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  • February 2008

    • Teen Pleads Guilty in Botnet Adware Scheme

      ComputerWorld  |  Feb 15, 08 1:28 PM CST

      Teen Pleads Guilty in Botnet Adware Scheme

      (Newser) - A teenager referred to by the FBI as BDH and known online as “Sobe” pleaded guilty to two counts of juvenile fraud conspiracy for a scheme that used botnets to install adware on hundreds of thousands of American computers, including some military systems. He will be sentenced May 5, and will receive between 1 year and 18 months in prison under a plea bargain, Computerworld reports. More »

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      FBI  • online advertising  • hacking  • Internet fraud  • adware  • botnets

    • FBI Bails on Immigrant Probes as Backlogs Mount

      McClatchy Newspapers  |  Feb 12, 08 4:45 AM CST

      FBI Bails on Immigrant Probes as Backlogs Mount

      (Newser) - Immigration officials are expected to grant green cards to tens of thousands of aliens before required FBI background checks, because the Department of Homeland Security is struggling under a ballooning backlog, McClatchy Newspapers reports. Background checks would be performed after immigrants are granted residency, which could be revoked if problems turn up later. More »

    • Feds Eye UBS as Subprime Probe Widens

      Wall Street Journal  |  Feb 2, 08 12:06 PM CST

      Feds Eye UBS as Subprime Probe Widens

      (Newser) - US criminal prosecutors investigating the subprime mortgage mess want to find out if UBS deliberately misled investors, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Swiss banking giant may have put mortgage bonds on its books at high prices despite knowing their valuations had plummeted. There are multiple probes into the mortgage crisis; until now most of them have involved civil authorities. More »

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      subprime mortgages  • FBI  • subprime crisis  • SEC  • Merrill Lynch  • UBS

  • January 2008

    • FBI Targets 14 Firms in Subprime Fraud Probe

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jan 30, 08 6:26 AM CST

      FBI Targets 14 Firms in Subprime Fraud Probe

      (Newser) - The FBI is investigating 14 companies linked to the subprime mortgage crisis, the Wall Street Journal reports. The bureau is pursuing allegations including accounting fraud  and insider trading, said a bureau spokesman. An investigation into the complex secondary mortgage market could implicate major firms that have lost billions of investor dollars on mortgage securities, according to an agent. The companies were not named. More »

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      FBI  • business  • subprime crisis  • mortgage  • bank  • insider trading  • financial institutions

    • Woman Seeks $5K Hit Man on Craigslist

      Associated Press  |  Jan 27, 08 5:32 PM CST

      Woman Seeks $5K Hit Man on Craigslist

      (Newser) - A Michigan woman posted a job on Craigslist last year to murder her lover's wife, the FBI announced yesterday. Ann Marie Linscott, 49, put up a generic "freelance" ad but asked responders to "eradicate a female living in Oroville, California" for $5,000. "I've seen some screwy things, but I've personally never heard of anything like this," an FBI agent said. More »

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      Internet  • California  • crime  • FBI  • Craigslist

    • Would-Be Teen Hijacker Was Suicidal, Cops Say

      Tennessean  |  Jan 25, 08 3:14 PM CST

      Would-Be Teen Hijacker Was Suicidal, Cops Say

      (Newser) - A California teenager who planned to hijack a flight from Los Angeles to Nashville is in state custody in Tennessee, the Tennessean reports. The 16-year-old had handcuffs and other suspicious items when he was detained, and authorities believe he was suicidal. The FBI dismissed reports he planned to crash the jet into a Hannah Montana concert in Louisiana. More »

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      California  • terrorism  • FBI  • homeland security  • Hannah Montana  • Tennessee  • Nashville  • juveniles

    • Saddam Faked Nukes to Scare Iran, Not US: Agent

      CBS  |  Jan 25, 08 5:18 AM CST

      Saddam Faked Nukes to Scare Iran, Not US: Agent

      (Newser) - Saddam Hussein revealed in FBI interrogations that he had no nuclear or biological weapons of mass destruction, but hid that fact to avoid invasion by Iran—and was stunned when the US invaded. "For him, it was critical that he was seen as the strong, defiant Saddam to prevent the Iranians from reinvading Iraq," an FBI agent tells "60 Minutes" in an interview to be broadcast Sunday. More »

