Retired agent Michael J. Anderson reviews a case from early in his career when he investigated Miguel Moya, a jury foreman suspected of accepting a $500,000 bribe to vote to acquit Salvador Magluta, and Willy Falcon, two Miami drug kingpins on trial for smuggling cocaine. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles. https://jerriwilliams.com/episode-134-michael-j-anderson-juror-bribery-obstruction-of-justice/ Buy me a coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JerriWilliams Join my Rea...
Sep 20, 2018•1 hr 16 min
Former agent Kevin Barrows reviews a major identity theft case involving a group of individuals who stole more than 30,000 identities through the unauthorized computer-based accessing of information from personal credit reports. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles. https://jerriwilliams.com/episode-133-kevin-barrows-identity-theft-credit-report-fraud/ Buy me a coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JerriWilliams Join my Reader Team to get the FBI Reading Resource - Books ab...
Sep 13, 2018•50 min
Retired agent Dan Craft, trained as a criminal profiler and polygraph examiner, reviews his investigation of Jeffrey Dahmer, who he interviewed on four separate occasions, each time developing a comprehensive behavioral profile of the serial killer. Dan Craft also provides tips for interrogating violent criminals. He has been designated by the FBI as a "Master Police Instructor" and created and taught an advanced interview/interrogation course at the FBI training academy in Quantico. Check out e...
Sep 06, 2018•1 hr 30 min
Retired agent Dave Richter reviews his investigation of the Johnston Gang, a violent family-based robbery, and burglary ring responsible for millions of dollars of thefts and convicted of the murders of six witnesses. The gang operated for more than 20 years in the rural areas of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and New York, stealing everything they could get their hands on, especially farm machinery. Dave Richter believes that the investigation was a success and the Johnston brothers were bro...
Aug 30, 2018•1 hr
Retired agent Dave Nadolski reviews the Loomis Fargo Vault Sting which introduced an FBI criminal informant into a violent and heavily armed Boston crime gang conspiring to forcefully take over an armored car company’s money vault containing one hundred million dollars. Due to the heroic efforts of Tony Romano, Dave Nadolski’s informant, the Loomis Fargo Vault Sting was successfully concluded with the convictions of all four members of the gang. Dave Nadolski's book - The Con and the FBI Agent: ...
Aug 23, 2018•1 hr 32 min
Retired agent Michael E. Anderson reviews the Enron Investigation, the largest and most complex White Collar Crime and corporate fraud case in FBI history, for which he received the Attorney General’s Award for Exceptional Service. Michael E. Anderson is a Certified Fraud Examiner who has spoken extensively about Enron and ethics to universities, private groups and companies around the country. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles. https://jerriwilliams.com/michael-e-anders...
Aug 16, 2018•1 hr 36 min
Retired agent Stephen Heaney reviews a tow truck ambush case where two tow-truck operators hauling confiscated cars for the FBI as part of a drug investigation were ambushed at a busy Center City intersection by gunmen attempting to steal the cars back. The gunmen were not aware that FBI agents were following the tow trucks to safeguard their evidence. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles. https://jerriwilliams.com/stephen-heaney-philadelphia-tow-truck-ambush/ Buy me a coff...
Aug 09, 2018•1 hr 14 min
Retired agent Jeff Rinek reviews how he obtained a confession from serial killer Cary Stayner, responsible for the Yosemite Park Murders, the brutal slayings of two women and two teenage girls. He also discusses the mental toll working child predator and murder cases had on him, and how his family helped him cope with case related PTSD and attempted suicide. In 2003, the California Sexual Assault Investigators Association named him Investigator of the Year, and in 2006, he received an Award for ...
Aug 02, 2018•1 hr 40 min
Retired agent Jeff Rinek reviews how he obtained a confession from serial killer Cary Stayner, responsible for the Yosemite Park Murders, the brutal slayings of two women and two teenage girls. He also discusses the mental toll working child predator and murder cases had on him, and how his family helped him cope with case related PTSD and attempted suicide. While assigned to the Sacramento office of the FBI, Jeff Rinek assisted police and sheriff departments throughout Northern California in ac...
Jul 26, 2018•1 hr 47 min
Retired agent Keith Tolhurst reviews the case of Grand Canyon prison escapee Danny Ray Horning, who led the FBI and law enforcement partners on the largest fugitive manhunt in Arizona. The investigation lasted 54 days and used specially trained tracking dogs. The case and Keith Tolhurst have been featured on the TV shows Discovery ID FBI: Criminal Pursuit and the FBI Files. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles. https://jerriwilliams.com/episode-125-keith-tolhurst-grand-cany...
