SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After a three-day trial, a federal jury found ANTON ANDREYEVICH IAGOUNOV, 38, of South Lake Tahoe, guilty on 4 counts of fraud, specifically impersonating a federal officer. The Justice Department had charged him with pretending to be
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AMSTERDAM NL–The trap was set. The gendarmes were in position. Inside Amsterdam’s HOLLANDISHE BANKE plainclothes police posed as bank employees. Not wanting to tip their presence the police arrived early … seeded with the morning commute. Outside, the “uniforms” were also
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WASHINGTON DC — Retired FBI agent … member TOM BAKER … writes Wall Street Journal OPED suggesting America’s Intel agencies and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act [FISA] need to be reformed, as a result of the electronic surveillance and counterintelligence
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Becoming a Private Eye Made Me a Better Investigator. I love the FBI. I love the people at the FBI. I was an FBI Agent for 29 years before I decided to retire. I was fortunate that I was able
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SACRAMENTO–JJ WEDICK stared across the hotel room looking at PHIL KITZER folding some clothes. He knew he couldn’t wait any longer. “Phil, I can’t go with you to HAITI,” he said. He was sure his comment would trigger an argument.
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SACRAMENTO-The trap was set and the gendarmes were in position. Inside Amsterdam’s HOLLANDISHE BANKE plainclothes police posed as bank employees. Not wanting to tip their presence the police arrived early … seeded with the morning commute. Outside, the “uniforms” were also
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Confidential Informants – Cooperating Witnesses – Confidential Human Sources This article will focus on researching FBI policies and procedures for the operation of confidential informants. These documents are available to the public through the Freedom of information Act. Researching FBI
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PHILADELPHIA–I think we need to redefine the word retirement. Instead of retirement meaning the end of one’s job and ceasing to work, I think it should mean finally being able to work longer and harder at what we really want
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CALIFORNIA / NEW YORK–Capitalizing on the prominent “page one” listings the website has with search engines, in particular key words used by high-profile individuals, security officials, law firms and journalists seeking information about “security” and/or “executive protection,” and someone who
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PHILADELPHIA–There’s a saying in the FBI – “Don’t embarrass the Bureau.” The behavior of each special agent is seen as a direct reflection of the agency. It’s expected that everything an FBI agent says and does will project a positive
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SACRAMENTO–Completing the book proposal for CHASING PHIL author DAVID HOWARD said he was surprised … almost “overwhelmed” by the attention. In circulation for about a week, he said he expected to get calls from book publishers, but film studios? That
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SACRAMENTO–Having aided the author with book proposal titled, “CHASING PHIL,” the true life story of FBI agents – JAMES WEDICK and JACK BRENNAN – infiltrating the world of PHILIP KARL KITZER as part of the FBI’s new found strategy targeting
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"Members on this website are “retired” FBI agents, many who are “licensed” Private Investigators [PIs], independent contractors and vendors who promote and sell their services as consultants to members of the public, public and/or private industry and/or local, state and/or federal government.
As consultants, they “contract” out their services to conduct criminal/civil investigations, provide litigation support, conduct due diligence inquires, provide executive protection and conduct background screenings, offer expert opinions concerning investigations, do electronic sweeps and counter measures, provide drug screenings, offer forensic accounting services, and conduct surveillances, as well as locate assets and/or conduct other research.
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