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FBI Case File Review

Have you ever thought how cool it would be to eavesdrop on the FBI? On FBI Case File Review, host Jerri Williams, a retired agent herself, is on a mission to show you who the FBI is and what the FBI does by interviewing her former Bureau colleagues who share personal stories about the Bureau"s most intriguing and high-profile cases, as well as many you"ve never heard of. Listen in on their conversations and experience what it"s like to hunt down a serial killer or terrorist, catch a spy during an

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Episode 054: Bill Dyson - El Rukn Libyan Terrorist...

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2017/02/10

Retired agent Bill Dyson reviews an international conspiracy involving the El Rukn street gang and Libyan terrorist. Bill Dyson led the Chicago Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) that developed this information and determined that members of the El Rukns were meeting with representatives of the then-hostile government of Libya led by Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi to discuss a conspiracy to perpetrate a terrorist attack inside of the United States. The El Rukn Libyan conspiracy investigation marked the

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Episode 053: Denise Minor - Francophile in the FBI,...

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2017/02/03

Retired agent Denise Minor reviews her extensive investigative experience working overseas, primarily in various countries in Africa and in the United States utilizing her French language skills to communicate, interpret and translate during her career. In addition to serving as the Legal Attaché or LEGAT in Rabat, Morocco, Minor was a French interpreter for the Protocol Office in support of FBI Director Louie Freeh and other FBI executives, deployed to Nairobi, Kenya to lead a small team with

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Episode 052: Myron Fuller - The Original ABSCAM, Con...

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2017/01/27

Retired agent Myron Fuller reviews his role as the case agent and undercover agent in the case code named ABSCAM, originally initiated to investigate and penetrate White Collar Crime and Organized Crime targets in the New York area. Specifically, it was begun as an undercover operation to infiltrate the conspiracy of members of organize crime to purchase a mortgage company for fraudulent and criminal purposes. The sophisticated ABSCAM scenario included a fictitious wealthy Lebanese businessman and

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Episode 051: Jim McGee - HRT, FCI Talladega Hostage...

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2017/01/20

Retired Special Agent Jim McGee reviews being a member of the FBI Hostage Rescue Team (HRT), one of the world's most elite counter-terrorism teams. McGee provides a first-hand account of his participation in the HRT's first dynamic assault mission, which resulted in the successful hostage rescue of nine. In 1991, a violent group of Cuban inmates in the Federal Correctional Institution in Talladega, Alabama, overpowered their guards and took hostages. The inmates demanded that they not to be

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Episode 050: The FBI in Books, TV and Movies - 10...

FBI Case File Review ·

2017/01/13

I’m excited to be celebrating my 50th episode of FBI Retired Case File Review this week, along with the success of my crime novel Pay To Play. In this episode I review with my guest, retired agent Bobby Chacan, ten (10) misconceptions about the FBI we often find in books, TV, and movies. Bobby Chacon is a technical advisor for the TV show Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders We have a lively discussion about why some FBI agents might not be reading that bestselling book series or watching that popular

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Episode 049: Todd Hulsey - Nuclear Weapons,...

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2017/01/06

Part two of a two-part episode. Retired agent Todd Hulsey reviews a nuclear weapons espionage case involving Pedro Leonardo Mascheroni and his wife, Marjorie Mascheroni. “Leo” Mascheroni was a theoretical physicist formerly employed at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. The FBI discovered that he had contacted a foreign country and had offered to sell his expertise and assistance to build a nuclear weapons program for that nation. Hulsey supervised the Albuquerque Division case and

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Episode 048: Todd Hulsey - Nuclear Weapons,...

FBI Case File Review ·

2016/12/30

Part one of a two-part episode. Retired agent Todd Hulsey reviews a nuclear weapons espionage case involving Pedro Leonardo Mascheroni and his wife Marjorie Mascheroni. "Leo" Mascheroni was a theoretical physicist formerly employed at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. The FBI discovered that he had contacted a foreign country and had offered to sell his expertise and assistance to build a nuclear weapons program for that nation. Hulsey supervised the Albuquerque Division case and

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Episode 047: Richard Marquise - ScotBom, Lockerbie...

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2016/12/16

Retired agent Richard “Dick” Marquise reviews the Pan Am Flight 103 case, where the airplane was blown out of the skies over Lockerbie, Scotland on December 21, 1988, four days before Christmas. Two hundred and seventy people were killed. Marquise was involved with the investigation from its inception and, after being named to lead the U.S. Task Force which included the FBI, Department of Justice and the Central Intelligence Agency, he managed the investigation through the return of indictments in

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Episode 046: Joe Pistone - Infiltrating the Mafia,...

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2016/12/09

Retired agent Joe Pistone is primarily known worldwide for the six years he spent infiltrating one of the New York mafia families as Donnie Brasco, his undercover alter ego. He reviews his undercover assignment, a mission so secret only a handful of agents knew what he was doing and where he was as he secretly gathered vital intelligence on the mafia and its criminal ways. The work Joe Pistone did was so incredibly dangerous that it has been documented in numerous books, documentaries, television

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Episode 045: Geoff Doyle - Operation Whitemare,...