Jul 19, 2018•59 min
Retired Agent Vincent McNally reviews the case of a mysterious airplane cargo theft of $1 million of negotiable securities stolen from an American Airlines flight traveling between New York and Los Angeles. Vince, a Compassion Fatigue Specialist, Board Certified in Acute Traumatic Stress Management, and Board Certified in Emergency Crisis, and I also continue our conversation from Episode 36 about the stress and trauma experienced by first responders that results in a higher incidence of suicide...
Jul 12, 2018•1 hr 1 min
Retired agent J.J. Klaver reviews his duties as a Technically Trained Agent (TTA) on the Technical Operations Squad, collecting evidence and intelligence through the use of lawfully authorized electronic surveillance. We also review how audio and video monitoring was utilized in the Fort Dix Six terror plot case. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles. https://jerriwilliams.com/j-j-klaver-electronic-surveillance-fort-dix-six-case/ Buy me a coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.co...
Jul 05, 2018•1 hr 6 min
Podcast host and retired agent Jerri Williams reviews the Foundation of New Era Philanthropy investigation, a $350 million Ponzi scheme perpetrated against unsuspecting nonprofit organizations, high profiled philanthropists, and beneficiary donors, which resulted in a 12-year prison sentence and multiple forfeitures. The case was featured on the CNBC show, American Greed. Jerri's crime novel, Greedy Givers , was inspired by the Foundation of New Era Philanthropy investigation discussed in this e...
Jun 28, 2018•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 122
Retired agent John Mindermann reviews his assignment on C-2, the Miscellaneous Crimes Squad assigned to the Watergate investigation. He reveals little-known facts about the case, including the circumstances leading to the interview of a key witness and the FBI shutdown of the Presidential business offices in the White House. John Mindermann is the author of In Pursuit: From the Streets of San Francisco to Watergate. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles. https://jerriwilliam...
Jun 21, 2018•1 hr 50 min
Retired agent Alfred Finch reviews his investigation of a 1988 plane crash that took the lives of Pakistani President Zia, a U.S. Ambassador, and 28 others. Al Finch found himself involved in international intrigue and misinformation when possible evidence that the Pakistani C-130 crash was an accident was suppressed, and the unproven theory that the cause was a terrorist event was put forward instead. Al Finch finished his career as the Legal Attaché to Cairo and later as a Deputy Chief with th...
Jun 14, 2018•54 min
In part two of this two-part episode, retired agent Ed Mireles reviews the April 11, 1986, fatal FBI Miami shootout where, during the pursuit of two extremely dangerous criminals, two special agents were killed, and several others, including Ed Mireles, were wounded. Although severely injured, Ed Mireles fired his shotgun one handed to prevent the suspects from escaping, then charged the suspects, fatally wounding both. His heroic actions prevented further injury to his fellow agents and innocen...
Jun 07, 2018•1 hr 53 min
In this part one of a two-part episode, retired agent Ed Mireles reviews the April 11, 1986, fatal FBI Miami shootout where, during the pursuit of two extremely dangerous criminals, two special agents were killed, and several others, including Ed Mireles, were wounded. Although severely injured, Ed Mireles fired his shotgun one handed to prevent the suspects from escaping, then charged the suspects, fatally wounding both. His heroic actions prevented further injury to his fellow agents and innoc...
May 31, 2018•1 hr 28 min
Retired agent Kevin Rust reviews his investigation of a rural police officer charged and convicted of deprivation of rights under color of law violations in connection with the blackjack beating of a Jake Gibbs, an elderly black man held in police custody. Gibbs sustained two broken ribs as the result of the use of excessive force incident. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles. https://jerriwilliams.com/kevin-rust-police-excessive-force-deprivation-of-rights-color-of-law-vi...
May 24, 2018•1 hr 26 min
Retired agent Dan Reilly reviews the case of con-man and rare documents thief, Charles Merrill Mount, a celebrated Portrait artist, who stole hundreds of historical manuscripts from the National Archives and the Library of Congress, including Civil War documents and three letters written by Abraham Lincoln. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles. https://jerriwilliams.com/dan-reilly-rare-document-theft-charles-merrill-mount/ Buy me a coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Jerr...
May 17, 2018•1 hr 10 min
Retired agent Scott Decker reviews working on and later managing the “science squad” of the newly formed Amerithrax Task Force. The task force’s mission was to identify and apprehend the person responsible for the mailings of anthrax that killed five people and permanently injured nearly two dozen more. Decker coordinated the early genetics and DNA forensics of the investigation. Decker is the author of Recounting the Anthrax Attacks: Terror, the Amerithrax Task Force, and the Evolution of Foren...
May 10, 2018•1 hr 27 min
Retired agent James Furry reviews his Church of Love case. Donald Lowry and Pamela St. Charles were charged with 26 counts of mail fraud for operating the Church of Love, a romance scam perpetrated against 31,000 lonely-heart male victims who were defrauded of $4.5 million in losses discovered during the four-year investigation. Furry is the author of Fidelity, Bravery, & Integrity: My Story: The True Life and Career of an FBI Special Agent, a memoir about his FBI career that includes a chap...
