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The Takedown FEDagent 8/18/16 The Takedown FEDagent 8/18/16

Alleged Shooter of NM Officer Hit with More Federal Charges

An Ohio man was charged with federal firearms and carjacking offenses arising out of an Aug. 12, 2016 traffic stop in Hatch, N.M., when he allegedly shot and killed Hatch Police Officer Jose Chavez.

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The Takedown FEDagent 8/11/16 The Takedown FEDagent 8/11/16

Ex-Police Officer Admits Lying to FBI in Civil Rights Case

In a rare case of an officer facing a civil rights conviction, a former Louisiana police officer pled guilty Friday in court in Shreveport, Louisiana to violating the civil rights of a woman and lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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The Takedown FEDagent 8/4/16 The Takedown FEDagent 8/4/16

Metro Transit Officer Charged with Attempting to Help ISIS

Prosecutors made history this week when they brought the first-ever federal terrorism charges against a 36-year-old law enforcement officer in the U.S.

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The Takedown FEDagent 7/28/16 The Takedown FEDagent 7/28/16

Georgia Man Spent Lottery Winnings on Crystal Meth Business

After winning $3 million from a lottery scratch-off game in 2015, a Georgia man sensibly chose to invest those gains. Unfortunately for him, his investment in a crystal meth business earned him decades behind bars.

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The Takedown FEDagent 7/21/16 The Takedown FEDagent 7/21/16

Multi-Agency Operation Takes Down Heroin Traffickers

A multi-agency operation targeting a major drug-trafficking organization resulted in the arrest of six people and the recovery of more than $100,000 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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The Takedown FEDagent 7/14/16 The Takedown FEDagent 7/14/16

DEA Agents Convicted for Lying about Strip Club Ownership

Two former Drug Enforcement Administration employees were convicted of lying to the government about owning a New Jersey strip club during their top secret clearance application process.

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The Takedown FEDagent 7/7/16 The Takedown FEDagent 7/7/16

Ex-National Guardsman Charged with Plotting ISIS Attack

A former member of the Army National Guard living in Virginia is accused of trying to buy guns in Charlotte for a domestic terrorist attack on a military base.

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The Takedown FEDagent 6/30/16 The Takedown FEDagent 6/30/16

Chinese National Sentenced for Smuggling Military-Grade Equipment to China

A Chinese national was sentenced yesterday to 30 months in prison for his part in an elaborate scheme to smuggle high tech military weapons of war overseas.

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The Takedown FEDagent 6/23/16 The Takedown FEDagent 6/23/16

Congressman Fattah Convicted of Bribery, Resigns Immediately

Convicted in a racketeering case earlier this week, Rep. Chaka Fattah resigned from Congress effective immediately.

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The Takedown FEDagent 6/8/16 The Takedown FEDagent 6/8/16

$4 Million in Heroin Seized in Massive Drug Bust

Federal, state and local officers confiscated more than 80 pounds of heroin and arrested 10 people in Washington, DC this week who were involved in a large-scale heroin ring.

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The Takedown FEDagent 6/2/16 The Takedown FEDagent 6/2/16

Feds Bring Down Largest Insider Trading Ring Yet

After seven years of dogged pursuit, the U. S. government infiltrated and unraveled one of the hardest-to-detect criminal rings–insider trading among Wall Street elite who ultimately paid $1.94 billion in individual fines.

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The Takedown FEDagent 5/26/16 The Takedown FEDagent 5/26/16

‘Guccifer’ Pleads Guilty to Hacker Charges in Federal Court

Romanian hacker “Guccifer” admitted to compromising nearly 100 social media and email accounts of U.S. government officials, politicians, and other public figures in federal court Wednesday.

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The Takedown FEDagent 5/12/16 The Takedown FEDagent 5/12/16

Former South Carolina Police Officer Charged with Federal Civil Rights Violation

A federal grand jury indictment unsealed Wednesday charged the former South Carolina police officer who shot and killed a man fleeing a traffic stop with a federal civil rights violation.

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The Takedown FEDagent 4/28/16 The Takedown FEDagent 4/28/16

Malian National with Ties to Boko Haram get 25 Years for Diplomat Murder Conspiracy

A Malian national received 25 years in U.S. prison after pleading guilty to charges of conspiring to kill an American diplomat in Niger.

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The Takedown FEDagent 4/21/16 The Takedown FEDagent 4/21/16

NYPD, FBI Bust East Harlem Gang Ring

The FBI teamed up with NYPD to arrest more than 30 gang members involved in major drug operations in East Harlem’s public housing complexes.

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The Takedown FEDagent 4/14/16 The Takedown FEDagent 4/14/16

CBP Seizes $5.6 Million in Triple Meth Busts

A trifecta of meth busts at the Mexico border resulted in the confiscation of nearly $5.6 million worth of methamphetamine last week.

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The Takedown FEDagent 4/11/16 The Takedown FEDagent 4/11/16

DHS Creates Fake University, Arrests 21 for Visa Fraud

Since 2002, Department of Homeland Security agents operated a fake university in New Jersey to catch individuals conspiring to commit visa fraud.

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The Takedown FEDagent 3/31/16 The Takedown FEDagent 3/31/16

Defense Contractors to Pay $8 Million in Defective Countermeasure Flares Settlement

The U.S. Justice Department announced an $8 million settlement with two defense contractors over allegations of selling defective infrared countermeasure flares to the U.S. Army thereby violating the False Claims Act.

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The Takedown FEDagent 3/24/16 The Takedown FEDagent 3/24/16

U.S. Marshals Arrest 8,000 Fugitives in National Operation

From Feb. 1 to March 11, the U.S. Marshals Service arrested more than 8,000 gang members, sex offenders, and other violent criminals in what they named Operation Violence Reduction12.

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The Takedown FEDagent 3/17/16 The Takedown FEDagent 3/17/16

Russian Banker Falls for FBI Trap, Pleads Guilty to Spy Charges

In what sounds like the plotline for a Cold War-era movie, 41-year-old Evgeny Buryakov pleaded guilty Friday to conspiring to act in the United States as an unregistered intelligence agent of the Russian Federation.

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