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April 23, 2020

FBI raid in New Jersey yields boxes labeled ‘respirators,’ reports say

A team of at least two dozen FBI agents -- wearing protective masks as the coronavirus outbreak continues -- seized boxes labeled “respirators” and other items during a raid Wednesday, according to reports.

April 15, 2020

FBI: Coronavirus provides criminals opportunities at 'breathtaking' speed

The FBI on Wednesday warned that the public health and economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic are providing criminals with illicit opportunities at “breathtaking” speed.

April 12, 2020

FBI exposes coronavirus scam after 39M masks promised from overseas fail to reach California hospitals

The FBI uncovered an international coronavirus-fueled fraud scheme after more than 39 million masks promised to a powerful California union representing health-care workers were never delivered to hospitals and other medical groups in the state, according to a report published Saturday.

April 9, 2020

FBI, US government warn on spike in coronavirus scams

Fraudsters are seizing upon the COVID-19 crisis to mount fresh attacks to get your money, the FBI and DHS said in separate advisories this week.

April 2, 2020

March blows past record for gun background checks amid coronavirus pandemic

Not all gun sales involve a background check, meaning that the NICS numbers are not a direct indicator of total gun sales. But the FBI numbers released Wednesday underscore how significant the rise in demand for guns has been since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

April 2, 2020

DOJ's FISA report contradicts claims by Dems, media figures that surveillance rules were strictly observed

New findings by the Justice Department inspector general that the FBI has repeatedly violated surveillance rules stood in stark contrast to the years of assurances from top Democrats and media experts that bureau scrupulously handled Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrants -- and prompted Republican lawmakers to caution that the FBI seemingly believes it has "carte blanche to routinely erode the liberties of Americans without proper justification."

April 1, 2020

Coronavirus scams include Costco 'stimulus check' ploy, FBI warns

Federal authorities are warning people about a new text scam targeting people already wary about the pandemic.

March 31, 2020

Brooklyn man arrested for allegedly hoarding masks, coughing on FBI agents

A Brooklyn man claiming to be infected with the coronavirus coughed on FBI agents who were investigating him for hoarding medical supplies, the US Attorney’s Office said Monday.

March 27, 2020

Actor Keith Middlebrook arrested by FBI for allegedly peddling bogus coronavirus cure

Federal agents on Wednesday arrested a Southern California man who allegedly claimed to have a cure for the coronavirus and was selling the fake antidote using Earvin “Magic” Johnson’s name as a ruse to lure investors.

March 26, 2020

Robert Levinson's Iran death won't stop FBI from trying to find answers, Wray says

The FBI won't give up on “finding out what happened" to former agent Robert Levinson, who disappeared from an Iranian island in 2007 and is believed to have died in Iranian custody, FBI Director Christopher Wray wrote in an email to his workforce on Thursday.