May 03, 2018•1 hr 5 min
Retired agent Herbert Cousins, Jr. reviews his investigation of self-proclaimed black messiah and cult leader Hulon Mitchell Jr., also known as Yahweh Ben Yahweh, who led the Florida-based Nation of Yahweh Temple. The Nation of Yahweh was a religious cult founded on the teachings of black separatism and supremacy. On the instructions of Yahweh Ben Yahweh, members of the cult’s violent inner circle committed numerous murders of cult defectors and random racial killings of whites. Yahweh and sever...
Apr 26, 2018•52 min
In part 2 of this two-part episode, retired agent Raymond Holcomb reviews his FBI Counterterrorism post 9/11 responsibilities as the Section Chief of the FBI’s Operational Response Section which managed the FBI Fly Away/Rapid Deployment Team, the FBI’s Military Liaison/Detainee Unit and the National Joint Terrorism Task Force (NJTTF). The National JTTF Unit oversaw the operations and budget of nearly 60 state-based terrorism task forces. The Military Liaison/Detainee Unit oversaw agents detailed...
Apr 19, 2018•1 hr 7 min
Retired agent Raymond Holcomb reviews his time working for the legendary FBI hero John O’Neill and working in Yemen with fellow agent Ali Soufan on the USS Cole bombing and 9/11 investigations. Both O’Neill and Soufan are featured in the Hulu TV series The Looming Tower. While assigned to the New York Office, Ray Holcomb was appointed Commander of the 50 member FBI New York SWAT team. Under his leadership, the team assumed an expanded role and, in addition to regular involvement in high-risk dom...
Apr 12, 2018•1 hr 20 min
Retired agent Oliver “Buck” Revell reviews Operation Goldenrod and the capture of Fawaz Younis, the first overseas apprehension of an international terrorist. He also provides frank and transparent insight about the public perception of the FBI today. Operation Goldenrod was the first time the FBI used the new extra-territorial jurisdiction approved by Congress. This legislation provided the FBI with authority to investigate terrorist acts in which Americans were taken hostage, no matter where t...
Apr 05, 2018•1 hr 5 min
Retired agent Tony Robleto reviews three of the numerous murder cases and fugitive apprehensions and extraditions he was involved in during his various assignments with the FBI in Mexico, including the capture of a man who raped and killed a woman in New Orleans and fled to Mexico, a man who threatened a U.S. Congresswoman and fled to Mexico, and an American man who stabbed his American boyfriend 24 times while they vacationed in Mexico and then fled back to the U.S. SA Robleto worked for the FB...
Mar 29, 2018•51 min
Retired agent Ralph DiFonzo reviews his eight-year fugitive case to apprehend John Riccardi, wanted for the double murder of Connie Navarro and her friend Susan Jory. Connie Navarro was the mother of the Rock guitarist and singer-songwriter Dave Navarro who produced "Mourning Son" a documentary about the tragic event. Ralph DiFonzo appears in the film. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles. https://jerriwilliams.com/ralph-difonzo-mourning-son-double-murderer-john-riccardi/ B...
Mar 22, 2018•1 hr 3 min
Retired agent Gregory Coleman reviews the criminal investigation of Jordan Belfort and the brokerage firm Stratton Oakmont for securities fraud, stock manipulation, and money laundering. The case was chronicled in the Martin Scorsese movie, “The Wolf of Wall Street,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio. In the movie, Greg Coleman was portrayed by actor Kyle Chandler. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles. https://jerriwilliams.com/greg-coleman-wolf-of-wall-street-jordan-belfort/ Buy ...
Mar 15, 2018•1 hr 31 min
Retired agent Ed Petersen reviews the investigation of the kidnapping and murder of Exxon Oil Executive Sidney Reso. While they negotiated for his release for 52 days, what investigators didn’t know was that Reso had been shot in the arm during the kidnapping, and had died three days later. Upon retiring, SA Petersen became the Director of Security for Major League Baseball (MLB), Office of the Commissioner. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles. https://jerriwilliams.com/ed...
Mar 08, 2018•1 hr 7 min
Retired agent Joe Lewis reviews “SandBomb” the investigation of Eric Rudolph and the bombing of a Birmingham, Alabama abortion clinic that resulted in the death of off-duty police officer Robert Sanderson and severely injured a nurse. The case also identified Rudolph as the person responsible for the Olympic Park Bombing, as well as the bombing of another abortion clinic, and a nightclub all in Atlanta, Georgia. More than five years after the incident, Eric Rudolph was captured and pled guilty t...
Mar 01, 2018•54 min
