Judge Drops Wrongful Termination Lawsuit Against Former FBI Agent

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.comĀ  A former FBI agent who filed a $2.2 million federal lawsuit against the FBI claiming retaliation and racial discrimination lost her case, WFMJ-NBC reports. U.S. District Judge Benita Pearson dismissed the case, saying the former agent, Sheila Lawson, never made herself available for depositions. Lawson, who worked for the FBI between 2002…

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Former FBI Informant Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison for Same Crime He Was Helping Investigate

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former college professor who was working as an FBI informant investigating mortgage fraud was sentenced to four years and four months in prison Thursdsay for hatching his own mortgage fraud scheme, The Plain Dealer reports. Paul Tomko asked for leniency but got none from U.S. District Judge Christopher Boyko. Tomko pleaded…

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Ex-FBI Director Freeh Investigating Attorney Tied to BP’s Multibillion-Dollar Settlement

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Former FBI Director Louis Freeh was appointed by federal judges to investigate a court-supervised administrator of BP’s multibillion-dollar settlement, the Associated Press reports. Freeh, a private consultant, was named a “special master” by U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier. Freeh is to investigate whether an attorney on the staff of claims administrator, Patrick…

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