agency functions, the The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. According to the report, Jordan may cut the bureau's funding unless it moves to Alabama's midsized city, roughly 700 miles … Continue reading Jordan Pushing for New FBI HQ in Alabama
The Federal Bureau of Intelligence, FBI, has rejected the application by an American, Jeffrey Guterman, a retired American mental health counsellor asking it to release a file on Nigeria’s President-elect Bola Tinubu. Guterman, in a tweet disclosing the development on Friday, said his request was rejected because, according to the FBI, “the existence of files … Continue reading FBI declines Jeffrey Guterman’s request for release of file, gives reason
Summary Jack Teixeira has appeared in a Boston court for allegedly leaking confidential US defence and intelligence documents He's been charged with unauthorised retention and transmission of national defence information, and unauthorised removal and retention of classified documents The 21-year-old - who had top-secret clearance - faces 15 years in prison if he's found guilty … Continue reading Jack Teixeira charged over Pentagon leaks
The FBI is "concerned" by reports that secret "police stations" linked to China have been set up across the US. A September report issued by the NGO Safeguard Defenders revealed the presence of these stations around the world, including in New York. The FBI's director, Christopher Wray, told senior politicians that the agency was monitoring … Continue reading FBI worried about reports of Chinese police stations in US
The U.S. Justice Department on Friday asked a federal appeals court to let it resume reviewing classified materials seized in an FBI search of former President Donald Trump's Florida estate. In the filing before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, the Justice Department said the circuit court should halt part of the … Continue reading Trump Probe: Will the court allow review of classified documents
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has charged two Nigerians for $6.2million wire fraud after attempts to scam Americans of $25.2million. The defendants are accused of defrauding nearly two dozen public and private entities around the United States, including at least one in Oregon. The Department of Justice (DoJ) indictment unsealed in federal court charged … Continue reading FBI arrests 2 Nigerians over $25m fraud
An aerial view of former U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home after Trump said that FBI agents searched it, in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. August 15, 2022. REUTERS The U.S. Justice Department's search of former President Donald Trump's home this month turned up a "limited" number of documents potentially subject to attorney-client privilege, federal prosecutors … Continue reading FBI’s Mar-a-Lago raid uncovers material possibly covered by attorney-client privilege, prosecutors say
Former President Donald Trump on Monday called for himself to be declared the "rightful winner" of the 2020 presidential election, or for the vote to be held again. Trump's outburst came after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg claimed that he limited the spread of a story damaging to Joe Biden's campaign on the advice of the … Continue reading FBI guilty of fraud and election interference – Trump
Families of the victims of the September 11 attacks who are suing the government of Saudi Arabia in a United States federal court in New York are expecting the US government to imminently release a key FBI report. The 16-page report is an FBI summary and analysis of the agency’s long-running investigation into the activities … Continue reading Families urge the U.S. govt to release FBI report on Saudi role in 9/11
The Police Service Commission has said it will determine the fate of the Commander of the IGP Intelligence Response and Monitoring Team, Abba Kyari, a deputy commissioner of police, indicted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for alleged involvement in a $1.1m Internet fraud. Image shows Abba Kyari standing near a sign post leading to … Continue reading Hushpuppi and Abba Kyari: Latest update on the FBI Investigation
The government of the United States of America has declared six Nigerians wanted for their involvement in business email compromise schemes. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) declared the Nigerians wanted in a tweet in the early hours of Saturday, June 27, 2020, asking the public to provide information about them. https://twitter.com/FBI/status/1276666659944697856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1276666659944697856%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpulsembed.eu%2Fp2em%2FhsU_fqxfT%2F The FBI says … Continue reading FBI declares six Nigerians wanted for financial fraud
The FBI had little evidence to launch the investigation into the Trump presidential campaign, according to U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr. In a statement released on Monday Barr was highly critical of the FBI, although he followed his criticism with praise for the current-day FBI administration. "Nothing is more important than the credibility and integrity of … Continue reading James Comey: It took two years but the truth about Trump is finally out
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