    • Wanted Marine May Be in Mexico: FBI

      CNN  |  Jan 16, 08 6:19 PM CST

      Wanted Marine May Be in Mexico: FBI

      (Newser) - The Marine charged in North Carolina with the murder of a pregnant colleague might have fled to his native Mexico, the FBI said today. US officials have teamed with Mexican authorities to catch Cpl. Cesar Laurean, who wrote a letter to wife claiming he buried Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach’s body after she committed suicide in their home, the AP reports. More »

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      FBI  • Mexico  • North Carolina  • Marine  • Maria Lauterbach  • Cesar Laurean  • Camp Lejune

    • FBI Develops Global Police Net

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jan 15, 08 10:50 AM CST

      FBI Develops Global Police Net

      (Newser) - FBI officials are holding key talks with international law enforcement authorities to develop a high-tech database of suspected criminals and terrorists. The "Server in the Sky" system, which uses sophisticated biometric data such as iris prints, could transform international policing. But it may be a hard sell in some countries, where privacy issues will likely be a major concern, reports the Guardian . More »

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      FBI  • suspected terrorists  • biometrics

    • Doctor Sues 3 Officials in Anthrax Case

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jan 13, 08 5:02 PM CST

      Doctor Sues 3 Officials in Anthrax Case

      (Newser) - A former army doctor identified as a "person of interest" in the 2001 anthrax attacks is suing three US officials for leaking information about him, the Los Angeles Times reports. In his five-year-old suit, physician Steven Hatfill claims the case caused him "severe emotional distress" and hindered his ability to find work. "Some of the most damaging information leaked in this case [came] straight out of the U.S. attorney's office, " said Hatfill's attorney. More »

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      lawsuit  • FBI  • Department of Justice  • doctor  • US attorney  • anthrax  • John Ashcroft  • physician  • District of Columbia

    • FBI Wiretaps Hung Up by Late Phone Bills

      Reuters  |  Jan 10, 08 6:53 PM CST

      FBI Wiretaps Hung Up by Late Phone Bills

      (Newser) - You’re not alone: The FBI apparently has trouble paying its bills on time, too. A Justice Department audit released today shows that, in general, the FBI handled money earmarked for use in undercover operations poorly, and cited instances in which a phone line used to deliver surveillance information to the Bureau was disconnected because of late payment, Reuters reports. More »

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      FBI  • warrantless wiretapping  • FISA

    • FBI: Violent Crime Down

      USA Today  |  Jan 7, 08 4:53 PM CST

      FBI: Violent Crime Down

      (Newser) - Rates of violent crime, including murder, fell during the first six months of 2007, reversing a recent trend, a preliminary FBI review shows. An overall decline of 1% in murders, including a 6.5% drop in the nation’s largest cities, accompanied a 2% dip in violent crime and drops across all crime categories, including rape, robbery, and property crimes such as car theft and arson, USA Today reports. More »

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      FBI  • crime statistics

    • FBI Reignites DB Cooper Case

      Oregonian (Portland)  |  Jan 2, 08 10:06 AM CST

      FBI Reignites DB Cooper Case

      (Newser) - The FBI is again seeking help solving the intriguing 36-year-old mystery of DB Cooper, last seen parachuting from a hijacked Northwest Airlines jet over southwest Washington with a $200,000 ransom. He appears to have vanished into thin air—if he survived the daring jump. But now the FBI has released new information on its own website about the elusive hijacker in a new push to solve the case, reports the Oregonian . More »

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      FBI  • Washington  • Northwest Airlines  • Mexico City  • hijack  • D.B. Cooper