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2016/12/03

Retired agent Geoff Doyle is interviewed about working as the case agent of Operation Whitemare, the international FBI investigation that resulted in the largest heroin bust and seizure in U.S. history and identified and disrupted major international Chinese drug networks. Geoff is the author of Whaitemare, a book (non-fiction) that takes the reader behind the scenes of this unparalleled investigation and heroin bust. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related

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Episode 044: Karl LNU - Cooperating Witness,...

FBI Case File Review ·

2016/11/19

In this episode, podcast host Jerri Williams interviews one of her former subjects, Karl LNU (last name unknown - or in this case unused). Karl was investigated, charged and convicted of bribing corrupt purchasing agents to approve invoices for over-priced and inferior lighting and maintenance supplies. The scam was operated by phone. Karl, his business partner, and their employees made telemarketing calls to unsuspecting businesses throughout the United States and ripped them off with the help of

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Episode 043: Scott Moritz - Mob Guys, Garbage Men,...

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2016/11/12

Former agent Scott Moritz reviews his time on an Asset Forfeiture Squad where he conducted parallel financial investigations alongside agents working organized crime and drug cases. He was responsible for locating the targets' assets, including real estate, bank accounts, investments, and personal property items. Scott is interviewed about an asset forfeiture investigation he worked involving a Long Island waste hauler with ties to New York LCN families. He explains how seized documents revealed

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Episode 042: Doug Hess – Stolen Gold Coins and Fake...

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2016/11/05

Retired agent Doug Hess reviews a scheme conducted to defraud 150 coin dealers and collectors, known as numismatists, of $1 million in gold coins. During the investigation, Hess discovered a second scheme involving lead filled bars of silver that had the potential to damage the precious metals industry. For his efforts in these matters, Hess received the Sol Kaplan Award from the Professional Numismatists Guild. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related

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Episode 041: FBI Special Agent - A Career Like No Other

FBI Case File Review ·

2016/10/29

In this special episode, Special Agents Greg Branch and Bill Toland are interviewed about the qualifications and requirements needed to become a special agent with the FBI. Greg joined the FBI in 1995 and has been assigned to squads handling reactive matters, such as drugs and bank robberies and to white collar crime investigations. For the past seven years, he has been tasked with recruiting efforts and is the Applicant Coordinator responsible for managing the special agent hiring program in the

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Episode 040: Bob Cromwell - Hunting Fugitives,...

FBI Case File Review ·

2016/10/22

Retired agent Bob Cromwell reviews his investigation and capture of two fugitives wanted for Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution (UFAP). One was a rapist and the other the murderer of a well-known New Orleans Catholic Priest. Bob is also interviewed about his fight to correct and prevent wrongful convictions. His new book—Fugitive Man: Hunting Violent Criminals for the FBI and Searching for Justice for the Innocent Convict—covers his FBI career and Innocence Project work. Bob can be contacted via

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Episode 039: Stan Ragen - Evidence Response,...

FBI Case File Review ·

2016/10/15

Retired agent Stan Ragen reviews the important role he played in coordinating the office's extraterritorial response to crisis events overseas. Some notable examples are the El-Khobar Towers (Saudi Arabia); TWA flight 800 (NY); Egypt Air flight 990 (RI); USS Cole (Yemen); US Embassy bombings (Kenya and Tanzania); and the 9/11 attacks. He also assisted in the New York FBI response to Hurricane MARILYN (USVI); USAir flight 1549 (NY); and Hurricane SANDY (NY). Stan is also interviewed about how he and

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Episode 038: Toni Chrabot - Kidnapped Grandma,...

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2016/10/08

Retired special agent Toni Chrabot reviews the operation of the FBI's Crisis Negotiation Unit (CIRG) and what the team was responsible for. She is also interviewed about the kidnapped grandma case involving Hedwig, “Heddy” Braun, held for a $3 million ransom on her 88th birthday. As a crisis negotiator, Toni responded to a number of kidnappings and barricade situations and as an instructor at the FBI Academy. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related

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Episode 037: Dell Spry - CIA Betrayal, Aldrich Ames

FBI Case File Review ·

2016/10/01

Retired agent Dell Spry was liaison to the CIA Counterintelligence Center, Counterespionage Group, and was the lead investigator for the FBI in the Aldrich Ames case. He reviews the two-year-long investigation where he, as the FBI case agent, along with a team of FBI and CIA personnel, was successful in identifying Ames as a KGB mole. Ames, who was directly responsible for the execution of several Soviet and Russian assets and operatives, was charged and convicted of espionage in 1994 and is

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Episode 036: Vince McNally - Critical Incidents and...

FBI Case File Review ·

2016/09/24

Retired Agent Vincent McNally became an instructor in Crisis (Hostage) Negotiations and Program Manager for the FBI’s Critical Incident Stress Management teams at the FBI Academy. Vince reviews a hostage negotiation case in Honolulu, Hawaii, involving a workplace violence situation. Vince and I also have an open and honest conversation about the stress and trauma experienced by law enforcement personnel, how that affects their work and home life, and results in a higher incidence of suicide.

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Episode 035: Keith Kelly - Bernie Madoff, Ponzi Scheme

FBI Case File Review ·

2016/09/17

Retired agent Keith Kelly, a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), reviews his most high-profiled assignment as the case-agent of the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme, a 21-person inter-agency investigation into the largest securities fraud case in history. This work resulted in the identification, seizure and forfeiture of more than $8 billion in assets along with the conviction of Bernard Madoff who received a 150-year jail sentence. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related

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