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FBI Databases Used for Stock Fraud

Posted by michael on from the at-least-they're-good-for-something dept.

Phronesis writes "The Associated Press reports that two FBI agents have been indicted for conspiring with the owner of InsideTruth.com to short stocks and then leak information from the FBI's internal databases (e.g., unpleasant personal information about corporate officers). They also allegedly blackmailed companies with the threat of revealing such information. This case illustrates the failure of law enforcement agencies to implement adequate protection against the abuse of information they collect."

8 of 137 comments (clear)

  1. First! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ohh I had to...

  2. SP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    w00t

  3. Re:PEJAP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Sadly, that is also the Series Finale. Fox has announced that our little Dark Angel will not return next season. I guess I'll have to go back to looking at my wife on Friday nights. Pity...

  4. Max Headroom by Azahar · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yup. That says it all.

    --
    Cuiusvis hominis est errare; nullius nisi insipientis in errore perseverare.
  5. Re:Wait a moment by boltar · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Your wifes a moslem? Bad luck mate, just think,
    never being able to eat a bacon sandwich again...

  6. It that you James Joyce? by Zen+Mastuh · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I thought you were dead.

    --
    "What is the sound of one belly slapping?"
  7. Re:PEJAP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It is really sad that they cancelled Dark Angel.

    But I hope that the lovely Jessica will make a better career in the movies instead of TV...

  8. Corruption in U.S. government agencies... by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 1, Offtopic


    I wrote a (free) book about how corruption in U.S. government agencies contributes to violence: What should be the Response to Violence?

    Note that the FBI is now a world-wide police agency, operating in numerous countries.