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FBI Says Ex-NY University Official Forced Students to Perform Chores For Scholarships
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Now it’s the feds turn to teach Cecilia Chang, former vice president and dean of a New York university, a big lesson. Federal authorities in New York on Wednesday indicted the former St. John’s University official for allegedly threatening to revoke scholarships if students failed to carry out certain tasks like…
Scores Charged in Cybertheft of Millions from U.S. Banks
By Allan Lengel AOL News More than than 60 people were indicted today on charges of stealing millions of dollars from U.S. bank accounts through mischievous computer attacks. In announcing the local and federal indictments, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of New York said that modern high-tech bank heists no longer require “a gun, a mask,…
Mi. Atty. Gen. Says FBI Did Not Violate Law in Fatally Shooting of Imam
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Michigan Attorney General said the FBI violated no state laws when it fatally shot a Detroit mosque leader Luqman Ameen Abdullah during a raid of a suburban warehouse last October, the Detroit News reported. “My office’s review found undisputed evidence that Mr. Abdullah resisted arrest and fired a gun first…
Report: Holocaust Museum Shooter Targeted White House’s David Axelrod
By Allan Lengel For AOL News WASHINGTON — Weeks after a white supremacist shot and killed a guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington in 2009, White House senior adviser David Axelrod showed up at his favorite Chicago Jewish deli with an entourage of Secret Service agents. In the past, he had no…
Congressman Continues to Apply Pressure on Virgin Islands to Drop Murder Charge Against ATF Agent
Rep. Chris Lee at press conference By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Rep. Chris Lee (R-NY) continued to apply pressure Thursday, holding a press conference near the Capitol in an attempt to get the Virgin Islands to drop murder charges against ATF agent Will Clark who shot and killed someone in September 2008 during a…
FBI Joins LAPD to Solve 27 Murders in 3 Months
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI teamed up with the police department to help solve 27 murders in the past three months, the Los Angeles Times reports. The paper reports that under the joint effort, which began July 1, the FBI provided six agents, equipment, crime lab help and money to pay for LAPD detectives’…
Conner Eldrige Nominated for U.S. Atty in Arkansas
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON– As part of what seems like a never ending process of filling the U.S. Attorney posts nationwide, President Obama on Wednesday nominated Conner Eldridge to serve as the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas. Eldridge has served as a Special Deputy Prosecutor for the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office of…
Obama Nominates Ken Bohac for U.S. Marshal in Ill.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON– President Obama on Wednesday nominated Kenneth F. Bohac to serve as a U.S. Marshal for the Central District of Illinois. “I am proud to nominate this dedicated public servant as a United States Marshal,” President Obama said in a statement. Ken Bohac became a Deputy U.S. Marshal in Chicago in…