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Song Chen was charged in July with visa fraud for allegedly lying to U.S. immigration...

FBI: Albuquerque Special Agent In Charge James C. Langenberg Retires After More Than 25 Years Of Service FBI News: James C. Langenberg, who has been the special agent in charge of the Albuquerque FBI Division since August 2018, is retiring from the FBI after a career of more than 25 years. “It has been an honor and a privilege serving as the special agent in charge of the Albuquerque Division,” Langenberg said. “Throughout my career, I have focused on the people, the partnerships, and the...

University of Florida Researcher Indicted for Scheme to Defraud National Institutes of Health and University of Florida Details Written by Justice Department Jacksonville, Florida - A former University of Florida (UF) professor and researcher and resident of China has been indicted for fraudulently obtaining $1.75 million in federal grant money from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) by concealing support he received from the Chinese government and a company tha...

Former UF professor indicted for scheme to defraud NIH, UF, colluding with China Indictment alleges Yang intentionally concealed conflicts of interest in China University of Florida and last updated 2021-02-09 10:12:27-05 Editors Note: This story has been updated to correct the name of the university associated with Lin Yang from Northwestern Polytechnic University to Northwestern Polytechnical University. GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WTXL) - A former University of Florida professor/researcher and reside...

  “The greatest long-term threat to our nation’s information and intellectual property, and to our economic vitality, is the counterintelligence and economic espionage threat from China.” Intro: The counterintelligence and economic espionage efforts emanating from the government of China and the Chinese Communist Party are a grave threat to the economic well-being and democratic values of the United States. Confronting this threat is the FBI’s top counterintelligence priority. To be c...

Paul H. Haertel Named Assistant Director of the Critical Incident Response Group Director Christopher Wray has named Paul H. Haertel as the assistant director of the Critical Incident Response Group at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Mr. Haertel most recently served as the special agent in charge of the Salt Lake City Field Office. Mr. Haertel joined the FBI as a special agent in 1995 and was assigned to the Lexington Resident Agency of the Louisville Field Office in Kentucky. He specializ...

Chinese national charged with conspiring to export US power technology ANI | Updated: Jan 30, 2021 04:29 IST Washington DC [US], January 30 (ANI): A Chinese national faces federal charges that he plotted over a three year period to evade US laws and export power amplifier technology to China, the US Department of Justice said on Friday. "An indictment was unsealed this week charging Cheng Bo, also known as Joe Cheng, a 45-year-old national of the Peoples Re...

FBI Encounters: Reporting an Insider Security Incident to the Feds Most insider incidents dont get reported to the FBI due to fear of debilitating business disruptions, public embarrassment, and screeching vans skidding into the parking lot to confiscate servers. But is that reality? (image by ontronix, via Adobe Stock) Despite stunning incident counts, many if not most insider threats remain unreported. Reasons vary but all bloom from the same stem: The victim companys fear of being harmed ag...

Excerpt from ‘Call Me Commander’ by Jeff Testerman and Daniel M. Freed Jeff Testerman and Daniel Freed January 27 "Call Me Commander" by Jeff Testerman and Daniel M. Freed. When Lt. Commander Bobby Thompson surfaced in Tampa in 1998, it was as if he had fallen from the sky, providing no hint of his past life. Eleven years later, St. Petersburg Times investigative reporter Jeff Testerman visited the rundown duplex Thompson used as his home and the epicenter of his 60,000-member chari...

Within recently released transcripts of documents by Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham there is a deposition by FBI Supervisory Special Agent 1, Joseph Pientka. SSA Pientka has always been a little bit of an enigma because his name, exclusively, has been redacted from every official government document within the full investigation of DOJ and FBI misconduct.  Even in tangential court documents (Flynn), related to Joseph Pientka and Peter Strzok’s investigative collaboration, Pientka ...