  • December 2007

    • Al-Qaeda Killed Bhutto, Pakistan Says

      CNN  |  Dec 28, 07 11:27 AM CST

      Al-Qaeda Killed Bhutto, Pakistan Says

      (Newser) - The suicide bomber who killed Benazir Bhutto belonged to a militant group with links to Al-Qaeda, Pakistan’s Interior Ministry told GEO-TV today, fingering Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, an outlawed Sunni group blamed for hundreds of killings.The US State Department considers the group a terrorist organization with links to the Taliban. The Pakistani government also offered disparate explanations for Bhutto's death, CNN reports. More »

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      Pakistan  • al-Qaeda  • Taliban  • Benazir Bhutto  • FBI  • terrorist

    • Gulags in America? Hoover Tried

      New York Times  |  Dec 22, 07 5:56 PM CST

      Gulags in America? Hoover Tried

      (Newser) - J. Edgar Hoover wanted to round up 12,000 Americans he deemed disloyal in 1950, suspend habeus corpus, and lock them up in military and federal prisons, the New York Times reports. In a newly declassified letter, the FBI chief urges President Truman to approve the plan and tell the populace the Soviet-style arrests were necessary to “protect the country against treason, espionage, and sabotage.” More »

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      FBI  • Guantanamo Bay  • history  • habeas corpus  • J. Edgar Hoover

    • FBI Plans Huge Biometric Index

      Washington Post  |  Dec 22, 07 12:29 PM CST

      FBI Plans Huge Biometric Index

      (Newser) - The FBI is planning a $1 billion database of “biometric” information—face shapes, iris scans, palm patterns, and even gait patterns—to enhance investigations, the Washington Post reports. Critics fear that the plan, called Next Generation Identification, will further erode individual privacy as the body becomes a de facto identification card: "It's enabling the Always On Surveillance Society,” said an ACLU director. More »

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      FBI  • privacy  • Berlin  • law enforcement  • identity card  • Big Brother  • fingerprinting  • biometrics

    • On Tape, Sharpton Cuts Deal for Campaign Cash

      Philadelphia Inquirer  |  Dec 15, 07 5:53 PM CST

      On Tape, Sharpton Cuts Deal for Campaign Cash

      (Newser) - Someone should have told Al Sharpton he was on candid camera. When the then-presidential candidate agreed to land a multimillion-dollar contract for fundraiser Ronald White in 2003, the FBI was filming the whole thing, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Now Sharpton is under investigation for possible tax fraud and campaign finance violations, but he insists that he’s done nothing illegal and that the tape vindicates him. More »

    • Iraq Watchdog Gets His Own Probe

      Washington Post  |  Dec 14, 07 6:42 AM CST

      Iraq Watchdog Gets His Own Probe

      (Newser) - The tables have turned on the federal watchdog who has spent the past four years investigating waste and fraud in Iraq—he's now the target of an FBI probe of his own alleged overspending and mismanagement. Former employees claim that Inspector General Stuart Brown paid some employees inflated six-figure overtime, misused taxpayer funds, and snooped in staff emails, the Washington Post reports. More »

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      Iraq  • FBI  • fraud  • Iraq reconstruction  • Stuart Bowen

    • Peterson Starts Defense Fund

      Chicago Sun-Times  |  Dec 12, 07 4:48 AM CST

      Peterson Starts Defense Fund

      (Newser) - The suburban Chicago ex-cop who is a murder suspect in the death of one wife and the disappearance of another has launched a legal defense fund on the Internet. Drew Peterson's website, DefendDrew.com, takes donations via PayPal. He blasts "media sensationalism" for causing his family hardship, and claims he needs money for both a defense fund and to hire a detective to find his missing fourth wife, Stacy.  More »

    • Vegas to Build Mob Museum

      Associated Press  |  Dec 11, 07 11:03 AM CST

      Vegas to Build Mob Museum

      (Newser) - Las Vegas will create a museum showcasing the Mob's role in turning a tiny desert settlement into America's gambling mecca. The $50 million project is slated to be completed in 2010. "Let's be brutally honest, warts and all. This is more than legend. It's fact," said the mayor. "This is something that differentiates us from other cities." More »

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      FBI  • Las Vegas  • Nevada  • Mafia  • organized crime  • museums  • mob

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